the salsa thermometer of life.
this philosophy suggests that we rate the events in our life not in terms of bad to good, but mild to spicy. spicy events would be those that are more memorable, varied, new and exciting. mild events would be just that, a little more mild, mundane, possibly pleasurable but not so memorable. dylan said that if you don't like spicy salsa then you don't even really like salsa at all, you just like tomatoes. i might dispute this, but the larger point remains valid. if we put our immediate comfort ahead of varied experiences we aren't even really living at all but just eating a bushel of tomatoes.
the non-stop party wagon.
this philosophy was portrayed prominently in the movie "yes man" with jim carrey and zooey deschanel in which he says "yes" to everything, no matter what it is. this philosophy could be called the "yes" or "yes man" philosophy, but personally i much prefer "the non-stop party wagon". one thing we decided about this one was that you should spend a lot of time thinking about your decision to get on "the wagon" before you do it, because once your on it all that decision making goes right out the window. the wagon window.
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