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I’m a little shy at first 🙈 and sometimes need prompting to reveal my esoteric knowledge of history and culture. Heads-Up (game) for iPhones (and Androids) is a great way to break the ice, particularly in ride-shares with strangers. I am personally banned from Uber so when I say ride-shares, I am referring specifically to Lyft. To play Heads-Up (game) you simply put the iPhone (or Android!) to your forehead and your present company must assist you in guessing what name or phrase is displayed on screen. So, for example, let’s say my head says “Alec Baldwin,” my new friends might say, “that actor from 30 Rock who shot someone recently.” Nominally, if you get the answer right, you put your head UP and go again in low-stakes Russian roulette style speed rounds. The funny thing about Heads-Up (game) is that it’s owned by Warner Games which is owned by Halliburton which is owned by Exxonmobile. I guess it’s not “ha ha” funny…
Jul 26, 2022
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It probably has a better name but this is what everyone I know has called it. It’s a classic with simple rules that everyone can follow. You put a famous or well known persons name on the head of the person next to you and you go round asking 1 yes or no question at a time until someone guessed their person, then theyve won. You can then continue until everyone has guessed theirs correctly. This is a great one when people are feeling less creative/energised so don’t want to do anything like charades. a good end of the night game when wine or time have slowed you all down.
Aug 5, 2024
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10/10 road trip game
1 person (let’s call them the thinker; you need at least 3 ppl total to play) thinks of a word. don’t tell anyone! they say the first letter of the word.
the rest of the players (the guessers) start thinking of words that begin with that letter. when someone thinks of one, they give a hint that will hopefully make at least one other guesser think of the same word.
let’s say the first letter is ‘d’. Guesser 1 would say something like “I’m thinking of a country….” if another guesser can think of a country that starts with ‘d’, they say “CONTACT!” and count down 3-2-1. if both guessers say the same word at the same time, the thinker owes them another letter.
the twist is that the thinker can also guess at words, and if they correctly say the word before the guessers can, they don’t owe a letter. so the thinker could say “it’s not Denmark” before the two guessers say it, and they don’t owe a letter.
really fun bc it makes you rely on in-jokes and stuff to try to avoid giving generic clues the thinker can get.
Oct 24, 2024
Little bit of “how well do you know the cue-giver” strategy, hard to be competitive, fun to see how your friends+fam interpret color / what things they associate with color 😌
Dec 27, 2024
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While in Oaxaca I went to a pharmacia and boy do they sell everything there! I took French in high school so I couldn’t read the labels but the pharmacist was very helpful in assuring me that I wanted these blue football-shaped pills and he was right! They are designed to cure anxiety and overall consciousness! I’ve never felt so at peace. 10/10 recommend.
Jul 26, 2022
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Anika and Bryson went to the Jet Blue Lounge (bar) after missing their flight to LA. They had such a blast I thought, heck I wanna go! I’m always looking for my next local haunt. So I went down to LAX and parked my car in overnight parking which costs $150/hour and walked up to the Jet Blue help window and said, “I’d like to go to the Jet Blue Lounge (bar), please” and they said, “do you have a plane ticket?” And I said, “no, I just wanted to chill in the lounge” and they said, “ma’am, you can’t go past security without a boarding pass” so I asked them what the cheapest plane ticket was and they said that considering the price of fuel due to some international conflict, all tickets are very expensive so I asked, “well what is the *cheapest*” and they said, “Oaxaca or Boise” so I bought a ticket to Oaxaca. Then I waited 45 minutes at TSA where they threw away my Aesop deodorant because it was over 3.5 oz and went to the Jet Blue Lounge where I ordered a $27 martini and then I flew to Mexico.
Jul 26, 2022