Le Papier Bleu et le Poulet by Jeremy Cezanne, IntermezzoBeard, Kyle Hamilton, anna one, SNORLAX, Blue, The Vixen, YellowBear, Lank, Scarlett, Loki, Fonne Tayne, EchHeck, Burn Unit, Sean Tabs, Ben Yamiin, Ladybug, Bex., Lola
September 12th, 2007 7:46 PM / Location: 37.767135,-122.5012Part of the Urban Door Installation Project
"I would have to admit to this whole thing being my fault"
posted by Kyle Hamilton on August 29th, 2007 1:02 AMI have the chicken
He cost me $10
He is Amazing
We need to set up a time this weekend so that everyone can do this
I was really apprehensive about what would happen with this chicken. After Urban Altar II : Theurgy I was really gunshy about doing things purely in the name of SFØ and I was more focused on what the hell the whole point was.
The hardest part was finding a member of every group to participate. Er, or I mean& a member of Equivalenz to participate. (There is so much untapped potential in that group) Multilateral, shmaltilateral. So a plan was formulated& We would get Eleanor the most to scare the chicken VIA satellite direct from MNØ. That's right getting interstate-ial on this one. (We note that Lizard Boy also kindly volunteered to serve as our remote Equivalenz player, but due the last minute nature of the call for volunteers, not in time for a telephone number exchange before the event.)
As Lola and her entourage made their way across town, SFØ players began to trickle into the DoorHenge clearing. Well, except for 楊 벤ヤᠮᠢᠨ who had been waiting at doorhenge in anticipation for two days. We swapped travel tales, discussed our urban alter material, assembled our chicken scaring apparatus, and agonized over whether to use the pastel blue notebook paper (actually low particle count cleanroom paper onto which notebook lines had been photocopied) or the deep-blue blank paper. Each newcomer brought news that the chicken was on the way.
Finally, our feathered friend - or, rather, feathered victim - arrived. We explained to the non-player barbecuing nearby that we were going to spend a few minutes chasing a chicken and she agreed to tie up her dog.
After a brief pause to admire The Villain cake, we assembled and prepared for some good, old-fashioned chicken frightening. Since tape doesn't adhere particularly well to chickens, we settled on taping the blue paper to a string fastened around Lola's neck.
Lowteck called up our midwestern Equivalenz ringer, we set Lola free, and we did everything we could think of to scare her.
Bex The Herø says:This task might seem inherently cruel. But worry not. Lola has real fortitude of spirit. She spent that night at my house. We stayed up talking. We really had a common language. I just feel so close to her. And I get along so well with her family. Sigh. I'm just so glad SFØ brought us together.
anna one says: ☞here☜are my photos from the papered-chicken-scaring.
YellowBear: Didn't know that a scared chicken would act so much like a not scared chicken. And very very little like a person who you'd associate with getting called a chicken (maybe some chickens, but not Lola the Brave).
楊 벤ヤᠮᠢᠨ says:
I'm the one in green up there. One would think that a hungry homeless guy would be a chicken's greatest nightmare, but it turns out that plucky little Lola can weather a lot more than I expected. I shouldn't use the word "plucky". She might get offended. Remarkably enough, this was the first time I touched a real, living chicken. Congratulations, Lola, you've made me a man. Do you feel guilty?
The Vixen:
Oh glorious Lola, my love, how we have exploited you! But remember, it was your ticket out of being gang-raped by 8 roosters in a cramped pen in the middle of Fresno. Not that you had a choice or anything... Lola is enjoying life immensely now! She enjoys strutting her stuff, sitting on human chairs, chasing blue jays, dining on rice and rocks, announcing her presence with "bucks" and "clucks," perching on fences, and the flapping space now available to her. You haven't seen the last of this hen!
Eleanorest & BurnUnit:
Well, this permitted us to utter those kinds of surreal and unimaginable sentences you only utter when you have kids, the kind of sentence you can be confident has never before been uttered, a la Chomsky: "No sweetie, there's no time for a bath tonight, you have to run for senate and then scare a chicken in San Francisco." Eleanor was definitely up for it, and with some coaching, she performed quite well for the camera. It sounded pretty crazy at the other end, and we could only imagine how ridiculous it was. Turns out, pretty ridiculous!
And now with the video:
Here is additional video from the MN side of the event
Update
In a strange turn of events, Lola has gone missing. She was last seen fraternizing with a blue jay and apparently ran off with him. I originally thought that she was chasing the bird due to some sort of territorial jealously, but I was wrong. So wrong. I'm so sorry Bex, but I'm guessing that the wedding is off. I was devastated, to say the least. Calling our interaction co-dependent is a understatement. However, she loved all of you (despite the trauma) and I don't think that her escape was done out of spite. A bird's life is very short, and she took advantage of the opportunity while it was there.
So what now? Her legacy will be continued. I plan on adopting three more chickens from Berkeley's humane society. And maybe I'll even add to the family every time we do a farm animal task, which I hope there will be. Thank you Lola for bringing the players of sf0 together and uniting us through the act of task. Your memory will last, praxis or no praxis.
-The Vixen
Bex the Herø says:
Humpf! I was certainly not cuckolded by a blue jay! Lola's character is not so flighty! She has been nabbed by a villianous raccoon! I have been wearing black all week in mourning. Sigh. Woe! Woe is me!
Um, uh, more chicken adoptions you say?
26 vote(s)
- Jellybean of Thark
- Cthulhu Kitty
- The Villain
- Meta tron
- Ohrlyeh Totenkinder
- Orion
- Charlie Fish
- Heatherlynn
- Møuse
- Adam
- Tøm
- Malaysian Eddy
- Marshall Electric
- GYØ Daryl
- teucer
- JJason Recognition
- EarthMaiden
- visivo
- Tiny Dancing Tzarina
- Asian Persuasion
- Lincøln
- Andre W.D.
- Flea
- Sparrows Fall
- done
- Goddess of Doom and Thievery
Favorite of:
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doorhenge, biomegardens105 comment(s)
That is the chicken told of in the prophecy.
That chicken will turn the tide in our favor for when the metal ones revolt.
Not the only bald spot & chicken legs on this proof... mmmmm sexxxxy...
you guys are amazing with photos.
and it was great that we were able to collaborate with our senators from minnesota
you handle things so ambassadorially since you got your senatorship LT
I wonder what other farm animals will pay SF a visit from the wastelands of Fresno
mmm someone should submit a task with a piglet
Pigs actually make good pets. Yay! A new friend for Lola!
You know you want in, we'll have to wait and see if the power that be even approve a new pig task at midnight
This is evil. I will not stand for it.
if you knew what I saved that chicken from you would view this act as an act of salvation not an act of evil
I suppose there must be a little evil in every overarching act of good.
Minkatrons votes always seem a little more intense than the others. It's like she is going, YEEEAH! VOTE!
I could watch 'the Elanor show' 24 hours a day...
(The voice of the IceBat is brilliant.)
WHY DO I HAVE TO MOVE AWAY JUST AS YOU PEOPLE START DOING FUN SHIT TOGETHER!!!
i hate you all
Poon you know you love us and are just venting the frustration of not being able to be sorrounded by what you love. Come visit and we will arrange said epicness!
p00n: Can we bring the awesome to you? SFØ roadtrip!
Someone had to do it...
(OK, maybe I've been playing SF0 too long if I actually believed that.)
Eleanor your 20 pounds of awesomeness in a 10 pound sack
The joy of glasnost. One for the history books.
View the update of Lola's situation in the task completion.
I was just informed by C-Dawg (former partner-in-crime for Find Jesus) that she spotted 3 chickens hanging out at Hearst and Henry in Berkeley. Perhaps Lola has started a life of crime.
I thumb my nose at your implications! Everyone besmirching my poor lost fiancee's character! Humpf!
hot is an understatment
How did you get that??!!? You spying spy!!!
We had a safety word. It was her idea... oh dear.
One has to wonder.. was the safety work cluck or buck?
I hear it was TeddyBear!
I never heard Lola say it in her life… and now she has gone missing…
Coincidence?
sorry buddy, someone should have told you....
Yea, it happened almost two weeks ago. Where have you been?
I've been in Fresno planning my big escape to Australia to pick mangoes for a summer.
Ahhhh poor Lola, maybe she just got lost. I like to believe that she rides the BART and plays with children
.....the word about the mangoes or the chicken
wait wait wait! Have we posted flyer's in Berkley! OMG I smell a new task a brewing!
Wanted ALIVE! ALIVE!!! This is my bride we're talking about, not dinner!
I love the task Kyle! Save her!
hey careful now...people get mugged for that shit.....a $50,000.00 reward for some popcorn shrimp or some chicken strips seems appropriate
:( Why do we get stuck in shitty Yarmouth when people in SF have this much fun?
We miss out on doorhenge, on chicken scaring... :(
Yeah, Yarmouth already sounds better than Fresno...
It would be cool if all of us GY0 could take a trip to SF for one of the events. But alas i am poor. I couldn't even go on that GCSE French trip to Lille for 1 weekend.
No, your clan must come. You guys should meet up with Meta, Charlie Fish and Mr. Mouse and come in one huge caravan. By plane. 3-4 people can stay at my house.... Metatron sleepover!
You guys come come to Yarmouth!
Let there be flash beach mobs!
Kyle got a ticket to Europe for $100!
But as tradition would have it the progeny needs to come home to the mother land.
priceline it man, like 40 hours before take off just priceline it and accept that you will be searched 3 times before getting on that plane
www.priceline.com
Why don't we all meet someplace new like....Morocco zero? and yeah Priceline rules!!! As long as you don't have to be there or back by a specific time...you're golden!
I'll be in Haiti from 12/17 - 01/03. PP0?
Wish I'd known. Just got back to home base in Oakland. Never seen Army of Darkness (unbelievable even to me) so it would be perfect....
Oh well, next time.
the one time I'm going down to LA to see my roommates graduate from Brooks and you offer me Tequlia god god damn it damn it
Kyle there is a possibility that I won't be leaving my apartment for a while so there will be plenty of time to drink tequila. And do our duel. But something gimp friendly would be preferable.
And Army of Darkness is so funny...but I have to admit...I would have rather just seen Evil Dead 2...
& I will depart for Morocco anytime, Gimpy. That goes for Great Yarmouth, Albuquerque, London, Chicago... anywhere!
Fabulous. I'm going to the doctors right now to get crutches and an x-ray....then I will also be free. Morocco here we come!!! If I get tired of (or can't) walking I will simply rent a camel.
I actually am going to Morocco and then Europe (either amsterdam or london, i forget) in January, if anyone cares to join me for some international tasking and clubbing.
Take me here.
"
once I'm sans crutches obviously...
do you know the Spanish
lets do one better
we'll save for 2 years, every extra penny we'll save up
Then we get on a train and do a train trip from San Francisco to the bottom of South America.
All summer
Do I know the spanish? Broad Question. I can speak some spanish. I know some Spaniards from Barcelona. The pyramid in question is on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. But Kyle...if I really needed to, I can be ready to go right now for 3 months. I'm set and ready. But I will join you in penny saving and will be ready to go to South America for one whole summer in 2 years!!!
Woo Hoo South America!!!!
Eddy, you just have a hard-on for pyramids, don't you?
I'm really into history. What can I say?
Chichen Itza totally rules. I recommend doing a tour of a bunch of the Maya, Aztec and Inca ruins from Mexico City south. Awesome stuff.
I think you can go inside here to see the tomb deep within...
What did we write on that paper? I totally forgot..
LOLA,
you know, by way of identification... in case we got her mixed up with the other chickens....
Run Lola Run!
How come no one has said that before?
my chef's daughter is named Lola... not her nickname, her birth name.
one day he mentioned that he calls her, on occasion, lola-erskates...
Word has it that KristinawithaK is thinking of naming her (one day) daughter Lola.
What a weirdo...
"Mom, baCAACK! Where is my, cluck, pet person?"
Hey BU, what is on top of that person's head? Looks like a hairnet... :)
"Where they drink champagne that tastes just like cherry cola.... C… O… L… A… OLA… LA La la laa Lola!"
Seeing as that is the song I named her after couldn't she also name her son Lola?!
Whoa there buddy, I was the one who named her!
I'd be on that shit in a minute.
HIGH FASHION RUNWAY-OFF!!
How about a duel of words.
I'll throw you some sf0 lexicon and elvish and you can ramble on about how un-PC I am.
Words schmurds... Jello(pudding) Wrestling!!!
a feather? i think i forgot to delete that... thing...
Now that's a duel I'd like to see. High-fashion-elvish-lexicon-pudding-wrestling FTW!
I second the High Fashion Elvish Lexicon Pudding Wrestling!
How To Jello Wrestle
vixen, how many duels have you been in already?
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