Footprints's New Writeups

Write A Poem That Isn't Shitty Quest 2010 (person)

2010-01-01T13:22:18Z

Here is my submission, entitled:

I got your poem right here

There once was a noder named ushdfgakjasgh
Who thought that my poem was mshtlakjasgh
He and eien_meru
And yes, raincomplex too
Can suck on my big sweaty rpxanhjskjasgh

human baby steak (personal)

2009-08-27T02:07:48Z

This might be a little unpleasant for some people. You can tell what it is going to be about from the title, so you might consider stopping reading now if you are already a little disturbed.

First a little background to how this whole situation came to pass: I am a vegan, which, apart from the obvious fact that I don't eat anything that comes from animals (except honey), I get sucked into debates a lot. At first I used to argue with people, but after talking to about 100 people, and not being able to convince anyone to also become vegan (not even my wife), I realized that these debates are mostly pointless and if anything, they alienate people. So as much as I can, I stopped. However, there are very few vegans in Israel, and so I often get asked why I am vegan. At least once a week I find myself eating with someone and then it comes up (for example when they see I drink my coffee with soy milk), and then they inevitably ask," but why not eggs?" (Because of the way the chickens are treated) -…

Footprints' new band name competition (event)

2008-08-16T08:24:27Z

Footprints' new band name competition

The competition is now closed

The winning name is Dreaming Elephants.

The name decision process was as follows: All the names I received from E2 and otherwise were randomly put on a spreadsheet, and I sent it to 20 friends of varying interests, to try to get a good a sample as possible. Every person was asked to rate each name from 1 to 5 (with a 6 for an exceptional name). The results were added up and a few statistical analyses were performed, for example, how many people gave the name a 3 and above. The top 5 names were given to 10 more people, who were asked to chose their favorite and then it was a clear-cut decision. 9 out of 10 chose Dreaming Elephants. Other factors were going to be taken into consideration, for example if the domain name was taken, but there was no need. It received the highest score, and was the winner in almost every category. the strange thing (aren't they all?) was that the name actually came out of the band…

Gone in Sixty Seconds 2008 - Theatre Quest Entries (person)

2008-04-28T15:21:08Z

The Art Of Insulting - Chapter XII- Excerpt from the 1992 World Insulting Championship Final in Brussels (Vassilyevich vs. White)

This year, I shall/will/am submit/ting a previous writeup of mine, a chapter from The Art Of Insulting. I will not write it again here, because Redundancy is not my middle name (my middle name is Fantastic). You can find it here.

You will need three actors - the announcer/commentator, White and Vassilyevich, and two chairs.

Notes on how to make it a play:

White and Vassilyevich are seated opposite each other on chairs, at the middle of the stage.
The announcer steps to the middle of the stage and recites the introduction (with comment).

Then he steps off to the side, from where he recites, in the style of a chess match commentator (i.e. very quietly so as not to disturb the competitors) the…

Gone in Sixty Seconds 2007 - Theatre Quest Entries (thing)

2007-03-14T12:59:19Z

Role Switch

Enter entire cast, each with one chair. Actor 1 has a stop-watch. They seat themselves in 2 rows, facing the audience. They proceed to watch the audience as if they are the audience and the audience is the actors.

Actor 1: (Stands up) Hi. So this is basically YOUR (gestures to show he means the audience) play. WE (gestures to show he means the actors) are going to be the audience, and YOU (once again gestures to show he means the audience) are going to be the actors. So it's your show. You have 60 seconds. Go. (Starts the stop-watch and sits down)

The cast waits 10 seconds, watching the audience.

Actor 1: Seriously. We're not going to do anything.

The cast waits 10 more seconds, watching the audience.

Actor 1: Come on, do something. It's YOUR play. You still have about 35 seconds.

The cast watches the audience until the minute has elapsed.

Actor 1:…

Gone in Sixty Seconds 2006 - Theatre Quest Entries (thing)

2006-03-23T10:00:41Z

A Play Without Actors

Preamble and Preparation

This play is a play "without acting". The actors play the stage directions and other explanations written in the script, but not the role of the characters, as the characters have no speaking lines, and the story does not require any.

There are 10 actors, called for ease of reference 1 through 10.
They are each wearing a letter on the front and a letter on the back (this can be done in various ways - see * below).
They are wearing the following letters (front, back)

S, E
R, X
O, E
I, U
T, N
N, T
B, C
E, H
A, S
R, D

The play

The stage begins empty. The actors will arrange themselves on stage to spell words, in the following way: 3f means actor number 3 stands with his front facing the audience (showing the letter O). 7b means 7 stands with his back towards the audience (showing the letter C). They will…