Thursday, June 13, 2013

Summer Dares

"Dare a Llama-Monkey" 2013
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This is a list of summer dares that my students came up with for me to perform during the Summer of 2013.


1. Do a handstand in the water.  -Jessica
2. Decorate
or reconfigure a piece of your clothing.  -Brooke
+I made a pair of pants with my aunt this summer. They were an easy pattern that has ties instead of any complicated zippers or buttons. They are extremely comfortable; maybe I will wear them some day so that you can see them.
3. Read a
book to Sammy and JJ.  - Brooke
4. Learn how to say “I am a pretty unicorn” in Turkish.  -Natasha
+Ben oldukça boynuzlu at duyuyorum + Click here to hear how it sounds!

5. Jump off a tree and land in a lake.  -Miguel
6. Climb a
huge tree.  -Madelyn
7. Make a
machine.  Any machine.  -Madelyn
+I am working on a stationary bike washing machine that works by pulleys, belts, and is powered by pedaling. It is still in progress.
8. Climb a tall tree and
stay there for 3 hours.  -Raven and Makayla
9. Meditate
for 15 hours and 10 minutes.  -Cross
10. Stay underwater
for 45 seconds.  -Ava
11. Run 3 miles in 25 minutes.  -Ava
12. Read
3 chapter books in 3 weeks. - Madelyn
+I have read 10 books this summer. I will be sure to write an upcoming post on the titles that I read.
13. Eat a bug.  -Madelyn and Kendall
+I ate a tent caterpillar on June 17.  Granted, it was a baby, which made for a less juicy snack, and I smooshed it beforehand to avoid the wiggling sensation of little feet on my tongue.  I may claim vegetarianism, but I make exceptions for dares and little bugs.  Insects also eaten at other points in my life include grasshoppers (or chapulines ) and large big-bottom ants (hormigas). 
14. Run
15 miles in 2 weeks.  -Madelyn

16. Do a back flip and a belly flop off a diving board.  -Felix

+I did a belly flop at the pond in celebration of my friend Jonathan's birthday.

17. Finish writing your book.  -Jessica
+ I have an outline written of a novel that I am going to start in a writing course in September.

18. Camp and do everything with no technology or electricity.  -Cameron
+The first 10 days of my summer vacation, I spent time at a farm in Marshall, NC.  I was tending to the house and some goats while the homestead's owners were away for work.  They have a lovely farm, and though there is electricity at the shop down at the bottom of the hill, where I was able to charge my phone, I spent the week with relatively low dependence on electricity, reading, hauling water, writing, learning to milk a goat, making goat cheese, and bathing in a spring-fed pond.  It was far from tent camping (I had a nice little bed set-up in their well house) and not quite technology-free, since I had a piano to play, a gas stove, and cell phone service. But I'm recording it as a half-accomplished dare, nonetheless. 

19. Find 2 constellations.  -Natasha




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