So I was thinking…

…I’m an adventuresome soul.  I like to do things—exciting things.  I’ll do just about anything once, as long as it’s not illegal or immoral or seriously life-threatening.

Don’t believe me?  I’ll prove it:

•I moved to Belgium to work as an au pair for a family that spoke primarily French.

•I’ve been skydiving (stupid, but I’m glad I did it).

•I’ve gone for weeks without shampooing my hair.

•I have walked the streets of New York City all by myself, and rather enjoyed it.

(This image is from different trip, but trust me, I’ve done it alone.)

•Ditto Paris, for an entire week. (By the way?  AWESOME.)

•One time, in Amsterdam, I woke up at 5 a.m. to wander the streets all alone with only a map in Dutch (I don’t speak Dutch) just so I could be first in line at the Anne Frank Haus.  I totally was.  (Also? AWESOME.)

(Blurry, yes, but I promise it’s me: look at the red shoes for proof—they went with me everywhere in Europe.)

•I get waxed all over, and sometimes I even do it myself.

•I would very much like to try my hand at white water rafting sometime in my life.

So you see, I’m not afraid of much.  (That last sentence is a complete and total lie.  I am afraid of being stabbed, of bearing children, of killing my children, of car accidents, of kaleidoscopes {those things are crazy}, of being raped, of amnesia, of bugs and mice, of government corruption, and of global warming. And also Jack Bauer.) What I should have said was, “So you see, I’m not afraid to try new things.”

Enter Project: Proxy.

What is Project: Proxy?  Your wildest dream come true.

No, but really.  Project: Proxy is your chance to live your life through me as a proxy—as a surrogate, if you will, except without the smoking-hot robotic body and the drug addictions and dysfunctional marriage and crazy computer brains.  In an attempt to make this year more interesting than any year I’ve lived to date {and also to give me something to blog about, and also because it sounds fun, and also to open my horizons to adventures I might not have ever considered}, I am volunteering myself to be your proxy for the year.

Have you ever seen something that you’d like to try, but have been worried it might not be worth the money/time/energy invested?

This is your chance to find out! I will do it for you—anything and everything you suggest—as long as it is not:

a) immoral

b) illegal

c) more than $50-100, or

d) seriously life-threatening.

I’ll take on your requests once or twice a month (more if they aren’t too expensive), and update all y’all on the Tuesday following the day of experimentation.

So if you’ve ever wanted to…

-Buy a pair of pointy-toed shoes and figure out what to wear them with.

-Try out a boyfriend blazer.

-Seek and identify the best french fries known to mankind.

-Review any book or movie.

-Learn how to skateboard.

-Try any recipe.

-Cut your hair super short.

-Learn Dutch.

-Purchase something off an infomercial that sounds cool (ShamWow™, anyone?).

-Go ice skating.  And document it.

-Attempt the Gallon Challenge.

-Give up something for Lent.

…or anything else with the potential for extreme, hilarious, epic failure…

…This blog is giving you the opportunity.

I am opening up the lines for suggestions, starting now and ending never.  Feel free to email me suggestions at:

camille{at}archiveslives{dot}com,

or leave a comment on any post at any time and I will file it away for future reference.

And…begin.

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