Twenty-Three Reasons to Quit Your Damn Job Already (2006 Edition)

1. Run into international pop stars at the shoe store.


2. Eat chocolate croissants whenever you damn well please.


3. Skip town for a couple weeks to hang out with old friends BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT.


4. Take public speaking lessons at USC Business School with future MBAs.


5. Take a road trip to Austin to help your brother move into his new apartment.


6. Learn to do a handstand.


7. Ride the train to San Diego and attend the Comic-Con.


8. Spend more time with your family.


9. Visit a tarot reader.


10. Attend a Hollywood movie premiere.


11. Tour the inside of a B-12 Flying Fortress.


12. Pitch a movie to Hollywood studio executives.


13. Walk the Brookyln Bridge.


14. Remove the bicycle from storage and ride around the neighborhood.


15. Learn to make risotto and other things.


16. Create ringtones of your favorite anime series for the amusement of teenagers across the Internet.
    


17. Gamble at an Indian casino.


18. Disassemble a video game console and recalibrate the laser.


19. Attend the Whitney Biennial.


20. Eat barbeque in South Central Los Angeles.


21. Take yoga lessons.


22. Serve as a juror on a trial and deliver a verdict.


23. Write a blockbuster movie about Lobsters fighting Butterflies.