#item 206

[teamgoatsgoatsgoats]

Item 206: Spoiler alert! Nobody has time to really sit down and read anymore. So, bring the stories to them. Recreate major plot points of classic books by acting them out at your local library. But in deference to library ‘rules’, you must be silent, so you’re going to have to use interpretive dance on this one.

[teamscrumtrulescent]

206. Image.  Relax & unwind! A person in a lounge chair, sipping a drink out of a coconut, at the central point of Spiral Jetty.

[trashbrigade]

206.  Gishwhes is over tonight! Forever! The crumbs of the great multi-year, wild and weird global feast are soon to be all that's left. Let's see you work magic on these crumbs (real bread crumbs or whatever other crumbs you wish to use) and turn them into a portrait of actor Misha Collins. -the Gish Gnomes

[deus-ex-mishina]

#206 (IMAGE) Take a picture of yourself in front of the biggest landmark or point of interest in your town while holding a beautiful hand-lettered sign that reads, "We Are Sorry, Sweden". This is a location-based item, so you may do this anywhere in the world... except Sweden. 17 points

[trashbrigade]

206.  Sweden, you're absolutely right! You are a beautiful country and it's time we stopped overlooking you. You deserve a formal apology as requested and so in the interest of international diplomacy, it's our duty to deliver and rectify this egregious oversight. With that in mind, (I hope you'll forgive me but this is a location-specific image to appease Sweden, guys): Take a picture of yourself in front of the biggest landmark or point of interest in your town while holding a beautiful hand-lettered sign that reads, "We Are Sorry, Sweden". This is a location-based item, so you may do this anywhere in the world... except Sweden.

[teamscrumtrulescent]

206.  Your shadow has been stuck at home for too long, too, and it’s bored. Take it on a trip: a shadow puppet safari! Show us at least 3 shadow puppet animals (we don’t want to see you, just the shadows.)

[teamscrumtrulescent]

The time we picked to film our hot potato video was right when I left to drive out to the country to meet up with our contact for the CowBoy item, which meant I was filming my portion of the video in the backseat of the truck while my mother threw potatoes at me from the passenger seat. A stop to get gas gave us time to get the camera set up and do a practice run with the team, and we managed to film the final video while I was on the road and finished up just before I lost reception! -Kaela

[teamscrumtrulescent]

I was on the way to photograph our CowBoy item when we filmed this one, so we had the added challenge of my mother (who gets carsick if she’s not looking out the windshield) blindly throwing potatoes at me from the passenger seat while we drove down the highway. -Kaela

206.  Social distancing can’t quelch our love for a game of Hot Potato. Play Hot Potato over Zoom or other video-conferencing, as though you’re all right in the room together.