This Is The Title Of My Last Blog Post, Believe It Or Not

Tuesday marked the beginning of my Great Facebook Social Experiment. Beginning at 6 PM, I started a week-long project in which I would use my phone to update my status on Facebook to detail every single thing I do throughout the day.

I've been falling a bit lax on the project in the past 24 hours, but I remain committed to my cause. Granted, I don't really know exactly what my cause is, but I know it's important. Part art project, part social experiment, I have found the process interesting and illuminating, as well as exhausting and mind-numbing. To explain it to my roommate, I referenced the only episode I have ever seen of "Dharma and Greg," in which Dharma lives in the window of a museum for a week as a living exhibit. Luckily for me, that episode is also the only one my roommate has seen of that show, so he understood exactly where I was coming from.

The data is still being collected (right now I am "doing homework" -- a rarely-seen status update, even during finals week), but looking back on my week, I have already learned one thing: I don't do anything ever. My roommate and I have been watching "The Wire" on DVD, so a huge amount of my updates just say "Danny is watching 'The Wire.' "

I also had diarrhea on Thursday, so it was extremely embarrassing to frequently have to write, "Danny is in the bathroom." Of course, I just flat-out said I had diarrhea in this post, but it was much more embarrassing to know that everyone else knew I was on the toilet right that very second.

One downside is that it completely prevents me from lying about where I am or what I'm doing. I learned that in my first day of the experiment, when a friend invited me to a place I did not want to go to, only to respond with, "No you're not," when I tried to claim I was busy. "You're watching TV right now," he insisted.

The experiment rages on, but here are some notable status updates from the past week, as well as the feedback I have gotten from various observers (last names edited to protect my friends from having to admit they are friends with me):

10:18pm Danny is watching Bodnar do the rest of the dishes and talking to Jake, Rae and Jon.

10:40pm Danny is feeding Antony.
10:42pm Danny is feeding Apollo.
10:50pm Danny is back in the kitchen, talking to Jon, Jake, Rae and Bodnar again.

11:16pm Elizabeth: i'm loving this, by the way.

11:46pm Danny is watching Bodnar try to empty Apollo's anal glands.
11:55pm Elena: oh dear...
11:56pm Danny is outsmarting Apollo. He can't hide his asshole from 4 of us!

3:30pm Danny is making a salad.
3:39pm Danny is eating a salad.
3:45pm Danny is making burritos. Salad just ain't enough, man.

10:21am Danny is showering.
10:38am Danny is drying off.
10:39am Danny is getting dressed.

7:58pm Danny is drinking.

8:14pm Otis: ...again.

8:15pm Danny is considering punching Otis when he gets home.
8:15pm Otis: ...again.

It's important to note that "Otis" is more commonly known as Mr. Otis - my English teacher sophomore year of high school.