Well... Here we are. A lifelong dream about to be fulfilled.
By lifelong, I mean the past few months.
By dream, I mean a realistic situation whose merits I wholly got behind until I was faced with an unlabeled stack of cans of my own.
Here's the skinny, for those uninitiated:
First off, visit the plug, an e-zine produced by one Jay Carlson of Atlanta, GA. Oh yes, the ATL.
The "Mystery Can" game was featured in issue 30 (as a repost from issue # 5) and again recently in issue 36. The official plug rules are listed in each of the two issues linked in the last sentence.
After stumbling the site and mystery can to a friend and new stumbler you may or may not recognize as nickawhite, I was greeted with the following Christmas surprise:
That's right, my own Mystery Can story to tell. What had seemed so witty and amusing before, now seems questionable. There are small alterations to the rules... I was able to get a "Misery Rating" before going shopping, as to not be the jerk who serves Squids in Natural Ink during a Mandarin Oranges kind of game. I was assured this was a 2/10 Misery Rating game, which seemed way too easy to me. I was expecting a week long Fear Factor episode, after all the trash that we had talked about those who could not eat the reindeer penis, or take a shot of cow blood...
The Nicka's paraphrased rules (delivered in a small spiral bound notepad) are listed below:
1. Open one can of your choice each day for 7 consecutive days.
2. You can use it for any meal, but you must prepare the rest of the meal before opening!
3. Prepare the contents in any way you'd like, but you must consume at least half of the contents!
4. I did not include anything I wouldn't eat myself...
5. You must document each day in this notebook, and take pictures for my amusement!
6. At the end of your week, return the notebook and the pictures to me!
So, I set off for a can-shopping trip of my own.
Touché Nicole.
Have a 2.5/10 rated week! MUAHAHAAAA!!
We are exchanging cans today. Wish us each luck and good health.