I Dare You
Many years ago when I was four years old, I was dared to dip a Frito’s corn chip into the mud and eat it. Not knowing better, I accepted the dare and ate a mud-dipped Frito. I don’t know why I would remember such a thing after all these years. Perhaps it was the initial response of utter shock from my darer that caused me to remember. On the other hand, maybe what seared this event into my memory was the awful taste of a Frito dipped in mud.
I dare you to do at least one of the following this weekend.
I double-dog dare you!
* Fly a kite.
* Write a heartfelt letter.
* Drive with compassion.
* Take photographs of anything.
* Prepare a recipe that you’ve never used before.
* Play some old music and sing out loud.
* Buy yourself flowers.
* Go to a church you’ve never attended.
* Write down all your desires and put them in a wish jar.
* Draw a self-portrait, then post it on your refrigerator.
* Take a grocery bag and fill it with trash from your neighborhood.
If you accept a dare, let me know how it went.
February 26th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
I’m going to need a bigger jar…
February 26th, 2005 at 2:09 pm
Ha! I’ve already done #6 and #7. I’m ahead of the game. BUT, I’ll get working on the rest
Have a great weekend, kane.
February 26th, 2005 at 2:18 pm
I’m going to take 2 dares, possibly 3. I’ll take the jar of wishes, and writing the letter. The 3rd may be taking pictures. I’ll report back.
You’re such a wonderful inspiration!
*hugs*
Karen
February 26th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
Meg, haha.
Write smaller.
Jennifer, you’re always one step ahead.
Have a great weekend!
Karen, sounds fun.
I hope those wishes come true!
February 26th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
what a coincidence! i just brought myself some tulips (#7) and i am going to sing at a church i’ve never been to before tomorrow (#8). haha!
have a great weekend, Kane.
February 26th, 2005 at 3:29 pm
OK, Kane… results are on my blog.
February 26th, 2005 at 7:16 pm
What a sweet, warm post. I’ll have to think about it, but I’ve sure sang an old song out loud…lots of times! Gonna go do it again and embarass my daughter and her friends that are staying over again…heh heh.
February 26th, 2005 at 8:14 pm
#4 done. Spent my aftenoon at chinatown taking b&w pictures of merchants and shoppers. Photographing people on the streets is tough. You get hit on, ignored, scorned and possibly everything else you can imagine. With that said, I’m looking forward to how my pictures turn out. =)
February 26th, 2005 at 8:24 pm
I did like #2, “Write a heartfelt letter”.
I wrote a grieving poem (in Scots) about the death of my dog and blogged it. Thankyou for your condolences, Kane.
Stu
February 26th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
i have already done the sing out loud - to my glen campbell cd - so good for the soul to sing along. can i have a bonus point for singing out loud to my new cd while wearing earphones and walking along the beach? it was just on sunset & the ripples from the surf were washing over my feet it felt so good to be connected with the sea that i didn’t care that people might hear my warbling
February 26th, 2005 at 9:22 pm
I will write a heartfelt letter, to who, I don’t know yet. But I will do it and post it n my site this week. Have a great weekend Kane!
February 27th, 2005 at 12:58 am
Found this blog via http://technorati.com/
Flew a kite & took a pic of someone else flying a kit too
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http://electricstuffsack.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_electricstuffsack_archive.html#110941992107380050
February 27th, 2005 at 6:30 am
Aloha Kane, I was going to go back sleep but checkd out your site again. I took the DARE to do a Self-Portrait. It started simple then I just drew how I really felt. Something so simple had gone beyond any psychiatrist or social worker had ever gone in sessions with me. My picture was full with tears, showed a broken heart, and screaming in agony through a plain smile. The words in a box to the right - HELP! MARK,Come home. If my MAMA dies, I die too. WOW! Very powerful DARES! Thanks, I haven’t cried like this for such a long time! I’ve kept everything bottled-up.
February 27th, 2005 at 6:43 am
Annalise, that’s a cool coincidence!
Have fun singing and enjoy your weekend.
Susan, I imagine the teenage girls love to hear you sing.
Jenny, Chinatown is a great place to take photos; so much is happening all at once with people coming and going. I’m looking forward to seeing your photos.
Stu, so sorry for your loss of your friend.
Susan, you get points for singing to old and new songs. Plus bonus points just for admitting to singing to Glen Campbell.
Egypt, great idea. I’ll look for your post.
Have a great weekend!
Lynn, that sounds like a powerful image.
I hope it was a good cry and a release for you.
Thanks to everyone for playing along and for the great comments!
Have a fun weekend!
February 27th, 2005 at 10:14 am
I love this! I like how you included driving with compassion so I tried it this weekend. I also wrote a heartfelt letter and started taking photos of my garden. Thanks for the encouragement to try new things.
February 27th, 2005 at 10:39 am
a mud-dipped frito - hehehe… that beats me eating grass and cereal (the ones shaped like fruits - i somehow cant remember the name!) from the road back in grade school.
February 27th, 2005 at 11:18 am
I did the photograph and the church things… What do I get?
February 27th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
totally got the singing an old song thing down
nothing like lou bega and “mambo #5″ to make me smile.
i like angela, pamela, sandra and rita
and as i continue you know
they are getting sweeter
so what can i do i really beg and you my lord
to me flirting, it’s just like sport, anything fly
hehehehe
February 27th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
I did the photography one and the singing one! Funny Kaete mentioned Mambo #5, I heard that yesterday for the first time in a long while!
February 27th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
Well….I would have participated had I read your blog before now!! oops! Hope you had a great weekend!
February 28th, 2005 at 5:23 am
Thanks to everyone for the comments and in making the post fun!
February 28th, 2005 at 6:18 am
Well I sang old songs very loud and took pictures of anything and everything. It was refreshing. Maybe next week I’ll try the new church.
February 28th, 2005 at 10:40 am
I did two of them and had so much fun that I am going take the week to go through your list though I’m staying away from mud doritos
You rock! Oh, I drew a self-portrait of myself and its hanging on my fridge under my geek magnets and circle of photos and latest art creation of my son’s. And I bought myself beautiful tulips which grace my wooden kitchen table and so now my kitchen is full of warmth and light and coloured flowers of me. fun fun!
February 28th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Kane, I had to let you know that my daughter came over and saw my self-portrait. She asked me what was that all about and I told her…she hug me! She didn’t know I was hurting that BAD. She cried with me. Thanks again. Release…………….finally.
March 1st, 2005 at 4:12 am
Kane,
I’m sure it doesn’t surprise you that I chose to write and shoot, dealing with some childhood stuff that wasn’t much fun to go through but had to be done so I could finally let it go. And you know what? Someone else, someone I’ve never met but have come to know like a brother, picked up the trail when I dropped it, took my hand and said, “Come on. It’s hard I know. I’ll go with you. You’re not alone.” And I developed an even stronger friendship than I ever thought possible, forged by the fires that we walked through together. It’s the purest form of love that I have ever experienced, and really blows my mind if I think about it too much.
Carmen
March 2nd, 2005 at 7:37 am
Kane, The opportunity draw a self portrait caught my attention. I used to draw (women’s faces and clothes specifically) as a hobby when I was younger but I haven’t in awhile. I’ll try this weekend.
Thanks for the dare!
March 5th, 2005 at 12:10 pm
I was going to type a letter and print it out, but thought of your challenge and wrote it out by hand to a life-long friend who’s in the hospital. His Mother told me it was well received.
Looking over the list again, I see that I did use a recipe my Mother just sent to me for Ginger Chicken I’d never tried before. We had it 2 or 3 nights ago.
Hope you’re having a great weekend. Gonna go look at some of your Flickr pics….!