Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bananasuit's Life Lessons Learned from 1Q84

Aside from being a deeply metaphysical and profound book, Murakami has given us some prescriptions for living happy, healthy lives in his 925 pp tome, 1Q84! I don't get why they don't shelve this thing in the self help section. Here are just a few of the life lessons I've gleaned:

1. Eat simple food. Veggies, tofu, miso. Sometimes fish.
2. Iron your clothes.
3. Read no more than 20 pages a day, then reflect.
4. Wash your pajamas, especially if there's a chance a physically attractive 17-year-old with freshly made ears will wear them.
5. Look at the moon unironically (this one's for you, hipsters).
6. Own dogs, not cats.
7. Visit your parents in the hospital.
8. Don't take money from strangers.
9. Pay your NHK fee.
10. Don't go into weird sex paralyses and then have ambiguous congress with shrine maidens.

What about you, fellow PBR Book Clubbers -- what lessons do you have to add to the docket?

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  1. 11) Sometimes Little People may emerge...from your mouth!

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  2. Actually, I suppose that's more of a warning than a lesson. Very important, though.

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  3. A warning that I'm sure informs best practices for living.

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  5. 12) Beware of fellows that are best described as "Buzzcut" and oh, say, "Ponytail"

    13) If you are an overdue, disenfranchised clinging-to-the-underbelly-of-life gofer societal outlier that even your author gets carried away in denigrating, it may take the utmost and extraordinary summoning of will and self-control to make visits to TWO elementary schools in one day.

    14) And PAY YOUR DAMN NHK FEE, YA SLACKERS

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  6. Make a deal and get a last minute promise from the guy you are just going to kill.

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