Ok, yes I know you’ll all think I’m crazy, but for no particular reason I’m spending 24 hours on a park bench.
here are a few things about it:
The location is in front of the small bookstore in my town.
The town is really quite safe at night, very small town.
I have 24 hours to do whatever on the bench.
(this will work if the police don’t drop in sometime in the early hours of the morning)
Now I need suggestions on what to bring/do.
I’ll have Palve around for a while, he’ll be stoping in periodically to sit and chat or bring anything which I forgot to bring.
I’ll have a book, flashlight, light coat, perminent markers, notebook, pen, bottle of water (only drinking one bottle through the whole day to keep from the need to piss), sketchbook, pencil, digital camera (palve will recharge it if the batteries go low), floppy disks (for the camera) cup (to attempt to get donations of money for no real reason)
Any other suggestions?
And I’ll be writing random quotes to hold up to random people who pass (I’ll get pics of it), so if you have any requests, just tell me.
And Palve will be writing updates in this thread every few hours on how things are going.
I don’t know why I’m doing this, I guess just because I can.
I’d recommend taking more than 1 bottle of water. I know you don’t want to get up, but that might not be good for you, especially if it’s hot. (besides, after it get’s dark, you can try to pee back into a bottle…or while it’s still light if you want.)
Just curious, have you ever done anything like this before? Do you consider yourself a performance artist?
It’s an interesting idea. I hope there aren’t any overzealous cops around who might decide you’re “loitering.”
This is a hobby!
I think it sounds like fun.
Hmmmmm…I think I’d take a bag of lollipops or little trinkets to hand out to kids (if their parent’s around, of course) or to selected grown ups.
I’ll put up all of the pictures on my website as it goes along, maybe a couple updates through the day (thanks to Palve).
And I’ll write things to be posted here by palve for me every couple hours, so you’ll have a semi up to date journal of what’s going on.
Any ideas you post, messages to me or anything else will make it to me probably within a couple hours once someone prints it out for me.
Well wish me luck, and maybe I’ll think of something somewhat worth writing while I’m there.
Ok, well I’m off to bed. This is very early for me, it’s only 10:45 at night right now.
I’ll post before I go tomorrow and then you won’t hear anything from me for 24 hours besided updates by palve.
Clayton, by the time you read this, it will be the morning of your benchsit! Good luck!
Also, one fun thing to do would be to wrap you water bottle in a plain brown paper bag while you take ostentatious swigs so it looked like you were trying to conceal alcohol. I also like Munch’s idea of dressing up in a three piece suit.
I guess you’re out there already, but I think it’s ridiculous that you’ll be trying to get money from people. Do you need it? There are enough people that actually need that kind of handout that can’t get it because of kids like you that think it would be a lark to go play on the sidewalk.
I know that’s not the main focus of your adventure, but I think it makes you look like a ninny. I don’t mean to be harsh but there’s a lot of this kind of thing going on where I’m from and it’s always really pissed me off. It’s not like sidewalk charity is real popular in this country, and then here you are potentially taking money away from people that actually need it.
i have to agree about the asking for money… i once found myself out on the streets for a few months, and i never asked for money until things became completely desperate.
if i had found someone like you doing it as a lark, i might have been quite offended at the time… other people in that situation who get offended can often respond in a very negative way as well, so be careful. it is not something to make light of to find yourself in that situation, trust me.
otherwise, i think spending a day rooted in one place would be an interesting experience
