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superartie ([personal profile] superartie) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-05-26 09:13 am
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Applied Dadaism: Fun and Games, Friday Morning

Applied Dadaism: Fun and Games was held around the main campfire on Friday morning.

Artie stood poised on a trampoline, completely motionless until it was time to get the workshop started. "Greetings, campers! I hope you are having a very pipe time at camp so far! Welcome to Applied Dadaism! I am Artie! The strongest man . . . in the world and I will be your instructor for these next weeks."

He bounced down from his perch on the trampoline and struck a heroic pose in front of the campers. "You may ask ‘Artie? What is Dada?' And an excellent question that would be! Dada is nonsense! Richard Huelsenbeck once said that ‘everywhere, throughout the world, where forces are at work to turn back the wheel of history, Dada will be hated. Therefore it is not difficult to predict a great future for Dada.' Alas, he may have been wrong. For the forces of emo are strong throughout the world, now more than ever, and now, more than ever, is Dada important!"

He struck a different pose. "In this workshop, we will learn to apply Dada to our everyday lives through games and ridiculousness, to combat these forces of emo. We will make people ask questions. We will make people ask questions about why they are asking questions! We will, most importantly, have fun!"

He began walking back and forth. "At the end of the workshop, you will be asked to present a game of your creation to the group. This game will be based on the ideas and rulelessness you will learn throughout the workshop. But start thinking about it now, so that you will have a great game idea by the end of the session!"

He bounced back up on the trampoline. "But first! Introduce yourselves! Say your name and make a funny pose, a funny noise, a funny face! Then we will move on to our first game!"

Once the introductions are through with, Artie stands, arms in muscle man position, at the front of the group again. "Excellent! Now, we will play ‘rock, paper, scissors!' But be warned, you may not play only rock, paper, or scissors! You may play anything you can think of. For example!" He did jazz hands. "Nuclear fission! Pair up! (and make one group of three!) Play the game! Explain how your thing, such as nuclear fission, beats your partner's thing, such as molten lava! Have fun! I, Artie, the strongest man . . . in the world! will be here to answer any questions!"

[ooc: Wait for the OCD, vikings! Go forth and be weird!]

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"No way!" Marie argued. "My hair dye could dye your moose, so I win!"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"My antlers would peirce the dye bottle before you could dye my moose hair," Jamie said shaking his head. "Therefore *I* win!"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not if I snuck up on you from behind," Marie countered. "Then your antlers would be very far away from my dye bottle."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bolltinkle is a moose with excellent hearing. He'd hear you sneaking up on you."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fine," Marie said, rolling her eyes. "Your moose beats my hair dye."

She raised her eyebrows. "Ready to try again?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ready. 1-2-3 go!" Jamie said making his hands look like googles on his face. "Rocky Rocco the Flying squirrel Meerkat."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Marie put the heels of her hands together and clapped them up and down.

"Crocodile," she said. "Which would totally eat your flying squirrel meerkat."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nuh-uh!" Jamie protested. "He's a flying meerkat! Does your crocodile fly?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course he does," Marie said, determined to win this round. "He's a Fandom crocodile."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fine," Jamie said not wanting to argue the point. "Ready for another try?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Marie gave him a smug smile.

"I guess," she said. "How long do we have to do this?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"One more game to prove who's champion," Jamie said. "Or when Artie tells us to stop."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay," Marie said. "That just means I need to come up with something really good to prove I'm better than you."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Whatever. 1.2.3 Go!"