52-Week Pick-up
A card game for two people
On January 3 participants (Matt Dougherty and Joanna Rifkin) selected 52 activities, each corresponding to a card in a standard deck. Each Sunday morning, they will turn up a card the shuffled deck. They have until the following Sunday to complete the activity on the card.
Following completion of an activity, the activity will be written on the card and the card posted, with a photograph, on the wall. Moreover, your resident emokid will go blog about it.
Suits:
Hearts: The Athlete. Physical challenges and outdoor activities.
Clubs: The Artisan. Skills, crafts and artistic pursuits.
Diamonds: The Intellectual. Literature, language, theater and the life of the mind.
Spades: The Householder. Domestic, culinary and homesteading activities.
Ranks:
Aces: A week’s work.
Kings: A weekend.
Jacks: The influence of others—an activity with friends.
Number cards: A free evening.
Two and Seven: Wildcards! Take the week off.
Vetoes
Vetoes of activity cards should be avoided. Vetoed cards are shuffled back into the deck. Weeks off may be reshuffled freely if not desired. If a week off is needed, a 2 or 7 may be pulled if necessary.
Vetoes of activity cards should be avoided. Vetoed cards are shuffled back into the deck. Weeks off may be reshuffled freely if not desired. If a week off is needed, a 2 or 7 may be pulled if necessary.
Hearts:
3 Swim
4 Take a hike. No, really.
5 Incorporate speed training
6 Yoga
8 Something in a boat
9 Climb a mountain
10 Learn a new callisthenic and practice it for a week
J Play games in the park
Q Something in a cave
K An admission-only physical activity
A Take a bike trip in Ayer
Clubs:
3 Make a useful object for the house
4 Arrange a seasonal centerpiece
5 Make a piece of representational art
6 Matt teach Joanna guitar
8 Make a Thud board
9 Origami
10 Make a toy for Pickman
J Make more candles
Q Do a craft or model kit
K Make Thud pieces
A Pick and paint fantasy miniatures
Diamonds:
3 Keep a diary for a week
4 Do a NYTimes Sunday Crossword every day for a week
5 Watch a silent film
6 Visit a historic site
8 Visit a new museum
9 Learn a local ghost story
10 Devise rules for a new game
J Read a Shakespeare play together
Q Identify seven species of tree in one area
K See a play or independent film
A Translate one poem each from a foreign language and one together
Spades:
3 Make our own ricotta
4 Buy and play a new board game
5 Challah and Shabbat
6 Cook from an underused cookbook every day
8 Turn to a random page in the Food Encyclopedia. Use an ingredient or cuisine mentioned on that page.
9 Garden
10 Make a scripture cake.
J Throw a party for the nearest saint’s day
Q Cook Thai food every night for a week
K Can or preserve something
A Make a dramatic cake
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