Monthly Statement:
January 2006
Now it might surprise you, but unlike December and November, January was one of the warmer months polling. Thus far all of the chosen locations have been out side and bearable (weather wise). The people on the streets, however, leave much to be desired. The second accumulation for this month took place at Madison Square Garden, and was my longest accumulation to date. I stood outside this infamous spot for two and half hours and was ignored by two hundred and twenty two people. Normally, I stay at a location until I get at least one hundred Yes or No responses, because it makes easier to find a daily percentage. When I ask the question "Yes or no, do you think I have a perfect body?", a response that is not a "yes" nor a "no" gets marked as an ignore. Often my poll-ies respond that they don't know or that they would rather not say and this is marked as an ignore because they were unwilling to subject my body into the binary of perfect or imperfect. What happens more often is I am flat out ignored. This involves me looking someone in the eyes asking the question and have that person not say a thing. My guess is most of the people polled at Madison Square Gardens have become use to ignoring people. This point could be further illustrated by a dramatization of torture and other ungodly practices in China, which was taking place nearby and seemed to be getting as much attention as I was.

Notable stories.
This first story is more of a celebrity watch than anything else: New York's own Tim Gunn, made even more infamous by the show "Project Runway", was polled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When asked, he insisted that I wouldn't want his thoughts. I told him to sail that ship my way and let me have it, which was met with laughter and then foot falls towards a taxi.

The Bronx Zoo was one of the other places I dragged some close friends to photograph me while I took off most of my clothing and approached strangers as to their opinions of my body. I was quite the novelty till discovered by the park's security and was walked out of the zoo's gates. I was told that I had offended some of the zoo goers and that my intolerable behavior would get me in trouble if I kept it up. Seven months remain in my "trouble making" and keeping it up is my only plan.

Process: On the streets and in a variety of public places I will approach people asking them the question, "Do I have the Perfect Body?"