#bumslides

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Do you have any adventures of bean to share before you sign off for a bit? good luck with the move!

I wish I had more specific ones, but life is all blurring together at this point so I must settle for Tidbits: Moving Edition

She loves to pack stuff. I have no idea where it's coming from, but holy cow this kid. She's going to be the only reason we're completely packed and ready to go on time. Every morning, she hops in my bed and goes "Can we pack another box?" And any time we're not actively doing something, "Should we pack more boxes?" Her dad whispered to me earlier, understandably dumbfounded, "What is with the packing thing? Why is she so into this?" And she somehow heard it from the next room and merrily hopped in holding the roll of packing tape and said "I dunno, I just really like packing things." So... yeah. She's keeping us on task.

She has Plans for the drive. -First, we need to eat at Subway (she was very excited to learn she can, in fact, have Subway in moderation). -Second, we need to stay at one of the number hotels-- those being National 9, Super 8, and Motel 6. (She is bummed there's no 7 hotel.) -Third, if we successfully get a number hotel for one night, we also need to do a Red Roof Inn some other night. -Fourth, she wants to go inside a gas station and look at the maps. (She means the visitors guides and brochures that truck stops have when they're near-ish to state lines and/or tourist destinations.) -Finally, she wants to borrow my phone to take pictures. Unbeknownst to her, we are getting an old digital camera tuned up and outfitted with a child-proof case so she can have her own camera, because when she starts taking pictures it's an hours-long affair, and I kinda need my phone for GPS purposes. We're presenting her with said camera next weekend when we get the trailer, so hopefully she'll stay occupied while we do the part of packing she can't actually help with. But yeah, she knows how to set realistic, attainable goals, and I honestly think we can make these things happen for her.

She's been obsessively watching that Bluey special every day, and it Concerns me. See, she's generally quite media literate, and knows how to separate fiction from reality, and we had our big group cry about leaving our friends the first time we watched it. But. I am deeply worried that she's under the impression that we'll get all packed and ready to go and then do what Bluey's family did and decide to stay. I desperately hope not, but hoo boy, if that is the case, that's gonna be one heck of a 4-day drive. We've tried bringing it up and talking about it, but we still can't tell what's going on in that little noggin.

She is really, really sad about leaving her friends. I know that's not fun to hear, but honestly, I'm really impressed and proud of the way she's been handling it. She's come up with some great coping mechanisms all on her own: asking if we can get everyone's parents' Facebooks so we can do video calls, asking if we can do a party before she leaves so she can play with her school friends again (both yes, of course), and the one that truly floored me-- she asked if we can find "a new therapy place" when we get to where we're going. My four year old asked if she can go back to therapy, y'all. She's been 'graduated' since before Christmas, but she remembered that it helped when she was feeling anxious all the time and wants to do that again after we move. I just... Holy moly! I am so, SO proud of her for how she's so in tune with herself and her needs.

Her requests for our next housing situation have been few, but very specific. It has to let her get a pet, either a rabbit (maybe two so they can be friends), or a ball python, or both. It needs stairs so she can bumslide down them. It needs a pantry with a shelf she can reach for her snacks. And she'd really prefer if it had hard floors so we can get a fuzzy rug. We don't have it on lock yet (fingers crossed!), but the place that looks most likely meets all of these criteria.

That's all I've got for right now, because I need to go pre-plan what tomorrow morning's packing adventure is going to be so I don't have to think about it two minutes after opening my eyes.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2019, Dec 16th https://ift.tt/2PR4Y23

We’ve made it to day 15 of the RPS Advent Calendar, which can only mean one thing: time to do a bumslide right through that door and see what’s behind it.(more…)

December 16, 2019 at 04:49PM

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/fearless-funny-and-far-more-than-childs-play/

Fearless, funny and far more than child's play

WORKING WITH CHILDREN ★★★★ By Nicola Gunn MTC, Southbank Theatre Until September 29

Making experimental performance with children has become a fascination, one might almost say a fad, in contemporary theatre. The trend has piqued the interest of Nicola Gunn – awarded a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship last week for being one of our most fearless, funny and original performance artists – who uses it as a springboard for her latest show.

In reality, of course, there is no springboard. Nicola Gunn has always been willing to take a leap in the dark, and that is precisely how Working With Children starts.

Inspired: Performance artist Nicola Gunn.

Photo: Eddie Jim

Entering without fanfare in a shiny black body suit, Gunn slathers every inch of it, vigorously, with lubricant. Once satisfied with her degree of slipperiness, she throws a bucket of water on the floor. Then, the lights go out, and she launches herself across the stage in a series of monster bumslides.

Such a prologue might well have you asking what’s “appropriate content” for adults, but it also invokes the experience, common to children, of a singular devotion to play that can only exist when the rules are still up for grabs.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/fearless-funny-and-far-more-than-child-s-play-20180902-p501a2.html

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Wot I Think: Halo: Reach https://ift.tt/2s6c0rj

Developer: 343 Industries, Splash Damage, Ruffian Games, Bungie Publisher: Xbox Games Studios

Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam Price: £7/$10/€10

I’m bad at liking old shooters, because I struggle to see through the ways they’ve been surpassed. Modern games look better. They feel better. They have bumslides. They are generally obliged to develop their protagonists into something more than a number and a helmet.

These are all problems for the nine-year-old Halo: Reach, but I’ve ultimately enjoyed myself despite them. There is wisdom in the old ways, even if they no longer punch so hard. Although, in fairness, the punching itself is still solid.

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December 06, 2019 at 12:59PM

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Apex Legends heatmap proves how much you all love Skulltown https://ift.tt/2YIlMQe

A clever clogs on the internet has made a bunch of heatmaps for battle royale shooter Apex Legends, and they confirm the worst: everyone loves Skulltown. Even though Skulltown is a hateful warren of confusion, panic and death. The maps were made by a Reddit boffin with an unsayable username (it’s “ZYy9oQ”) and they show the popularity of all drop zones across the violent bumslide sim. Among the most unpopular places to go rummaging through the gun bins is the swamp. Which is disgraceful. The swamp is an ecological marvel, and should be fertilized with the corpses of my enemies. Come to the swamp.

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August 12, 2019 at 06:39AM

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Meet Zane, a semi-retired hitman hero of Borderlands 3 https://ift.tt/3151AEL

I’ve already played a bit of Borderlands 3, back at E3 in June. It’s a lot like Borderlands 2, only with bumslides and multiple planets. If the borders Borderlands has borne so far are yet to bore, then you will probably like this. You will probably also like Zane, a lovable Irish rogue with holographic decoys and deployable shields. Look, he’s so lovable he’s got his very own trailer.

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July 31, 2019 at 12:23PM