At a recent THE 434 reunion, we did a selfie scavenger hunt at the NC Museum of Art!! Everyone did a really good job, especially Cynthia who was hindered by not actually having a smartphone to take selfies with. She had to awkwardly turn her point-and-shoot around, which makes it way harder. Here are my entries:
Something purple!
Something you want to steal!
A museum employee!
Something shiny!
An animal!
Last time we went on a trip I decided to document the journey in selies, mainly because it involved staying up for 20+ hours and I wanted to watch my face deteriorate into a rictus of tiredness. This trip was no different!! So here it is. Las Vegas: A Tale Told in Selfies!
Waiting for the airport shuttle!! So pumped!
Those were the last real trees we would see for five days.
On the plane!!
Look at this fancy hotel!
It is JUST LIKE being in Venice!
Just as expensive and smoky as real Italy!
Paris!!!!
The bottom is full of people trying to push sketchy things on you, just like the real Eiffel Tower! Vegas is committed to authenticity.
Right before becoming MASTER CHEFS at the Bellagio cooking class
OMG about to go up in the world’s tallest ferris wheel!
550ft above Las Vegas!
Steven attempting to take a selfie
Dressed fancy to go out to eat!
Plane ride home
More non-selfie photos to come.
Previously: Birthday Week Part 1: Steven’s Mohawk
Next: Birthday Week Part 3
This happened back in February so I don’t know why I’m only talking about it now. Maybe because none of the pictures look that great due to me being completely unable to make normal expressions in selfies. It’s a curse. Anyway, I wrote this scavenger hunt for the science museum:
I don’t know how you visit museums, but it’s probably way less fun
Scavenger hunt completion depended on taking a selfie with all the things listed. I know it was a little unfair, since I wrote the hunt in the first place, but I totally won. Here’s how:
#1: T-Rex Head!
You can tell it is the past because of my hair: both its color and the fact that I haven’t chopped it all off yet.
#2: A live animal
There is totally a fish back there. It was harder than it looks to maneuver some of these things into a selfie with you.
#3: A dead animal
That’s a taxidermied bird if you can’t tell.
#4: Something in the gift shop you wanted as a kid
Leopard shark whatttt yes! I still want this.
#5: A museum employee
This was definitely the most difficult item to get. For Rob because he fears strangers and for Rachel because guys who work at museum cafes hate their lives. Steven and I lucked out and met awesome people, though!
#6: A butterfly
The butterfly dome was super hot and I got sick of trying to get a live one to land on me. Butterflies don’t know anything about selfies.
#7: Something trying too hard to make learning fun
This was probably the hardest picture for me to finagle my way into.
#8: Something that terrifies you
That’s my scared face
#9: North Carolina
This was probably the easiest one. North Carolina is everywhere in the North Carolina Science Museum. Of course I went for the biggest one.
#10: A sea creature
I have no idea what this expression means.
#11: Something purple
Rob and I both spotted this purple thing at the same time, but I was faster/more willing to elbow children out of the way.
#12: A globe
Another easy one
#13: Where you would sleep if you were secretly living in the museum
This is a tunnel showing you the ~underwater world~ of prehistoric North Carolina. It would of course be the coolest place to sleep if you were Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweilering it
#14: Something you want to steal
Giant ground sloths are my favorite prehistoric creature!! But I promise not to really steal them, NC Museum of Science. I know that’s been going around lately.
#15: Creepy child statues
There are actually more than one set of creepy child statues in this museum.
#16: A map of North Carolina highlighting where we live
This one probably got me the most stares from other museum-goers. Probably just jealous they weren’t having this much fun
#17: ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS
If you’ve ever been to the geology section of the NC Science Museum, that expression makes total sense
#18: Someone else doing this scavenger hunt!
Rob was unaware I had taken this picture somehow. SCAVENGER HUNT NINJA!
I’m excited to write one for the history and/or art museums! Just one more reason to come visit me.
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