The note: none
The envelope: Spin the wheel - it landed on "YouTube Date"
Spencer: This week was the week of the big game, the SuperBowl. However, not being big sports fans and having no actual TV, we were not able to see the game. It was actually disappointing, because we DO like to watch the commercials! So, we decided to watch the commercials on YouTube! It was difficult to see which ones were actual commercials, because Doritos had some sweepstakes where people sent in their own amateur commercials, so YouTube was inundated with commercials that didn't quite make it. There weren't as many truly impressive ones, but a few did stand out. The most annoying commercial was one that had *gasp* a preview! For weeks, they were running an ad on YouTube that showed Matthew Broderick as a middle-aged man repeating the same lines he spoke in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, making everyone believe that there was going to be a sequel! But, as you can see from the FULL commercial... it is not quite so exciting.
My favorite video was of a little kid in a Darth Vader costume trying to use the force, but there was a Pepsi commercial with Elton John that was cute, too!
Amy: I would have loved to watch the SuperBowl if we had TV service, but watching the ads later as a date night was fun, too! I have to admit, SuperBowl commercials aren't what they used to be. We spent more than an hour on this date due to all of the "fake" ads Spencer mentioned above. The Coca-Cola company also had a bunch of commercials that had been posted for every conceivable (or at least it seemed that way) turn in game play. They were interesting to watch--not to mention interesting to think about how much time and money they spent on them--but I'm sure they were better if you were watching the SuperBowl. It was kinda like being left out of an inside joke.
I have to agree that the Volkswagon commercial with the Darth Vader kid was the best. I think that's because I can see my cousin doing the exact same thing (and maybe even my daughter some day!). Here it is, for your enjoyment:
Monday, May 21, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Date 5: Painting Pottery
The note: Get fired up! We're going to be kiln time painting pottery. SHMILY!
The envelope: In the envelope was a gift certificate to a Japanese restaurant next to the paint your own pottery studio. In a perfect world, there would have also been a gift certificate to the pottery studio.
Spencer: To be honest, I misread the note and thought we would be both making AND painting pottery. While I would still love to make my own pottery, we definitely did not have the time to do both on this date. The night started with dropping our daughter off with a babysitter. Although we were rather worried about how she would behave, it turns out she had as good a time as we did! Next, we went to a little shop that had a whole bunch of primed pottery just waiting for paint. Choosing just one was a rather difficult decision, but eventually I settled on a ring holder; it looks much like a dish with a spire in the center. Not only was it unique, but we've needed one for some time. The store owner showed us some books to help get the ideas flowing, but in the end I settled on a design of my own. Around the spire of the holder I painted celtic trinity knots, and used all the colors of the knots to spiral up to to the tip. It was very fun, and I actually would like to go back again, though next time I will try to come with an idea already in mind (and I probably won't try to do celtic knots). It took longer than we thought, however, so we had to rush next door for our dinner before the restaurant closed. I have to say, this was a very good date idea.
Amy: We were almost afraid that this date wasn't going to happen, at least not on the night we had originally planned for. Although we had a babysitter all lined up, I was summoned for jury duty that week and was chosen to serve on a jury. The day of our date was deliberation day, so I though there was no way I would make it home in time for our date. Thankfully, that wasn't the case, and our babysitter was still able to watch our daughter. Good thing, because this was a great date!
I chose to paint a frog that sits by the kitchen sink and holds a scrubby. The hard part for me was choosing the colors I wanted to use. I remember going to a paint your own pottery store when I was growing up and having a pretty narrow selection. The place we went to was very different. In addition to many different colors and even many shades of each color, they had special paints that were multicolored or would "crackle" when fired to create a texture. Who knew painting pottery was so advanced?!
The envelope: In the envelope was a gift certificate to a Japanese restaurant next to the paint your own pottery studio. In a perfect world, there would have also been a gift certificate to the pottery studio.
Spencer: To be honest, I misread the note and thought we would be both making AND painting pottery. While I would still love to make my own pottery, we definitely did not have the time to do both on this date. The night started with dropping our daughter off with a babysitter. Although we were rather worried about how she would behave, it turns out she had as good a time as we did! Next, we went to a little shop that had a whole bunch of primed pottery just waiting for paint. Choosing just one was a rather difficult decision, but eventually I settled on a ring holder; it looks much like a dish with a spire in the center. Not only was it unique, but we've needed one for some time. The store owner showed us some books to help get the ideas flowing, but in the end I settled on a design of my own. Around the spire of the holder I painted celtic trinity knots, and used all the colors of the knots to spiral up to to the tip. It was very fun, and I actually would like to go back again, though next time I will try to come with an idea already in mind (and I probably won't try to do celtic knots). It took longer than we thought, however, so we had to rush next door for our dinner before the restaurant closed. I have to say, this was a very good date idea.
Amy: We were almost afraid that this date wasn't going to happen, at least not on the night we had originally planned for. Although we had a babysitter all lined up, I was summoned for jury duty that week and was chosen to serve on a jury. The day of our date was deliberation day, so I though there was no way I would make it home in time for our date. Thankfully, that wasn't the case, and our babysitter was still able to watch our daughter. Good thing, because this was a great date!
I chose to paint a frog that sits by the kitchen sink and holds a scrubby. The hard part for me was choosing the colors I wanted to use. I remember going to a paint your own pottery store when I was growing up and having a pretty narrow selection. The place we went to was very different. In addition to many different colors and even many shades of each color, they had special paints that were multicolored or would "crackle" when fired to create a texture. Who knew painting pottery was so advanced?!
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