bananarama

Make yourself a list of things you want to do before you die. Include something simple yet memorable, like going an entire day eating nothing but bananas. The inability to concentrate when your good friend takes you to a secret jazz club you'd been dying to see will be worth it, to place that little check next to one of your aspirations. The cashier that you'll approach with three bunches will surely think you're making a bake sale's worth of banana bread, rather than binging on potassium. Don't feel like you have to eat a day's worth of calories either. After the sixth or so, you'll be sick of the taste and it will basically become fasting anyway. When you wake up the next morning to give your friend a ride, your coffee will taste better than any you've had before. The air will seem fresher; the chocolate chunks in your cereal: sweeter. You'll never want to touch a banana again. Until Wednesday, when it's time for another day-off breakfast over a crossword puzzle.

If you find yourself enjoying some delicious mexican food with a margarita for lunch, savor it that much more. Window-shopping around Royal Oak and sitting on your front porch with your friend as she smokes a cigarette will be all the better, too. When you and your friends have a double feature movie night of Breakin' and Breakin' 2; Electric Boogaloo, Turbo's moves will be that much smoother. The hospital scene in the latter movie, with the dancing nurses and the magic healing power of music will be even more fantastic. You set your mind to something. Now, you can always say that you did it.