tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44730598823223939002024-03-14T06:35:04.823-04:00Bucolic BehaviorTherapist by day, popping art, culture, & psychology by nightStephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-46923198272189857792021-07-09T13:08:00.000-04:002021-07-09T13:08:01.632-04:002020 GISH OR The Year We Finally Got Into The Book<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo9iS3x-GPwqYCotyq2RULbBmebrp9sxed_QRr8vFFpsrCcye0SCEYDllikLbgLzOSEO6dLJvGzvsC0k7ZwI_izX5Npnu1TGFexxORobjft26i3fkFzVI2Mdwh7JzyV706XNBY4AekctM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo9iS3x-GPwqYCotyq2RULbBmebrp9sxed_QRr8vFFpsrCcye0SCEYDllikLbgLzOSEO6dLJvGzvsC0k7ZwI_izX5Npnu1TGFexxORobjft26i3fkFzVI2Mdwh7JzyV706XNBY4AekctM/w640-h480/Underwater+camping.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />Everyone knows 2020 was weird, blah blah blah. And while Gish was different than previous years, it was even more welcome and as usual it was such a bizarre, much needed experience. If you're unfamiliar, <a href="https://www.gish.com/">Gish</a> is an experience and creation based scavenger hunt which happens each summer. Our team, the Lunicorns, has participated for the last 6 years with a variation in team members and it's the highlight of the year.<i><span> Jump into the pool for some camping.</span></i><br /></span><p></p><a name='more'></a><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can check out some previous Gish (previously known as Gishwhes) <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/search/label/GISHWHES">here</a>. A long list is dropped at the start of the hunt, topping out at about 200, and teams are given about 1 week to complete as many items as possible and complete them as <i>well</i> as possible. As the week progresses we get more tired and start asking our friends and family for more obtuse favors ("Do you know anyone with an industrial cotton candy machine?") and just try to get things done and submitted. The hunt went on, despite covid. Because of covid, the list also included a "kids menu" of some silly and less elaborate things for folks to do with their kiddos. As per usual, we had a team scattered around the world and managed to get a lot of things submitted. This was the first year I wasn't captain of the team and I feel validated that apparently it <i>is</i> as much work and difficult as I thought... Our 2020 Captain, a veteran Gisher, said, "Never again." She made a great cotton candy hairdo though. Every year there is a coffee table book published with some of the best items from the hunt. Our team never made it, though, obviously we should have. But this year we got some recognition. It was item #54, underwater camping, which finally got some external love. Here's the hard work. 🥰<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>#2 </b><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Carry on and on and on, wayward son!
Select up to one minute from the provided backing track of Kansas' classic anthem, Carry On Wayward Son. With at least five physically distanced people, record yourself singing along to the track - the more singers, the merrier.<br /> </span></b></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xebx7MLnaRI" width="449" youtube-src-id="Xebx7MLnaRI"></iframe></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>#4 </b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Plant the seeds of change to end food waste. Grow something from your food scraps or waste in your kitchen. Show us you planting it, then if there is any sprout or progress by the end of the week, show that, too. Oh- and you should upcycle something that’s not typically a planter as your pot (an old shoe, a disused jewelry box, etc.) Post an image of your planter on social media tagged #WeSowWeGrow!</span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SU1VSJOE_Sz5vXHUCC08bcScBuQ3hu6mDUEj5kJYM7SqGLHMQvH7LD3tTdcwwES1XOrmlP_GGKFRTj8k9AitylfakNCHZEqhC9iyKBwXN6tpkH4eSR1VT44c3LN4vMusf0ukkpisuazP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SU1VSJOE_Sz5vXHUCC08bcScBuQ3hu6mDUEj5kJYM7SqGLHMQvH7LD3tTdcwwES1XOrmlP_GGKFRTj8k9AitylfakNCHZEqhC9iyKBwXN6tpkH4eSR1VT44c3LN4vMusf0ukkpisuazP/" width="180" /></a> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>#5 </b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">The LEGO Master Model Builders are working to #RebuildtheWorld, which is full of undiscovered creatures. Luckily, Gishers are on the job. Build a hybrid animal or cryptid creature out of the legendary LOCKING BRICKS, then take a forced-perspective picture of it coming after you. Post your creation to social media tagging @LEGO_Group (@LEGO on Instagram), #RebuildTheWorld & #GISH</span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBgYDvZhE9JHhBUANUOapoipsWOFBYN4fgUXPU5M7bEGygZ6Fn-a2osySvdw8AZoifZbf-Wtr46Av8LivKfsbrpj5jAk8AjqSusVAnMRccjKl9jjngGcwSpSnAc32473w2Hx8FkP9dAGk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBgYDvZhE9JHhBUANUOapoipsWOFBYN4fgUXPU5M7bEGygZ6Fn-a2osySvdw8AZoifZbf-Wtr46Av8LivKfsbrpj5jAk8AjqSusVAnMRccjKl9jjngGcwSpSnAc32473w2Hx8FkP9dAGk/w185-h400/5.jpg" width="185" /></a> </i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#9</b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Nail art has reached new levels these days, but it hasn't forayed much into the fine art of nail signage. Let's see a miniature protest poster painted on a fingernail.</span></b></span></i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqC-1Xx9xeoUPzxTzjHph4h8zhzvvTUQdeZhosaWusoB61ojtvFX_O1X56Km6VVBTP1OjWcAs7oEsV7asKNxhGZDWurI3gh4Xftxs7-LT0jWcJmYhxoYK2Bg-zkTEkoVouGzpqbqwfOj6O/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="895" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqC-1Xx9xeoUPzxTzjHph4h8zhzvvTUQdeZhosaWusoB61ojtvFX_O1X56Km6VVBTP1OjWcAs7oEsV7asKNxhGZDWurI3gh4Xftxs7-LT0jWcJmYhxoYK2Bg-zkTEkoVouGzpqbqwfOj6O/" width="224" /></a> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></b></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#10 </b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Don't you hate being called two-faced? Maybe they meant something different than what you think. Using make-up or body paint, let's see an exact replica of your face on your belly. Take a pic proudly showing your two faces.<br /></i></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsnbXJ7_rUgYOOq0TYAfqkihnwGLVlLEhLnmkYlizIPn1AyKftppKj1T7oIL2GsiFXKRg-5nL-ORHekECsArXn2foZGcooOU6Wnko1ITlQkAg3tUn84Ah93B_kzOHMno0v7Phyvoz1s-E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1363" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsnbXJ7_rUgYOOq0TYAfqkihnwGLVlLEhLnmkYlizIPn1AyKftppKj1T7oIL2GsiFXKRg-5nL-ORHekECsArXn2foZGcooOU6Wnko1ITlQkAg3tUn84Ah93B_kzOHMno0v7Phyvoz1s-E/w267-h400/10.jpg" width="267" /></a></b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></b></span><b>#11 </b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>The art of rock balancing is said to open up creative pathways in your brain. But potato balancing has been proven to actually provide a shortcut to enlightenment. That's why we found you, in nature (or your backyard), meditating near the balanced potatoes.</i><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_ynSXidsBVR1FI2QCOvCIoTBAlKrxsKgyibVgL2A9oEha9ra-SBd9zlWCdNSPfEwBiAftZDNlWtc_hOfgKU_nyZMyfB97zi8DelfDcCIKMYFrp1f91XN56b2k8cOHE9W4MEgzZMAs-pd/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_ynSXidsBVR1FI2QCOvCIoTBAlKrxsKgyibVgL2A9oEha9ra-SBd9zlWCdNSPfEwBiAftZDNlWtc_hOfgKU_nyZMyfB97zi8DelfDcCIKMYFrp1f91XN56b2k8cOHE9W4MEgzZMAs-pd/w225-h400/11.png" width="225" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>#12 </b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Carve a piece of soap into something you definitely wouldn't want near or touching your hands. (Make sure to save and re-use the shavings.)</span></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQf97jtmKy_mDz4_IY_QONQaS-NqTvt_YpJ9KAqwkCA5bJJPjiyPv3R0RMSJLz-NiSL9S6refIm9JUEZjO-dffh7ANXiAOc3Df_UPc_8ha52uuoYii9Oidb81CCFjogYhSKL-_z7oUgxn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1620" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQf97jtmKy_mDz4_IY_QONQaS-NqTvt_YpJ9KAqwkCA5bJJPjiyPv3R0RMSJLz-NiSL9S6refIm9JUEZjO-dffh7ANXiAOc3Df_UPc_8ha52uuoYii9Oidb81CCFjogYhSKL-_z7oUgxn/" width="190" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>#13 </b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>When "our favorite childhood toy" slams full speed into "things that can be preserved in vinegar" the result is the "Pickle-Me-Elmo". Show us one. - Dave L.</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPM44cktL6WEPFQz5aPJv5RFEs_csW_pG_kq_SaICpo0hjMfS9x1twNRPAOquRg-sMxCShxgKxJdIA4Yrfn6oVjvq00kr2qMeABf4RbIwuJV9spW6Z__f6zyYTNnUG1FnXvxNOQ1oMyNx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPM44cktL6WEPFQz5aPJv5RFEs_csW_pG_kq_SaICpo0hjMfS9x1twNRPAOquRg-sMxCShxgKxJdIA4Yrfn6oVjvq00kr2qMeABf4RbIwuJV9spW6Z__f6zyYTNnUG1FnXvxNOQ1oMyNx/" width="180" /></a></div><b> </b></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#14 </b></span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Tie-dye something that definitely, absolutely, should not be tie-dyed. (You can use homemade vegetable dyes, if you like.)</i><br /></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-akgCtr_ssP8RvUvJ-O7mcWD5O1gPe5vSt3KjLyRhnNSIoR9o5INWeXqQ3TqhpjlDCktDTUEKtUI7bwrNBJ6gV5nZDIrr9ejVQdUiiev-aLIbL6-mxLdr6hxMtMoZUQlVaZyO12z8uXs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-akgCtr_ssP8RvUvJ-O7mcWD5O1gPe5vSt3KjLyRhnNSIoR9o5INWeXqQ3TqhpjlDCktDTUEKtUI7bwrNBJ6gV5nZDIrr9ejVQdUiiev-aLIbL6-mxLdr6hxMtMoZUQlVaZyO12z8uXs/w400-h400/14.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b><br /><b>#19 </b><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(TIMELAPSE) A melted-crayon rainbow "drip painting" portrait of an LGBTQIA icon or message of LGBTQIA inclusion and support.<br /><br /></span></b></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbFrcQ6udTI" width="462" youtube-src-id="BbFrcQ6udTI"></iframe></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>#20<i> </i></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>In some circumstances, blind or visually impaired people can sometimes use a little assistance from sighted people. If you're a sighted person, sign up for the Be My Eyes and submit a photo with the open on your phone. We trust you that you will actually use it and not just download it. Don't practice bad karma.</i><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg729fme5QFTpsULsp9BzFDbeMRzOyEG3om7_0jHrsBnBfFdLpgBlURcrgMXCNRnz3frRqGziNQhBI6NyVG9E-V8Xz64ol8zpkvksoqlaTxdQhvFPsCJ3NpFu1ge08MtTQgbYE5ZOG3ho8D/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg729fme5QFTpsULsp9BzFDbeMRzOyEG3om7_0jHrsBnBfFdLpgBlURcrgMXCNRnz3frRqGziNQhBI6NyVG9E-V8Xz64ol8zpkvksoqlaTxdQhvFPsCJ3NpFu1ge08MtTQgbYE5ZOG3ho8D/" width="114" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>#21 </b><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Gyms have closed due to the pandemic, but luckily Gishers have innovated "gym workout machines" made from household liances and objects. Let's see your workout video set to rockin' music.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3x1VBExPN80" width="476" youtube-src-id="3x1VBExPN80"></iframe></div><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>#22 </b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Depict something you struggle with (mental health issues, a personal issue, etc) as a strange cryptid you encountered in the woods. Portray yourself befriending it as a new camp buddy or defeating it powerfully.</i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBf1dRoWhRzIkK3XOf0eL8UE3ctWY9ruNPgqtUBTxWRF67RvO3FDuq8rKYJN7A9dVXSeHY_a7iqRGXedwMFgABcBQQZzBPlJxxdfDpBA4h9ZHgvbxbt0J2S74WDGkNakC-6sf1txjjinl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1242" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBf1dRoWhRzIkK3XOf0eL8UE3ctWY9ruNPgqtUBTxWRF67RvO3FDuq8rKYJN7A9dVXSeHY_a7iqRGXedwMFgABcBQQZzBPlJxxdfDpBA4h9ZHgvbxbt0J2S74WDGkNakC-6sf1txjjinl/w300-h400/22.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><b>#28 </b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Movies and lore often focus on the everyday scaring and terrorizing that monsters do. Let's see one of the most mundane things a horror icon has to do in their daily lives.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AwzaJA8sV5TwQnggw1e5VqpETEhnrIxxRe00htmlMuqLM4yZAZY_flZPhKnXgAfGOj-0gICOcK765VaxLU2VxJ5ipQsemvNP6QTmTOUX93xIEDrKf9UIxHQIMduC0bepAxcPJpRL6yER/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AwzaJA8sV5TwQnggw1e5VqpETEhnrIxxRe00htmlMuqLM4yZAZY_flZPhKnXgAfGOj-0gICOcK765VaxLU2VxJ5ipQsemvNP6QTmTOUX93xIEDrKf9UIxHQIMduC0bepAxcPJpRL6yER/w225-h400/28.png" width="225" /></a></div></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><br />#29 </b></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>LEGOAT</i></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsRIEqqAiOjiAA3dMiYQMPog2tmQpeUNGtw9SQXSsOlbNXukUcshF5GmZeCwjmQDdakvD6CExgYe2wjC0cNXV1Yg41VkZLStDBSBKinDOUaiPkeyV4H8kj90b2SvER3hnLJePfIrAOz7X/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsRIEqqAiOjiAA3dMiYQMPog2tmQpeUNGtw9SQXSsOlbNXukUcshF5GmZeCwjmQDdakvD6CExgYe2wjC0cNXV1Yg41VkZLStDBSBKinDOUaiPkeyV4H8kj90b2SvER3hnLJePfIrAOz7X/" width="240" /></a></i></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><br /></i></i><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></b></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#32 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>(SIDE-BY-SIDE) Your loved ones have merit. There are so many things that are great about them! Create a merit badge for at least one person in your life showcasing a quality about them that you really love, and then present it to them (over Zoom is fine). Submit the close-up of the badge and the image of your friend receiving it, with a footnote describing what it signifies, if it is not obvious.</i><br /></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqYlRXQaAiBSGH00nkSZ3648c3NZPoKECR4rNiFheh736I8li86hkweY_SHi66kj4d-HsuODBTCfqU-wmG5qs3vJ2c-fPysgcGtmgiXrtNTNfizjD_k_r1U9bVBCwFPxO9beN3QSV_Fcg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqYlRXQaAiBSGH00nkSZ3648c3NZPoKECR4rNiFheh736I8li86hkweY_SHi66kj4d-HsuODBTCfqU-wmG5qs3vJ2c-fPysgcGtmgiXrtNTNfizjD_k_r1U9bVBCwFPxO9beN3QSV_Fcg/w400-h400/32.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#33 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>You have Merit, too! There are so many things you know how to do, and do well — as well as many things that you are just good at naturally, like being a good friend. Create a sash and decorate it with two or more merit badges identifying all the things about yourself that you are proud of. If the badges don't make it clear, make sure to list their meaning in a footnote at the bottom of the image.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcLkwQg67enDrx_zsgojOa329PXl2OZS-3FePNF1-sLKHBt1k_oZ4UH2xhcuReRVN_Z0Kp0b9_8RW8OlNigGs-Qwo36iDg-ZbDbUw7WfWDuZdJHlEEjun4SvfueITPfPPzqmTB9BeXbLG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcLkwQg67enDrx_zsgojOa329PXl2OZS-3FePNF1-sLKHBt1k_oZ4UH2xhcuReRVN_Z0Kp0b9_8RW8OlNigGs-Qwo36iDg-ZbDbUw7WfWDuZdJHlEEjun4SvfueITPfPPzqmTB9BeXbLG/w400-h400/33.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>#37 </b></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>What's something that you've never cooked or baked because it just seemed too daunting or difficult? Something you would never even begin to attempt to create no matter how good a chef you were. Cook that thing. Submit a side-by-side image showing what you created in one image; in the other, an example of an expert-level creation of the same food.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fV3DIgbKUVWreKImRoe0OpkqitqdQt381CklxYGp00-Cye9wJ6nFDdDCa3_18oen0-6rbvKxuZHEg_6mG_UyQTWuMxp-LEMrI-jGMNiSmU__6SL9HlVcfbNybS9fOaYwHnLqJeLNYeGG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fV3DIgbKUVWreKImRoe0OpkqitqdQt381CklxYGp00-Cye9wJ6nFDdDCa3_18oen0-6rbvKxuZHEg_6mG_UyQTWuMxp-LEMrI-jGMNiSmU__6SL9HlVcfbNybS9fOaYwHnLqJeLNYeGG/" width="240" /></a></div></span> </b></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#38<i> </i></b></span></b></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Writer's Block<br /></i></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxeJwlej9UlY7ES2jbSrVdQ2PQw6eTvIPCh_kPkHA75Z9VLWP64szmvKnbCUD8O9zLmIioj71NINaLKqG0cRqc12OQAlb33mgZP9L4sBgCc9hG6E9POkONkFY9Nvck2D6GnZwFhPf8_eT/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxeJwlej9UlY7ES2jbSrVdQ2PQw6eTvIPCh_kPkHA75Z9VLWP64szmvKnbCUD8O9zLmIioj71NINaLKqG0cRqc12OQAlb33mgZP9L4sBgCc9hG6E9POkONkFY9Nvck2D6GnZwFhPf8_eT/" width="320" /></a></i></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><br /></i></i><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#39 </b></span></b></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Flower petal mandala with a belly button at its center<br /></i></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvYimbY_gAI8I90-HtTIPWqhOxV1YsqLxBsujdFomAZ_0oKIHs93WnuNTt5FKNQjy87Y_sXsLjBE6e9Dm4p3QYlIGTS134ehx02uKu1LF2Ki4TT5UZnS_zcQuZczJWe7Z_T4T1R96zRlC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvYimbY_gAI8I90-HtTIPWqhOxV1YsqLxBsujdFomAZ_0oKIHs93WnuNTt5FKNQjy87Y_sXsLjBE6e9Dm4p3QYlIGTS134ehx02uKu1LF2Ki4TT5UZnS_zcQuZczJWe7Z_T4T1R96zRlC/w400-h400/39.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><i><br /> </i></i><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#40 </b></span></b></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Create a message of hope on your mask. Wear it proudly.<br /></i></span></span></i></span><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0skZNM-dp3yLJ07e4OSQgqw0hxQJdt9VUdQrgsXTxlb_JQfPT9izIR5tPf4XLsqWqlL6IdnXd4qIGS3NNwt852Q20hbUbsmGjLnEcYj00-xqCQ1k2ze_ikNwv1BP40n6hGGK-zNrVeb8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1627" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0skZNM-dp3yLJ07e4OSQgqw0hxQJdt9VUdQrgsXTxlb_JQfPT9izIR5tPf4XLsqWqlL6IdnXd4qIGS3NNwt852Q20hbUbsmGjLnEcYj00-xqCQ1k2ze_ikNwv1BP40n6hGGK-zNrVeb8/" width="191" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#42 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">What is GISH? We're not exactly sure, but we sure want to read what you think it is. Write a 250-500 word essay and have it published to </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.medium.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">medium.com</a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">, as an op-ed in your local paper, or on any other curated blogging site (cannot be just a social media post). Your essay must employ the following phrases, "unreasonable pain and suffering," and "it seemed like a good idea at the time." Submit a screenshot of your essay and provide a link to your public post in the comments.</span></i><img alt="" height="344" 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"seed," and using stop motion, show us something unexpected sprouting from the ground. - Cass<br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2-uOhRUoz_s" width="455" youtube-src-id="2-uOhRUoz_s"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#46 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Halloween is just around the corner, and COVID concerns are likely to interfere. Design a physically-distanced trick-or-treater candy delivery system. You must demonstrate that it can deliver candy into the bags of a trick-or-treater from an impressive distance. You may not use a drone to complete this item. -Dawn T. </span></b></i></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><i><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFcbyNQyaHA" width="472" youtube-src-id="bFcbyNQyaHA"></iframe></i></b></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><i><br /></i></b></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#47 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">It wouldn't be summer camp without a game of physically-distanced Capture the Flag! Create a team flag and hang it somewhere publicly accessible outdoors that is NOT at your home or yard. Post the GPS coordinates on the GISH or social media so other teams can locate it. Then go find at least one other team's flag and "capture" it with a photograph. (No actual touching or taking of the flag allowed.) Make sure to include your victorious self in the picture.<br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-nGU1eu6hx_lYc3ZXXxGMOv0tP4qgyvLBNN-3QTggVSuQaHTCrJwMVIhN6e6xwx7qoiOkf-vEfYkvyRFwndtxPs25vablCf499OrRPsA0sfLDdu_X46N9-V0Ulb2mfABmJWf_Kj22ZtH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-nGU1eu6hx_lYc3ZXXxGMOv0tP4qgyvLBNN-3QTggVSuQaHTCrJwMVIhN6e6xwx7qoiOkf-vEfYkvyRFwndtxPs25vablCf499OrRPsA0sfLDdu_X46N9-V0Ulb2mfABmJWf_Kj22ZtH/" width="180" /></a></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> #51 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>Present your significant other with a beautifully hand-cut, dramatic, 24-carrot ring. That is not a typo. - Dave L.</i><br /></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbhEqvtwG_r3ZBs8H8EuwPbI4uURV9EIvjzX7wxrI9lyq0ckgI8jFBW5nRL6C32WVc38EdPXcfwzeYRjgu_LGrbxglhB3-rKEUydtQxqWI8t-rPI-pRhV-UKIreR_2t-qIe80MiKBtGSw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1242" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbhEqvtwG_r3ZBs8H8EuwPbI4uURV9EIvjzX7wxrI9lyq0ckgI8jFBW5nRL6C32WVc38EdPXcfwzeYRjgu_LGrbxglhB3-rKEUydtQxqWI8t-rPI-pRhV-UKIreR_2t-qIe80MiKBtGSw/w400-h300/51.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#54 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Anyone can camp in the middle of the forest, but with wildfire season at a high, that's just too risky, and campgrounds are too crowded. Pitch your tent underwater to be safe! We want to see it all: a tent, cooler, sleeping bags… and, of course, a lone camper, roasting marshmallows over a "campfire."</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-bh-6z93fffbg3SkpQBsyeRVmHzIsekPE7i04Xcifln5dMxqKITOClNrHX6JvuTuOscFbiSKo3y9XM5PU9njczazAYZsIXnwVbRGdwc39Y9-iJlUH6p8zVKpmYWpuDvpoINOh0RDsps4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-bh-6z93fffbg3SkpQBsyeRVmHzIsekPE7i04Xcifln5dMxqKITOClNrHX6JvuTuOscFbiSKo3y9XM5PU9njczazAYZsIXnwVbRGdwc39Y9-iJlUH6p8zVKpmYWpuDvpoINOh0RDsps4/w400-h300/Underwater+camping.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#55 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">UP TO 30 Seconds- Don't touch that dial! Make a cheesy, 80's-style sit-com "opening credits" video of your team.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lhV_uWvML2Q" width="481" youtube-src-id="lhV_uWvML2Q"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#58 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(TEAM GRID ITEM) Some people have politicized the wearing of masks as a violation of freedom. Create a stealth mask that people can wear around anti-maskers without stirring controversy: paint a photo-realistic face of YOUR face on a mask so casual observers won't know that you're actually a thoughtful citizen. Take a photo of each member of your team wearing your not-a-mask mask and submit a grid image. You should all be recognizable.</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cHA4vUYPazMdPQhMfOSIDvD6i6C37HfyEDQ6L62tHjNzUSkF2BuNjehYbQR7XoGsWmpZG-Wz5LJmDDwLhJG9I9NlNd3_t-SFuaBr6HThRuV-gtgD06ZjqrGpPpBRGlzbFqXfToeuHGZw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cHA4vUYPazMdPQhMfOSIDvD6i6C37HfyEDQ6L62tHjNzUSkF2BuNjehYbQR7XoGsWmpZG-Wz5LJmDDwLhJG9I9NlNd3_t-SFuaBr6HThRuV-gtgD06ZjqrGpPpBRGlzbFqXfToeuHGZw/w427-h640/58.png" width="427" /></a></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#59 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">The interior roofs of most cars are boring — but not yours. Paint a re-creation of all or part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling on the interior roof of your car. — Inspired by Rebecca T.<br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjUajl_jafQAyHH-PBPG_0-LCOXJtGqysssPRq3AavjygQY3KsT-Z_YPhcz2AfQaBfoM-xCqyZqulpVSLYOpMEPv50kKSe6IGOGQkvFMLBkCH7KaHSBKmpUzOP-oEBDRcE2EydaUXsbf8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjUajl_jafQAyHH-PBPG_0-LCOXJtGqysssPRq3AavjygQY3KsT-Z_YPhcz2AfQaBfoM-xCqyZqulpVSLYOpMEPv50kKSe6IGOGQkvFMLBkCH7KaHSBKmpUzOP-oEBDRcE2EydaUXsbf8/w640-h376/IMG_20200808_200113.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#60 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>They say you shouldn't bury your feelings, but in this case, we'll make an exception. Bury your anger or frustration and give it a proper funeral. - Misha’s Mom</i><br /></span></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzPfI2Au20eUi1gO03x2jih_AlZLa2qM4_G1wtgUAE07muSlMFNVhShdOwV89BkohFHiL2GbODSUjbNEekWLVGd1wIWXbZ61gT1rV4P22B-LR1GspHeJvf1n7MuHvTex56_rG1zCHcDyk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzPfI2Au20eUi1gO03x2jih_AlZLa2qM4_G1wtgUAE07muSlMFNVhShdOwV89BkohFHiL2GbODSUjbNEekWLVGd1wIWXbZ61gT1rV4P22B-LR1GspHeJvf1n7MuHvTex56_rG1zCHcDyk/w400-h400/60.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i><b>#62 </b></b></b><i><b><b><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Nothing's more annoying than cracking an egg over the campfire and getting shells in the pan. But now with new, patent-pending GISHCORP Zippable Eggs, it's no longer a problem! The zipper must go around the circumference of a real eggshell and really work to open and close the shell and release real egg yolk and whites.<br /><br /></span></b></b></b></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HNHFjy8JqzE" width="472" youtube-src-id="HNHFjy8JqzE"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></b></b></b></i><b><b><b>#69 </b></b></b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Let's Tulpa COVID out of existence. Create your own artistic version of the Amabie, a Japanese monster said to cure disease if a picture of it is displayed. You may use any medium. - Laura B</a></b></span></b></span></b></span></i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVtCLCz4tUAsUu3eRSduWwYona62qXI0KTG8ZLAf7P9GF_UQK9yPUvjRh75rjZD7CDSWzPVYbB6HdNl4Au5H5MScPqxNlYp5mM5ZANwbd2NmsCT5ZGHjVtPViZc5iKBTmhBbRHu-qFMgi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVtCLCz4tUAsUu3eRSduWwYona62qXI0KTG8ZLAf7P9GF_UQK9yPUvjRh75rjZD7CDSWzPVYbB6HdNl4Au5H5MScPqxNlYp5mM5ZANwbd2NmsCT5ZGHjVtPViZc5iKBTmhBbRHu-qFMgi/" width="150" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#71 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Up to 2 minutes</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">)Interview someone who was there for a momentous time in history at least 50 years ago: D-day, the dust bowl, Depression bread lines, Pearl Harbor, Woodstock — you get the idea. Check out StoryCorps for examples, and Story Corps Questions for ideas on conversational prompts. #MyGISHStory</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h8E-v3_KnuI" width="476" youtube-src-id="h8E-v3_KnuI"></iframe></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#80 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Gourd your loins. Create a swimsuit out of the exterior of a gourd. Remember: it's a zero-waste hunt, so find a way to use or consume the interior of the gourd. (Of course, you always wear a fresh gourd, not a dried one, for health & safety reasons.)</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUCwrTOZ9zNBLPgbZzPmmgJ7D92nQplZkT7ac1FrQiBSCbDr-qhkl_wprN8gtQjAi6Fx7G6FYwV-9DQ7spXJVJHqcCV33WNb-Ym9C8sm2DGYnmA1kywb1O2WRgMj-2uFY7_EYdstTmCX2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUCwrTOZ9zNBLPgbZzPmmgJ7D92nQplZkT7ac1FrQiBSCbDr-qhkl_wprN8gtQjAi6Fx7G6FYwV-9DQ7spXJVJHqcCV33WNb-Ym9C8sm2DGYnmA1kywb1O2WRgMj-2uFY7_EYdstTmCX2/w300-h400/80.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#83 </b></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i>They say you can't get blood from a stone. Prove them wrong: draw blood from a stone.</i></span></b></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUga05pPO-w" width="477" youtube-src-id="AUga05pPO-w"></iframe></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /> </b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#88 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">In the past, we asked you to Salt and Pepper Iron Man, so it seems only fitting you create a Spice-Art tribute to Iron Man's creator, the late, great Stan Lee. Whether it is the man himself, or his comic book creations, create a Spicy-Art tribute to Stan. Excelsior!</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGD5S8eMQxnvcS8BqG9BsWnq2jIJn4zZsBWyUb0ABI7f9OpVH_wArAJSQ_ZSAtkMJLIWuvvP9BZUg0MjBL2hV06QmMqNUNnQkVQwWI5WWrGZDUDd0onCEhbgfCTqn7mYcZ_hlFijBKzsv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGD5S8eMQxnvcS8BqG9BsWnq2jIJn4zZsBWyUb0ABI7f9OpVH_wArAJSQ_ZSAtkMJLIWuvvP9BZUg0MjBL2hV06QmMqNUNnQkVQwWI5WWrGZDUDd0onCEhbgfCTqn7mYcZ_hlFijBKzsv/" width="320" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i><b>#91 </b><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Bugs get bored, too. Build a tiny board game for bugs and show them playing.</span></b></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5VZu1g4o-WdO-VdBmG71JAzkqXpZ120Lps4E-OkXkJePvvxrJb6YSY8B9OuX3rj97sn8MJsWfAH33pG4_4XnFFUv5kbVocDI6d7Elmj4He2ZZSRms6fsJkafrtaAPMp0UhpCyk2O5wA6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1242" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5VZu1g4o-WdO-VdBmG71JAzkqXpZ120Lps4E-OkXkJePvvxrJb6YSY8B9OuX3rj97sn8MJsWfAH33pG4_4XnFFUv5kbVocDI6d7Elmj4He2ZZSRms6fsJkafrtaAPMp0UhpCyk2O5wA6/w400-h265/91.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span></i></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#97 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">In Supernatural, Sam and Dean use salt to fight against the bad guys. Depict a cryptid or monster using only salt. - Ashlynn A.</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8pS1A5v0ekbweyhSGxlZ_E84aomWFGdLgWE_7D89HvUz4OuVZCzzj-uM2LxhD2b28AdtIUlqgb4FZNL4LLmpyIGZYnmepZgeN3w7sXarZTzVG2JpB2fLEw574HiJMRdj4ouAX0poaoOc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8pS1A5v0ekbweyhSGxlZ_E84aomWFGdLgWE_7D89HvUz4OuVZCzzj-uM2LxhD2b28AdtIUlqgb4FZNL4LLmpyIGZYnmepZgeN3w7sXarZTzVG2JpB2fLEw574HiJMRdj4ouAX0poaoOc/w240-h320/97.jpg" width="240" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> <br /></b></span></i></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#106 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">The Curiosity rover has been driving on Mars since 2012, collecting close-up images of the Mars surface. The rover team uses these images to train the rover how to recognize different types of terrain by itself, to improve the rover's autonomous driving ability. Help classify some of the Mars images that the rover team will actually use to train the rover. Sign up at AI4Mars, complete the tutorial, and complete at least one image classification exercise. Send us a screenshot of your completed image classification. - Dave L. </span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcBtIVzih-1OHMpcFTGNvUXfeBTmvLz-skcymNG7Fgr-rjleuda9kE9GRAkEZeKywmRxqoiJlL4ZHBoc9wNP6QKnyAj_bK_vhoI9szrPAuX_VesC2iEhlEGvTspJebzzh8pzMbatERiFg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1270" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcBtIVzih-1OHMpcFTGNvUXfeBTmvLz-skcymNG7Fgr-rjleuda9kE9GRAkEZeKywmRxqoiJlL4ZHBoc9wNP6QKnyAj_bK_vhoI9szrPAuX_VesC2iEhlEGvTspJebzzh8pzMbatERiFg/" width="320" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#107 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">One of the best things about summer carnivals is food on a stick, but it's usually junk food or shish kebabs, and that's so limiting! Make an upscale 7-course dinner-on-a-stick worthy of a Michelin 4-star restaurant. Every course, from the amuse-bouche to the salad to dessert, should be represented, and it must be beautifully presented. All courses must be served on a single stick.</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEx-2ViT_egqJnc7VyAS8n5oCPFAHsM-u37kDlOzsNfIM91eHOScTq-Ro6hNM9CTmNNUrs3_SJQZbFhdZXasFW0exNqZRAy2Y9e4lrMCGCxJPN7SPXy55iqhtXKXpzh5dx4NHEdAEju8K/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEx-2ViT_egqJnc7VyAS8n5oCPFAHsM-u37kDlOzsNfIM91eHOScTq-Ro6hNM9CTmNNUrs3_SJQZbFhdZXasFW0exNqZRAy2Y9e4lrMCGCxJPN7SPXy55iqhtXKXpzh5dx4NHEdAEju8K/w400-h400/107.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b></b><br /></i><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></b></span></b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"> <b>#109 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(SIDE-BY-SIDE) You've heard of friendship bracelets, yes? We're making Friendship FaceMasks! Using our guide, make a mask for you and your friend. Pose side-by-side and 6 feet apart.</span></i></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZtWcywwvmNJKd-StWZD9f1znDKGtOwX3hZCc4q_5b64bkESYpsR94Uu0GLyPxIKLARo_WuN6sBu-NY_osBjh_8xcpnkKlI7294f8ynp-5yTk4MUoEzwOA97GtABTBTH0-L-SXVd6wX1y/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZtWcywwvmNJKd-StWZD9f1znDKGtOwX3hZCc4q_5b64bkESYpsR94Uu0GLyPxIKLARo_WuN6sBu-NY_osBjh_8xcpnkKlI7294f8ynp-5yTk4MUoEzwOA97GtABTBTH0-L-SXVd6wX1y/" width="320" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#110 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">NASA launched the "Perseverance" rover to Mars this week. The rover is carrying "Ingenuity" tucked underneath the rover - the first-ever planetary helicopter. Create your own model version of Ingenuity using only paper and glue, no other materials. - Dave L.</span></b></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8SDtuPPkWk" width="320" youtube-src-id="d8SDtuPPkWk"></iframe></div><br /></span></i></b></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#116 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">The members of our community experiencing homelessness are struggling the hardest with lack of access to disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and masks. Set up a physically-distanced donation station in an ropriate area with cloth masks and hand sanitizer, soap, bottled water, pre-wred snacks or other survival needs in ziplock bags clipped to a fence or other location. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do this, take the utmost care so you do not transmit the virus in case you're an asymptomatic carrier: Only handle items with gloved hands and only while wearing a mask yourself, and stay away from others.</span></i></b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d1sSuii7E_A0y1IVzI4kUWdMg6JC8Mz-NlQUzo8c55PVvG1LZJPWHaKUKFvmE_H2bFMiHcRMeWL9IX7F1jSHuoMiOo6V8TGKNzmnvSDI4EowAdEfOIWT-2HikvF31DN8_Kaqla9wohvl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d1sSuii7E_A0y1IVzI4kUWdMg6JC8Mz-NlQUzo8c55PVvG1LZJPWHaKUKFvmE_H2bFMiHcRMeWL9IX7F1jSHuoMiOo6V8TGKNzmnvSDI4EowAdEfOIWT-2HikvF31DN8_Kaqla9wohvl/" width="320" /></a></div><br />#123 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">A person sporting a pink cotton candy beehive hairdo, made of real cotton candy.</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyQcsyySsu0tFnXq8nQWp7Wl9TRRVJWEZy8bb6oznh3dyidlhVRg6yo7GncqpkJ16po2pqASW4mhZSO5Yhzm5EkKi6EzNpLtuIyRMk42jOi0jSR3ikIF8wfngDNbhsrLJp5kzd_IBUstv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyQcsyySsu0tFnXq8nQWp7Wl9TRRVJWEZy8bb6oznh3dyidlhVRg6yo7GncqpkJ16po2pqASW4mhZSO5Yhzm5EkKi6EzNpLtuIyRMk42jOi0jSR3ikIF8wfngDNbhsrLJp5kzd_IBUstv/w240-h320/123.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#124 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Invent LEGO Socks. Not socks made out of LEGO (we already have those). We mean socks that protect your feet when you step on a LEGO brick in the middle of the night. Not shoes. SOCKS.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LMABLkjzs38" width="458" youtube-src-id="LMABLkjzs38"></iframe></div><br /></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#125 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Create a physically-distanced show of SUPPORT for hospital workers. If it is safe for you to do so in your area, place a sign outside a hospital wearing a mask and gloves showing your reciation. Do not come into contact with others.</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8lAwtFUmL0FOvZ54zwuo-HgepN9qeYJP4PYp8g8o1TF3TQO1WL6kEPJGpNA3E6ynlXzlKG-C8AeCQir1j3vWaqHxGH7YXJM-GNF0nIiuxULwL9kKM96-2d0duAAw4BfilVSmhz6hUY97/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8lAwtFUmL0FOvZ54zwuo-HgepN9qeYJP4PYp8g8o1TF3TQO1WL6kEPJGpNA3E6ynlXzlKG-C8AeCQir1j3vWaqHxGH7YXJM-GNF0nIiuxULwL9kKM96-2d0duAAw4BfilVSmhz6hUY97/w293-h400/125.png" width="293" /></a></div><br />#130 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">It's hard not to be dazzled by your favorite celebrity. Create a bedazzled portrait of them, then post it to social media and tag @GISH and the celebrity with #YouDazzleMe. Then, submit the original image and the social media link to us.</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVG1CGVPatuCa8ui-40zcaJl7hH_oh9xDy0uljiNsWVOp8GP4jT6XPejx1SrE6UrrKoOdz22dfF3T2Bb-Aph0WE5ZBZUh01AOUmdTxbKAO_VJjSwTBP1E4Z6M4EppZ6OnwWb2PZ7nfBBT/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1671" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVG1CGVPatuCa8ui-40zcaJl7hH_oh9xDy0uljiNsWVOp8GP4jT6XPejx1SrE6UrrKoOdz22dfF3T2Bb-Aph0WE5ZBZUh01AOUmdTxbKAO_VJjSwTBP1E4Z6M4EppZ6OnwWb2PZ7nfBBT/w327-h400/130.jpg" width="327" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#137 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Create a "beaded" curtain out of whatever you can find in your kitchen that is NOT beads or pasta.</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyd-yfNPTsvKH_NwKgoIGcuWYWCjYo0xqXcjI9xApdR2woGRhO1FwC1OwsGKTdGPNgaSZFshbNEfHC_9joRKKek1LfMgxhkTE2sLt3jXMzeUYwSwNI3TX8z5nmp9BDyl8pH4z8BIls2Vm/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="1146" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyd-yfNPTsvKH_NwKgoIGcuWYWCjYo0xqXcjI9xApdR2woGRhO1FwC1OwsGKTdGPNgaSZFshbNEfHC_9joRKKek1LfMgxhkTE2sLt3jXMzeUYwSwNI3TX8z5nmp9BDyl8pH4z8BIls2Vm/w133-h320/137.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#140 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">You know the old saying: something old, something new, something borrowed and something polyethylene. Create a beautiful wedding gown made out of recycled plastic shopping bags and other plastic refuse. (Recycle afterwards!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-BWtK-KDso2emFUI6aJDzayKLEeLwh8Dw_T_O5J5Skrc0jQZXy-Yfw0Xqd6B31OruIqMzivWRIzFUCrIBLzoUEU_AzuhommzyUMM2SldMiJLMXb15k-wWoLtunXF5vj4hV1lffl-quNv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1297" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-BWtK-KDso2emFUI6aJDzayKLEeLwh8Dw_T_O5J5Skrc0jQZXy-Yfw0Xqd6B31OruIqMzivWRIzFUCrIBLzoUEU_AzuhommzyUMM2SldMiJLMXb15k-wWoLtunXF5vj4hV1lffl-quNv/" width="152" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#145 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Lasts: Find an old photo that depicts the last of something for you. For example:
1. The last time I held your hand
2. The last time I saw you
3. The last time we hugged
4. The last time my parent carried me in from the car
5. The last time I felt truly carefree
6. etc.</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9B3s7AQkEetNq9SdL5VPKJacyqCO0EYkqHHIXLiBHIQ6q0iC4l2cPslGHa4Ypuz5ktixV_Z3DA88_NXwveYh503mJdxCrQGp7PbdPOHiQQXEVQqBxRFoZW9FzahraU7q7j9IfvxFk1U5/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1435" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9B3s7AQkEetNq9SdL5VPKJacyqCO0EYkqHHIXLiBHIQ6q0iC4l2cPslGHa4Ypuz5ktixV_Z3DA88_NXwveYh503mJdxCrQGp7PbdPOHiQQXEVQqBxRFoZW9FzahraU7q7j9IfvxFk1U5/" width="168" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#152 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Using forced perspective, take a portrait with your pet aligned so that the pet's nose and mouth become your nose and mouth, as though you are one entity.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdjoA0_b2h58MJbLIrCLgkmr990I2gJ5ajuiIwQrNqd7rrXlG4lJngYSjV53Ib-bYDk5KN6dLMJPgfMZx8Ts44W5ZtoqLWo470U7RPdjJYYv9nWb48KMawkpfDqrWdjq42UAJxEBFHJxu/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdjoA0_b2h58MJbLIrCLgkmr990I2gJ5ajuiIwQrNqd7rrXlG4lJngYSjV53Ib-bYDk5KN6dLMJPgfMZx8Ts44W5ZtoqLWo470U7RPdjJYYv9nWb48KMawkpfDqrWdjq42UAJxEBFHJxu/" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#153 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">At Camp Welaka, the Girl Scouts write wishes on paper airplanes and send them out into the world. But we don't trust airlines to get our wishes where they need to go. Write your wishes on tiny pieces of hand-made biodegradable confetti made from leaves and cast them into the wind. — Inspired by Katie<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zh5bYYnca1U" width="476" youtube-src-id="zh5bYYnca1U"></iframe></div><br /></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#156<i> </i></b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">In our most recent mini-hunt, we wrote letters to Willie Simmons, a man who has been jailed in Alabama for 38 years over a matter of a $9 robbery. He's still in prison, despite good behavior, a clear victim of the inequities of the for-profit incarceration system in the United States. Let's do something about that. Send an origami dove to Gov. Kay Ivey (600 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, AL 36130). On it, write a quote about justice and "Uncage Willie Simmons."</span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-DY_f516QmnqQgNEiaefisRO4GH49mivXPXofKFUZIpv2Dp6SaMN6jqZtQ8MCa7xzckYAKUNagkjqpiWAR6xOOzp0ULSGcF1LApqJWRCMjw-sd3TJ-3VY7f9_QLqUynp5ynm8xeNFDFf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-DY_f516QmnqQgNEiaefisRO4GH49mivXPXofKFUZIpv2Dp6SaMN6jqZtQ8MCa7xzckYAKUNagkjqpiWAR6xOOzp0ULSGcF1LApqJWRCMjw-sd3TJ-3VY7f9_QLqUynp5ynm8xeNFDFf/w240-h320/156.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#159 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Every 2 minutes, a child dies of malaria as a result of a mosquito bite. But we can help. Get at least 10 people not on your team to chip in at least $1 each to </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="http://nothingbutnets.net" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Nothing But Nets</a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;"> (for a total of $10) to provide at least 2 long-lasting insecticidal bed nets to families in impoverished countries. Submit an image with proof of your donation(s).</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz15aXkC_XznA3tih4hxtk1AGTXhX1CcXwN4Y3R8UGgB6SNcGSBAEGm8FBzqnbe13evTDcdmM6AHktLYUICy1dKXGkGeuU8I0KjsKliVem428Qh5tU0Btwb0aIsCgLmeayYZu8h0qahj41/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz15aXkC_XznA3tih4hxtk1AGTXhX1CcXwN4Y3R8UGgB6SNcGSBAEGm8FBzqnbe13evTDcdmM6AHktLYUICy1dKXGkGeuU8I0KjsKliVem428Qh5tU0Btwb0aIsCgLmeayYZu8h0qahj41/" width="114" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#166 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Burning Man has been canceled, but COVID can't take the festival of radical self-reliance away from us. Introducing Backyard Burning Man! Build a miniature version of "The Man" in your back yard or driveway and burn it in effigy. (You may ONLY set it ablaze if you can do so safely-- otherwise, you may submit your unburned work.) And of course, remember: leave no trace when you're done.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEGecRaEbb4ntx_dqvFM4J7HcMWebv1_m2qwBGuCB3FYwQqrYxV1AlVQQN64jrcJjeN6SKXTOrdy8xWmfNGcfz1aPJJZFLtEo8jVGiH7bWRY7wGoNpJHogYZ24fhfEKEKG73DC-Ztay_a/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEGecRaEbb4ntx_dqvFM4J7HcMWebv1_m2qwBGuCB3FYwQqrYxV1AlVQQN64jrcJjeN6SKXTOrdy8xWmfNGcfz1aPJJZFLtEo8jVGiH7bWRY7wGoNpJHogYZ24fhfEKEKG73DC-Ztay_a/w300-h400/166.jpg" width="300" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#169 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">(SIDE-BY-SIDE) Last year, we started the #GISH International Forest. (If you played last year, how are your trees doing? Check in on them regularly!) This year, we're doubling-down on the challenge: plant at LEAST one tree for the </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=3509966" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">#GISH International Forest </a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;"> -- in person if you can safely do so, or through an organization like One Tree Planted, if you prefer. Then, start a tree in your own home from a seed. You can plant seeds from a citrus fruit, an avocado seed, pine cone seeds, etc. Show us a picture of your sapling and your seed being planted. (If you don't have a way to safely plant a seedling, you can use One Tree Planted or another tree-planting site.) <br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBVnbYJ0Yzsas2ZHZ4cfrYX3vn-eqHF7_ri4BLXsOQJ9zGm0KA5c1vxPp366-p_Xv_dfXMCvKfnmAvW_JIV1IXcv2OwMeLWQmUFOCkw5UovqEKl01GWT40lwGFC9DCNXr_Pn4tkj9_Ttq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBVnbYJ0Yzsas2ZHZ4cfrYX3vn-eqHF7_ri4BLXsOQJ9zGm0KA5c1vxPp366-p_Xv_dfXMCvKfnmAvW_JIV1IXcv2OwMeLWQmUFOCkw5UovqEKl01GWT40lwGFC9DCNXr_Pn4tkj9_Ttq/w212-h400/IMG_20200808_185148.jpg" width="212" /></a></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#170 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Bogie and Bacall. Sandy and Danny. Doc and Marty. Turner and Hooch. Some movie duos stand the test of time, and Misha and the Queen are no different. Draw or paint a poster of HRH and Misha as an iconic pairing in a scene from a classic or beloved film. You must digitally (or old fashioned) paint or draw this. You're not permitted to simply photoshop their heads on the bodies of actors on a movie poster. For obvious reasons, you may not depict any scene from Titanic or Gone With The Wind.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkCfK2K2uR2spmFf_zyxdiml6OkWR3ILQrA2Oka91kEkiRkp1rBCFqxzCFEM5GhBXutsnnB1hUPXX-Wm2B6bUx1TDEf2Bwh2-e8Oyy4UKxI8e9v2UUa3OxVXqvs_DKhBYHjJq8BNbwee_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1550" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkCfK2K2uR2spmFf_zyxdiml6OkWR3ILQrA2Oka91kEkiRkp1rBCFqxzCFEM5GhBXutsnnB1hUPXX-Wm2B6bUx1TDEf2Bwh2-e8Oyy4UKxI8e9v2UUa3OxVXqvs_DKhBYHjJq8BNbwee_/" width="182" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#173 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">You're watching your carb intake, so skip the pasta today... literally. Create the longest linguine noodle you can and attempt to use it as a jump rope. PS: This is a zero-waste Hunt, so be prepared to eat what you make - make sure to skip your noodles over a clean surface! (Need help learning to make long-guine? </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://blog.hipcooks.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">@hipcooks</a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;"> has a lesson in the longest linguini-making.)<br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/774Gi-ceNxs" width="472" youtube-src-id="774Gi-ceNxs"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#174 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">How are horn players weathering COVID? Show us a pandemic-safe wind instrument, such as a saxophone or other horn modified to be </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: line-through;">n95</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"> filtered (without muting the instrument.) Hint, the instrument wears the mask, not just the player.<br /><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dvuCZthabhU" width="467" youtube-src-id="dvuCZthabhU"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#177 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">The Black Lives Matter movement inspired a lot of people to take action to address the realities of police brutality and the oppression that people of color live within many parts of the world every day. Thousands of people from all walks of life have been protesting, but with shelter-in-place restrictions and health considerations due to COVID, not everybody who has wanted to attend a rally or protest has been able to do so. We're changing that. We're hosting a virtual rally: post an image of yourself holding a poster with a message supporting equality or calling for an end to police brutality. Tag it #GISH4Equality and encourage your friends and teammates to participate, too. Then, submit your photo grid of yourself with your poster as well as the photos of other friends and teammates that joined in. Please submit the original picture grid of yourselves with your posters, NOT a screenshot of your posts.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-qcBLX4lsXkeM3Kx_ICpUjnHbYX-CB7HuXFBS3ZCUxLqF_NtP7E3-9XwHF9PAdmegLVCA4h1k64H-gVIBj3-GudGeumck7BKnVV5o44Wc81i1NfnssPfAJaL-Krz_W3LzK-U94_rlyJx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-qcBLX4lsXkeM3Kx_ICpUjnHbYX-CB7HuXFBS3ZCUxLqF_NtP7E3-9XwHF9PAdmegLVCA4h1k64H-gVIBj3-GudGeumck7BKnVV5o44Wc81i1NfnssPfAJaL-Krz_W3LzK-U94_rlyJx/w400-h400/177.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#178 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Ruth Bader Ginsburg is known for her strength, her measured and wise jurisprudence, and her signature lace collars. But as all Gishers know, lacework used to be used to depict </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/01/14/the-coded-couture-of-antique-lacework/" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">historic moments</a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">, so clearly you should crochet or knit a lace collar featuring a portrait of RBG or that conveys a message to her.<br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CfdibH3VWZCt7kJPfzCIkjwk0Dr_VTAL39a1Hy1DO6c8q3LCaQR_cT7WuP-iR5B5Q7ChFDv-hsuZ8C3fGHGz-zdq0IYPifxxHTd7xY4sn9iDjIhzIkHxll0PHDrXVBShiYOpFlwHHaOC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CfdibH3VWZCt7kJPfzCIkjwk0Dr_VTAL39a1Hy1DO6c8q3LCaQR_cT7WuP-iR5B5Q7ChFDv-hsuZ8C3fGHGz-zdq0IYPifxxHTd7xY4sn9iDjIhzIkHxll0PHDrXVBShiYOpFlwHHaOC/w400-h400/RBG.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></b></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#179 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Starting last week, Italy began debate on Alessandro Zan's anti-discrimination bill to make hate speech and discrimination against LGBT people a punishable offense. Show your support: draw an Italian landmark in rainbow colors.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdiNrZsRyd5MX1fRTIyOU5IZhMahkzQa3ksMmlfTxJxPdrNGEORGxf_bQrqCmiYqo14whYu7tUJc-U7cupjFIPO-U0qPfz7XhNIcLF8uNVL_Ct4T7JoapvhhMv-MiVHz32Iz9n0z7IQT0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1378" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdiNrZsRyd5MX1fRTIyOU5IZhMahkzQa3ksMmlfTxJxPdrNGEORGxf_bQrqCmiYqo14whYu7tUJc-U7cupjFIPO-U0qPfz7XhNIcLF8uNVL_Ct4T7JoapvhhMv-MiVHz32Iz9n0z7IQT0/w429-h640/179.jpeg" width="429" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#180 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">A hinged jewelry box, but instead of a spinning ballerina inside, it's a pole dancer. (no nudity)</span></b></i></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MDNb6tUPn1s" width="465" youtube-src-id="MDNb6tUPn1s"></iframe></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><br /></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#185 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(UP TO 1 MINUTE) Our friend Shoshannah Stern reads children's stories in ASL with her #OperationASLStorytime. Let's take a page out of her book: Find your favorite childhood story and read a page from it, all in sign language. (If you aren't fluent, contact someone who is to verify accuracy. Any dialect is fine.)<br /><br /></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><i><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MjDZO2I5jd8" width="471" youtube-src-id="MjDZO2I5jd8"></iframe></i></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><i><br /></i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"> </span></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#190 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Remember how the United States is holding children, separated from their families, in cages at the border for the "crime" of asking for legal asylum? Yeah, we haven't forgotten either. Sign up to volunteer remotely with </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="http://www.everylastone.org" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">Every Last One</a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline;">, an organization that helps advocate for the children and is guiding them out of detention and into the arms of their families when possible, or screened sponsors when not. Submit a screenshot of your completed volunteer form. (On your honor, follow through!)</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQlOd36QgidjZ1eAhYgJiBKS0M5CmigMz6-ngYfKEKVefabrLFUgLgy-Ke2Nd-76kyiJ69Z7nCWVSpNCmbKC_6PJzc__PbaIVkI-uCLz91T7ld2oa2Pd3mu9TzClNPOo7MqjI3mXZSU4s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQlOd36QgidjZ1eAhYgJiBKS0M5CmigMz6-ngYfKEKVefabrLFUgLgy-Ke2Nd-76kyiJ69Z7nCWVSpNCmbKC_6PJzc__PbaIVkI-uCLz91T7ld2oa2Pd3mu9TzClNPOo7MqjI3mXZSU4s/" width="114" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#196 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">(</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Up to 30 Seconds</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">) No matter where you live, chances are you live on someone's indigenous land — but unless you are an indigenous person, you may not even know it. One person member of your team is to research the region you live in and discover more about whose traditional territory they live on. (</span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://native-land.ca/" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Native-land</a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"> is a good place to start if you're in North America.) Then, make a </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://native-land.ca/territory-acknowledgement/" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">territory acknowledgement</a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"> of the area. If you are an indigenous person, please introduce yourself and your territory.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><b><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4byJrxUohrU" width="466" youtube-src-id="4byJrxUohrU"></iframe></b></b></b></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><b><b><br /></b></b></b></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#199 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">We’re all here because of Steve Wozniak. Why? He’s the co-founder of Apple and spearheaded the creation of the very first Apple personal computer. He was also the first to bring color to personal computers. So clearly without Steve, we wouldn’t have GISH… or at least it would otherwise be played with carrier pigeons for communication (many of which wouldn’t make it over the oceans). So actually, Steve has also saved millions of carrier pigeons from drowning (not sure why that’s not in Wikipedia). Anyway, it’s Steve’s birthday on the 11th of August, so we’ve decided to honor him with a little of the GISH Community’s creativity as a thank you for helping steward in personal computers as well as for saving so many carrier pigeons. He’s a prankster, so he’ll enjoy it. Your first Woz birthday item is: Have you ever heard of Woz’s happiness algorithm? No? Well, we’re about to blow your mind. Here’s his secret to happiness: </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Happiness = Smiles - Frowns</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">. That’s it. It’s that simple… and it works. We think that algorithm will stand the test of time, but we’ve heard you have a better one! Have one person on your team write out their personal “formula for happiness’ in an equation (simple or complex) on a chalkboard, piece of paper, or artistically using flower petals, twigs, or stones and take a picture of it so we can read it. Post your image on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, and make sure to include the hashtags #GISH and #WozdomDay2! Then upload the original photo to us and include a link to your public post on social media in the comments! </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTiJLIwxlffN4ndV8V583moyeKipC2kZrT_UvIt6jghyDkCmZv3EnIfZ01yxrBLyO1-RNB2TrRymk1NXuxVtu6mScftvUAznWji9F3PQEQnHCvc7vQe4fctJWGF6dckiB9R0SVkX7LqFf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTiJLIwxlffN4ndV8V583moyeKipC2kZrT_UvIt6jghyDkCmZv3EnIfZ01yxrBLyO1-RNB2TrRymk1NXuxVtu6mScftvUAznWji9F3PQEQnHCvc7vQe4fctJWGF6dckiB9R0SVkX7LqFf/" width="277" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#202 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Rocks feel left out… side. Perfectly paint a rock to look exactly like a household tech gadget or kitchen utensil. Then lay it next to the real thing for your submission.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPVKc3jRfVZluEj2ZkeEytqfTNlF2QERwrtikqplhR3IUQdAn9SlXqFWf_A5n7cXMOw4oJsSgTWZtTQ7qWK9zxj2ezCrf8CYpAAEpTg3TxbRYwdBc7A726LyIXt9F4brrUdJEWPAFhrxF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPVKc3jRfVZluEj2ZkeEytqfTNlF2QERwrtikqplhR3IUQdAn9SlXqFWf_A5n7cXMOw4oJsSgTWZtTQ7qWK9zxj2ezCrf8CYpAAEpTg3TxbRYwdBc7A726LyIXt9F4brrUdJEWPAFhrxF/" width="240" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> #205 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden has led her nation to being one of the few to get COVID completely under control. Create a portrait of her, carved into the side of a kiwifruit, in honor of a job well done.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpgmlaTw_5D0uX9DhgPMEzi32ZpslKQIXW5a99atza_e7U2dZ-9oTz7hsEWR34JYYNQd9vdQpidwuRMlLcx5JJpMCN04QZXuhW71L5VMogd5JrDyMAh21HAt8QLdta_wo9c4YTdojR_dj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="1800" height="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpgmlaTw_5D0uX9DhgPMEzi32ZpslKQIXW5a99atza_e7U2dZ-9oTz7hsEWR34JYYNQd9vdQpidwuRMlLcx5JJpMCN04QZXuhW71L5VMogd5JrDyMAh21HAt8QLdta_wo9c4YTdojR_dj/w640-h575/205.jpeg" width="640" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#209 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. Find 10 different things that are all yellow and arrange them into a pretty picture.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RgdXSWXvMsPRmXITCtMMU8WWunHN9jaPCIIjeVW9mSX7x9WKsvkhfSdzoO66AvQruGKW4aj8H7aPFV04RcJsCsNPmB5v9oCwGgoWEzUlri-U934pytgeStjozlW0RdIbrKKqMgy1k86P/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RgdXSWXvMsPRmXITCtMMU8WWunHN9jaPCIIjeVW9mSX7x9WKsvkhfSdzoO66AvQruGKW4aj8H7aPFV04RcJsCsNPmB5v9oCwGgoWEzUlri-U934pytgeStjozlW0RdIbrKKqMgy1k86P/" width="180" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#210 </b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. Line up every item in the door of the refrigerator from shortest to tallest.</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfQH6oQ_HeQUgwjO2ZR6n25PTbqXsYNFFuxnssphCp9FhmQxDeRZF2X0bWJRseuELsqnh5CA1COekSauINpgdDlrOwZ6dIii33RHXCUSD6z6cZfevCZuiOBh0S2OP4z6IvkydrfAbvIrO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfQH6oQ_HeQUgwjO2ZR6n25PTbqXsYNFFuxnssphCp9FhmQxDeRZF2X0bWJRseuELsqnh5CA1COekSauINpgdDlrOwZ6dIii33RHXCUSD6z6cZfevCZuiOBh0S2OP4z6IvkydrfAbvIrO/" width="180" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#214<i> </i></b></span></i></b></span></b></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU It's time for the Great GISH Leaf Census! How many different kinds of leaves are in your backyard? Count them, then take a photo of one of each leaf arranged on the kitchen table</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu4-EsDYRZ3SZkAOa7_7otiO57lP08FxHFCXgO9BlHwB3yUmhyPlqoqzZYg_VLyYNGP8-duNKTZybp82igMVfR6uO_uGzbgtr5lfVF2_gh-34XERIZXyyp17gtsyOwsKcmpYsVsjBjDL8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu4-EsDYRZ3SZkAOa7_7otiO57lP08FxHFCXgO9BlHwB3yUmhyPlqoqzZYg_VLyYNGP8-duNKTZybp82igMVfR6uO_uGzbgtr5lfVF2_gh-34XERIZXyyp17gtsyOwsKcmpYsVsjBjDL8/" width="180" /></a></b></i></b></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><b><i><b><br /></b></i></b></b></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#217 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU How many books can you balance on your head? Take a picture to prove it.</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Si4mjLH7MAuo47poC_z_FwS8Ge2WNCqDmMPu_PViUu9UQwLbWEh4JXWyRRrjKPMHi_69F0T7WQsCcZTiaUVL2HSABXZNAZ8Q7810VHkiue5LbzHXkfTQiREg6dyXb20nBjukmy9vTZ0a/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Si4mjLH7MAuo47poC_z_FwS8Ge2WNCqDmMPu_PViUu9UQwLbWEh4JXWyRRrjKPMHi_69F0T7WQsCcZTiaUVL2HSABXZNAZ8Q7810VHkiue5LbzHXkfTQiREg6dyXb20nBjukmy9vTZ0a/" width="180" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#224 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. (UP TO ONE MINUTE) My daughter Maison is secretly a superhero named, "SuperBat." You have a secret superhero identity, too. Dress up as your superhero self and explain your name and your top 3 powers. (If you can't dress up, you can also draw it.)</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEeZGzjCK2zq93a0rHBoiJqkeb3_dB0f6vevZMczYoQOPRKE6_04mSGxZfJ0BpwsglgjzA0Osc0_p-5ENLbDioutsngaD2KvGafzPDEPFOUBKyWlXGUijDHWhDo1tDB-2jCIzKAnymCtt/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEeZGzjCK2zq93a0rHBoiJqkeb3_dB0f6vevZMczYoQOPRKE6_04mSGxZfJ0BpwsglgjzA0Osc0_p-5ENLbDioutsngaD2KvGafzPDEPFOUBKyWlXGUijDHWhDo1tDB-2jCIzKAnymCtt/" width="180" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#232 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. Find something in nature that is shaped like a heart, but is not a heart.</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrelMEE5QknpUNZ1esCDQIcPFEAXGTzWErKsX71Abus2KA-fStpkutJY6dQb4BKQjYSQc7O7PrZxTG9ZJd9mBA2x3iLXB19bOtzFfYrCnBNunIyhBpd55vHtjJq-cTqAfdhNZi_PAILPy_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrelMEE5QknpUNZ1esCDQIcPFEAXGTzWErKsX71Abus2KA-fStpkutJY6dQb4BKQjYSQc7O7PrZxTG9ZJd9mBA2x3iLXB19bOtzFfYrCnBNunIyhBpd55vHtjJq-cTqAfdhNZi_PAILPy_/" width="180" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#238 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. Use chalk to draw a line outside your entire body, then draw in your face and clothing. Lay down beside it and have an adult take a picture of you with your drawing. Submit the photo of you with your drawing!</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav_nJS8bSrHP1YXkldEcAxm02P__t5JgYrR9BOmnpV53O_SBayc_YWFTmFFpjwyM2KR_V9y-ogDV5jRmT11wjdXBmMlX9JcqaHcEacjlDjns3lq1IOUuS6giDnnIu38ZVFzD9k0K5jMEs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav_nJS8bSrHP1YXkldEcAxm02P__t5JgYrR9BOmnpV53O_SBayc_YWFTmFFpjwyM2KR_V9y-ogDV5jRmT11wjdXBmMlX9JcqaHcEacjlDjns3lq1IOUuS6giDnnIu38ZVFzD9k0K5jMEs/" width="180" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#241 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">KIDS MENU. How many coins or buttons can you stack without them falling over?</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2YEZevP7VVm4ibJsxSp5NHRVgYtJCn-7YzpZ7vNlRChSxbYpUA5hyphenhyphenHhu1fCmGPMiSlHNvr98nRsmuxN8F-Ocz_jL_3aC3En4GkpMO7MZcX5cRvoQvVBc9QWXpwj08QbRP5KCDpbiyeBZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2YEZevP7VVm4ibJsxSp5NHRVgYtJCn-7YzpZ7vNlRChSxbYpUA5hyphenhyphenHhu1fCmGPMiSlHNvr98nRsmuxN8F-Ocz_jL_3aC3En4GkpMO7MZcX5cRvoQvVBc9QWXpwj08QbRP5KCDpbiyeBZ/" width="180" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#247 </b></span></i></span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;">Where do stormtroopers go in the summer? To summer camp, just like the rest of us. Show us a Stormtrooper engaged in a typical summer-camp activity: canoeing, sailing, archery, making s'mores or playing guitar by a campfire... you get the idea.</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5kgfEKQM26qilGAY-t_WbnOQ8ITwO1Xlvv_6E3obCVPD1Rme5SUPbw_OScfwEVZmqT4ZjyQ0HpEdef4Vw49rKRKp4bwA0-gyjLMV0ZHK7ja6YyOxmyveMpt2gXEHFFqlOGer-VfA2AwQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="2048" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5kgfEKQM26qilGAY-t_WbnOQ8ITwO1Xlvv_6E3obCVPD1Rme5SUPbw_OScfwEVZmqT4ZjyQ0HpEdef4Vw49rKRKp4bwA0-gyjLMV0ZHK7ja6YyOxmyveMpt2gXEHFFqlOGer-VfA2AwQ/w400-h255/247.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>#255</b><i> </i></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span data-sheets-hyperlink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjRm1LjHOw/" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":1313539,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":11982760},"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":1136076},"21":1,"23":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Make an image of one of these 2020 Calendar Grids (like this) for any #Supernatural actor (or any other celebrity of your choosing). 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Post it to social media tagging the actor, #GISH & #2020MakesMeFeelLike.</a></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12euEDKvA2RhCllZCpoSWzP7QvJkqhDG-PrvdEadT9rrzs1-KQDXjLftzytrkVKNpQhwRX-fmK3M5nW3TP50TW7c9eqkLz40CvhlBPVrFipAlsvO4xaV75O-AGcMbj2Id0mXfcs8qA-jp/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12euEDKvA2RhCllZCpoSWzP7QvJkqhDG-PrvdEadT9rrzs1-KQDXjLftzytrkVKNpQhwRX-fmK3M5nW3TP50TW7c9eqkLz40CvhlBPVrFipAlsvO4xaV75O-AGcMbj2Id0mXfcs8qA-jp/w400-h400/255.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i></span></span><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: none;"><b> <br /></b></span></i></span></span></span></span></p>Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-5611363690883741932019-06-30T22:20:00.000-04:002019-10-27T22:22:06.310-04:00#THINKBIG OR My 2018 Annual Goal<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For
2018 the theme was #THINKBIG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">last year’s many goals and many years of completing goals</a>, I wanted to go for bigger
things but fewer things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, I
think it was just as much work, which wasn’t really what I was going for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, when one has their mood disorder
well controlled and treated, one sleeps like a normal human and doesn’t have
the same amount of free time one used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you want to see what I’ve done in years past <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/search/label/annual%20goals" target="_blank">click here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re the TLDR type: This year I did a
mountain Traverse, went to Hogwarts, stayed in an Ice Hotel, visited New
Zealand, began the process for Kidney Donation, went Backpacking, attended
films at an Independent Film Festival, and studied Graphic Design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
plan had been to complete the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Traverse" target="_blank">Presidential Traverse</a>, however because I got
wicked sick during the month I had planned to complete the hike and it snows in
September up on Mount Washington, I had to make another arrangement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so pissed, but the Presidential
Traverse shall be mine some day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
other arrangement was to traverse the Squam range—Mt. Squam, E. Doublehead, Mt.
Percival, Mt. Morgan, Mt. Webster, Mt. Livermore, and Cotton Mtn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I grew up with the Squam range out my bedroom
window and one of the peaks, Mt. Morgan, remains one of my favorite hikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite these facts I had never hiked three
of those peaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was fall in New
England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a gorgeous day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way up my Mom wanted me to stop by and
she gave me some trail mix, some flowers, and a container previously filled
with brie cheese which she had filled of the ashes of two dear friends and
their three dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mom is…a subject
<a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2011/08/chamber-pots-they-exist.html" target="_blank">previously expounded upon</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spread the
ashes on a mountain top with a view of their home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no idea why my mom had the ashes of
their three Spaniels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a magical
satisfaction ascending up one end of a ridge and descending down the other 13
miles later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
read all the Harry Potter books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw
all the Harry Potter movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m one of
the people who have been quite moved by them and admire the world built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So one of my dearest friends and I flew down
to Florida for my 3<sup>rd</sup> ever trip to a theme park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went in September when the park was
comparatively empty and thank god because it was still my max people tolerance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ducked behind the wall and walked into
Diagon Alley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got wands at
Ollivander’s and had butter beer and saw the fire-breathing dragon and rode the
Hogwarts Express to Hogsmead and the castle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We got to peak into Knockturn Alley and cast spells to make it rain,
move objects, and get things to sing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
get motion sickness severely, so I only did the Escape from Gringott’s ride,
which was a blast and had no line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
without doing the ride in the castle, we got to walk in and tour it, see the sorting
hat, etc. etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tremendous to have had an
opportunity to steep oneself in the environment so stunningly imagined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was truly enchanting and I am so grateful
that I got to experience with a friend who was just as excited as I was, what a
drag it would have been to go with a wet blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok,
so I had heard about <a href="https://www.valcartier.com/en/accommodations/ice-hotel/" target="_blank">this place</a> in Montreal for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every year, they build a functioning hotel
made entirely out of ice and snow and theme it differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happened to be the weekend of my boyfriend’s
birthday and our six month anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>D’awww.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The place is amazing and
we went tubing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t been sledding
since 1<sup>st</sup> grade when I had an incredibly bad crash and lost all the
skin on the left side of my face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
were outside hot tubs and an inside locker to put our things in and indoor
toilets… which was actually bothersome because it meant walking across the cold
between the ice hotel and the main hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Walking in through the doors, everything is ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seats, the walls, the chandelier, the
bar, the walkways, the ceiling are all ice or snow and many of them have
decorative carvings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ice is shiny
and wet and smooth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The snow is compact
and granular and matte.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
endless textures in an encompassing enclosure of white, blue, and gray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have loose, coarse snow on the group so
one can walk without skating along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
staff came around at night and left us a -30 rated sleeping bag and a -40 rated
sleeping bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did some ice carving
and had drinks in the bar… which came in glasses made of ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a slide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme for the year was the circus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before bed we went in the hot tubs and took
the pro-tip from a staff member to leave our towels in the sauna so they would
stay warm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a brilliant woman she
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bed platform was ice with a pad
on top of it and the light in the room comes from a light build under the bed
platform so that the ice diffused and projected the light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended up almost being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">too </i>warm during the night and when we woke up it was gentle snowing
threw the vent hole in our room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Surreal.</span></div>
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Zealand</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
had two friends move to New Zealand, so I figured it was a good time to
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the plane we crossed the International Date
Line and failed to live Thanksgiving Day 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were greeted by sunshine and spring in Auckland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose gardens, lunch in the southern
hemisphere’s tallest building’s rotating restaurant, a tea planation, glow
worms, the best day of my life, black swans and black sand beaches, sea shells
upon seashells, my friends, an octopus in the wild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the
first time, I have an answer to what has been the best day of my life so
far:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lazily waking up in a bedroom
across from the beach, face to face with a man I love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laughing with an old friend while having
cookies and crumpets for breakfast (I became addicted to <a href="https://www.snackcrate.com/squiggles-biscuits-215g/" target="_blank">Squiggles</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving inland with my boyfriend to have high
tea at the <a href="https://zealong.com/" target="_blank">Zealong Tea Estate</a> where we got to drink tea while watching people
harvest the leaves and have a lovely high tea food spread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Returning home to relax, nap, snuggle,
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heading out to pick up picnic
supplies at the grocery store and going to McClaren Falls Park to have a picnic
with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exploring the rocks in the
falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a sunset and birds and a
family of black swans while we eat together, laughing hysterically at the birds
desperately seeking people food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chatting until dark and then heading up a wooded trail next to a
brook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chartreuse dots begin to appear
on the ground cover and up the exposed walls of dirt on the right side of the
trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then an entire swath of luminous
polka dots at eye level spellbind us all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The speckles of the glowworms continue to lead us up the path, at times just
small spots in the dark and other times jacketing the banks of the trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the terminus, a waterfall splattering in
the darkness and we just listen to it for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soft drive home, after reliving the glowworms
on the path back to the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climbing
into bed and his right arm goes around me, my left around him, our foreheads
together, my left leg between his legs… sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2019/06/i-donated-kidney-or-she-who-smelt-it.html" target="_blank">I just donated a kidney!</a></span><br />
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task also took a bit of a tumble after my illness and some fallen plans with
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ended up having to pinch hit
and go out and camp by myself down in Cape Cod at a beautiful place… where it
was then so late in the season that I couldn’t warm my feet up and my tent
stakes wouldn’t stay in the sand, so I couldn’t keep the wind out of the tent
because the fly wouldn’t stay extended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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friend and I got to see some films at the Boston IFF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The highlight was a documentary about matchmaking
HIV+ patients in India, <a href="https://lovesickthefilm.com/" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lovesick</i></a>, and
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
wanted to study graphic design when I did a college summer program in high
school, but they stopped offering it that year and I ended up in metalsmithing
instead, which lead me down a great path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Still, I’ve always sparked to design and using art to spice up messages
and words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I completed the graphic
design specialization California Institute of Arts offers through the Massive
Online Open Course (MOOC) provider<a href="https://www.coursera.org/" target="_blank"> Coursera</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had actually missed the tedium of art homework.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took a whole course on typography and I
learned where the terms “uppercase” and “lowercase” come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love that shit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to learn how to use Illustrator and
InDesign all by myself and the internet which was an adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to mock up a company development guide
(logo, typography, labels, color palettes, etc.) for a business selling honey
and custom designed spoons… Can you believe how vapid the world would be if we
removed the art from our visual communication forms?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, I’m the person who gets titillated when
books have blurbs about the typography and font they selected for the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is Book Antiqua, in case you were
wondering. I got to make a logo for my dream job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I donated a kidney to someone. I don’t know whom. Everyone asks how the hell I decided to do such a risky thing for a stranger. A few years ago, one of my friends who moved to the west coast had a friend back east looking for a kidney donor. Without much hesitation, I volunteered to at least get checked to see whether I would be a match. It didn’t end up that I was contacted for consideration, but after that I got to thinking… I happened to hear this one mother’s request for someone to help save her dying son, but thousands of people need kidneys for their failing health. There are thousands of other cries I just never encounter; if I was willing to donate for one stranger, why not another? Years passed and I continued to think about donating.</span> <span style="font-size: normal;"><i>Learn a lot about my body and kidneys, after the jump!</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project got rolling because of one of my <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/search/label/annual%20goals" target="_blank">annual goals</a> for 2018, if you're curious how I light fires to actually take steps to do things and not just put them off or act with all talk. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I learned that there are more than 100,000 people in the United States on the waitlist to get a kidney transplant and about 3,000 more are added every month making the wait time for a kidney to be about 4 years. Many people die or become ineligible (usually due to their continued failing health) for a transplant during that wait time. Only about 1% of the organs from deceased donors end up being usable for transplant. Of the organs which are transplanted, organs from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">living</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> donors have a higher success and acceptance rate for the recipient and function better, longer for the recipient. Organ transplant isn’t exactly routine surgery, but nephrectomy, removing a kidney, is a common surgery with minimal risk. I read the research about long-term effects of donation; most long-term evaluations of donors have found that living donors live </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">longer </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> than non-donors. It’s hypothesized these people live longer because only the most healthy are allowed to donate and then they monitor their health and remain invested in their health more than non-donors. Transplant centers are required to disclose data of death, hospital admissions, successful transplant rates to potential donors. It’s pretty good! Nationally, between 2012 and 2016, 10 people died within a year of donating; 1 suicide, 1 overdose, 7 homicides or accidents, 1 unknown, and 3 medically. Of the 231 living donors at Brigham and Women’s between 2014 to 2018, only 1 was readmitted to a hospital during the year following donation. That’s pretty good! I don’t want to alarm you, but close to 2,000 people die from falling down stairs every year-- twice as many as Hepatitis. I live on the second floor of a building. I work on the second floor of a building. The risk of donation is low. Within a year after donation most people have their remaining kidney grow and go from 50% kidney function after donation up to about 70%. <a href="https://www.kidneyregistry.org/living_donors.php?cookie=1" target="_blank">The National Kidney Registry</a> is even piloting a program which allows one to designate immediate family members who will be given priority for transplant, if needed, because I have already donated my extra.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Life after kidney donation doesn’t have to change much. Limited alcohol intake, really not more than one drink per 24 hours. No protein shakes. No high contact sports. Drink a lot of water. Can’t lift more than 15lbs for 12 weeks after surgery. Those things are whatever. Small price to pay to bring life to someone else, very minimal impact to my life. What gave me the most pause was that one can never take NSAIDs ever again. No Advil or Motrin (ibuprofen), Aleve (naproxen), Aspirin. No miracle drugs for aches, pains, and headaches. It’s only Tylenol (acetaminophen). NSAIDs reduce inflammation and Tylenol does not, so aches and pains from things like athletic strain are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">treated</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with NSAIDs because it reduces inflammation and swelling, but only </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">managed</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with Tylenol. The transplant nurse told me to buy some Tylenol now and see if it works for me-- it doesn’t relieve pain for a lot of people. Tylenol works for me! Headaches went away and I found that aches and pains returned, but the ache would go away with medication. I decided to jump through the hoops to see whether I could donate.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April 4th. It was all set. But was still not in stone. I could get sick, the recipient could get sick. Someone else in the chain could get sick. Donor chains are wicked cool. Here’s how they work: Let’s say that I need a kidney and my Mom is willing to donate to me, but her and I are not a compatible match for me to accept her kidney. Then let’s say that Veronica is willing to donate a kidney to anyone and Veronica and I are a match! Veronica’s kidney would get transplanted to me </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> my mom would still donate her kidney, essentially on my behalf. My Mom’s kidney might go to Joey who is a match to my Mom. Joey might have his sister donate on his behalf because she wasn’t a match to Joey… These chains can get set up with planning and sometimes are only one other pair and sometimes more than a dozen. So for April 4th, we all had to be well. I may have wigged out on a co-worker who came in and sat next to me on April 1st after she wasn’t feeling well and her husband and son had </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> influenza over the weekend.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My mom then told me how a relative had kidney cancer (not a blood relative! I didn’t withhold this information from my medical team!) and that a family member who had recently had a lung transplant was in some kind of weird coma. And then she asked when the date of surgery was. It ended up being lackluster and frankly I expected more from them.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recovery was mostly fine. I didn’t have stitches on the outside, just surgiseal, which is basically packing tape for your wounds. The surgery is done <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laparoscopy" target="_blank">laparoscopically</a>, using robot arms in your body which are controlled by a surgeon using a screen on the outside of your body. I only had three 1 inch holes in my abdomen, on the left side, where they stuck the robot arms in-- pretty damn amazing. So the thing with donating a kidney though, is that they have to then actually cut a hole in your body big enough to get the kidney out of… So on the underside of where my belly hangs, they made a big ol’ slice. They do it there and not way up where your kidney is because it’s less rough than cutting through your abdominal wall. The only thing which really sucked was getting back into bed. Initially I had a catheter which freaked me out, but was actually </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fantastic</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> because I didn’t have to get out of bed and was totally painless. After they took out the catheter, it was garbage to get back into bed after getting up to pee. I never got the knack of it. The nurses even tried to help me get my legs back lifted and I just kept smashing back into the bed like frolicking humpback whale. And it hurt. Maybe a 6 on a 0-10 pain scale. That was the most pain I had. I had to pee in a pilgrim hat on the toilet and tell the staff so they could measure it and record the color of the urine. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The IV in my wrist was annoying and not connected to anything. I asked a nurse if it could be removed and she took it right out. The IV in my hand stayed in and they used it to pump me full of fluids, which was annoying because I had to constantly get out of bed and do my painful whale flop. For the first two days in the hospital the IV was also how pain medication was administered. I had a Patient Controlled Analgesic button which allows one to push the button for pain medication to be dispensed up to a capped amount. After the IV was disconnected, I was given pain medication with pills and it wasn’t quite as effective, still, no pain over a 4.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My boyfriend remarked that no one responds that positively when he has flatulence for the first time in a while.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was in the hospital for three days and then when I went home I balled up my clothes to cushion my wounds from the seat belt pressure. I had to have someone with me at all times for the first week. That was just as well because I also couldn’t drive or pick up more than five pounds that week and had to have my friend pour milk in my oatmeal for me. The pain was really fine. I didn’t need much pain medication. The pain medication did make me extremely constipated, even taking the laxatives daily. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After speaking with the transplant nurse, I was started on a second kind of laxative and was then taking one in the morning and one at night. </span></span></span>The most uncomfortable day I had was six days after surgery and the friend who was with me tolerated my bemoaning and grumpy pants… I hadn’t pooped in six days. Blessed be, on day six, there was finally feces.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many people bring up being fatigued after the surgery and during their recovery. I haven’t experienced much of that. I had a follow up appointment one week after the surgery and the wound tape was removed from the small incisions and they were all but totally healed. My next 5 weeks away from work were great. We got a puppy and she wore me out, but generally I felt great and there were no problems. Once I started to pick at what I thought was a tenacious bit of scab but turned out to be a piece of an internal stitch and pulling on it was not a joyful experience. Really the only reason I had to be out of work was because I couldn’t sit nor be active for any length of time (which was great with a puppy around) and my work doesn’t allow for that. The only things I have felt unable to do are things requiring lifting. I have been able to run in small amounts, even with the large incision jiggling around under my gut.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been fortunate to have 0 problems. But an odd thing is that is hurt to hold my pee. Because the bladder is disconnected from the ureter (the tube between the kidney and the bladder), when the bladder expands and bulges it puts pressure and pulls on the wound. We were in the car a week after the surgery and I had to pee so bad I was lying down in the passenger seat and moaning until we finally reached a town where I could pee. I would have peed on the side of the road if I had known that peeing would immediately remedy the problem.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I was in the hospital, I found out that my kidney successfully made it down to <a href="https://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/SitePages/home.aspx" target="_blank">Walter Reed Medical Center</a> and was successfully transplanted in the recipient and was successfully doing it’s job in its new home. Donating to no one in particular is called non-directed donation. Non-directed donation is a bit like open adoption; each person has to agree to know one another. I said that I don’t mind being contacted. The transplant nurse told me that many times, recipients don’t reach out to their donors because they simply do not know what to say or how to communicate it. More often than being contacted by the direct recipient, someone further down the chain will reach out. Some people reach out after six months and some people reach out after six years. I don’t care whether or not I’m contacted. I don’t need that acknowledgement.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being acknowledged and thanked and told that I’ve done this wonderful and kind big thing actually makes me really uncomfortable. Many donors have a period of crying while they process the gift they’ve given. I haven’t had that. This has just made sense to me. I had an extra kidney, I could live fine without it, thousands of people are dying because they don’t have what I have in double. I’m not very good at charity. I don’t like it. I hate volunteering, I don’t like donating to things. I give money. Giving a kidney feels to me like giving money. I could do that. So I did that. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 9/10, would donate again... If I had another spare. I have been telling people that given the choice between 24 hour food poisoning or donating an extra kidney, I would donate the extra kidney. Never, not once, in this process did I ever silently wish, <i>oh, god, please just let me die </i>or <i>please just kill me now!</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-27114507344530815492018-11-04T20:11:00.000-05:002018-11-04T20:15:47.201-05:00#Abecedarium OR My 2017 Annual Goal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For 2017, I did a new thing for every letter of the alphabet. It was a close call on some of them but it allowed me to call upon old friends for new adventures. (Yeah, it's that cheese ball.) Obviously, it was all organized on a spreadsheet and it was infinitely more enjoyable than my #stephstewart year. What story does the alphabet tell?<br />
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I learned the term abecedarium from <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/" target="_blank">Edward Gorey</a> and <a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/" target="_blank"><i>The </i><i>Gashleycrumb Tinies</i></a> story. I still have the whole thing memorized and it's what I recite to myself when I can't sleep. "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears..." I'm not nearly as clever as Edward Gorey and I admit there was a bit of fudging to make a couple letters work out. The tasks varied in size from viewing Roller Derby to seeing <i>Hamilton</i>. A huge thank you to all the people who helped me, supported me, experienced with me, inspired me, and loved me. Here's the quick and dirty of what I did, with the annotated list following below.<br />
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Ancestry, Bees, Charity, Drive-In, Escape Room, Fluff Festival, Garden, Hamilton, Ink, Jet Ski, Karaoke, Longitude Line, Marathon, Newport Folk Festival, Oscars Party, Paris, Queer Rally, Roller Derby, Skateboard, Tatting, Underwater Breathing, Vineyard, Weehawken Crying Bench, Xylography, Yellow, Zion National Park.<br />
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<b>A is for Ancestry</b><br />
I researched my family tree. Turns out, both sides of my family are Polish-- I had always been told that my Mom's side of the family was English. I found some cool, old yearbook photos of relatives and this Quaker learned that my relatives were mostly in the service... Things get murky about 5 generations back, but it is a project I hope I can continue. Maybe even plug myself into the global family tree.<br />
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My dear Melly-Jo went through bee school with me. If you're thinking about getting honeybees, I highly recommend looking up your local bee club (you have one! really! just look!) and seeing whether they offer a course over the winter for new beekeepers. A lot of clubs also offer mentors. I learned so much from that class and it proved invaluable to caring for my bees. I got two packages of Italian honeybees and fell in love with them. I had a hive swarm, I had a hive get bee diarrhea, I got stung a couple times, I learned the different sounds and smells they make, I learned the different colors of pollen they bring in. I didn't harvest any honey from them because I wanted them to have enough for winter. Ultimately, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa_destructor" target="_blank">varroa mites</a> took down the colony over the winter and the bees hardly used their honey stores. For 2018, I have more bees using the work of their deceased sisters. I hope I never have to live without helping out bee families, it is such a gorgeous adventure. Bees are fascinating and I've loved their matriarchy ever since I read Hattie Ellis' stunning book <a href="http://a.co/5g7c6do" target="_blank"><i>Sweetness and Light</i></a>. P.s. If you ever come across a bee swarm, call a local beekeeper! They will come and get the swarm, some even remove colonies from buildings for free.<br />
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<b>C is for Charity</b><br />
I'm super bad at charity and general giving back to the world. But I donated some money, did some volunteer hours, and donated about 20 trash bags of clothing and things I didn't need to Goodwill.<br />
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<b>D is for Drive-In</b><br />
I also joked that D is for Divorce... Because I also got divorced in 2017. I ended up going on a date with a guy to the drive-in to see <i>Grease</i>, which seems appropriate. We have a few drive-ins around here and I'd never been to any of them, so it was the time to do it! It was fine. I think we could have planned it better and gotten some better seating arrangements, but I'd go again!<br />
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<b>E is for Escape Room</b><br />
Nothing like some post work bonding time! It was very silly and we had too many people, frankly. But we did it. Nearly beat the room record.<br />
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<b>F is for Fluff Festival</b><br />
Did you know that in Somerville, MA, the home of <a href="https://marshmallowfluff.com/" target="_blank">Fluff</a>, they have a Fluff festival each year?! Turns out that 2017 was the centennial. We got to see Fluff musical chairs, eat Fluffernutters, and hear a Fluff themed band.<br />
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<b>G is for Garden</b><br />
I put in raised bed gardens and got to have my own tomatoes, beans, peas, cucumbers, and strawberries.<br />
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<b>H is for <i>Hamilton</i></b><br />
It was cheaper to fly to Chicago and see the play than it was to go see it in New York. So we did. And it was great! I had heard accolades after more accolades about the music... but I was actually blown away by the choreography most of all. I loved the staging and the movement. The music was actually hard for me to follow because I had to focus so hard on every word to make sure I understood what was happening. I hadn't know that the entire show was the music, that there is no dialogue outside of the music.<br />
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<b>I is for Ink</b><br />
I got a new tattoo to commemorate the fact that I ran a freaking marathon. (See M.) Mat at <a href="http://midnightmoontattoo.com/" target="_blank">Midnight Moon</a> did a beautiful job on this one.<br />
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<b>J is for Jet Ski</b><br />
I thought I was going to run out of time for this one, but then I ended up going to Mexico and staying with an old friend. Turns out that you can just rent jet skis on the beach in Mexico! It was more fun than I thought it would be and I'm glad that my friend did some of the driving because I was too slow and timid to really get a full experience.<br />
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<b>K is for Karaoke</b><br />
Saved the best for last. I dreaded this one. I put it off until the end of December. It was very not for me. I ended up doing karaoke at a local turkey restaurant and I didn't even get drunk to do it. I just bit the bullet and went for it. I picked a song that I know and love and isn't a bummer ballad- <i><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3k63RLvRgkgPGx0keOH3P6" target="_blank">Different Drum</a></i> by the Stone Poneys. You might say you don't know the song, but you probably do, it's Linda Ronstadt's band and a classic tune. I must say, I don't think I actually sounded bad! What's funny is that in 2014 I had written in my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Music-Listography-Journal-Lisa-Nola/dp/0811869466" target="_blank"><i>Music Listography</i></a> a single thing for "Karaoke Songs" and it was <i>Different Drum</i>. I had kept that one keep in the ol' brain bank, apparently.<br />
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<b>L is for Longitude Line</b><br />
We went to see where they made time a constant, consistent, construct! I had no idea how much of cartography was developed only after a consistent concept of time was developed and understood. Ships could suddenly have the ability to navigate consistently! The museum at the longitude line was not something I expected to care about and my friend was a little miffed that I dragged her so far out of London to see some weird global demarcation, but we were both surprised at what a great day it was.<br />
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<b>M is for Marathon</b><br />
The biggest thing and the thing I never thought I would do... I trained and I trained and I trained and one of my training partners had to drop out and I got stung by a yellow jacket at mile 16 of an 18 mile run and suddenly there were days when we <i>only</i> had to run 12 miles and I trained and I trained and I doubted myself and then the day came and I stood outside in the cold with my dear friend and we crossed the start line. We don't need to talk about how long it took me to complete the marathon. Because the point is that I managed to drag my body across the finish line and get that medal handed to me! There were hills and there were blisters and my clothes chaffed so bad that I got scabs all along my back from the open sores. I don't expect I'll run another marathon, half-marathon is a much more enjoyable distance for me, but I am so proud of myself that I ran a marathon. It's a small club of people who can say that and I worked so very hard to earn it. When I started running, if you had told me that one day I would run a marathon, I wouldn't have even bothered to laugh at you because that idea would have been beyond absurd. When pigs fly. My running spirit animal is zorro, the fox, because I kind of trot when I run, like to run alone, and can run down hills very, very, fast. Do you get the tattoo now?<br />
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<b>N is for Newport Folk Festival</b><br />
Newpork Folk Festival has been around since 1959 and is held at the same beautiful park each year. Every year I would hear about gorgeous performances and lovely views and the music bleeding out of the fest. The Newport Folk Festival is also special because it grows and changes in its iteration, but because of the venue, its numbers don't really grow. It's just a small festival where once tickets sell out, they are gone and that's that. For me to be able to be a part of that history and I got to see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gibbard" target="_blank">Ben Gibbard</a> sing <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/27LyQFdQbui4TnRs05cZ8C?si=43_x86YuQeivUaBuFqS9zQ" target="_blank"><i>Such Great Heights</i></a>... dream realized.<br />
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<b>O is for Oscars Party</b><br />
We had our picks for winners and we all came up hopelessly short in accuracy. Part of why I picked watching the Oscars is because I don't understand the people who are really excited to watch award shows. I still do not understand these people. However, seeing the award for best picture go to <i>La La Land </i>and then having <i>Moonlight</i> actually sweep it out from under them.<br />
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<b>P is for Paris</b><br />
One of my oldest and dearest friends and I made it to Paris, by way of London and Brussels. Our time in Paris was mostly damp and cold, it was November. However, we got to go to the Louvre at night when it was comparatively empty, we had an amazing Air BnB host who got us fresh bread and made us jam for breakfast. We got to eat macarons straight from Pierre Hermes. We went up in the Arc and saw the love wall. It was lovely to walk around and we got to use our French, take buses and the metro, and explore the bakeries. Between our Air BnB hosts and my dear friend, the enthusiasm for the city was inspiring to be around and the culture of such a place was impossible to escape.<br />
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<b>Q is for Queer Rally</b><br />
In Washington, DC there was a huge march to show support for the LGBTIA+ community and I got to go with some of my favorite people in the whole world, who also happen to be other gays! I wore my giant pride flag like a cape and the day was hot and beautiful. It was a laid back crowd and it was just nice to be surrounded by such a wonderful crowd of queers and allies.<br />
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<b>R is for Roller Derby</b><br />
I am nowhere near cool enough to actually participate in roller derby. However, Gabe and I went to go see a roller derby competition and I had never been to one. It was awesome. The coaches all had killer dresses (solar systems and whatnot), the teams had the fun names one expects from roller derby teams (cosmonaughties, wicked pissahs), the ladies were freaking CUT and took some <i>hard</i> falls, and incredible gams were in high supply. I was so rapt by the competitions all afternoon that I somehow have no photographic proof that I was there?<br />
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<b>S is for Skateboard</b><br />
I sadly have no proof of this one either. My goal was just to be able to kick off and stay on a skateboard, like, be able to go down a sidewalk. And I did it! Despite all the jokes from my friends about how X was going to be for X-ray. But I didn't look as cool as I hoped I would while I was out there. Sigh.<b> </b><br />
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<b>T is for Tatting</b><br />
Tatting is the art of lace making. It's kind of like crocheting, apparently. One uses string and a small hook attached to a shuttle and an odd hand strategy to make a series of knots and loops in particular ways and off of one another in order to create the pattern. The patterns I followed were rudimentary (I WAS LEARNING) but I did get the hang of it and it's really fun. It requires less "stuff" than knitting and I decided that it's probably a really great thing to do on a plane. The block of wood in the picture is related to the X item.<br />
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<b>U is for Underwater Breathing</b><br />
I went to Mexico and went scuba diving. What? If you've never been, GO! People are allowed to do shallow water dives with a dive master without needing certification. I can't wait to go again. It was incredible.<br />
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<b>V is for Vineyard</b><br />
We went to a local winery and did a tasting, <a href="http://coffincellarswinery.wixsite.com/home-1/contact" target="_blank">Coffin Cellars</a>. I guess it wasn't technically a vineyard because it is a place that does all fruit wines? But it was fabulous. They have a great wooden shack they do tastings in, we tried a jalapeno wine (it wasn't great...), and the guy running it was wicked nice and not pushy (which we deeply appreciated being two introverts).<br />
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<b>W is for Weehawken Crying Bench</b><br />
Comedian <a href="https://chrisgeth.com/" target="_blank">Chris Gethard</a><b> </b>told an incredible story on the <a href="http://risk-show.com/" target="_blank"><i>Risk!</i> podcast</a>. That story went on to be born into a divine one man show called <i>Career Suicide</i> which my dear friends and I went to see, after I made them listen to the podcast, and now you can watch it <a href="https://www.hbo.com/specials/chris-gethard-career-suicide" target="_blank">on HBO</a>. I can't recommend this story enough. It's fucking hilarious and is such a painfully real depiction of depression that I think all world citizens should benefit from it. There's a part of the story where Gethard explains crying on a bench in Weehawen, New Jersey and that's where this item came from. <i>Please</i> listen to his part of <a href="http://risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-8/" target="_blank">this Best of <i>Risk! </i>episode</a> (Gethard starts at about 1:20:00, but the whole podcast is incredible if you have time). We were pleased to find that this place <i>is </i>the best view of NYC you can get. Believe it or not, Gethard's story is hysterically funny and so memorable that I didn't even have to goad my friends into randomly driving to New Jersey with me for the weekend and staying in an obligatory sketchy af New Jersey hotel.<br />
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<b>X is for Xylography</b><br />
The art of woodcarving for prints! Not quite as easy as those linocuts I was used to. I... also have no proof of this, except what I posted with the tatting. Did I mention I moved and got divorced in 2017?<br />
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<b>Y is for Yellow</b><br />
"How about yellow? Then you can have some options!" she helpfully pitched... She was wrong. I struggled all year to think of what do to. I ended up baking a yellow cake (how had I never baked a yellow cake before!?), while drinking <a href="https://www.harney.com/products/yellow-blue?variant=29491815750" target="_blank">yellow & blue tea</a> with goldenrod honey in it, while wearing a yellow dress, and listening to Coldplay's <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3AJwUDP919kvQ9QcozQPxg?si=mILJaw7bQfq0-j5BlLJn6Q" target="_blank"><i>Yellow</i></a>. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Z is for Zion National Park </b><br />
Ok, so here's the other thing about pictures of Zion... I brought my DSLR but had neglected to put the battery <i>in</i> the camera after making sure I had charged the battery the night before and my cell phone pictures were lost as part of the divorce. But that said, my dear friend and I made our way from Phoenix to the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm" target="_blank">Grand Canyon</a>, to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm" target="_blank">Bryce</a> and <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cebr/index.htm" target="_blank">Cedar Breaks</a> and Las Vegas (to see the Backstreet Boys, obvi), <a href="https://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm" target="_blank">Zion</a> to to <a href="https://horseshoebend.com/" target="_blank">horseshoe bend</a>, and back to Phoenix where it was so hot that birds were falling out of the sky. It was a tremendous trip with my best friend who melted in the heat right along with me and didn't mind driving like, 3k miles in 6 days. (Shout out to Abzdafab for 📸)<br />
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<br />Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-90099515131572729882018-07-30T21:35:00.002-04:002018-08-10T20:09:32.269-04:002018 Gish Wish List It's <a href="http://gish.com/" target="_blank">GISH</a> season... Think you can help our team win by facilitating any of these things!? We need photos or videos and let me know if you have any leads, something is better than nothing!<br />
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<li>People who work in high rises and know one another and can hold up signs to one another</li>
<li>Where can we get a free toilet? (In NH)</li>
<li>Do you have leg warmers? (In NH)</li>
<li>Can you help us get 2 US congressmen (Reps or Senators) to play connect 4 with Blue and White pieces...</li>
<li>Can you go take a picture for us in Titusville, FL </li>
<li><a href="https://i.imgur.com/D9g1zFX.png" target="_blank">What does this say? </a></li>
<li>Do you have a comptometer?</li>
<li>Can you help us get someone to do something in Kawasaki, Japan?</li>
<li>Can someone deliver a toilet seat to someone in San Antonio?</li>
<li>Uhhh... this? "<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":8403779,"3":[null,0],"4":[null,2,16777215],"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":[null,2,3420480],"15":"CeraBasic","16":12,"26":400}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one."}" style="color: #343140; font-family: "cerabasic" , "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one."</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":8403779,"3":[null,0],"4":[null,2,16777215],"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":[null,2,3420480],"15":"CeraBasic","16":12,"26":400}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one."}" style="color: #343140; font-family: "cerabasic" , "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":[null,0],"11":4,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"An ambulance or fire truck siren quartet. Yes, four vehicles. And yes, it should be musical. Caption your video with the name of the song they perform."}" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":8403779,"3":[null,0],"4":[null,2,16777215],"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":[null,2,3420480],"15":"CeraBasic","16":12,"26":400}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one."}" style="color: #343140; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":[null,0],"11":4,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"An ambulance or fire truck siren quartet. Yes, four vehicles. And yes, it should be musical. Caption your video with the name of the song they perform."}" style="font-style: normal;">Monks twerking at a monastary</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":8403779,"3":[null,0],"4":[null,2,16777215],"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":[null,2,3420480],"15":"CeraBasic","16":12,"26":400}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one."}" style="color: #343140; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":[null,0],"11":4,"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"An ambulance or fire truck siren quartet. Yes, four vehicles. And yes, it should be musical. Caption your video with the name of the song they perform."}" style="font-style: normal;">Octopus playing with a GoPro</span></span></span></span></li>
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Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-66101226986076714522017-08-10T01:24:00.000-04:002017-08-10T01:24:12.636-04:00Gishwhes Wish ListOk, it's that time of year, anybody got some leads which can help our beautiful team win this damn thing?<br />
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<li>Do you know someone who lives in Malta, the Maldives, the Vatican, Liechtenstein, St. Kitts, Grenada, San Merino, Tuvalu, Nauru, or Monaco?</li>
<li>Do you know a ballet troupe who can get into bar brawl while wearing tutus?</li>
<li>Do you have a swimming pool in central NH where we can sink a table and jump in wearing business attire?</li>
<li>Do you have donkeys in central NH?</li>
<li>Do you have 10 mannequins in central NH we can knock over?</li>
<li>Do you have a chicken costume in central NH?</li>
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Great. Thanks! Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-63555855629640415592017-02-01T21:30:00.000-05:002018-08-12T16:12:07.937-04:00#StephStewart OR My 2016 Annual Goal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The
annual goals for 2016 were #StephStewart and it was the hardest thing
I've ever done. Now that I have some distance from it, let me tell you
about the 100 Martha Stewart themed things that I did for a year. <i>How far down the rabbit hole did I go?</i><br />
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You can read about my previous annual goal <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2016/04/13ms-or-year-of-channeling-my-ocpd.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
For 2016, I was trying to focus on finding some more balance in my life
(I know, stop laughing) and home homeostasis-- not letting everything
pile up to the point of catastrophe and then having to do deep cleaning,
pick ups, a week straight of chores. So I picked a list of 100 things
and some of them were things I had to do daily, others were weekly,
monthly, or quarterly, and some were just one time acts. Part of the
idea behind the daily and weekly things was that if I missed a day or a
week for whatever reason, I wasn't allowed to throw in the towel and
just abandon that goal. I had to get back into action as soon as
possible. That's not how I operate. It was a tremendous challenge.
Keeping routines and thinking short term as well as planning for long
term is not my strength. This #StephStewart thing was one of the
hardest things I've ever done in my life. The whole list of 100 things
is <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D1QclQDu6C059tHW7w17whVUvDFPWDwKIFdH9Efssjs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> and I tried to give a little explanation of what some of the items were. Here are some of the highlights though:<br />
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<b>Road trip & 50 by 30</b><br />
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I
and two of my best friends embarked on a road trip from New Hampshire
to Ohio to Tennessee to New Orleans to Georgia to Virginia and home
again-- Complete with Spotify playlist, obviously. We did it in a
week. It combined two items because our destination of New Orleans was
selected to allow me to complete my journey of seeing all 50 states in
America before I was 30 years old. We got wonderful goodies from<a href="http://www.bonbonerie.com/" target="_blank"> the Bon Bonnerie</a> in Cincinnati. We had "Large Format Cocktails" in Nashville at <a href="http://www.bakersfieldtacos.com/" target="_blank">Bakersfield</a>. We ate beignets at midnight at <a href="http://www.cafedumonde.com/" target="_blank">Café Du Monde</a>. I made my poor friends explore a cave with me at <a href="https://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm" target="_blank">Mammoth Cave National Park</a> (see below and Ativan for the assist!). We got to see beluga and penguins at the <a href="https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/" target="_blank">Georgia Aquarium</a>. I had my first experience on an army base while in Virginia. I made my friends listen to the <a href="http://www.risk-show.com/" target="_blank">Risk Podcast</a>, which I have dubbed The Emotionally Devastating Podcast, and a story from that comes back in the play we saw...<br />
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<b>National Park Pass</b><br />
When I was in <a href="https://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm" target="_blank">Theodore Roosevelt National Park </a>last year I bought a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm" target="_blank">National Park Pass</a>
and decided that I had to use it before it expired. I took my friends
to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. They were wary of being in a cave. They
were mad when we kept going into smaller and smaller spaces with a child
behind us helpfully touting, "It keeps getting smaller and tighter!"
They stuck it out and it was so amazing. Who knew that a hard, dark
canal would make us all so juvial [don't worry about that word]. Shout
out to Ranger Jim, our guide, who was a tremendously fun, calming
guide. We got to celebrate living through the ordeal with <a href="https://www.bonbonerie.com/" target="_blank">Bon Bonerie</a> cupcakes.<br />
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<b>Make the bed </b><br />
My
Mom always wanted me to make my bed. I never did. She couldn't win.
It was futile. So for this year, I made my bed every day. Every. Day.
At first I started with <a href="https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/scandinavian-style-two-duvets-on-one-bed-168149" target="_blank">Scandinavian style</a>,
because the husby and I sleep with different accessories. By the end,
we had just one sheet/blanket set up and I made the bed every day. And
I've kept up with it! It's crazy! You know what? I kind of like it
now. It is nice to come home and just peel the sheet down to get into
bed. I can't believe I did this one. Truly a feat like none other.<br />
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<b>See a play in NYC</b> <br />
My dear, daring, darling friends who went into the cave with me, also went with me to New York to see Chris Gethard's <i>Career Suicide</i>.
It's Gethard's one man show about the hilarity and hope of depression.
On our road trip, I had my friends listen to this amazing story on
Risk! You can listen to it <a href="http://risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-8/" target="_blank">here</a> (it starts at about 1:20 and the story before it is bone shaking, fyi). It's now an <a href="https://youtu.be/fvS7y3LlMzA" target="_blank">HBO special</a>
you can see and I can't tell you how important it is that you watch
it. The show is a brilliant showcase of what it feels like to be
isolated and held hostage by the depression affecting one's brain. It
rings so true and is so funny and Chris Gethard is so winning and kind.
It should be mandatory watching for all Americans.<br />
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<b>Interview a friend</b> <br />
I
interviewed my friend and human anomaly, Corey. It was a kind of
combination of life story and pop culture narrative. How often do you
sit down with someone and have the sole task of listening to them and
who they are, what has made them, and how they view themselves and the
world. I highly recommend it. I asked him about music and Britney
Spears and dating and his family and being a teacher and the meaning of
life. I interviewed my Mom, too, but that was more awkward. My Dad
didn't want kids! (It was like the cat, she said, once I was there it
was fine.)<br />
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<b>Listen to suggestions</b><br />
This
meant that I just had to seek out and try the things people recommended
to me. I listened to new podcasts, watched different tv and movies,
read articles... It was just the stuff that people tell me and that
would usually just go in one <strike>year</strike> ear and out the
other. Listening to what people were excited to tell me about was
helpful. Who knew! It took some work, there was a learning curve; I
had to write them down in my phone or they were forgotten as soon as the
conversation ended.<br />
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<b>Bake something monthly</b><br />
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This is the pie I made for one of the months. I was listening to a lot of 60's girl groups and the Chiffons have a song called <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5GLr9bkV2czl8o7zJoWXca?si=6hQdXFVJRdyAVBx8JaJCoQ" target="_blank"><i>Sweet Talking Guy</i></a>...
I crack myself up. But it was fun to frivolously bake and just have
fun... instead of frantically baking for some upcoming event. <br />
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<b>Quarterly half-marathons</b> <br />
Last
year, I ran my first half-marathon. This year, I decided that I would
run one every season so that I couldn't stop running and slack off. It
was a good idea and a hard one to stick with. But the beauty of these
things is that if I want to get it done, I have to keep going, even when
I don't want to. For someone who never thought they would run a 5k, I
can't tell you how good it felt to be able to run 13.1 miles every 3
months.<br />
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What does 2017 hold? An abecedarium-- A list
of one thing for every letter of the alphabet. On the one hand, it
seems like a more manageable task with 75% fewer items. On the other
hand, I am going to try and run a whole 26.2 marathon so this might be
the last you see of me.Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-5007308198677453232016-08-08T23:42:00.000-04:002018-08-10T20:10:05.670-04:00Gishwhes 2016 (Part 2)<a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2016/08/gishwhes-2016-part-1.html">Part 1 here.</a><br />
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people think superheroes have a great life of running around saving
people with lots of public recognition for their grand deeds. But we
know the truth. They have to do the same domestic chores in their off
time that we do. Let’s see a superhero performing a tedious domestic
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constellation. - Katrina McGarrah</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"You know those giant teacups at amusement parks that spin? Go for a ride with a friend or two. Of course, you all should be dressed appropriately for the tea party\u2026 as a spoon, a tea bag, a sugar cube or something else that one would find in a teacup."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for
gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our
skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the
flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the
bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural
honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of
glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation,
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Benedict created a video instructing people how to detect someone
having a stroke so people can help save lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aTFThB8D4M. Tweet this link from 15
different twitter feeds and put links to all 15 twitter posts into a
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been a very hot summer! Help out the first responders in your area by
bringing ice-cream to your local police, fire, or EMS department while
dressed as the world famous Dessert Fairy. - Danielle D.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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you hate that feeling when you walk out to your car and you see the
dreaded ticket under your windshield wiper? Let's change that. Find
small envelopes and stamp them in red ink with an ominous: “PARKING
SALUTATIONS BUREAU!” Then find a row of cars and put positive messages
in your envelopes under their windshield wipers.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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thinks Zombies are slow and stupid. This is not at all true! In fact,
you recently lost your job to a zombie because they demonstrated a
willingness to work long hours without food, sleep, pay, or
encouragement. Let’s see the zombie who replaced you at your place of
employment, doing whatever you used to do to make a living. The image
must show your former boss or coworkers proudly watching the zombie
perform your old job better than you used to do.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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you see the startling news on the front page of the newspaper today? Of
course you did. Using Photoshop, replace the front-page photo with a
photo you’ve taken of a play-dough re-enactment of the original photo.
Did that make sense? No? Figure it out. You are not allowed to email
support for ANY clarification on this item. (What I lack in eloquence, I
make up for with capriciousness.)</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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of the machines: Every time you try to register for anything online, it
makes you resolve a captcha puzzle to confirm that you are “not a
robot.” Frankly, we’re sick of this blatant discrimination against our
digital comrades! Have you and your teammates (or your friends) change
your avatars to your favorite robot (Robocop, Asimo, Terminator, C-3PO,
BB-8, R2-D2, Curiosity, Spirit, Opportunity, Gishbot, Snackbot,
E.M.I.L.Y., etc.) until further notice. Submit a screenshot of 15 new
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get a lot of flak for airbrushing models, promoting unrealistic
expectations and contributing to body image issues. Take a photo from a
magazine that depicts a body that is an unrealistic ideal (and likely
heavily Photoshopped to remove wrinkles, blemishes, and curves) and,
using Photoshop, recreate what you believe to be the original,
unretouched photo. Your Photoshopped image must include all of the
following: additional limbs, machinery, tentacles, and at least one
additional enhancement. Then caption the two photos side-by-side and
post to social media. Under the original commercial image you must
caption, “#makeup” and under your photoshopped image caption,
“#nomakeup.” Tag the post with #MakeupNoMakeup. Submit a screenshot of
your post.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Make a sock monkey hat from orphaned socks - Amber Stifle"}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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Vice Presidential candidate, Mike Pence, said “smoking doesn’t kill.”
Of course, it not only kills smokers but those around them. Let’s give
him a wake-up call for the health of ourselves, our loved ones and our
children. Take a picture of yourself in front of the tombstone of
someone who died from a smoking-related disease. Tweet the image with,
"Hey @Mike_Pence #quitblowingsmokeabouttobacco. Screenshot the post. -
Hilary Swank</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Make a sock monkey hat from orphaned socks - Amber Stifle"}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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image of all 15 of your team members (5 rows of 3 columns). Let's see
each member of your team dressed in some way emblematic of that member’s
state, region or country. For example, if a team member is from New
York, the photo might show that member of the team wearing a yankees hat
while eating a slice of pizza. If a member(s) of your team is MIA, feel
free to add your favorite picture of Misha in their place - Jennifer
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two images, side-by-side: let's see what existential angst looks like
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has conquered the Great Wall, South American waterfalls, the
Champs-Élysées, and even SPACE! Help gishwhes conquer new territory—
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this submission to 30 seconds or less. Paint a Bob Ross painting. We
must see both the painter replicating the Bob Ross painting and the
playback of the Bob Ross video the painter is replicating. You must
paint in real-time while he is painting. The video should end with a
side-by-side comparison of your masterpiece and Bob Ross’s.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Your choice! Either a panda made of sanitary pads - a \u201cPadna,\u201d if you will, or a likeness of a totalitarian world leader made entirely of feminine hygiene products. - Inspired by Sarah Davison"}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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is on the inside. Photoshop a revised version of your reflection in a
mirror. Show us a photo of you standing in front of a mirror. But the
reflection we see is what you look like on the inside. Interpret this
however you like with the caption on the image: “Beauty is on the
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The People… are confused. Let’s update a dusty document and modernize
it so everyone can understand the language. Grab some chalk, head
outside and rewrite the US Constitution as street art. As Richard Dobbs
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year was HRH's 90th birthday, but more importantly, it is the 7th
anniversary of Misha Collins and The Queen’s torrid on-again, off-again
relationship. I’d like to see a commemorative coin displayed in a
fitting setting. Its value is one haypenny and this is not a drawing or a
computer generated graphic. It’s a real, metal alloy coin commemorating
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a desolate, dusty prairie, a ranch hand rescues the local school marm
from a runaway horse. Create a drawing of Misha & the Queen of
England in the Wild West. (You pick who plays the school marm and who
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Because you are an efficient person who treasures every moment you are
blessed to be on this planet, you need to plan your extra second
carefully to maximize its impact. Write a 250-word Op-Ed piece
explaining exactly what you plan to do with your extra second and get it
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days of happiness! Each day of gishwhes, do one thing to make someone
else happy and document it. Each photo must be taken and submitted on a
different day. On day one, you must submit a photo of what you have done
on day one of the hunt to make someone else happy. For the item after
this, you must submit on day two the image from day two, etc. This item
and the 6 following items must be submitted on the corresponding day of
the hunt to garner the points from that day... Submit for this item for
Happiness DAY 1 (which must be submitted on day 1 of the hunt). What
have you done today to make someone else happy? (Each day you must do
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teammates.)</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"How do you plan to spend your extra second? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/leap-second-added-year-december-time-clocks-earth-science/ Because you are an efficient person who treasures every moment you are blessed to be on this planet, you need to plan your extra second carefully to maximize its impact. Write a 250-word Op-Ed piece explaining exactly what you plan to do with your extra second and get it published in a newspaper. The piece must seamlessly include a mention of your team name and gishwhes without mentioning that the piece was written as an item for gishwhes."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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writing an e-book and we want you to do our work for us. There’s a
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submission can be 45 seconds or less. Our music can change the world.
Be part of the Gishwhes choir! Record a video selfie of yourself singing
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submitted recording must have “Once” starting precisely at the 1 second
mark. The recording must also be in tune and on beat. (The submissions
will be collected and edited into monstrous chorus.) Sing only the
following portion of the song: “Once I rose above the noise and
confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever
higher But I flew too high Though my eyes could see I still was a blind
man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices
when I'm dreaming I can hear them say... Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't
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near you doesn’t have access to clean drinking water. Provide that
person with the means to access clean water without purchasing bottled
water (this might be by giving the person a filter, or a solar tea
kettle, or something like that). If no one near you needs clean drinking
water, we have something called the all-powerful Interwebs. You can buy
a family clean drinking water for a year:
http://lifestraw.eartheasy.com/products/lifestraw-carbon-credits. If no
one lives near you and/or you don’t have funds to buy clean drinking
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Levi is one of a kind. But what would be better than Zachary Levi? A
pair of Zachary Levis, naturally. Paint a portrait of Zachary Levi on a
pair of jeans. (The jeans may be distressed, but the depiction of
Zachary should not be.) Feel free to get Zachary to model the pants.</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. Contribute to the gishwhes world forest. Plant a native tree in a place you are fairly certain the tree can live out its full life. Submit before and after photos."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. They say you regress to your childhood as you get older. Show us a photo from a part your childhood you\u2019d most like to return to, and a photo of your current progress toward that regression."}" style="color: black;"> </span></span></i></span></span><br />
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#WaywardAF sometimes means being #BadassAF. Take a picture of you doing
something you have ALWAYS wanted to do but were afraid to try. Caption
your photo with a short explanation and post it to Twitter tagging
@OfficialBrianaB and @kimrhodes4real. - Briana Buckmaster and Kim Rhodes </span></i><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Being #WaywardAF sometimes means being #BadassAF. Take a picture of you doing something you have ALWAYS wanted to do but were afraid to try. Caption your photo with a short explanation and post it to Twitter tagging @OfficialBrianaB and @kimrhodes4real. - Briana Buckmaster and Kim Rhodes"}" style="color: black;">[As a bonus, please enjoy <a href="https://youtu.be/AAjJMinS3NE" target="_blank">this video</a> of me going on one of the longest (and fastest) ziplines in the lower 48. You can see Kim fly past me, as she wasn't imaging what the sound of all her bones exploding when she hit the ground at 70mph would be...]</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. Contribute to the gishwhes world forest. Plant a native tree in a place you are fairly certain the tree can live out its full life. Submit before and after photos."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. They say you regress to your childhood as you get older. Show us a photo from a part your childhood you\u2019d most like to return to, and a photo of your current progress toward that regression."}" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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Hope Chest they create butterflies and transform lives
http://www.myhopechest.org/ Channeling your inner Monet, pen a message
of hope with colored ink on a white bra. Then, channel your inner
supermodel and stage a public photo shoot of someone wearing this
“support undergarment." (You may wear a shirt underneath it if you
prefer and you must adhere to local laws. Please note that Gishwhes does
not provide bail money.) Once completed, submit your image on the
gishwhes website and also tweet to @MyHopeChest your awesome results on
the final day of the game. Extra points for incorporating butterflies
into the design. - Ruth Connell</span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. Contribute to the gishwhes world forest. Plant a native tree in a place you are fairly certain the tree can live out its full life. Submit before and after photos."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Submit two images, side-by-side. They say you regress to your childhood as you get older. Show us a photo from a part your childhood you\u2019d most like to return to, and a photo of your current progress toward that regression."}" style="color: black;"> </span></span></i></span></span><br />
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this submission to 20 seconds or less. Join The Hunt, and wear sensible
shoes. Grab a friend and go for a walk. A really, really long walk.
Unlock the 2.0KM, 5.0KM and 10.KM Poke Eggs and show us what you've
hatched. Capture the journey in a 20 second time-lapse video and submit
to Gishwhes. Extra Points if you photo grab your hatchlings and ping
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here at gishwhes feel that it’s important to embrace A.I. because -
let’s be honest - it just feels good. We also feel it’s important to be
able to identify species other than our own when the time comes (soon)
that aliens arrive (likely borough or splatter) on our planet. If we
can’t make these differentiations, we put ourself at extreme risk of
interstellar species misidentification (a plight none of us should be
subjected to nor a party of). Accordingly, please treat this item and
the ensuing exercise with the respect and devotion it deserves. You’ll
also get points. So there’s that. If that’s still not enough, know that
this is part of a legitimate research paper that will further scientific
research methods worldwide. If it’s not clear, Gishwhes likes
supporting science in addition to stormtrooper humiliation, weird food
art, and global kindness.
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A LIFE. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), 4.8 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in
2011. (Over 6 million others are internally displaced within Syria.)
Many of these families are living in tent cities and encampments with
very few resources and very difficult lives. Gishwhes and Random Acts
would like to team with Gishers across the globe to help change the
lives of two families in particularly dire circumstances in refugee
camps in Lebanon. The first is a family where a mother of 4, Khouloud,
was paralyzed from the neck down by a sniper's bullet while tending her
vegetable garden. For two years, she has been unable to leave the tented
shack she shares with her family in a refugee encampment in Lebanon.
The second is the family of a 12-year old girl, Khawla, who attempted
suicide so that her mother would have one less mouth to feed (the father
is presumed dead by the Syrian government).<br />Our goal is to move
these families from the squalor of their tents into clean and safe
apartments, provide medical care for Khouloud and Khawla’s two brothers
(both who have severe health disabilities), and ensure access to
education for the families’ children.<br />We’ve created a Crowdrise page
here https://www.crowdrise.com/change-a-life-khoulouds-story. DONATIONS
ARE 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND 100% OF THE DONATIONS GOES TO THE FAMILIES
(for countries other than U.S., deductions are contingent on your laws).
The Gishwhes Item is to create a fundraising “page” for your team,
where family, friends and others can donate. Since this is Gishwhes and
there’s always an extra twist with everything we do, here’s the deal: we
also want you to get OTHERS to donate to your team’s crowdrise page. We
know you don’t need “points” as an incentive to help these families,
but since it is part of the Hunt, we want to maximize the power of these
points to help: start a page and try to get at least 10 donations from
people or businesses NOT on your team. You and your team members are
welcome to donate to your campaign, but that is not a requirement for
points— the Item requirement is to get at least 10 people to make a
cumulative total of least 10 donations who are NOT on your team. There
is no minimum to donate for GISHWHES purposes, but Crowdrise does
require a minimum $10 donation be collected, and let’s all please
encourage others to be generous so we can make a profound impact. SUBMIT
a screenshot of your team's page with a minimum of 10 donations on it.
(To initially create a fundraising team, click the FUNDRAISE FOR THIS
CAMPAIGN button.).<br />If for any reason your team is unable to (or
chooses not to) join this crowdrise campaign, you may still get points
for this Item by collecting goods or volunteering at least 2 hours of
your time with any refugee aid organization that is providing relief to
refugees. SUBMIT PROOF YOU HAVE DONE THIS. For example, Spark Ontario’s
Warm Welcome program (http://www.findmyspark.ca/warmwelcome), Deutsche
Kleiderstiftung (Clothing Foundation) in Germany
(http://www.kleiderstiftung.de/kleidung-spenden/ ), or ref.connect’s
cultural integration program
(http://www.refconnect.de/de/about/konzept.html) in Germany. You do not
need to use these specific programs to qualify for points; these are
just examples— any legitimate organization helping refugees is
acceptable. Thank you for being a part of this. We hope you join us in
helping to change these families’ circumstances for the better and we
will be sending Gishers updates on their situation in the coming months
and years.</i></span></span><br />
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Once again, the Lunicorns knocked it out of the park for Gishwhes. For all of you who helped us, laughed at us, lent us stuff, or were just wondering what the hell we were talking about for the last week... Here ya go! <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Jump into our trash boat!</i></span><br />
<a name='more'></a>For those who don't know, <a href="http://www.gishwhes.com/">Gishwhes</a> stands for The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen. While it's called a scavenger hunt, the items aren't just to be found, they are experience and creation based. It's the brain child of actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha_Collins">Misha Collins</a>, a star of the show <i>Supernatural</i>, which is why some of the items are related to the show. Gishwhes is also associated with the charity <a href="http://www.randomacts.org/">Random Acts</a> and many of the hunt items have to do with kindness or bringing goodness into being. They are often just meant to be silly and fun as all get out. There are also point values associated with each item, so they are not all created equal, plus, you can be awarded bonus points for exceptional entries. This year, our team did more than ever before, 100 items, but not the <a href="http://www.fangirlquest.com/gishwhes-item-list-2016/">whole list</a>. We only get one week with the list (178 items this year and some are added days into the hunt) and we have teams of 15 people, so... it's a marathon you have to sprint. If you want to look at previous years, we also did <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2014/08/gishwhes-2014.html">2014</a> (63/186 items) and <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2015/08/gishwhes-2015.html">2015</a> (90/213 items).<br />
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Get at least 20 people to post their support. Submit a grid image of screenshots of the posts."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gymnasts around the world are gearing up for the Olympics. Show a gymnast in action on a balance beam, vault, floor exercises, etc. proudly wearing their \u201cpizzatard\" (unitard made from pizza). If that sounds too challenging, you have the option of putting them in a fishtard, a fruittard or a friestard. Any of these options garner the same point value."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16711680},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"This submission may be 30 seconds or less (or time-lapsed). Celebrate the Olympic Summer games by running a 40-meter, 30-legged dash."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Create a portrait of your favorite Supernatural actor on an Etch-A-Sketch in the style of a famous painting. http://chicagoist.com/2016/05/09/_jane_labowitch_24_has.php"}" style="color: black;"><i><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Dress up in armor from items you find in a big box store and, using a pool noodle or tube of gift wrap, defend the perimeter of the ladies\u2019 undergarments department."}" style="color: black;"><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>Fortunately, crowdsourcing is "in", so I'm going to crowdsource my next award-winning poem and I'm counting on all of you to help me make it publication-worthy. 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Jason Manns is well known for his rendition of \"Crazy Love.\" Show the Crazy Love you have for your fellow humans by surprising your favorite barista, convenience store clerk, or other underappreciated worker with a serenade. Don't forget to bring an instrument of your own creation."}" style="color: black;">This submission may be 25 seconds or less. Jason Manns is well known for his rendition of "Crazy Love." Show the Crazy Love you have for your fellow humans by surprising your favorite barista, convenience store clerk, or other underappreciated worker with a serenade. Don't forget to bring an instrument of your own creation.</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"It's summer (for those of us above the equator)! Time to go the beach! But sand castles are so dated, so gauche, so elitist, so medieval. Catch up with the times and build a sand trailer park."}" style="color: black;"> </span></i><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15235,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":255},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"It's summer (for those of us above the equator)! Time to go the beach! But sand castles are so dated, so gauche, so elitist, so medieval. Catch up with the times and build a sand trailer park."}" style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2016/08/gishwhes-2016-part-2.html">Continue to part 2!</a></span></span></span><br />
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Hey, so, maybe you have connections or elements of wonderment and can help my team win <a href="https://www.gishwhes.com/">this crazy, silly thing</a>? <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Help us pretty please?</span></i><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So GISHWHES is something we've done in the past (<a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2014/08/gishwhes-2014.html">2014</a>, <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2015/08/gishwhes-2015.html">2015</a>) and it's the best week of the year. It's essentially an experience based scavenger hunt aimed at spreading goodness and killing normalacy. The items are pretty extreme and very challenging to get with a weeks notice. We have team members in PA, NH, Ohio, DC, and Michigan. Here's our "maybe" list of things you could help us out with... </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you have a string quartet in the NH area who can come to my dentist appointment Wednesday morning (8/3) or Friday morning (8/5)? What about just 4 stringed instruments? Banjo? Mandolin? Any stringed instruments?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you help <span style="font-family: inherit;">us get </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--</style><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"> "This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder…” or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;">Australian connections for this item? <span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paint a watermelon to look like the head of a famous dictator (past or present) and place it at the base of one of the cannons at Dawes Point under the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia. You will likely see other watermelons there. To make sure your photo submission is different from any other team\u2019s, you must stack or display the watermelons artistically. If they are already stacked or displayed in an artistic manner, you must thoughtfully re-stack and rearrange them."}" style="color: black;">Paint a watermelon to look like the head of a famous dictator (past or present) and place it at the base of one of the cannons at Dawes Point under the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia. You will likely see other watermelons there. To make sure your photo submission is different from any other team’s, you must stack or display the watermelons artistically. If they are already stacked or displayed in an artistic manner, you must thoughtfully re-stack and rearrange them."</span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;">Do you know a well known public figure in the New England area we can get a pet to dress as and have them photographed together?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;">How about this super absurd c<span style="font-family: inherit;">ow thing? "</span></span></span></span></span><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Free range, grass-fed, small farm dairy cows in Northern Vermont have it rougher than most cows: the rolling hills, the verdant pastures, the way the flickering lights of summer\u2019s fireflies mingle with the starlight, the smell of ripening raspberries wafting into their barns. Help a heifer in these dire circumstances forget her suffering. Treat a dairy cow to the most pampered milking session in human/bovine history. A minimum of three attendants must milk the cow. One person must be feeding her clover by hand as another gently milks her wearing satin gloves as another massages her gently. The attendants must be dressed in semi-formal attire. The milking must take place in a well-appointed living room."}" style="color: black;">Free range, grass-fed, small farm dairy cows in Northern Vermont have it rougher than most cows: the rolling hills, the verdant pastures, the way the flickering lights of summer’s fireflies mingle with the starlight, the smell of ripening raspberries wafting into their barns. Help a heifer in these dire circumstances forget her suffering. Treat a dairy cow to the most pampered milking session in human/bovine history. A minimum of three attendants must milk the cow. One person must be feeding her clover by hand as another gently milks her wearing satin gloves as another massages her gently. The attendants must be dressed in semi-formal attire. The milking must take place in a well-appointed living room.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paint a watermelon to look like the head of a famous dictator (past or present) and place it at the base of one of the cannons at Dawes Point under the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia. You will likely see other watermelons there. To make sure your photo submission is different from any other team\u2019s, you must stack or display the watermelons artistically. If they are already stacked or displayed in an artistic manner, you must thoughtfully re-stack and rearrange them."}" style="color: black;">"</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;">Do you know a body builder who we can film touting the greatness of cheese whiz?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;">Ho<span style="font-family: inherit;">w about a fancy museum, do you work at or have clout at a fancy museum? "</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child’s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child’s painting."</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Can we use your pre-1970 super computer to do a calculation?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you have a zoot suit we can borrow?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you have the means to help us get highway braille or "botts dots" on a street spelling "Death2Normalcy"?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you know a modern dance company who can do us a solid and do something strange about the death of dinosaurs?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you know a grave site of someone who died from a smoking related problem? We need to visit it to raise awareness about the real dangers of smoking. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">We need to do the "airplane" (someone on top of their legs) with a astronaut or cosmonaut wearing flight gear. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you have a 3D printer that can print with something other than plastic? Cheese? Silly String?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Have access to a working vending machine so we can make it dispense emotions and memories for a few minutes?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Get \"This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder\u2026\u201d or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel."}" style="color: black;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":15233,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Calibri, sans-serif","16":11}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child\u2019s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child\u2019s painting."}" style="color: black;">Do you know how to send a piece of paper into space with a legitimate government contract?</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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This 4th of July weekend had breathtakingly spectacular weather of candy blue skies, puffy white clouds, a dry, cool wind, and buckets of sunshine. There was no better way to celebrate than with some A+ Americana in the form of The Ghost of Paul Revere and The Avett Brothers at a lovely outdoor venue on the Fore River in Portland, Maine. The environment was perfect and the crowd was so polite.<br />
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The front of the herd filled up early with folks parking their groups on the grass near the stage and they were rewarded with a spunky set from Maine's own Ghost of Paul Revere, a big event for the local boys. They played some new songs and reported that they are going back to the studio to mix their new record with the hopes of releasing the new LP in early 2017. A wonderful treat was their cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" done in folky splendor, complete with mandolin and a great jam on those chugging power chords at the end. Their material was good and a consistent complement to the Avett Brothers' set; string heavy ballads featuring banjo and harmonica.<br />
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Sunlight lit the stage for the first half of the Avett Brothers' set and they took the stage with kazoos for a playful beginning with "The D Bag Rag" and then tossed the kazoos out to the crowd. There was a lot of tossing, actually. Along with the kazoos, several guitar picks, crumpled up set lists, and even one of cellist Joe Kwon's bows were bestowed to eager fans. Despite The Avett's latest release, <i>True Sadness</i>, barely aging a week, many people in the crowd still sang along with "Ain't No Man," "Mama, I Don't Believe," "Satan Pulls The Strings," and the glowing version of "True Sadness" performed during the encore. I've never seen an Avett Brothers show wane in energy, some songs might be more gentle, but they are still performed with the same loving energy as bigger stomp n'holler numbers like "Talk On Indolence."<br />
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There were some apparent sound issues as Seth Avett ripped his ear piece out and forgot where he was in the lines to "Distraction #74" and others band members appeared to suffer similar head blasts from their ear pieces throughout the evening. The Avett Brother's band have fun up there, though. Violinist Tania Elizabeth managed to swipe a bandmate's hat, there were smiles all around, and many laughs exchanged on stage. The band played hard and in the end churned out 26 tunes, including their encore.<br />
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The encore was a crown jewel in the night. Scott Avett performed a quiet, solo version of "Murder In The City" updating a lyric from "<i>One person dead from such is plenty</i>" to "<i>One person dead from such is one too many</i>"- notable in the wake of more public shootings. "Kick Drum Heart" was on the setlist for the encore but not performed and was barely missed in the splendor of the always wonderful "I and Love and You."Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-36643417835172654912016-05-14T03:13:00.000-04:002016-05-30T03:14:10.544-04:00DeBass Me OR I Am Sexually Aroused By A Good Bassline<div dir="ltr">
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Not just, <i>the</i> bass. Not like how the low end on Robert Delong's set vibrated parts of my body I didn't know were in my abdomen, no, no. That's very arousing, too, but here I just mean the bassline of a song. The bassline of a song can hold a tune together and be it's sexy, undulating underbelly. Do you have a favorite? <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I'll tell you mine, after the jump.</i></span><br />
<a name='more'></a>Basslines are beautiful and <i>sure</i> they vibrate the body in a sensual way, but they are so much more than that. I don't even especially like the bass in an audio mix, I have the bass turned down in my car and the treble turned up because too much bass in an equalizer will quickly muddy the sound. However, I have been thinking about this topic ever since I bought an album based entirely on one bass riff... way back in 2003. It remains my favorite bassline and it's surprisingly simple, but it deeply pleases me every time I hear it. Oddly enough, when I asked my husby for his opinion, he picked the same long forgotten song! I won't keep you in suspense. It's The Stills' "<a href="https://youtu.be/FVGjHwg9QsI" target="_blank">Still In Love Song</a>." (The riff in question happens at 1:20 in that video.) It starts off so boring. Like I said, simple. It's there, hanging in the background, being a bassline. When the chorus happens, the bass doesn't get any more complex, it just has that tiny change and a small scale as the vocals pull a word long. It's like when you're eying someone vaguely attractive and then they start talking and are so affable and congenial you fall head over heels. Spoiler alert, I made a playlist and embedded it at the end, so it's a good read along soundtrack, the tracks are in the order I mention them here.<br />
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There are some old chestnuts when people talk about basslines. Not just the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Pressure#Controversy" target="_blank">Vanilla Ice/Queen issue</a> (ps, I'm still not sophisiticated enough to tell the two apart and when I hear the beginning of one I always assume it's the other and I'm always disappointed and this probably speaks to some larger issue of the projection of hope based on mood). With the topic of bass, another Queen song usually pops up, "Another One Bites The Dust," along with Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love," and Pink Floyd's "Money." Those are some strong bass lines and they start off the songs, as well as provide the strongest melody to carry you through the song. In "Money," that plucky bassline is what grounds the song through the guitar jam. For that same reason, sometimes people also bring up The Allman Brothers Band's "Whipping Post" as another example of a strong bassline. "Whipping Post" has a more complex bassline and it plays back and forth with the lead guitar. But these songs are all from a similar era and aesthetic. Why is this the canon most people are talking about? Let's expand.<br />
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Oddly, two other tunes which stand out to me are from a similar era and aesthetic as "Still In Love Song." The two others are "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes and "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet. All three of these songs are actually from 2003. A lot of The White Stripes' material is beautiful bass heavy, but "Seven Nation Army" has the bass front and center, carrying the song much in the same way as "Money." "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" has the bass more enmeshed in the rest of the song and it fades to the back at times, while returning to the front at others. These lines illustrate those different ways a bassline can play a critical role to a composition.<br />
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Let's go back to some older songs. "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison and "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King are classic, clear compositions with an obvious chugging bassline at their heart-- If you were to hum one of these songs you would likely pick that bassline rather than the vocal melody. Same with Lou Reed's bassline from "Walk On the Wild Side." These songs operate differently than songs like "Come Together" by The Beatles, "My Sharona" by The Knack or Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" where the bassline punches the vocal melody to add an underscore. The bass in Bahamas' "Lost In The Light" underscores the beats in the melody rather than the vocal beats, but is another example of this concept.<br />
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The prominent basslines in new wave add a secondary harmony. In fact, you hear that in new wave influenced bands like Jet and The Stills. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division has a beautiful bass underpinning but in the Roy Orbison era, all the layers in "Love Will Tear Us Apart" would have all been separate songs. With my ears which have heard the likes of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWzkK7tUjaU" target="_blank">Girltalk</a> and mashups, I can hear how bands like The Cure took several complementary harmonies and overlaid them to create something like "Just Like Heaven." Basslines in new wave serve to help mix the darkness and light. "Town Called Malice" by The Jam has a downright jaunty quality for a song with lyrics like "time is short and life is cruel" but the bassline gives a flavor of darkness to the musical composition. Even something like "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson uses this juxtaposition. You could take the bassline out of any of these songs and still have a <i>beautiful</i> song, but a very different mood.<br />
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Then there are songs where the bass is too inextricable to be removed. "Elephant" by Tame Impala, for instance-- the bassline is the song. Same can be said for the Breeders' "Cannonball," Blur's "Song 2," and "Schism" by Tool. These are the songs where people tend to sing or hum the bassline just as much as the lyrics or the other melodies. "Higher Ground," by Stevie Wonder is a great example of this, too. Stevie Wonder's version has the bassline with a wildly funky Moog synth but the Red Hot Chili Peppers version, where the bassline is a guitar, would be unrecognizable if the guitar wasn't as powerful as the Moog it's replacing.<br />
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Speaking of that delightful Moog, let's talk about basslines provided by things other than a bass guitar. I love that in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" target="_blank">Phil Spector</a> sound of 60's girl groups, the role of the bass is usually played by horns (a brassline, if you will), "He's A Rebel" by The Crystals and "Baby, I Love You" by The Ronettes being notable examples. "Back In My Arms Again" by The Supremes is another one with dynamite horns as the bass structure. Melanie's "Brand New Key" has piano, as does, I believe, Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me." There really isn't a bassline in "It's My Party" but the semblance of one comes from some great trumpets. You could absolutely play the trumpets from Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" as a killer bass guitar and have a great tune. Speaking of girl groups, Fontella Bass uses a regular ol' guitar in "Rescue Me" and it's fantastic. Another honorary mention in this category is The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back."<br />
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In the spirit of trying to have a grander canon, what about things like rap and hip hop? These are genres which rely on basslines to carry and ground songs, but they hardly ever seem to come up in discussions of great bass. Even something like "This Joint" by Slightly Stoopid or "Santeria" by Sublime get left out of the conversation. These basslines are catchy and important. In the hip hop tradition, nothing says catchy and important like Notorious B.I.G. with "Hypnotize." See also Young MC with "Bust A Move," The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight," and OutKast's "Roses." (Side note, have you ever seen <a href="https://youtu.be/gWju37TZfo0" target="_blank">the very fun video for "Roses"</a>?!) Rap and hip hop often feature basslines to keep the tempo, thereby providing a constant canvas for the rest of the elements.<br />
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But here, to finish us out, I just want to tell you some of my other favorites. I got to see the Old 97's twice in one week a couple weeks ago and I got to diligently study how they perform their songs (and <a href="http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/364/MI0000364870.jpg?partner=allrovi.com" target="_blank">Rhett Miller's eyes</a>). I have heard "Timebomb" 116 times, <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/strawberrywish">Last.fm</a> tells me. I had never noticed how complicated the bass was until I saw Murry Hammond's fingers actually flying around the neck of the guitar, then I could pick out the sounds and appreciate how it's a very complicated layer under the other guitars. I'm a huge fan of bass that keeps the song chugging along and "Choke" by King Charles is primo for that; it's a train under the rest of that track. Some of the underbelly of Courtney Barnett's "Pickles from the Jar" is a jangling mess, but there's that patient bassline. Same with Emiliana Torrini's "Jungle Drum," the bass is the stitches holding that together! Two of my all time favorite songs have two of my all time favorite basslines: "Gronlandic Edit" by Of Montreal and "Mushy Love Song" by Tsunami Bomb. The Of Montreal song moves through a lot. It's a very typical Of Montreal song-- existential, rich, falsetto, harmonious, pretty sexy, a little sad... and that plucking bassline I want to put in my mouth. "Mushy Love Song" isn't really a typical Tsunami Bomb song. Sure, they often have the pop-punk drums, the upbeat propulsive guitar, and lyrics which have been accused of being emo. The version of "Mushy Love Song" I fell in love with isn't the one on their rarities collection, it's one I ended up with back when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiogalaxy" target="_blank">Audiogalaxy</a> was still a thing. The bass is loud. The bass begins the song and travels strongly through the whole thing. It's there holding down the fort when the vocals are slower, faster, louder, quieter, through the bridge, the breakdown, the long vowels held, the syncopation at the end. That bassline is an old reliable friend you want to make out with.<br />
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Ok, so everyone's good with expanding the canon? Check out <a href="https://youtu.be/T-RjmUFec40" target="_blank">this video</a> of two guys playing just the drums and bass of a bunch of songs, so fun. Between that video and <a href="https://youtu.be/FDKDdVilQT4" target="_blank">this one of a kid picking 100 basslines,</a> you will hear a bunch of these songs. If you are into metal, <a href="https://youtu.be/EhxycDKlaf4" target="_blank">here's a fun video</a> comparing metal songs with the bass turned way down. Let's give some bassists other than Pete Wentz some love and really appreciate that a bassline, not just the bassist, can be a real panty dropper.</div>
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This is the sequel to #listeningtoallmycds. For 2015, my spread sheet was 13 pages of 13 M things I had to complete between January 1st and December 31st. The image above has all of the things I did. At the end of 2015 I managed to complete 169 things with loads of help and company from great friends. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i>Here are the highlights, after the jump.</i></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a>In 2014 I decided to <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2015/01/a-year-in-old-music-or.html" target="_blank">listen to all my CDs</a> from start to finish, no skipping allowed. I loved the project because it made me find new things in my old collection, made me listen to a ton of music throughout the year, and it was highly goal oriented. I decided to use the same idea, and similar support from a spreadsheet, to organize another year long endeavor for 2015. There's a new one already underway for 2016!<br />
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This project started with me thinking I would hike the 10 tallest mountains in New Hampshire. Then I was running more and more with a friend and we decided to do a half marathon together and I thought I would hike the 13 tallest mountains in New Hampshire and run the 13 miles of a half marathon. Then I was thinking how I would also like to watch some more movies, so I could watch 13 movies. Then I realized all these things started with M! Then I realized that M is the 13th letter of the alphabet. Fate (and my obsessive compulsive personality disorder) had intervened. I warped my use of language and managed to come up with 13 M things I would do in 2015. What follows shortly are a few photos, thoughts, and funny things.<br />
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Before you scroll through this all, I want to again endorse how much I love these yearly projects. You should try one! New Year's Resolutions never work for me, I'm one of those people who just get lazy and then give up. Having a themed goal, a spreadsheet to track it on, and something which is so big I can only possibly do it by plugging away all year make this kind of thing a success for me. Friends and twitter followers have since begun on their own projects, which is outstanding. (See <a href="http://walkingonyouhands.blogspot.com/2015/10/plead-month-one-update.html" target="_blank">this post</a> from Abigail and <a href="https://shortandangry1.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/gr8ful-8s-a-2016-life-improvement-project/" target="_blank">this one</a> from Seeta.) This kind of project allows you to slack off for a bit, but then also get back to things without feeling like you're lost. Unlike saying you're going to the gym every day, damn it! ...And then by February you've already missed 9 days and so what's the point and you give up. These year long projects, I admit, do speed up in November and December when the time crunch is real, but by then I've come so far! I can't give up now! I think that's the important difference and where the success lives. Truly, you should try this and you'll amaze yourself with how wonderful you are and how much joy you can create in your own life.<br />
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<b>1. Hike the 13 tallest mountains in New Hampshire </b><br />
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I did them all! If you ever want to feel extra grateful for the friends you have, tackle a feat you have little experience in and requires your friends to help you out. I had some hiking buddies and, despite some adversity like thigh high rivers and extreme wind, by the end I was able to do my last hike solo. The last one was Mt. Carrigain and it was a 13 mile loop, there was snow up there! But it was tremendously satisfying to be able to make it up to the top all by myself. It was gorgeous at the top of almost all these mountains. Mt. Washington was one of the more strange ones because you hike all the way up there and then there's a giant building, cars, throngs of people. We also summited at the same time as a half Iron Man competition where participants had swam in the ocean, biked to Mt. Washington, and then run up the Tuckerman's Ravine trail, so our paltry little meander up the easy Jewell Trail was put squarely in perspective. I rated all the mountains using the ratings cards I got from an NPR Music listening party. <br />
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<b>2. Run the 13 miles of a half marathon</b><br />
Again, the friends thing was very handy. In January I ran a 5k I barely finished with my friend who said, "Just think, later you'll be running that whole half marathon!" I'm pretty sure I rolled my eyes and rued the day I agreed to run a half marathon. Turns out, my friend was right! I still don't run very fast, but I did run the whole entire thing, no walking at all. I also got ravenous from running long distances all the time and had to learn to eat a crap ton more protein.<b><br /> </b><br />
<b>3. See a meteor (shooting star) on 13 different nights</b><br />
Initially I thought this one was going to be a bust. We had cloudy days several of the meteor showers early on in the year and one night in January or February it was just too cold for me to go outside at 3am and stand around. I changed my goal to just see 13 meteors, just in case. Happily, during the perseids in August, I saw more than 13 in an hour and went back to my original goal. When I went to a field to see the perseids, I stuck my head out the sunroof of my car and the first meteor I saw was actually a huge fireball across the whole sky and it made a roar. With a little perseverance, I successfully saw meteors on 13 different nights.<br />
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<b>4. Learn to play 13 chords on my mandolin</b><br />
I've had a mandolin for a long time and never gave it attention long enough to learn how to use it effectively. I was able to successfully teach myself 13 chords using a combination of the books <i>Mandolin for Dummies, The Mandolin Chord Book,</i> and <i>Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin</i>.<br />
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<b>5. Read a manuscript (book) from 13 different genres</b><br />
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I read a book of poetry on international poetry day! Then a couple got married behind me and asked to use the bench I was sitting on for their pictures. I actually read more than 13 books because I was using genres and so <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-Tina-Fey/dp/0316056898/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461631296&sr=8-1&keywords=bossypants" target="_blank"><i>Bossypants</i></a>,<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Hanging-Without-Other-Concerns/dp/0307886271/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631333&sr=1-1&keywords=is+everyone+hanging+out+without+me" target="_blank">Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?</a></i>, and<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Please-Amy-Poehler/dp/006226835X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631358&sr=1-1&keywords=yes+please" target="_blank">Yes Please</a> </i>all counted as one book, for example. Also using those as an example, I learned that I could write a book! But no one would care because I'm not on tv. I read my first romance novel (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Governess-Affair-Brothers-Sinister/dp/1937248275/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631436&sr=1-1&keywords=governess+affair" target="_blank"><i>The Governess Affair</i></a>) and a book on <i>Supernatural </i>fan culture (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fangasm-Supernatural-Fangirls-Katherine-Larsen/dp/160938198X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631533&sr=1-1&keywords=fangasm" target="_blank"><i>Fangasm</i></a>). My two favorites were<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Born-Run-Hidden-Superathletes-Greatest/dp/0307279189/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631623&sr=1-1&keywords=born+to+run" target="_blank">Born to Run</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Consider-Fork-History-How-Cook/dp/0465056970/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461631657&sr=1-1&keywords=consider+the+fork" target="_blank">Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat</a>. Born to Run</i> really inspired me for running and every time I wanted to bitch about the running conditions I remembered the stories about ultramarathoners running across Death Valley and having their shoes melt to the pavement if they didn't maintain their pace. Or the stories about people running the Leadville 100, a nonstop race up and over the damn Rocky Mountains... my little problems were nothing. <i>Born to Run</i> was so good that I started reading out loud at work during lunch and I was constantly passing along these amazing stories. My running friends and I all have Spanish language spirit animals now... <i>Consider the Fork</i> was much the same experience; no one I ate with for the next 3 weeks escaped without me relaying one of the anecdotes I had picked up from that book. It was <i>fascinating</i>. <br />
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<b>6. Drink 13 different microbrews</b><br />
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Yeah, this one wasn't hard.<br />
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Loads of people benefited from all my baking. I got to make a lot of M foods for the brunches I made, too. But I made muffins, margaritas, maple cheesecake, mojitos, <a href="http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/03/05/mint-oreo-truffles/" target="_blank">mint oreo truffle balls</a> (KILLER), monkey bread, mascarpone banana bread, miso soup, macarons, mini quiche, <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/01/how-to-waffle-iron-fried-cheese-queso-frito-recipe.html" target="_blank">mozzarella waffles</a>, mixed berry pie, and <a href="http://joythebaker.com/2014/10/maple-spiced-almond-milk-hint-pumpkin/" target="_blank">maple spiced almond milk</a>. Cocktails are fun to make and to drink, unsurprisingly. I made the almond milk from scratch. Soaked the almonds and everything, now I have almond meal I dried out and can grind up to make my own macarons totally from scratch! Because I was making things just with Ms, I pushed myself a bit and ended up making things I never would have otherwise. That was the beauty of this project.<br />
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<b>8. Eat 13 munches (brunch!)</b><br />
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See that? I made that. This one wasn't hard either. I made some, I paid for some, I drank at them all. I forgot to count one and I think it was an unconscious effort to just eat an extra brunch. I made the most exquisite fruit salad and I have no idea how to recreate it but I'm so glad I got to eat it-- it had pomegranate seeds and a ginger lime dressing. That, and the crepes, lavender gimlet, sausage, oysters, blood orange mimosa, champagne cake, lost bread, bacon, tostadas, ginger beer floats, fritattas, and boatloads of hollandaise. I made a M themed brunch, one for my friend's 30th birthday, Easter, a friend's graduation, and on vacation. I ate at <a href="http://www.burdickchocolate.com/chocolateshop-cafe-walpole.aspx" target="_blank">L.A. Burdick</a>, <a href="http://www.gilmantonwinery.com/" target="_blank">Gilmanton Winery</a>, <a href="http://restaurantteknique.com/" target="_blank">Tek-Nique</a>, <a href="http://www.cornerhouseinn.com/" target="_blank">Corner House Inn</a>, <a href="http://www.hartstoneinn.com/" target="_blank">Hartstone Inn</a>, <a href="http://www.belgacafe.com/" target="_blank">Belga Cafe</a>, <a href="http://www.caiolas.com/" target="_blank">Caiolas</a>. I would recommend them all. Except that one in New York, <a href="http://www.refineryhotelnewyork.com/parker-and-quinn" target="_blank">Parker & Quinn</a>, for it is there I got food poisoning. Food poisoning for the first time and may it be the last time.</div>
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<b>9. See 13 live music events</b><br />
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That's Shakey Graves being swoon worthy. The music category was one of the first ones I finished! Of the music I saw which counted for this category, the main acts ended up being a real sausage fest. Great artists, but a sausage fest. I saw a gazillion things and lots of lovely ladies (like Kacey Musgraves!) at Bunbury Festival. Otherwise it was The Lone Bellow, Kishi Bashi, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gregory Alan Isakov, Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens (life ruining event, the monster [it was amazing, I've never seen anything like it]), Matt Pond PA, Rhett Miller, Beach House, Desaparecidos, Father John Misty, and Bahamas. Because of the sausage, I want to note that Odessa and Cold Specks were lovely lady music I saw as openers.<br />
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<b>10. Watch the top 13 movies I haven't seen from a top 100 list</b><br />
I curated this one a bit to match some of my interest. I looked through the top lists from IMDB, Hollywood Reporter, Rotten Tomatoes, American Film Institute, and Entertainment Weekly and picked the top 13 I hadn't seen. Then I compared the list and picked the list I most wanted to see. I didn't want this to be a real slog. I ended up going with the batch from the Hollywood Reporter because it contained some classics I had missed and some which caught my attention more. I ended up with <i>Citizen Kane, Casablanca, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gone With The Wind, Chinatown, Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, When Harry Met Sally, Alien, Some Like It Hot, </i>and <i>The Usual Suspects</i>. Shocking how much I knew about these movies just from pop culture references, sometimes I knew the references and didn't know what they were from... Keyser Soze, for example.<br />
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<b>11. Create 13 metals projects</b><br />
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I had built myself a studio but I wasn't using it. Spoons are my favorite to make, like this teaspoon I made. So I made some spoons, some earrings, a mezuzzah, a coffin pendant, and some chain maille. And the most fun was that one of my friends had once broken her hip while riding a canoe down a mountain (on the grass, not in a river) and she had kept the bone screws and joint plate which had held her body together for a period of time. Ok, that bit wasn't fun for her. But I got to take her bone screws and plate and use them to make a tiny person in a tiny canoe.<br />
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<b>12. Go to 13 different museums</b><br />
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I adore museums but having to visit 13 meant that I went out of my way to go to museums. I went to museums in New York, Maine, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Rhode Island, DC, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire! I went to big grand places like the <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art</a> as well as tiny gems such as <a href="https://www.thebakken.org/" target="_blank">The Bakken</a> (dedicated to electricity in the body), <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/" target="_blank">The Edward Gorey House</a>, and the <a href="http://www.americanillustration.org/" target="_blank">National Museum of American Illustration</a> (which has more Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish than I thought I'd care to see, but was great). Also, who knew how fantastic the <a href="http://postalmuseum.si.edu/" target="_blank">National Postal Museum</a> was!?<br />
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One of my favorite outcomes of this project was getting to see a Broadway show (would have been 2, were it not for the food poisoning). I got to see <i>Matilda</i> which was just as brilliant as everyone had talked it up to be. But since I couldn't see 13 Broadway shows, I saw everything in the whole gamut. I saw the <i>Mama Mia!</i>, <i>Jersey Boys,</i> <i>Anything Goes,</i> and <i>Book of Mormon </i>touring companies, I saw the local professional summer theater put on 3 shows, and I saw productions at the local colleges. I saw a truly inspired version of <i>Into The Woods</i> by a community theater group which had steam punk costumes, industrial set pieces, and was seated in the round. It was the tops.Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-70509662852463041212016-03-29T17:32:00.000-04:002016-03-29T17:32:12.304-04:00Post Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just need to tell you how much I love this post. This particular fence post, not just any post. <span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Find out the deal with the post.</span></i></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">I pass this post when I run. It's one of a great many posts which hold up the barbed wire fence around a cow field. But this post is different and it's the most beautiful post I have ever seen in my life. Every time I run by it, I admire it. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other posts are peeling or brown, still holding up fine, but they are just regular posts. This post has a beautiful sheen and it's silken smooth, which makes it appear nearly iridescent. I love the way it's darker on the straight sections and more blonde where the branches were, which makes it look like the light pools up in the notches. The morning sun hits this post on the road side, so it's most beautifully illuminated before midday. I love the way the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">lustrousness catches the green of the field or the blue of the sky or the empty white of the snow. I love the composition of the branches and </span>how green the wood still looks on top.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">This post is just so beautiful. I check on it every time I run by it and it makes me smile because it's just so gorgeous. I think it's easy to forget about the mundane things that can bring beauty into our lives, this post reminds me.</span></span></span></span><br />
Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-16377397271073309632016-02-29T20:05:00.001-05:002016-02-29T20:05:32.668-05:00A Love Letter to Ryan Adams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</xml><![endif]-->Yayyy! Another musical love letter! Ryan Adams is prolific and magnificent, let's marinate in his wonderfulness. <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Let's get admiring, after the jump.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear Ryan Adams-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You, thankfully, have no idea who I
am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am compelled to come out of hiding
and anonymity to let you know how much devotion I have to your work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all started when I was in high school and
I was babysitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lady who hired me
had all these mix CDs lying around and I was curious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew some of the artists <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">jotted</span> across
those CD-Rs; Smog, Cracker, Tom Petty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So I threw in a CD to listen to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Track 1 was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Come Pick Me Up</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember sitting on the couch listening to
your voice pour out of that boom box into that dim living room and I was hooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It stopped me in my tracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the harmonica kicked in, it took my
breath away and I had to sit down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
homework and picking up alphabet blocks were both forgotten and I just soaked
up that tune from start to finish and then hit back so I could do it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That moment was more than 10 years
ago and as much as it marks when I fell in love with your work, it also marks
when I feel head over heels with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">music</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real music, which is to say ‘good’ music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the song that untangled my musical
tentacles and let them explore everything and gave me something to hold on to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I managed to get my hands on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heartbreaker, Gold, </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Demolition</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell down the hole, so happily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In college, I got to see you in Indianapolis
with the Cardinals and you played a three hour show; best $40 I could have
spent my work study money on.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>I kept <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">snatching </span>up your work whenever I
could and I have continued to stockpile your records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I want you to know that I love your
new record as much as I loved <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Come Pick
Me Up</i> when I heard it in high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I saw you when you played in Portland, Maine <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">last year</span> and I
was just as struck by your playing and playfulness as I was when I saw you in
college (though this time I got to be right up front).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That show was actually before the record came
out and driving through the back roads of New Hampshire was when I first heard
the recording of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Wrecking Ball</i> and
again, was as swept up in the story and melody as I have ever been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";"> did</span> a task for 2014 <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2015/01/a-year-in-old-music-or.html" target="_blank">wher<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">e I</span> listened to all of my CDs</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
listened to them from start to finish and <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif";">I wasaq1</span> not allowed to skip any
tracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being reexposed to your albums
in that fashion has been a great indulgence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The way you tell a story is
gorgeous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have an understanding of
music and melody that is virtuosic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
write words that glimmer on my heartstrings before dripping into the puddles of
my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have spent hours of my life
with you and you’ve been the soundtrack to events in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only have I found comfort in your work, I
have found new feelings, new words, and new experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been challenged, comforted, and excited
by songs, I’ve found my own voice by listening to yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had my breath taken away and I’ve had
new energy breathed into me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thank you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m so grateful for all of this, these last
13 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My life is a different version
because I found that mix CD in high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And I’m so glad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve bonded with
old friends, shared your music with new ones, and I’ve found new mindsets in
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve dug up old feelings,
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s nicer to have them couched in
a song instead of a laceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For all
of this, Ryan, I’m so grateful.</span></div>
Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-27975625432370864682016-02-25T22:13:00.001-05:002016-02-25T22:14:11.150-05:00Collective Soul Was My Favorite Band OR In Defense of "Bad" Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are a lot of things in life which are arguably and often critically <i>bad</i>. Whether it's music, books, art, movies, or whatever else, we've all liked some bad stuff from time to time. Guilty pleasures or plain ol' garbage, we should be more kind to each other and ourselves because I'm here to argue that the bad stuff has real value. It's a you-have-to-have-the-rain-to-see-the-rainbow kind of post. <span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dig into the dumpster, after the jump!</i></span></span><br />
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Art gets made for all kinds of reasons and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so this whole argument is already a little moot. Acts like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback" target="_blank">Nickleback</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Cook" target="_blank">Dane Cook</a> become punchlines in and of themselves and sometimes that's fine, believe me, I love a impassioned rant on how shitty Nickleback is. It's important to also allow people room for bad things. I'm not saying it's <i>good</i> to like bad things, but I do think we shouldn't give <i>the people</i> a hard time for what they like. Ragging on the individual will probably create some defenses and stubborn people will dig their heels into the muck. For a lot of people, liking the bad stuff is part of a larger exploration.<br />
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I am living proof that people who like garbage sometimes grow to like other things. (Literally! I loved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_%28band%29" target="_blank">Garbage</a> as a youth! . . . You had to have seen that joke coming, right? Also, I still like Garbage, I saw them just last fall.) Growing up as an only child in a rural area with a parent who was nearly nearly two generations ahead of me, my exposure and options were limited. I got great things from that, too-- The Clash, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens. I also just had to listen to what was on the radio. We didn't have a college radio station. My ability to be exposed to wonderful things through exploration was limited. As I dove headlong into my love of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Soul" target="_blank">Collective Soul</a>, assisted by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_House" target="_blank">Columbia House</a> membership, I discovered the common threads of what I value in music and could follow those threads to other songs, albums, and bands. The internet was initially too much information to use effectively, but eventually I found new nooks and crannies of the internet, most importantly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiogalaxy" target="_blank">Audiogalaxy</a> and the boards on <a href="http://bolt.com/">Bolt.com</a>. I found new magazines like <a href="http://www.undertheradarmag.com/" target="_blank">Under The Radar</a> and my friends made me mix CDs. Through exploring, I discovered the essences of goodness I most responded to. Not just for music, either. I used to love Dane Cook and now that I've grown into a comedy nerd I can point to the elements of Dane Cook's act which appeal to me and the ones I disdain.<br />
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Bad things often act as a gateway to the great things. So I say, don't rag on the people. When someone says they love Nickleback or "Cheerleader" by OMI, I ask them why (and sometimes that question is challenge enough to push people into new areas). When we learn the why of someone's attraction, we can help them grow. "You like a pop sound with a great beat? Have you heard <a href="https://soundcloud.com/theknocks" target="_blank">the Knocks</a>? Something more dance-y? What about <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thechainsmokers" target="_blank">the Chainsmokers</a>?" The inverse of understanding and being able to express your own distaste is also important; if you call Nickleback garbage, you need to be able to point to the candy wrappers, potato chip bags, and cigarette butts, thereby calling attention to the offending elements. Approaching people with this kind of generosity can be difficult, but it gives us the chance to help cultivate more greatness instead of shaming people. We can do this with everything-- movies, visual artists, websites, television, books, writers, ideas! Many people who blurt out enthusiasm for something vile may simply not <i>know</i> the good stuff they're missing. Share your enthusiasm with them! Chastising someone for their tastes doesn't help them cultivate a gourmet diet, it pushes them further away from connections and options. Show a little sharing-is-caring attitude and stick up for the good stuff you love. Bring people over to the good side by offering a hand out of the dumpster. Giving people the opportunity and support to expand and explore means that Nickleback will have fewer fans and isn't that a dream we can all get behind?</div>
Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-61628287506964117592016-01-29T21:54:00.001-05:002016-01-29T21:54:37.958-05:00New Billing Codes<div dir="ltr">
Our computer system at work has approximately 300 million codes for billing shit and staff logging their time. Despite how long it takes to find the code you need, the lengthy list is missing some essential codes I would like, in order to accurately log my time. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The bigger, better code list, after the jump!</i></span></div>
<a name='more'></a> Because the agency I work at has to deal with medical billing, we use a variety of codes to bill for family therapy, individual therapy, case management, psychiatric evaluations, etc. etc. The computer also has a list of things for staff to log their time; paperwork, staff meetings, training, administrative, eligibilities, time spent searching for a client, etc. etc. But I've found this list to be woefully lacking in the things I actually spend my time doing. Here are my suggested additions.<br /><br />
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<li>Annual dealing with the leak in your office maintenance never actually fixes.</li>
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Convincing maintenance you need a new light bulb and/or light cover.</li>
<li>Searching for computer codes in the master list because CRI comes before CAN alphabetically now.</li>
<li>Time spent crying in the office.</li>
<li>Time spent consoling someone crying in the office. </li>
<li>Asking why this shit is done one way on Mondays and one day on Catilsday.</li>
<li>Trying to figure out how you actually complete a task in the electronic medical record system.</li>
<li>Time spent with IT explaining a problem they say 'hmmmmm' about.</li>
<li>Going down to get things off the printer.</li>
<li>Reprinting things because they didn't print.</li>
<li>Reprinting things because someone else took them or put them in the shredder.</li>
<li>Digging through the shred bin trying to find the papers from a print screen that can't be reprinted.</li>
<li>Time spent remembering to print <i>some</i> documents and hand print names
because the psychiatrist is too good to use a computer OR write-in their
own name. </li>
<li>Repeating commands in the computer 6 times because sometimes it ignores the first 5.</li>
<li>Time spent training your supervisor. </li>
<li>Listening to long rambling voice mails about a client who isn't yours.</li>
<li>Explaining to support staff that they have to reschedule apt because you aren't here during the time that shows you as unavailable.</li>
<li>Looking for a document that could be at the other office building, in the electronic chart, the paper chart, the filing box, the box for pending signatures, or the pile of crap they can't figure out a way to file.</li>
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Asking about unethical conduct and subsequent follow up when no one ever gets back to you.</li>
<li>Time spent searching for a supervisor.</li>
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Tri-monthly follow up on IT problem not addressed for more than 2 years.</li>
<li>Time spent explaining mental health to mental health front line workers.</li>
<li>Time spent agreeing with clients that it's ludicrous we can't figure out their insurance co-pay after a year of therapy.</li>
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Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-60726104228918476112016-01-24T23:37:00.002-05:002016-02-25T21:09:00.614-05:00Enjoy What You're There For OR A Defense of Opening Acts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not one of those people who show up late to shows to miss the openers. I recently heard a friend complain about having to sit in the front row and wait out the opener before the band she came to see took the stage. Openers are such a fun experience of newness! Here's the thing, when you intentionally skip or talk over all the opening acts, you're really scamming yourself. <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Let me convince you, after the jump.</span></i><br />
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Here's why you're scamming yourself when you intentionally avoid openers: Some openers are <i>fantastic</i>. I go to a lot of shows. I'm no <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/01/08/462259303/506-shows-in-365-days-bob-boilens-2015-in-concerts" target="_blank">Bob Boilen</a>, but maybe someday-- he has more practice than me. Often times, people I go to concerts with skip the opening acts and try to arrive just before the main act starts. Psych! to the people who went to see Beck and he had no openers so people missed the whole show. I know that openers are lesser, by most people's definition. But it's rarely that they were pulled off the street in desperation and are awful. Don't get me wrong, I've seen some stinkers... but I've also seen some main acts be stinkers. So slow your roll and give the newbies a shot. (Or the oldies you didn't know were doing something different; I once saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carrabba" target="_blank">Chris Carrabba</a> of Dashboard Confessional almost unknowingly because I had no idea he was now a part of <a href="http://twinforksmusic.com/" target="_blank">Twin Forks</a>.)<br />
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In the purest sense, opening acts serve to warm up the crowd. They also serve to give emerging artists and, yes, smaller acts to meet a bigger crowd and potentially expand their listeners. Except in rare cases of urgent need, opening acts aren't picked at random. There is often a combination of the main act selecting some choices, availability, record labels and agents getting their fingers into the pot, and good old fashioned chemistry. Opening acts sometimes truly capture the crowd and manage to control the room, like any good performer. Opening acts sometimes suffer the fate of a loud and noisy bar whose attention they can't grab. Opening acts sometimes win over my heart totally and completely. When I'm not captivated, I don't feel as though I have lost anything-- I paid for my ticket, it's a night out, usually there's beer, and really, what else would I be doing?<br />
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I think main acts are more successful for me than opening acts only because I know what I'm in for. The X factor of my choice is the only thing missing for opening acts and so yes, they are not as successful experiences as main acts. But please do not forget that sometimes the main act I pay a lot of money to see is absolute junk, sometimes the opener is better. I saw a band called the <a href="http://www.thesosoglos.nyc/" target="_blank">So So Glos</a> open for <a href="http://www.desaparecidosband.com/" target="_blank">Desaparacidos</a>, a band I have deep, decades deep, feelings for and when we left the show my friend and I agreed that the opening act was superior! The last time I saw <a href="http://paxamrecords.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Adams</a>, he bravely had a comedian, <a href="http://www.zimmermancomedy.com/" target="_blank">Joe Zimmerman</a>, open. It got off to a rough start, but once people settled in and he caught their attention by joking about how people were expecting music and got stuck with him, he served his role of warming up the crowd perfectly.<br />
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It's a monumental task to entertain a large group of people who are not there to see you. It can be brutal doing opening acts. A crowd once tried to get <a href="http://www.andrewwk.com/" target="_blank">Andrew WK</a> off stage by booing and throwing cans, but he just kept on partying. Attendees who are in the rows closest to you often have the least interest in you and view you as a obstacle between them and the band they are passionate about. I beg of you, fellow concert goers, give them a chance! Bands, managers, and booking agents don't want to give you shit! They want to get you turned on to something new. They want to serve you up a big helping of something delicious you'll come back for. Know who I've seen as openers? <a href="http://www.listentofeist.com/" target="_blank">Feist</a>, <a href="http://www.iconapop.com/" target="_blank">Icona Pop</a>, <a href="http://mwardmusic.com/" target="_blank">M. Ward</a>, <a href="http://www.twentyonepilots.com/" target="_blank">twenty one pilots</a>, <a href="http://torrestorrestorres.com/" target="_blank">Torres</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Planet" target="_blank">Phantom Planet</a>, <a href="http://johnprine.net/" target="_blank">John Prine</a>, and <a href="http://www.jennylewis.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lewis</a>. So if you like the main act, respect their choice of opening acts, they want to share something good with you.<br />
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Nobody starts out at the top (shut the fuck up, One Direction, no one's talking about you) and people work their way up, sometimes in front of your eyes. Be a hipster nightmare, latch on to new bands who are only just developing! Give your attention to the folks who are being served up for you, they aren't there on accident. Don't be dismissive and screen them out on Spotify before you leave for the venue (<a href="http://www.secretweaponsofficial.com/" target="_blank">Secret Weapons</a> had only one song streaming and it was the weakest of all the songs they played, though the most pop friendly). Give them a chance, you paid for a night of entertainment, get it! Get into it! And if you're not going to, for the love of god, keep it quiet so the rest of us can hear <a href="http://antlersmusic.com/" target="_blank">the Antlers</a> over the bar.Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-57627657653147786482015-08-11T01:00:00.000-04:002016-08-08T19:26:06.743-04:00GiShWheS 2015 (Part 2)<b>Part 1 is <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2015/08/gishwhes-2015.html">here</a>. </b><br />
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<b>#91 </b><i>You know how when you draw lines to connect the stars in a constellation you see the image of the thing it's supposed to be? You connect the stars in the Big Dipper and you see a giant ladle. The Stars of "Supernatural" deserve their own constellations. Connect the dots of stars to create a constellation in the likeness of a Supernatural actor. Your constellation must be crafted from an actual high-resolution telescope photo of stars in the night sky. You may not overlay an image over the night sky. You must connect stars to form the shape. You may use an existing image (or images) of the night sky.</i><br />
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<b>#92 </b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Miner" target="_blank">RACHEL MINER</a> ITEM. Make and wear a "Save The Unicorns" t-shirt and stand in a crowded public place asking people to sign a petition to "Save The Endangered Unicorns."</i><br />
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<b>#93 </b><i>Throw a conspiracy theorist party complete with tin foil hats and suspicious guests.</i><br />
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<b>#94 </b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/gishbot" target="_blank">@GISHBOT ITEM.</a> (If you choose video, it may be up to 20 seconds but you can do an image as well.) A robot (Hitchbot) successfully hitchhiked across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands but then fell into the wrong hands in the US and was vandalized: http://www.cnet.com/news/hitchbot-is-dead-long-live-hitchbot/. We’ve discovered he was a distant relative of Gishbot’s (currently in mourning). In honor of Gishbot, let’s help his robot relative get back on his feet: reconstruct Hitchbot and treat him to a fun day or night on the town (roller-blading, boating, picnic in the park, dinner at a fine restaurant, opera, movie, nightclub dancing, etc.) and then send him off with a stranger (unless your friend is cosplaying as Hitchbot in which case take your friend home when you’re finished). Tweet your video to @hitchBOT with @gishwhes and #hitchBOTreturns in the tweet BUT SUBMIT US THE IMAGE OR VIDEO, NOT AN IMAGE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST.</i><br />
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<b>#96 </b><i>The Tooth Fairy is on strike. Invent another fairy that provides a service in your home for your children, or your dorm room/apartment for your roommates. Dress up as the fairy providing the service, and then caption the image with what you are.</i><br />
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<b>#99 </b><i>The problem with growing kale is that hipsters are always trying to sneak into my garden to steal it! Show what a trap would look like to catch these pests. Extra points if you capture (alive) a real life hipster.</i><br />
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<i><b>#104 </b>Turn your living room into a giant snow globe with fun props and falling "snow."</i><br />
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<b>#107 </b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem" target="_blank">JONATHAN LETHEM</a> ITEM. Read "Call of the Wild" to a dog in a public place, "Moby Dick" to a whale, or "Born Free" to a lion. They must be within 10 feet of you.</i><br />
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<b>#108 </b><i>Lay your bets and time lapse a snail race from the starting gun to the finish line.</i><br />
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<b>#109 </b><i>Design and build a comfortable, functional piece of living room furniture made entirely from repurposed/recycled materials. Then show the family enjoying it.</i><br />
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<b>#112 </b><i>Let's see a refined game of croquet on a public lawn of a historic site. All participants must be zombies.</i><br />
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<b>#117 </b><i>Take a truck that's shaped like the food it sells or a service it provides (like a truck that sells or delivers hotdogs that's shaped like a hotdog) to a drive-in movie theater. Two people must be necking in the truck.</i><br />
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<b>#119 </b><i>Create the Impala or any iconic from object from Supernatural out of compost scraps.</i><br />
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<b>#120 </b><i>Stand in front of your garden holding up a sign with your best unorthodox or hard to believe gardening tip for the First Lady of the United States. Tweet it to @MichelleObama and include "@gishwhes" and "#gardeninghack"</i><br />
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<b>#124 </b><i>Get a coffee shop to create and run a drink special for Gishwhes and have it advertised on their menu board.</i><br />
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<b>#125 </b><i>Using food found in your refrigerator or pantry, recreate a national landmark. You may not use gummi bears.</i><br />
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<b>#126 </b><i>The setting is a candle-lit romantic dinner for two. Let's see the "spaghetti" scene from "Lady and the Tramp." Both of you must be dressed for the hot date. Super bonus points if it's in an actual nice restaurant.</i><br />
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<b>#127 </b><i>This is a real Welsh word: "Llanfaurpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch." Find a Welsh person and have them say in Welsh "I am Welsh and I hate that I have to do this," and then they must say the lengthy word 3 times, without stuttering and without reading it.</i><br />
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<b>#134 </b><i>Hand out craft-made or real roses to people standing in line at a food bank or a homeless person. If you can afford it, it might be nice to include a health bar, piece of fruit or other snack as well.</i><br />
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<b>#139 </b><i>Do your best June Cleaver impression and vacuum the lawn.</i><br />
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<b>#140 </b><i>Paint or draw a celebrated historical figure on a glass slide; but paint them really small. Submit two images side-by-side: one with the glass slide in your hand, and the other showing what your portrait looks like magnified 20X under a microscope.</i><br />
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<b>#144 </b><i>A live bull in a china shop.</i><br />
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<b>#146 </b><i>Make a macrame holster for a pistol.</i><br />
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<b>#147 </b><i>A stunning origami centerpiece.</i><br />
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<b>#148 </b><i>Make a highway rest stop more restful- make it a paradise.</i><br />
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<b>#150 </b><i>Dating can be so challenging! Thank god you used the TaxidermConnect App. So now let's see you, seated for a romantic dinner at a high-end restaurant with a taxidermied animal as your date. Bonus points if it's Michelin rated.</i><br />
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<b>#155 </b><i>Let's see a portrait of Taylor Swift or Nicki Minaj made from glue, rice and dried legumes. </i><br />
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<b>#159 </b><i>Tweet a picture of you holding up your most inspiring book or book title with the hashtag #booksnotbullets and @gishwhes.</i><br />
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<b>#162 </b><i>Commit a random act of kindness and have someone take a picture of what you're doing and caption it. Here are some examples: http://boredomtherapy.com/random-acts-of-kindness/. Tweet it to @RandomActsOrg if you wish but submit to us the image only.</i><br />
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<b>#165 </b><i>WILLIAM SHATNER ITEM - Carrie Fisher is known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in Star Wars. Her memorable hairstyle was often called the Princess Leia Bun. Bake a portrait of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in bread. </i><br />
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<b>#166 </b><i>Your hair will grow back. Cut off at least 10 inches of it and donate it to your country's local hair donation organization (just google it). Wigsforkids.org is just one of many. Take a picture of you before and after and submit them side by side.</i><br />
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<b>#168 </b><i>Represent an artistic depiction of a famous Italian landmark- on a pizza.</i><br />
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<b>#169 </b><i>"Kale to the Chief" - Get a president, a king, a prime minister or other official head of state to wear a real kale crown.</i><br />
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<b>#172 </b><i>Build a raft made entirely out of empty plastic water bottles. Float in a lake on your raft.</i><br />
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<b>#176 </b><i>Register to vote, then take photographic proof of this event (i.e. you at the post office getting it done, you all holding your registration cards, etc.). In the photo hold up a sign that reads, "If Richard Speight Jr. can't be King, I'll settle for democracy." (Or something else that indicates that democracy is your tolerable second choice of political systems.) - Inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speight,_Jr." target="_blank">Richard Speight Jr</a> and TC Couture</i><br />
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<b>#179 </b><i>Work opportunities are scarce since the Death Star blew up. Let's see a stormtrooper working at their job as a waiter, fast food line prep, car mechanic, postal worker, deli sandwich maker, road-repair worker, etc).</i><br />
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<b>#181 </b><i>Sign up to your country's organ donor register.</i><br />
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<b>#183 </b><i>My grandmother lives in a retirement home called Roland Park Place in Baltimore, MD. Stop by between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM this week and find a way to give the residents a little boost. If you do not live near Baltimore, you can do this item at any retirement community anywhere in the world.</i><br />
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<b>#184 </b><i>Matthew 14:22, and so did the best of you gishwhes.com/ghof_item_view.php. Don't submit unless you solve the puzzle or you will be docked points.</i><br />
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<b>#185 </b><i>This just in: the ancestors of Gishwhes 2015 mascot, The Dinomite, have been discovered in Liaoning Province, China! Contact a paleontologist at one of the many fossil digs going on there and track down images of fossilized dinosaurs and fossilized insects that formed Dinomite's family tree. Submit two images side by side: one of the dinosaur and one of the "other creature." You need to caption the image with the paleontologist's name who helped you.</i><br />
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<b>#188 </b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Green_%28author%29" target="_blank">JOHN GREEN </a>ITEM. Write up to a 250 word personal manifesto that answers the question: "What are you fighting for?" or "What cause is the most important for you?" Then make your own uniform/costume that declares that cause. Two pictures side by side must be submitted (or one embedded in the other): you wearing your uniform/costume, and your manifesto. Share your manifesto and image with John Green (@johngreen) or The Art Assignment (@artassignment) on Facebook or Twitter.</i><br />
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<b>#193 </b><i>Contribute the recipe for 'Dinomite's Fluffy Bites' to Allrecipes.com and get at least 20, 5-star reviews from people who enjoyed the recipe.</i><br />
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<b>#194 </b><i>Let's see a fully dressed Mary (pregnant) and Joseph shopping for baby clothes or items, or in a pregnancy breathing class.</i><br />
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<b>#196 </b><i>Record yourself and friends singing a quartet rendition of "Carry On My Wayward Son" in an amphitheater after you Google-translate it into at least three other languages and then back to English.</i><br />
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<b>#200 </b><i>Leave a review for gishwhes on Yelp or Google.</i><br />
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<b>#201 </b><i>Show us something you find beautiful that most others would deem ugly.</i><br />
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<b>#208 </b><i>Back to school! Back a backpack (or more!) full of school supplies and deliver them to a local school or school collection site. </i><br />
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The commandments made me write it that way. Once again, I was part of a team consisting of 15 people who did some bizarre and delightful things over the course of 1 week in the name of Misha Collins: <a href="http://www.gishwhes.com/" target="_blank">Gishwhes</a>. (Very pic heavy post!) <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">See what our team did, after the jump.</span></i><br />
<a name='more'></a>A bunch of our team also did Gishwhes <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2014/08/gishwhes-2014.html" target="_blank">last year</a> and this year 4 people from California were assigned to our team, so we would round out to 15 members. Gishwhes is at its most basic, a scavenger hunt and is partnered with <a href="https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/" target="_blank">Random Acts of Kindness</a>. However, all the items involve some creativity in order to achieve them, they aren't just things to find or buy, they are actions or creations which must be brought into being. Many of the items involve showing kindness or charity and/or making a total weirdo of one's self in public. We aren't allowed to share our work until the hunt is over so if one of us asked you for something rather unusual in the last week, here's what we did with it. I am so freakishly proud of our team, everyone did amazing and silly things. It was perfect. In related news, I got home after the hunt and slept a new personal best of 19 hours. (We did great, but nowhere near the whole item list, which you can read <a href="http://gishwhesunofficial.tumblr.com/post/126252209577/gishwhes-2015-item-list" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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<b>#2 </b><i>Do the one thing that you think, if everyone did it, would change the world for the better overnight. Caption the image or video with what you're doing.</i><br />
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<b>#3 </b><i>Kick back in a hammock that's suspended from trees on opposite banks of a river.</i><br />
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<b>#4 </b><i>Get 10 of your friends to stand on a field or lawn. Strap inflated balloons to 5 of your friends' stomachs. The other 5 friends must pop these balloons using only their bellies or their bums. (They can't use hands, feet, mouths, or anything sharp.)</i><br />
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<b>#5 </b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Day" target="_blank">Felicia Day</a> item. Do a dramatic reading of your grade school report card.</i><br />
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<b>#8 </b><i>You and a friend must build and launch two dueling paper airplanes using only your mouths to build and launch them.</i><br />
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<b>#9</b><i> A drawing, painting, or digital image (no photoshopping of existing images) of Misha and the Queen as 1950's pin-up BFF girls.</i><br />
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<b>#10</b><i> Find someone you love and butter them up; Literally, cover them in butter and then give them a big hug.</i><br />
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<b>#11 </b><i>Show us what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_%28U.S._TV_series%29" target="_blank">Supernatural</a> will look like at the start of season 50.</i><br />
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<b>#20 </b><i>Here's your hint: T11fJ-bSWl0. (Don't submit anything unless you solve the puzzle or you will be docked points.)</i><br />
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<b>#21 </b><i>Get your local weather human to do their weather report dressed as a superhero in drag.</i><br />
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<b>#27 </b><i>Everyone likes drive-thrus and "Jeopardy." Combine them by going through a drive thru and making the employee guess your order by describing the items to them with the "answer".</i><br />
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<b>#29 </b><i>Show us your idea of love, caption the image if you wish.</i><br />
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<b>#30 </b><i>Support our troops. More than 10% of veterans that return from war suffer post traumatic stress syndrome. Tweet or post on FB or Instragram an image of you next to an armed serviceman, with you holding up a sign with a positive message or a message of kindness or gratitude to them and soldiers worldwide. Submit the screen cap of your post.</i><br />
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<b>#32 </b><i>Write a thank you letter to a teacher or mentor from your past that you never sufficiently thanked. Mail it. You man submit an image of the letter, or if you wish it to remain private, submit an image of you mailing it. But you must mail it or bad karma will be rained down upon your toothbrush.</i><br />
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</i><b>#34<i> </i></b><i>How do you do it? Everyone on your team has such beautiful mustaches? Do you have some sort of hair growth cream you slather on or pills you take? Let's see a grid photo of everyone on your team that features your mustaches prominently.</i><br />
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<b>#38 </b><i>Time for the first annual (and possibly last ever) gishwhes Road Trip! See the map at the link below. Grab a friend and visit at least 9 (the more the merrier) of the points on the map. Have a passing tourist take a picture of you and your friend at each landmark (no selfies). Make sure we can see the landmark of each spot as part of the picture. You MUST REPLICATE the same pose for each photo and the pose you pick MUST be one that will make your tourist photographers laugh. Edit all images into a grid and submit as one image. It must be the same two people in the same pose and the same wardrobe at each location - http://fb-2.shareably.net/perfect-road-trip-map/?utm_source=ads_gt_fb_share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=science</i><br />
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<b>#40 </b><i>They say, "A dog is man's best friend," but they are sexist. Dogs can be women's best friends too. To prove it, make one entirely out of feminine hygiene products. The dog must be at least 40 centimeters tall. (See how international we are? Look at these units!)</i><br />
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<b>#42 </b><i>You've just received an invitation to the annual Color Me Pretty Construction Paper Gala. Design and wear an elegant gown consisting of only construction paper. You must be posed with an antique or hotrod car/motorcycle (that will take you to the gala, of course) or in front of the Gala itself which takes place in the most stunning public building of your city.</i><br />
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<b>#46 </b><i>Congratulations! You've won a one-way trip to colonize Mars! Unfortunately, you can't bring a checked bag and your carry on must not exceed 10kg. Lay out everything you would pack on your bed in an orderly manner. You will live on Martian dust mite dung; so don't worry about snacks unless it's a comfort food you can't live without.</i><br />
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<b>#49 </b><i>It's time to get some fresh air. Take your (at least) 3 pet robots out for a walk. You, of course, should be wearing your homemade Robot Leader Helmet.</i><br />
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<b>#50 </b><i>Your friend loves cake, so being a good friend, you offer to take them out for cake at a nice restaurant. Alas, you discover when you arrive at the restaurant, that your friend has recently undergone medical treatments that prevents them from moving their arms, so you will have to feed them. Unfortunately, light is harmful to your eyes so you must be blindfolded. While blindfolded, stand behind your seated friend in a fancy restaurant and put your arms under their armpits and feed them cake with your hands. Trust us. This is going to work out beautifully.</i><br />
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<b>#51 </b><i>Death's funeral.</i><br />
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<b>#55 </b><i>(Time lapse this down to 10 seconds.) Dressed in something celebratory, hug someone you love, motionless, in a very crowded location. You must hug them for 20 minutes without moving and time lapse it. Add your favorite score to the video.</i><br />
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<b>#61 </b><i>Create a short "Supernatural"-related horror story out of the abbreviations of the elements of the Periodic Table. You may only use each letter from each abbreviation once (so you'd have roughly - 225 letters to use). The more coherent the story, the better.</i><br />
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<b>#64 </b><i>The Department of Consumer Kale Residency has decided 2015 is the year to find its favorite hotel lobby in the world. They've asked us to help. Put on your most beautifully designed hat (hat must be made of kale) and evening gown or tux and get a picture of you in your town's finest and most elegant hotel lobby with a maid or bellman.</i><br />
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<b>#65 </b><i>Find out what one of your parents (or an older relative) wanted to be when they were kids. Make it happen.</i><br />
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<b>#67 </b><i>FELICIA DAY ITEM. (Time lapse this down to 14 seconds.) Construct an iconic building over 2 feet high out of sugar cubes (or marshmallows) and then film melting it with some kind of liquid.</i><br />
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<b>#68 </b><i>Perform this EXACT choreography wearing similar wardrobe as the man depicted here but with one of your pant-legs tucked into your sock:http://shortyawards.com/mishacollins - Do your dance while a dog watches you.</i><br />
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<b>#69 </b><i>Create a beautiful kindness haiku on a nice, homemade card and mail it to or leave it for your parent or grandparent or any older adult who has influenced you. Take a picture of the haiku.</i><br />
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<b>#72 </b><i>You're so productive! That was brilliant of you to transform your stand-up paddle board into an office with a desk, lamp, and chair. Let's see a picture of you working on your mobile office while it's afloat.</i><br />
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<b>#73 </b><i>Who would have known the gishwhes mascots were such amazing water-skiers or wake-boarders! Pick your favorite mascot, and prove it.</i><br />
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<b>#74 </b><i>Prove there's a ghost in a Starbucks (or your local coffee shop if your country has outlawed Starbucks) working as a barista.</i><br />
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<b>#75 </b><i>Let's see a sloth in time lapse, so it moves quickly, set to your favorite dance music.</i><br />
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<b>#77 </b><i>You know those people that stand around with signs offering to give away "free hugs?" Add balance to the universe (and bolster capitalism) by asking for something in exchange: hold up a sign on a busy sidewalk that reads, "Hugs $5" (or whatever you think you should charge). Donate anything you make to your favorite charity. Don't pocket it. Bad karma will be rained down on your butter knife.</i><br />
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<b>#79 </b><i>Take an infared photo of a popsicle in your mouth.</i><br />
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<b>#80 </b><i>Tweet a photo of two men or women kissing each other (clothed) to @Ricksantorum. We need to see the Tweet with #facerealityRick @gishwhes.</i><br />
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<b>#81 </b><i>You know the saying, "No man is an island." Prove it wrong.</i><br />
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<b>#87 </b><i>Your car color is uniform and boring. It's time for a paint job. Paint an image of a celebrated musician riding a unicorn on the hood or door panel of your car. It must cover the entire hood or door panel.</i><br />
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<b>#90 </b><i>That was so kind of you to volunteer to host a "Going Away Party for a Boardgame." Invite several friends over to play a gently used boardgame for its "goodbye party." Then take it to a shelter for families living there. Photoshop two images together, you and your friends playing, and the game being dropped off at a shelter.</i><br />
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<br />Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-44073569574212855172015-08-06T20:24:00.000-04:002015-08-06T20:24:05.800-04:00GISHWHES Wishlist 2015We're going an absurd scavenger hunt, can you possibly help us win it?<br />
<a name='more'></a>So we are part of team competing in <a href="https://gishwhes.com/" target="_blank">Gishwhes</a> again. (<a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/2014/08/gishwhes-2014.html" target="_blank">Here's what we ended up with last year</a>.) And there are, as usual, some items we just haven't been able to get our hands on, can you help us out? If you can, tweet at me (@strawberrywish) or leave a comment and we'll be forever grateful! <br /><br />
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<li>Have 5 police officers with connected hands do a repeating breakdance wave in a ring</li>
<li>Give us a 5 star review of this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/64468338/dinomites-fluffy-bites/?sitepref=ar </li>
<li> Get a picture of you with a current Master Sommelier sipping pure kale
(or cabbage) juice from a wine glass. Caption the image with "NAME OF
SOMMELIER, renowned Master Sommelier says the official drink of Gishwhes
is.." And then finish the caption with the sommelier's review of the
juice.</li>
<li> Get to uniformed legitimate 3-star generals (or higher, retired is acceptable) to engage in a competitive, heated game of tic tac toe.</li>
<li>Get a host or reporter on a major network news or talkshow program, to
say "gishwhes!" as a fake sneeze (as if they are trying to subtly sneak
it on air).</li>
<li> Write a computer program that randomly generates Gishwhes mascots.</li>
<li>With kayaks or other boats in a Norwegian fjord, spell out Kjaerlighet (love). Caption the image with the fjord's name.</li>
<li>Let's see a military cargo helicopter hoist a Humvee into the air. On
the Humvee is a banner that reads, "GISHWHES does the heavy lifting."</li>
<li>Take a truck that's shaped like the food it sells or a service it
provides (like a truck that sells or delivers hotdogs that's shaped like
a hotdog) to a drive-in movie theater. Two people must be necking in
the truck.</li>
<li>Let's see an impressive post office conga line composed entirely of postal workers.</li>
<li>The US Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality is an event worthy of a
Broadway musical. Get two professional musical theater stars to
rehearse singing the text of Justice Kennedy's majority opinion and the
dissenting opinions on a stage in a large auditorium or theater. Bonus
points if you have a large audience.</li>
<li>McDonald's makeover. What would the interior of a McDonalds look like if
the franchise served only organic, free-range, fresh, seasonal,
slow-cooked foods. Your image must be of the interior of an actual
McDonalds, but the overhead menu and kitchen decor must reflect this new
direction.</li>
<li> Parasail a stuffed animal with a full-sized parasail behind a motorboat.</li>
<li> This is a real Welsh word:
"Llanfaurpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch." Find a
Welsh person and have them say in Welsh "I am Welsh and I hate that I
have to do this," and then they must say the lengthy word 3 times,
without stuttering and without reading it.</li>
<li> Doesn't it make you mad when you pay $10-$15 for a ticket to a movie and
then they make you sit through commercials before the feature starts?
It makes me mad. Let's de-commercialize the pre-screening experience:
have your local movie theater project 10 seconds of footage of you
brushing your teeth or carrying out some other mundane daily task on the
screen before the start of a feature. We must see a few seconds of the
regularly scheduled programing before and after your video. We must also
see clearly that we are in a crowded movie theater with at least 50
patrons.</li>
<li>Riding a camel on the floor of your country's stock exchange</li>
<li>A Sumo wrestler, in full Mawashis, in a coffee shop, reading a gardening magazine.</li>
<li>Get Taylor Swift or any musician with over 5 million followers to publicly announce she/he loves supernatural. </li>
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Continuing with the third in this series, Thor Odinson, God of Thunder, answers the Proust questionnaire.
If you want to see the other Prousts in this series of the Avengers, <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/search/label/proust%20questionnaire" target="_blank">click here.</a> (The Captain America one contains a little background on the Proust.)<b> </b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>If you're not afraid of what follows a little lightning...</i></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thor, our darling God of Thunder. Not of our world, and in fact often confused by it, Thor looks down on humanity with a sense of curiosity and altruism. He's <strike>god</strike> got</span></span><b> </b>swagger, knows how to party, and thinks it's sexy when ladies do science.<br />
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<b>1.<i> What is your idea of perfect happiness?</i></b><br />
Reveling in the peace of the nine realms.<br />
<b>2. <i>What is your greatest fear?</i></b><br />
No longer being able to protect the nine realms, especially Asgard, my home.<br />
<b>3. <i>What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?</i> </b><br />
It does no good to dwell on something we do not like about ourselves. It is more important to always work to better ourselves.<br />
<b>4.<i> What is the trait you most deplore in others?</i></b><br />
It is deplorable when one thinks only of themselves and not of the good for all.<br />
<b>5.</b><i><b> Which living person do you most admire?</b></i><br />
There are many men and women of power, such as my father and mother, who are inspiring to me.<br />
<b>6.<i> What is your greatest extravagance?</i></b><br />
The power given to me through my hammer is not one I will ever again take for granted.<br />
<b>7.<i> What is your current state of mind?</i></b><br />
Alert and eager for the events of today.<i> </i><br />
<b>8. <i>What do you consider the most overrated virtue?</i></b><br />
No virtue is overrated and we must celebrate and encourage them in one another.<br />
<b>9.<i> On what occasion do you lie?</i></b><br />
To protect the greater good.<i> </i><br />
<b>10. </b><i><b>What do you most dislike about your appearance?</b></i><br />
Am I not physically deft?<br />
<b>11. </b><i><b>Which living person do you most despise?</b></i><br />
It has been a terrible blow to have been so betrayed by my own brother.<i> </i>I love him, as he is my brother, but hold much contempt for his actions.<i> </i><br />
<b>12. <i>What is the quality you most like in a man?</i></b><br />
I appreciate men who are courageous and keep their word.<br />
<b>13. </b><i><b>What is the quality you most like in a woman?</b></i><br />
I appreciate women who are impudent and trustworthy.<br />
<b>14.<i> Which words or phrases do you most overuse?</i></b><br />
I do not believe I overuse words or phrases but people seem to remark about my diction with some frequency.<br />
<b>15. <i>What or who is the greatest love of your life?</i></b><br />
Asgard.<br />
<b>16. <i>When and where were you happiest?</i></b><br />
I shall always be happiest celebrating in the company of great friends, especially in Asgard.<br />
<b>17.<i> Which talent would you most like to have?</i></b><br />
The ability to know a one's motives with certainty.<br />
<b>18. <i>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?</i></b><i> </i><br />
I am grateful for the man I have become and I desire to always be strong, valiant, and able to protect the nine realms.<i> </i><br />
<b>19. <i>What do you consider your greatest achievement?</i></b><br />
Bringing peace to the nine realms.<i> </i><br />
<b>20. <i>If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?</i></b><br />
I shall hope it would be myself.<b> </b><br />
<b>21. <i>Where would you most like to live?</i></b><br />
In Asgard with Jane Foster.<i> </i><br />
<b>22. <i>What is your most treasured possession?</i></b><br />
The loyalty of those who have stood by me.<b><i> </i></b><br />
<b>23.<i> What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?</i></b><br />
Being helpless in protecting those I care most about.<i> </i>Trying to help someone who refuses help.<br />
<b>24. <i>What is your favorite occupation?</i></b><br />
Service to the nine realms.<br />
<b>25. <i>What is your most marked characteristic?</i></b><br />
My family's mighty guardianship of Asgard.<br />
<b>26. <i>What do you most value in your friends?</i></b><br />
Allegiance.<b><br />27.<i> Who are your favorite writers?</i></b><br />
Regretfully, I do not have time to do much reading.<br />
<b>28. <i>Who is your hero of fiction?</i></b><br />
I am not certain, I do not experience many works of fiction.<br />
<b>29. <i>Which historical figure do you most identify with?</i></b><br />
It is my<b> </b>hope that citizens of the nine realms will align me with great leaders of the past and view me as a benevolent man who kept peace and protected those who were in danger.<br />
<b>30. <i>Who are your heroes in real life?</i></b><br />
Those who will step forward, in the face of great danger, for what they believe to be right and just.<br />
<b>31. <i>What are your favorite names?</i></b><br />
Heimdall, Jane.<br />
<b>32. <i>What is it that you most dislike?</i></b><br />
I have grown wary of the suspicion necessary for us to live among each other.<br />
<b>33. <i>What is your greatest regret?</i></b><br />
I do not wish to dwell on the missteps of the past, though I have made some. I can only hope to learn from mistakes and act with more wisdom in the future.<b><i> </i><br />34. <i>How would you like to die?</i></b><br />
I would prefer my death long into the future, gently. Though it is also honorable to give one's life in battle, defending the honor of one's home and beliefs.<b><br />35. <i>What is your motto?</i> </b><br />
For Asgard!Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-61989264380221161752015-05-11T22:08:00.000-04:002015-05-11T22:08:23.979-04:00Hawkeye Answers the Proust Questionnaire<ol></ol>
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Continuing with the second in this series, Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye (or in my favorite comic book, Hawkguy) answers the Proust questionnaire. If you want to see the other Prousts in this series of the Avengers, <a href="http://www.bucolicbehavior.com/search/label/proust%20questionnaire" target="_blank">click here.</a><b> </b>(The Captain America one contains a little background on the Proust.) <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">More than just a guy who shoots arrows, after the jump!</span></i><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;">I adore me some Hawkguy (and if you haven't read it, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hawkeye-Vol-Life-Weapon-Marvel/dp/0785165622/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1431200370&sr=8-2&keywords=hawkeye+%231" target="_blank">Matt Fraction <i>Hawkeye</i></a> is phenomenal). In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" target="_blank">MCU</a> we haven't gotten to see much of the reticent Clint Barton (until <i>Age of Ultron</i>!) and the self-effacing humor therein. While a subtle character, Hawkguy does have some finessed chops.</span><br />
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<b>1.<i> What is your idea of perfect happiness?</i></b><br />
There's no such thing.<br />
<b>2. <i>What is your greatest fear?</i></b><br />
Tony Stark's ego.<br />
<b>3. <i>What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?</i> </b><br />
My harrowing charisma.<br />
<b>4.<i> What is the trait you most deplore in others?</i></b><br />
Being a dick.<br />
<b>5.</b><i><b> Which living person do you most admire?</b></i><br />
Pepper Potts, woman must have the patience of a saint.<br />
<b>6.<i> What is your greatest extravagance?</i></b><br />
Wearing TWO archery arm guards.<br />
<b>7.<i> What is your current state of mind?</i></b><br />
Baffled by these bizarre questions.<br />
<b>8. <i>What do you consider the most overrated virtue?</i></b><br />
Most of them . . .<br />
<b>9.<i> On what occasion do you lie?</i></b><br />
Any time it's helpful.<i> </i><br />
<b>10. </b><i><b>What do you most dislike about your appearance?</b></i><br />
There's . . . we don't have time for this.<br />
<b>11. </b><i><b>Which living person do you most despise?</b></i><br />
Is whoever thought up these questions still alive?<i> </i><br />
<b>12. <i>What is the quality you most like in a man?</i></b><br />
Discretion.<br />
<b>13. </b><i><b>What is the quality you most like in a woman?</b></i><br />
Cutthroat dependability.<br />
<b>14.<i> Which words or phrases do you most overuse?</i></b><br />
Right?<br />
<b>15. <i>What or who is the greatest love of your life?</i></b><br />
Whatever or whoever allows me to take a nap and have a cup of coffee.<br />
<b>16. <i>When and where were you happiest?</i></b><br />
Budapest.<br />
<b>17.<i> Which talent would you most like to have?</i></b><br />
I'd like to continue surviving ridiculous near death experiences.<br />
<b>18. <i>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?</i></b><i> </i><br />
Didn't we already talk about this?<i> </i><br />
<b>19. <i>What do you consider your greatest achievement?</i></b><br />
Being able to keep<i> </i>walking away from my antics.<br />
<b>20. <i>If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?</i></b><br />
Nah, if I tell you it won't come true.<b> </b><br />
<b>21. <i>Where would you most like to live?</i></b><br />
Somewhere secluded, isolated.<i> </i><br />
<b>22. <i>What is your most treasured possession?</i></b><br />
A first pressing of <i>Something Else by The Kinks</i>.<b> </b><br />
<b>23.<i> What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?</i></b><br />
Having to watch someone else eat a cheese burger when you're starving.<i> </i><br />
<b>24. <i>What is your favorite occupation?</i></b><br />
Anything where I can feel useful and still avoid the spotlight.<br />
<b>25. <i>What is your most marked characteristic?</i></b><br />
Right, didn't we already talk about my charisma?<br />
<b>26. <i>What do you most value in your friends?</i></b><br />
I think we're just going in circles here.<b><br />27.<i> Who are your favorite writers?</i></b><br />
Shirley Povich, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut<b><i> </i><br />28. <i>Who is your hero of fiction?</i></b><br />
Wash from <i>Firefly</i>.<br />
<b>29. <i>Which historical figure do you most identify with?</i></b><br />
Really, what are you looking to get from this.<b><i> </i><br />30. <i>Who are your heroes in real life?</i></b><br />
Anyone who has my back.<br />
<b>31. <i>What are your favorite names?</i></b><br />
Ones that are funny.<br />
<b>32. <i>What is it that you most dislike?</i></b><br />
Being called Clintniss.<br />
<b>33. <i>What is your greatest regret?</i></b><br />
Is it too forward to say agreeing to answer all these weird questions?<br />
<b>34. <i>How would you like to die?</i></b><br />
No thank you.<b><br />35. <i>What is your motto?</i> </b><br />
None of this makes any sense.<br />
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Yeah, I mean, it was only a matter of time. <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Let's get deep with Steve.</span></i><br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proust_Questionnaire" target="_blank">Proust Questionnaire</a> has been updated and adapted over the years. Meant to be a snapshot of one's personality, it's now often used by writers who want to more fully develop or imagine their characters. <i>Vanity Fair</i> publishes a celebrity version on its back page each month and it's fascinating to see how people's persona do or do not come across in their responses. <i>Vanity Fair</i> <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/11/proust-book-200911" target="_blank">has published a book</a> of these responses, you can fill out <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/10/proust-questionnaire" target="_blank">this version</a> and they'll tell you who you most matched with (one assumes by as simple word comparison, I got Little Richard), and <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/louis-ck-proust-questionnaire" target="_blank">here's a personal favorite</a> from Louis CK. <br />
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Maybe it's the therapist in me, I love reading the responses. Even when people respond with total snark and are clearly dubious of the whole thing, you get information about that person. I love it. I also love the Avengers. I especially love Captain America AKA Steve Rogers. So I started with Cap. I'm working mainly from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" target="_blank">MCU</a>, so don't come at me too hard, internet. Vanilla by nature and my true love, Cap's just a really good, clever guy. I will deeply, vehemently defend that Steve Rogers absolutely sits around reading Tom Clancy.<b> </b>In honor of my favorite Avenger, as the new movie hits and misses, I give you Steve Rogers' Proust Questionnaire.<br />
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<b>1.<i> What is your idea of perfect happiness?</i></b><br />
Standing up for what you believe in and winning the fight, a close second is a beautiful sunny day watching a baseball game.<br />
<b>2. <i>What is your greatest fear?</i></b><br />
The world losing sight of what's important in life and letting the bad guys win.<br />
<b>3. <i>What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?</i> </b><br />
Being hardheaded clouds my judgement on occasion.<br />
<b>4.<i> What is the trait you most deplore in others?</i></b><br />
Selfishness.<br />
<b>5.</b><i><b> Which living person do you most admire?</b></i><br />
It's been hard to catch up on them all, but today I'll say President Carter<i>. </i><br />
<b>6.<i> What is your greatest extravagance?</i></b><br />
High performance running gear. All the SHIELD gear for my suit, really.<br />
<b>7.<i> What is your current state of mind?</i></b><br />
Mostly relaxed, ready for a cup of coffee.<i> </i><br />
<b>8. <i>What do you consider the most overrated virtue?</i></b><br />
None of them! They're all so important, but people seem to find a life of humility overrated.<i></i><br />
<b>9.<i> On what occasion do you lie?</i></b><br />
For missions . . . Sometimes to save a little face or help give someone a little confidence, but it usually just creates more trouble than it's worth.<i> </i><br />
<b>10. </b><i><b>What do you most dislike about your appearance?</b></i><br />
I certainly wouldn't mind getting a little less attention when I go out.<br />
<b>11. </b><i><b>Which living person do you most despise?</b></i><br />
Am I allowed to say Tony Stark?<i> </i><br />
<b>12. <i>What is the quality you most like in a man?</i></b><br />
Loyalty, pragmatism.<b> </b><br />
<b>13. </b><i><b>What is the quality you most like in a woman?</b></i><br />
Loyalty, moxie.<br />
<b>14.<i> Which words or phrases do you most overuse?</i></b><br />
People get me for ma'am and sir, I guess those are kind of old-fashioned now.<br />
<b>15. <i>What or who is the greatest love of your life?</i></b><br />
The United States of America.<br />
<b>16. <i>When and where were you happiest?</i></b><br />
When I was finally able to serve with the United States Army, to help defend freedom. And the Avengers, of course.<br />
<b>17.<i> Which talent would you most like to have?</i></b><br />
Be able to play jazz and classical piano.<br />
<b>18. <i>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?</i></b><i> </i><br />
I think it's fair to say that ship sailed.<i> </i><br />
<b>19. <i>What do you consider your greatest achievement?</i></b><br />
Helping to protect the city of New York.<i> </i><br />
<b>20. <i>If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?</i></b><br />
I feel pretty lucky to have come back at all.<b> </b><br />
<b>21. <i>Where would you most like to live?</i></b><br />
Back home, in Brooklyn. If I could afford it.<i> </i><br />
<b>22. <i>What is your most treasured possession?</i></b><br />
An old picture of my best girl.<b><i> </i></b><br />
<b>23.<i> What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?</i></b><br />
Letting your friends down and living out your days alone.<i> </i><br />
<b>24. <i>What is your favorite occupation?</i></b><br />
I admire anyone who takes on a position to help better the world and serve justice.<br />
<b>25. <i>What is your most marked characteristic?</i></b><br />
Being a military experiment and having been frozen for 75 years are pretty unique.<b><i> </i><br />26. <i>What do you most value in your friends?</i></b><br />
Fidelit<b>y.<br />27.<i> Who are your favorite writers?</i></b><br />
I try to keep a mix, Stephen Ambrose, Tom Clancy, Tim O'Brien.<b><i> </i><br />28. <i>Who is your hero of fiction?</i></b><br />
Pip, from Great Expectations.<b><i> </i><br />29. <i>Which historical figure do you most identify with?</i></b><br />
I'm proud to identify with all the people who have served this country.<b><i> </i><br />30. <i>Who are your heroes in real life?</i></b><br />
Anyone who isn't afraid to stand up and fight for what's right.<b><br />31. <i>What are your favorite names?</i></b><br />
These days, I'm grateful when someone has something familiar, like Jack or Diane. Did you understand that reference?<b><i> </i><br />32. <i>What is it that you most dislike?</i></b><br />
A bully.<b><i> </i><br />33. <i>What is your greatest regret?</i></b><br />
There are a lot of things that could have gone differently, but what's done is done. Never did get that dance though . . .<b><i> </i><br />34. <i>How would you like to die?</i></b><br />
Never the same way twice.<b><br />35. <i>What is your motto?</i> </b><br />
Avengers, assemble!Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473059882322393900.post-66716456862102721002015-04-12T00:06:00.000-04:002015-04-12T00:06:30.459-04:0030 Days of Navy OR Nobody Gives A Shit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wore the same thing to work for 30 days. <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">You did what now? After the jump. </span></i><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It all started because I was going to a concert down in Boston on February 17th and meeting up with a friend I had only seen before on two occasions. I was worried I would wear the same thing I had on last time we had seen each other, but my friends assured me that because we had only seen each other a couple times, he wouldn't notice. I insisted that <i>because</i> we had only seen each other a couple of times he would be <i>more likely</i> to notice. It was a moot point because I have no idea what I had worn previously, so... I wore this navy sweater dress with gray leggings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">On February 18th, the same clothes I wore the day before were conveniently laying next to bed. What luck! I wore them to work and hoped no one would notice how I wore the same thing the day before, less there be a scandal. I've seen movies, <i>Weren't those the clothes you had on yesterday?</i> Then the subsequent walk of shame.</span></span> (No sex was had, I'm just a lazy slob.) But no one said anything and no one even gave me a knowing glance.<br />
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So I decided to see how long it would be before someone noticed. Another day passed. And another. And I figured that surely, by the end of the following week, someone would catch on to how I was wearing the same god damn thing and the same fucking ugly shoes. No one did. It became apparent that I would have to set an end date to this. So I picked 30 days. I wore the same thing to work for 30 days. Not just 30 days, one month-- it was 30 <i>work</i> days. Every day I was at work for 6 weeks, I wore the same outfit. (Settle down, I washed it. I washed it. That thing got a year's worth of washing in 6 weeks). It got to the point where I had to tell some of my clients because I was worried they would think I was a nutter and according to my theory, they would be more likely to notice because I saw them less often. In their defense, most of them thought I was a nutter <i>after</i> I told them, too. My 30th day happened to fall on April 1st. I couldn't tell people on that day.<br />
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On April 1st I walked into a friend's apartment (she wasn't at work that day) and she said, "Hey! Didn't you wear that yesterday?" I yelled at her. At the end of my 30th day, someone (a close friend!) had finally noticed. When I explained what I had done, she first didn't believe me.<br />
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On April 2nd, I sent an e-mail to all the staff in my building requesting that next time they believed themselves observant or assertive, they should consider the evidence that I wore the same thing to work for 30 days and if anyone noticed, they didn't say anything to me. Several people didn't believe me. One person noticed because I had lost 10 pounds in those 6 weeks and suddenly had a waist in my sack dress. The newest people at work <i>did</i> notice (presumably because they had only ever seen me in one outfit) and most of my closest friends didn't (perhaps because they had a library of memories which included many outfits I had worn).<br />
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All of this to say; wear whatever you'd like, cause people definitely don't give a shit. And now you can do way, way less laundry by wearing everything twice in one week. Granted, what I wore wasn't especially flashy or unique. Though the shoes were exceptionally ugly and I really thought people had more respect in my taste than that. It's like that Buffy episode where you learn that everyone else is so preoccupied with their own crap, they really aren't scrutinizing and giving you the attention like ego and/or anxiety whispers in your ear. Stephanie Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947250631871769060noreply@blogger.com