Yes: I spent a day with Pharrell Williams’ videoclip; only pausing it for sleep, meals and football. This is what reading Jack Kerouac (On the Road) can do to you. Riding Kerouac’s wave of spontaneity/experimentation, as soon as I got wind of the videoclip, it was promptly decided that I had to challenge myself to 24 hours of happy working.
Challenge accepted! Is Pharrell Williams implicit claim of being able to provide 24h of joy actually true? I tested this on a working day for a real challenge. This is how it went…
First day:
- 12pm – smiles
- 2pm – still smiles
- 15:30 – best idea ever
- 4pm – a little repetitive maybe
- 6:30pm – still a great idea
- 10pm – I actually missed this stuff after dinner and footy time, so much that I’m playing it off work too.
- 10:30 – wow, this stuff is the best when you’re dimming the lights before sleep
Second day:
- 8:30 – ha!
- 10:30 – t’was a good idea
- 12pm – I made it!
- 3pm … starting to miss the damn song
Yes, it was worth it and I definitely got the happies. Particularly since I didn’t pull an all-nighter like these guys did. But if you’d like to know a few of the highlights from the videoclip beforehand, their article is a good reference.
More interesting, yet, is the crew’s description of the process:
But the coolest thing is finding some of the easter eggs:
Do it! You know you want to. 🙂