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Dream Boys!

A game that, due to its grade school giddiness, is catching other rather quickly.

First, make a list of all the boys you and the other players know. Next, disregarding sexual orientation and availability, pick out and order the boys by how likely you are to become involved with in some fashion. Then try picking out Dream Boys for your friends, too! Don't forget to sing the Dream Boys song† while you play!

My Dream Boys were Daniel Fleisher and David Hardee Watkins. Who are your Dream Boys?
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†Dream Boys song: [To the tune of the Muppet Babies theme] Dream boys, we're dreaming a dream of you | Dream boys, here's hoping that dream comes true | Dream, dream, dream, dream | Boys, boys, boys, boys | Dream Boys! (Dreams can come true!)

Noah's (Plant) Ark

Here's a game I got from one Paul Smith.

Pick 19 people (you'll be number 20) and explain to them this scenario:

God has destroyed the world. You and 19 others have been selected to continue life on a new planet, perfectly suitable for life. The only problem is that all the plant life is completely useless to humans. Not a single plant can be tapped for a single human use. Each individual can select five Earth plants to bring with them to the new world (mushrooms count as plants here), and these selections must be made without any communication with the other survivors. Any overlap in plants doesn't bring any extra benefit — you still get the same number of those plants that you would have had only one person selected it, and you don't have the variety of plant life that you potentially could have had.

I suppose you could play with animals, too. I suppose ...

Trampdance! Flyers

In the interest of self-promotion, I've drafted up a few flyers for our apartment (christened "Trampdance!"). Here are a few of my favorites:







You might reasonably ask what exactly it is that I'm advertising. Yes, that would be reasonable.

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Survivor: China Cast Announcement

I know, I know, I vowed that I was done with Survivor, and I stand by that, but I couldn't resist getting a peek at the recently released cast announcement. Here's a very brief overview of the cast — see if you can pick up on a few themes:

1. Aaron: Surf instructor (read: actor)
2. Amanda: Hiking instructor (read: model — former Ms. Montana)
3. Ashley: Professional wrestler / (Playboy) model
4. Chicken: Chicken farmer (salt of the earth, blue collar male)
5. Courtney: Waitress (read: model)
6. Dave: (Former) model
7. Denise: Lunch lady (salt of the earth, blue collar female)
8. Erik: Model / musician
9. Frosti: Athlete / student (read: dancer — toured with Madonna)
10. Jaime: Student (read: actor)
11. James: Gravedigger (novelty job!)
12. Jean-Robert: Pro poker player (novelty job!)
13. Leslie: Christian radio show host (read: former model — Ms. North Carolina)
14. Peih-Gee: Jeweler (read: dancer — in Madonna music videos)
15. Sherea: Teacher (with modeling shots)
16. Todd: (Gay) flight attendant (with modeling shots)

Huh. That's a lot of models, former models, and people who seem to want to model, and then when you throw in the actors and dancers, you get 12 out of 16 who work(ed) as a model/actor/dancer or are attempting to. Then two former Ms. States, and two Asian dancers for Madonna (o_O).

Unabashed Moppetry

At the tender age of three, Cleopatra Stratan has become the hottest new star on the Romanian Toddler Pop charts. Check out her big single, "Ghiţă," from her album La vârsta de trei ani (Translation: At the Age of Three).

"OK, you'll love this pitch: what if we had the same show — but they're *babies*?!"

I can't decide which show idea I like more: M*A*S*H Babies or Ally McBabies.

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The Titular Post

Adventures in Friendship!™

I have created a game (title above) wherein you take index cards, write down the names of as many people as you know, and shuffle them. Next, get with some friends, and have everyone draw a card — that's the person you're hypothetically friends with! Fun inevitably ensues!

"Yay, I get to be friends with Larsy!!"

"Hahaha! Helen! That's hilarious!"

"You got Jose?! I'm so jealous!"

"Aw man, I got Alex again!"

Try it out for yourself!