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TheMenuOfExperience

  1. Showcase
  2. Birds
  3. Feast of Infinite Regress
  4. Childsplay
  5. Wetness
  6. Soupsperiment
  7. Setup
  8. Purge
  9. Cup
  10. Worry Free
  11. Bravery
  12. Cafe
  13. BadLuck
  14. Hip Hop Moves
  15. Goldie
  16. You Gambled, You Lost
  17. PartyMix
  18. Hide the Toast
  19. Forecast of Sevens
  20. Weightless
  21. Bravery Two
  22. Animal Union
  23. Groupie
  24. Van
  25. You Are A Ninja
  26. Five Miler
  27. Power Month
  28. Payback
  29. Devil May Care
  30. The Play Is The Thing
  31. Bugs You Have Seen
  32. StickerBomb
  33. Nineties College Hippy / Punk
  34. Magazines Of Repute
  35. Flower Salad
  36. Bobby Baker
  37. Stacks
  38. Hats
  39. Tots
  40. Socks
  41. Cult Leader
  42. Gallery Curator
  43. Map to the Park
  44. Attache Eightees
  45. Attache Centauri
  46. Castaway
  47. Stunnah
  48. Director
  49. Uncharted
  50. Neck Rub
  51. Red's Revenge
  52. Bravery Three
  53. Thank You
  54. Seventies Cop
  55. Sorry
  56. Trespass
  57. Do Not Answer
  58. Notebook
  59. Stretch it Out
  60. California
  61. Garo Yepremian
  62. Boat
  63. Eyewitness News
  64. Judgement
  65. Audio Scavenger Hunt Home Edition
  66. Food Art
  67. Interstellar
  68. Pretencil
  69. Food Fight
  70. KampKlosteaweta
  71. Charlie Delta Lima
  72. PuhPuhPuhPages
  73. RatBastard
  74. Script
  75. Sticks
  76. Seeds
  77. Weeds
  78. Tricks
  79. A Card Well Played
  80. Power 3
  81. Power 4
  82. Power 5
  83. Carnival
  84. Kong

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requirements up to the player

Showcase

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Dress up to the maxnightelegance
Showcase things like a model from The Price Is Right Sell it
Sell all the things
This could be you and me together owning this BBQ Grill or BedSpread
Experiment with your hands
Go on, Vogue
Let your body move to the music
Bid 1 dollar a lot
Bid 1 dollor more than others
Take pictures

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Birds

Go into nature
Stay there until you have identified 10 different bird species
Write a 5-7-5 Haiku about one of them
Field guide / Fieldglasses optional

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FeastOfInfiniteRegress

Obtain a treat you can cut in half
Cut it in half
Set half aside
Cut the remaining half in half
Eat 1 half
Set half aside
Cut the remaining half in half
Eat 1 half
Set half aside
Cut the remaining half in half
Eat 1 half
Set half aside
. . .
. .
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How many times can you cut the remainder in half?

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Childsplay

Spin around until you fall down or throw up
Throw some rocks as far as you can
Make a paper airplane and throw that as far as you can
Take, like, a lot of a laxitive
Wantonly break glass
Throw a public temper tantrum without warning
Poke something with a stick
Roast a marshmallow
Learn 3 knock knock jokes

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Wetness

Go to the water
Get in

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Soupsperiment

Read soup recipes
Once you have an idea, acquire ingredients
Make the soup
Eat the soup w/ friends
Take notes on possible improvements / effects

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Setup

Set somebody up

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Purge

For the next 10 days
Throw out 10 things

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Cup

Get a cup
Make a sign
Spare change until you have enough money to buy something

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WorryFree

Decorate a scorecard
Keep it with you
Every time you worry make a mark
Try to pay more attention and yet lower the frequency
Also, you are now on a worry budget
You get 60 seconds to worry about a thing
Then you have to move on
Also, Buy ice cream or other decadent treat
If you worry have some
The calories are better for you than the worry

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Bravery

Write something short
Go to an open mic
Get up and read it

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Cafe

Grab a book
Go to a cafe
Have a drink and read for a while

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BadLuck

You now have bad luck Do everything in your power to reverse it

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HipHopMoves

Do enough to get by
And enough to stay fly
Bum Rush a Show
Act like ya know
Back That Ass Up
Drop It Like It's Hot
Bite A Style
Turn Down for What
Get crazy with the Cheese Whiz
Have Dirty's Money

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Goldie

Go somewhere you can observe the night sky
Identify constellations
Write a 5 line story about a conflict between two
Recite the story aloud
Burn the story

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YouGambledYouLost

Tell a friend you shit your pants
Run away
Stay away from them for 4 hours
Go out in public
Say you shit your pants so that people hear you
Run

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PartyMix

Make a party mix for a friend and give it to them
Make some Chex Mix
Go to a party or club and talk to at least 8 strangers
Name your ultimate party squad and get them together

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HidetheToast

This game requires 2 or more players
Make a piece of toast
The toastfinder(s) leave the game area
The toasthider hides the toast and announces 'ready'
Now it is time for the toastfinder to find the toast
Make a scorecard
Have a tournament

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ForecastOfSevens

Forecast your life for the next 7 minutes
Forecast your life for the next 7 hours
Forecast your life for the next 7 days
Forecast your life for the next 7 weeks
Forecast your life for the next 7 months
Forecast your life for the next 7 years
Listen to some 7 seconds

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Weightless

Get rid of the piece of furniture you like the least or burn it
Kill forever the project that is least likely to happen
Give away something you love
Take, like, a lot of a laxative, set the rest on fire
Wash your ass
Name a place you go and vow to never return
Throw away an object of great personal value or burn it
Silently end a personal relationship
Write down your worst memory, burn it

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BraveryTwo

Ask a stranger what they really think about you

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AnimalUnion

You have been elected the representative for a group of animals
Determine the species
Establish their needs
Make a sign and show it to people
Create a petition and get 10 signatures
Go to a city council meeting and speak, showing your petition
Work the demands of your constituents into your speech

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Groupie

Publicly proclaim you had sex with a celebrity
Tell people you know
Make a sign saying the same and stand at an intersection with it for an hour

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Van

Form a van buying posse of 8 people
Buy a van
Share the van
A car won't make you money
But a truck will make you money

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YouAreANinja

Obtain Ninja Costume and Ninja Toe Boots
Obtain Shuriken or Throwing Knives
Obtain Ninja Sword or grappling hook
Practice 20 times
Go out at night and Ninja 3 times

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FiveMiler

Go on a five mile walk
Include a hill, a small picnic, and a field guide

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PowerMonth

Each day for 30 days . . .
Down 4 pints of water
Walk 3 miles
Put 2 dollars in an envelope
Write 1 page in a notebook
Eat at least 2 home cooked meals
Stretch for 3 min
Read 3 pages of something
Meditate for 4 minutes
Assume everyone you communicate w/ knows more than you
Listen to new music

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Payback

Pay it back to that one person
Return the favor to the other
Pay it forward to a stranger
Say 'word' to your (or any) mother

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DevilMayCare

Go to the library and have a conversation
Jaywalk
Litter
Start a fire in a park Bar-b-que
Put your extra garbage in someone else's can
Tag up a sign
Publicly confess you did these things

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ThePlayIsTheThing

Print out some scripts
Tell friends to meet you at the spot
Do the script

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BugsYouHaveSeen

What bugs live near you?
Chronicle the bugs in your neighborhood
Name them by species
What do they eat?
Give them nicknames

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StickerBomb

Make some stickers
Go out and put your stickers places

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NinetiesCollegeHippyPunk

Obtain and use a hackysack
Listen to Primus
Eat Ramen
Hang out at Taco Bell or Denny's for 2+ hours
Drive, Ride, Skate or Walk to nowhere
Pay for things with loose change until you run out

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MagazinesOfRepute

Subscribe to a magazine with quality content
Science
High Fructose
Nature
Fence
Astronomy
Physical Anthropology
Archaeology

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FlowerSalad

What edible flowers and greens grow near you?
Make a colorful salad for four

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BobbyBaker

Get some cartoons from the paper
White out the existing dialogue
Re-write the cartoons to be as crass and graphic as possible
Make copies
Put them up
Listen to the band Baby Robots
Call people 'BeeBee' as a nickname

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Stacks

Go to a thrift store and buy a cookbook
Make a recipe from that book within 2 days
Go to a used book store, grab a book on a subject unappealing
Read 14 pages of that book within 2 days
Go to a library and check out a book of poetry
Read 10 poems from that book aloud to yourself, a friend, or a pet
Return the book of poetry on time

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Hats

Hats can be physical
Hats can refer to roles we play
Hats are a kind of cymbal
Hats are a kind of symbol
Try 10 hats

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Tots

Incorporate Tater Tots into an act

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Socks

Isn't it about time you went through your sock drawer?
Out with the old
In with the new
Make an altar of/to the dead socks
Set it on fire

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Cultleader

Create a philosophy of several tenets
Formulate an outfit to communicate your message
Invent 3 ritual gestures
Create a blessing and bestow it upon people
Make a handouts and hand them out

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GalleryCurator

You are now a Gallery Curator
Choose 3 Themes you want to put in your virtual art show
Create an outfit that matches your themes
Discover at least 8 pieces of art per theme
Using Slides or another online document service, copy+pasta the art into your show
Credit the makers of the art
Invite people to the show, discuss, mingle

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MapToThePark

Draw a map that includes your house and a nearby park Follow the map to the park Smell 3 plants on the way there, note location Note the location of your favorite trees If you're a dog person meet some dogs, noting location If you're not a dog person look at all the dogs you hate, noting location Pick up some trash and log where you found it and where it was disposed of Skip a part of the way home, noting skip route

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AttacheEightees

You work for the Agency in East Berlin
You are to meet a contact and protect them from harm
They do not know they are a target
Move them safely through three checkpoints
Dance to Goth and New Wave
Drive a car quickly or run like hell to evade danger

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AttacheCetauri

We are being visited for the first time by aliens You are responsible for hosting an ambassador Visit the places you take them to ensure they are safe Prepare a practice meal, they prefer their food blue Write down what it means to be a human on Earth

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Castaway

What were you wearing when you fell off the ship? What is the name of your effigy of a person who acts as your bff? Build / make that effigy. Invite a fruity drink that goes along with your island Something from Gilligan's Island

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Stunnah

Buy the biggest, darkest sunglasses you can find
Put them on
You have permission to NGAF

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Director

Come up with 2 characters based on people in your life
Write down five related fictional events that happen to these people
Cast it using real people, finger puppets, stuffed animals, etc
Scout out locations for shooting the scenes
Shoot the scenes and edit them together
Debut your film

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Uncharted

Obtain a Machete, Compass, Canteen and Safari wear, binoculars
Learn what poison oak, poison ivy and posion sumac are
Go to a place thick with brush
Hack your way in, until you can't see civilzation
Leave a mark
Set up a hang spot
Return several times

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NeckRub

Make arrangements w/ a friend for mutual neck rubs
Shirts off - Comfy Chair - 20 Minutes
Massage oil or heat required

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Red'sRevenge

Prank call your friends
Prank text your friends
Burner phones work well
Quality+record the calls
Post where possible
Listen to the classics

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BraveryThree

Attend a casting call type audition, do not prepare
Publicize and hold a casting call audition, do not prepare

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ThankYou

Write a Thank You note in your hand on paper Send it via the mail to that person or their surrogate

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SeventiesCop

Create a grizzled-veteran or wide-eyed rookie 70's cop persona
Create an outfit to match using at least 2 polyester items that are shades of brown
Drink coffee out of a styrofoam cup
Go on a stake out with your partner
Fill out paperwork on how the Punks got away

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Sorry

Write an apology in your hand on paper
Send it via the mail to that person or their surrogate

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Trespass

Post a no trespassing sign
Be in a place you are not supposed to be
Watch the movie

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Donotanswer

Ask yourself 10 troubling questions about your life
Every time your mind tries to answer the questions stop it
Do this a lot

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Notebook

Buy a new notebook

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StretchItOut

Let's go right now
Calendar this everyday right now

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California

Try Kombucha
Do some Yoga
Go for a hike
Drink 4 pints of water a day for a month
Sniff on some Eucalyptus, Lemongrass or Sandalwood
Eat some Avocado
Make a chia or flax seed shaker and use it
Meditate

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GaroYepremian

Obtain an American or Australian football
Obtain a tee
Learn to place-kick
Kick for points

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Boat

Form a boat buying posse of 8 people
Buy a boat
Learn good boating skills
Learn to tie knots
Share the boat
Set a course for adventure

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EyewitnessNews

Go to places news crews set up
Make a sign and sneak into frame
or
Get them to interview you

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Judgement

Judge someone mercilessly in writing until exhaustion
That person should not be present
Write down every aspect of their qualities
Give elaborate opinions
Analyze them
What are they doing wrong?
What the fuck is up with their clothing?
When you are done burn the evidence
Let your compassion for this person grow with the flames

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AudioScavengerHuntHomeEdition

Notice these sounds

[] distant transportation
[] faucet drip
[] outside birds
[] a beep
[] a hum
[] a bird
[] a drum
[] sleeping / snoring
[] food prep
[] settling furniture
[] opening of a food container

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FoodArt

make a mandala on a plate
make an edible piece of clothing
make a wood stamp from a potato
make a mosaic pattern with hard candy

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Interstellar

Learn everything you can about Oumuamua

Write a 5 paragraph paper on the interstellar object
Make an illustrative study on a piece of nice paper
Work it into conversations with at least 5 people

Understand how the word was used by its original culture
Write a 5 paragraph paper on it
Make an illustrative study on a piece of nice paper
Work it into conversations with at least 5 people

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Pretencil

Eat the following with your hands
substitutions for prohibitions OK

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FoodFight

Start and sustain a food fight

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KampKlosetaweta

Go camping in your place
Set up bedding
Have a snack
Read a story
Look up to the stars and dream
Sleep there
Leave the campsite better than your found it

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CharlieDeltaLima

Get your commercial driver's license
sub limo, forklift, plane, boat OK

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PuhPuhPuhPages

For 100 days
Read 7 pages when you get up
Read 8 pages before you sleep

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RatBastard

Over the course of 100 days

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Script

Get a copy of a script of a favorite movie, play or show

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Sticks

Get a pair of drumsticks
Do some practice tutorials

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Seeds

Get a couple food or flower seeds
Try to grow them
Watch The Young Ones episode Sick where Neil gives his famous 'seed' speech

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Weeds

Find a patch of public space that has some weeds
Tend that patch over the course of 8 weeks

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Tricks

Learn 3 magic tricks

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ACardWellPlayed

Obtain a complete, used deck of playing cards
Learn and play a game favored in the days of yore
Give people spy-movie nicknames and say 'well played, name' a lot
Listen to a symphony, a sonata and a concerto

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Power3

For 3 days, each day

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Power4

For 4 days, each day

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Power5

For 5 days, each day

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Carnival

Figure out when/where the next Carnival or Fair is
Create an outfit for it
Go there
Ride at least 7 rides
Play at least 5 games
Eat 3 of the following

Ask how you can apply for a job and apply
Try to sell something like gum, candy bars, ginseng or a prize you won
Stay until kicked out

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Kong

Watch the original
Watch a cover version
Privately, temporarily fall in love with something un-attainable
Climb to the top of something with an effigy of your love
Yell, Roar, Bark, Bite
Have an assistant throw paper airplanes at you
Set the effigy of your love on the thing you climbed
Climb down and do a trust-fall w/ your assistant
Meditate for 4 minutes on what they took from Kong
Write a letter to Variety magazine demanding justice for Kong
Never reveal your secret love

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