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The Slumber Party by zer0gee
April 1st, 2008 7:43 AMI closed the store and took the garbage to the dumpster. Then I started my slumber party! I began by making some delicious Ramen for dinner. I played on our interactive website, buildabearville.com, and read CNN.com while I ate. This took about an hour. I usually go to bed around 2am, so I had no idea what the hell else I was going to do to kill time until I was tired...
How about...A PLAY FOR YOU?! Yay! Thus, I produced, directed, and performed in the one-woman, one-night-only showing of -
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE (thousand) BEARS! It took about two hours to shoot these photos, with many costume changes and a lot of swearing. It was fun, and I'm really pleased with how it came out. I hope you like it! And, yes, I am wearing a bear costume.
After that, I sure was exhausted. I put on my PJs, brushed my teeth, and built a bed from bags of bear skins. I spread out my blanket, got my pillow and a stuffed kitty, and went to sleep.
The mall apparently wakes up at 7am, and so did I - this is when the doors open for mall walkers, and also the construction guys working on the space next door to us. They are very loud and drop a lot of heavy things.
I came home for a quick shower, breakfast, and to post this proof. Then it's back to work for me!
Sleeping at Build-A-Bear may seem like a lovely fantasy, but bears are NOT comfortable to sleep on. They are very lumpy and slide around a lot. I did sleep well enough, but would not recommend replacing your current bed with a bunch of stuffed animals. I had a lot of fun doing this task, though!
let's get this party started
fancy dinner
buildabearville
My avatar is in the big circle at the bottom of the screen.
entertainment
goldilocks
I am wearing two wigs that are meant for our stuffed animals. No, really. Our bears can have hair. Bear hair.
bab workshop
nobody's home
a forbidding door
do not disturb
the bears live here
three bears' chairs
too hard
too soft
just right!
three bears' porridge
papa bear's bowl
This is actually bear stuffing, and I don't recommend eating it. I eat it accidentally on a regular basis, so this is experience speaking.
too hot!
mama bear's bowl
too cold!
warming up
baby bear's bowl
just right! all gone!
bears' bedroom
big bears
oof! too hard
smaller bears
oops! too soft
kitties!
aw, yeah! just right
the bears are home!
Papa's moustache is another bear wig. I am resourceful.
note papa bear's moustache
note mama bear's...um...hairdo
baby bear
someone sat in my chair!
papa bear is angry
my chair's been sat in, too!
that's just not sanitary
baby bear's chair has been violated also
someone's been eating my porridge!
mine, too!
mine's all gone!
i think it was HER!
sleeping unaware
goldilocks wakes
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!
busted
mug shot
In my version of the story, the bears report Goldilocks to mall security and she is arrested for trespassing.
mug shot profile
brushing teeth
soap dispenser
potty for dummies
build a bed workshop
with blanket, pillow,
and kitty!
time for bed
goodnight!
awake now
very slept in
Conclusion: sleeping on bears is possible, but very lumpy.
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I'm sorry Zer0Gee, but the ROTMT isn't going to like this one.
All right got it in a day!
resume thinking, please!
but feel free to keep voting
Its pretty difficult to not 'shplank' this task. Same with alot of the more epic tasks so maybe this isn't a shplank at all. A shplank would be living in a shop you don't work in for a week and hiding from all the security staff.
Not true, Adam. A non-SF0 friend pointed out to me that a valid interpretation of this task could include simply going to a 24-hour store and hanging out in there all night. That doesn't really seem shplankable to me.
Wow, my first shplank! :D Thank you so very much. I love it here at SF0 and will continue to task to the best of my abilities.
I'm sorry Zer0Gee, but the ROTMT isn't going to like this one.
Huh? I think what you meant is Team Shplank isn't going to like this one.
It's all about tasking philosophy, not about praxis quality.
Well .... I am going to echo AS's suggestion that more than likely whoever thought of this task was conceiving of spending the night in a store you don't work at at and have 24 hour access to anyhow: with all the security complications that might ensue, but bad writing deserves to be twisted around for your own benefit - so good on you.
Well is it bad writing though? It's open ended I'll grant that. I doubt it's any more the task writer's fault that s/he didn't anticipate someone in the game having this access than it is, as you point out, the fault of the person doing the completion. I'd say it's one thing for ZG to stay in a store she has access to, it's quite another to give a thought to sleeping on a pile of skins and to entertaining herself and others a show. To wit: bear. suit.
I should like to add that just because it appears that someone already had access to the store does not mean it was easy. The last time I worked retail in a mall I recall it being quite fraught with unexpected dangers, including but not limited to:
The grease trap, security guards, and overly "friendly" managers....
Bear suit, ftw.
I see there is some contention over whether I can declare this task awesome.
GYØ Adam, Scienceguru, and anyone else is free to take this argument to the Praxis. If you think you can do better, let's see it.
And "Scienceguru," whoever you really are, please consider your comments before you post them. I don't find your criticisms to be quality thoughts, and you abuse the cloak of anonymity.
Yes, Dax. Or as some of us like to say, fuckin' bear suit.
When completing a task, following the spirit rather than the lettre of the law is far more interesting. If Zer0gee had just slept in the store, then I would have been bored, but she took it to a greater level. The extremely appropriate story, the time and dedication and the fact that daddy bear is wearing a wig moustache makes it a really nicely done task.
We don't have to have a consensus to have an opinion about the quality or sphlankness of a task. We can do what we want.
Scienceguru, have you appointed yourself a task critic? I am not being snarky, but that seems to be the role that you have been playing.
To me Guru implies that she has intentions to 'teach' or 'school' us.
I am afraid she is unaware that SF0 is organic and indeed learns from itself.
True, true. I was actually being a wee bit snarky. I learnt from the completions of other players. I have been inspired to step it up a notch after discussing possible completions with a lot of you folks. Not because I want to impress or get points, but because it genuinely gives me joy to do these things and I get all excited and goofy when I think of something fabulous to do.
Surely a critic is generally experienced in their chosen field?
Some of your comments have genuine value, but you need to go out and experience praxis. It's worth it.
Even without the suit, this would still be awesome, but...
Fuckin' Bear Suits always crank up the taskful awesomeness levels several notches.
I demand more bear suits in more tasks! Clamor, CLAMOR!!!!
Can I just say, when I first voted for this task, I didn't know how far from your usual look you were.
Don't think, just vote.