{"id":1168,"date":"2007-03-27T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/27\/doings-4\/"},"modified":"2007-03-28T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T17:22:21","slug":"drawing-rally-diplomacy-building-art-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/27\/drawing-rally-diplomacy-building-art-sleeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Rally, Diplomacy, Building Art, Sleeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/monster.jpg\" title=\"Monster Drawing Rally\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/monster.thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"Monster Drawing Rally\" alt=\"Monster Drawing Rally\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>A couple weeks ago, Charlotte and I went to the <strong>SOEX 7th Annual Monster Drawing Rally<\/strong>. We got to watch a few rounds of 20 artists make something in 60 minutes. It wasn&#8217;t nearly as fun as we thought it would be though since all the art produced was very so-so. Apparently it was a great fundraiser though since the line-up to buy the pieces for $50 apiece was quite long. It had the possibility of being fun with the festive, crowded and hip atmosphere and the bar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday afternoon: <strong>played Diplomacy<\/strong> for the first time. I was surprised how much fun it was even though after 6 hours of game play it seemed the game was only a little more than 1\/2 finished. Before I went, I thought, &#8220;15 minutes per move? That sounds so terribly boring.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t. :-)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning Charlotte and I helped Charlie with an art contract <strong>building a 14&#8242; tall metal wire horse<\/strong> and gold gilded grass around it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What are you doing Charlotte?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gilding grass.&#8221;  :-)<\/p>\n<p id=\"player1\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the latest Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/p>\r\n<noscript><p>[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]<\/p><\/noscript>\r\n\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tdocument.getElementById(\"player1\").style.display = \"\";\r\n\t\r\n\tvar s1 = new SWFObject(\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/flv-embed\/flvplayer.swf\",\"player1\",\"480\",\"380\",\"7\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"wmode\",\"transparent\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"allowscriptaccess\",\"always\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"allowfullscreen\",\"true\");\r\n\ts1.addVariable(\"height\",\"380\");\r\n\ts1.addVariable(\"width\",\"480\"); \n\ts1.addVariable(\"file\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/charlie-horse.flv\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"image\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/charlie-horse.jpg\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"link\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/charlie-horse.flv\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"overstretch\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"showstop\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"showdownload\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"autostart\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"bufferlength\",\"8\");\r\n\ts1.write(\"player1\");\r\n<\/script>\n<p>This weekend, Charlotte&#8217;s friend <strong>Keith came by from Boston<\/strong>. Most notably, he acted as a neutral third party and confirmed what we have long thought was the truth, that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/lee-recommends\/good-things\/\">our bed<\/a> has evil tentacles<\/strong> that pull you in. He sat down on it, leaned back and asked in a startlingly sleepy voice, &#8220;What kind of bed is this?&#8221; Seconds later he was deep in a 3 minute nap.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, he was fully awake before sitting down, it was noon, he wasn&#8217;t jet-lagged or worn out from the night before and was well rested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, Charlotte and I went to the SOEX 7th Annual Monster Drawing Rally. We got to watch a few rounds of 20 artists make something in 60 minutes. It wasn&#8217;t nearly as fun as we thought it would be though since all the art produced was very so-so. 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