diversions: eleven-seventeen day
Seeing as it’s November 17th and our name is eleven-seventeen, it just makes sense that we should declare this World 11-17 Day in our honor!
How you choose to celebrate 11-17 day is up to you, but we recommend some of the following:
- Perform art on a highway (preferably our namesake Hwy 11-17) – draw/paint, dance, roadside theatre, music… whatever.
- Hug someone who needs it.
- Give a gift that didn’t cost any money, like something you found, or made from something you found.
- Smile.
- Make a meal made as much from scratch as possible, as local as possible.
- Sit outside and do nothing, or have a nap.
- Code an application that helps people and give it freely.
If you do these things already, well then every day is 11-17 Day for you!
Thanks to our friend Paul Acree for the inspiration! //
You guys rock… 🙂
Paul Acree is available for inspirational services, witch doctoring and cheerful nonsense for your institution whenever he’s not confined to his.
Let’s all celebrate Eleven Seventeen Day with an Eleven Seventini. Now I just have to figure out what that is. Something to do with vodka and vermouth, anyway.
@Ben – don’t you mean “We” rock? 🙂
@Paul – you bet. We’ll think of something together.
awesome stuff Daniel. A great day to celebrate! 11-17
On a sad note, my dad died on highway 11-17 in 1996…Today is the National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims in Canada. http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safedrivers-trafficsafety-hookedonroadsafety-awareness-574.htm
…so for me, its also a day to remember!
All the best!
@Anthony – Thank you! A day of remembrance is perfectly appropriate, as it is a day of taking stock and putting a priority on things of true value… friends, family, health, love and life! Here’s to your dad. 🙂
That sounds like a great idea! It’s too bad I missed this last year, but I’ll be sure to at least enjoy a Slurpee the next time it comes around.