In honor of Keanu Reeves' half-century mark today, 50 appropriate ways to celebrate the day. Please report back with the number you plan to accomplish today. Party on dudes!
01 Become a "cool breeze over the mountains" like his name (consider it an acting exercize)
02 Consider Beirut, Lebanon where Keanu was born
03 Find it on the map if you're not familiar
03 Take the red pill
04 Join us tonight for "Best Shot" - we'll be choosing our favorite image from The Matrix
04 Be excellent to each other
05 Party on, dudes!
06 Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
07 Play a game of hockey
08 Drive a motorcycle
09 or, a a bus
10 Wait. Those are both probably illegal without a special license so why not just take a bus and pretend your driver is Sandra Bullock)
11 ...or go surfing
12 The point is physical activity. Do lots of it. Keanu is always on the move.
13 Read our Team Experience anniversary piece on Point Break (1991)
14 Look amazing in a wetsuit
15 Get wet frequently today; It's a good look for you
(35 more ways to celebrate after the jump)
16 Make out with someone who reminds you of Lori Petty
17 Get homoerotically obsessive about someone who reminds you of Patrick Swayze
18 Buy them a Famous President's mask - any president - and chase them around your neighborhood for fun
19 Sit in the Lotus Position and meditate; you are (little) Buddha
20 Charm the pants off an older someone who reminds you of Diane Keaton
21 Watch Speed (1994)
22 Watch Point Break (1991)
22 Watch Little Buddha (1994)
23 Watch Somethings Gotta Give (2003)
24 Pretend you've been to hell and back like a supernatural detective
25 Or that you nearly went there with an Al Pacino type
26 Practice being empty-headed... like there's nothing between your ears at all
27 All the better to insert data packages or weird slimy cords into the back of your head in some complicated dystopia
28 Draw a huge vertical scar as treasure trail down your abdomen
29 Pose for homoerotic photos with a close friend
30 Or role-play hustler & john with a special someone
31 if that's too emotionally charged get silly with your girlfriend or boyfriend. Pull out a camera and say "we can record our love" in the goofiest most adorable voice you can muster
32 Edit it all together like an artsy freeze frame sex scene
33 Recite Shakespeare with a surfer accent
34 Refuse to learn your lesson and just keep on finding (surfer) Shakespeare gigs
35 Watch Parenthood (1989)
36 Watch My Own Private Idaho (1991)
37 Watch Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
38 Make out with someone who reminds you of Charlize Theron
39 or someone who reminds you of Winona Ryder
40 Masturbate to fantasies of nude vampires holding you hostage
41 Watch Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
42 Refer to yourself as "The One" all day
43 Rename your pet "dogstar" just for today after Keanu's band
44 Watch The Matrix (1999)
45 Pretend to know Kung Fu
46 Strike at least one Neo action pose
47 Pretend your still impressed with bullet time 180 camerawork - I'm sure you'll see it somewhere today.
48 Say "Whoa" like you mean it
49. Say it as many times as you can possibly can today.
50. Make it your mantra and approach this day with innocent easily-impressed wonder
