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Yes, two two two updates for you! Few things will inspire a second update, but this...

I have no qualms about admitting when I'm jealous. So when my friend Rita (who still hasn't updated her site) told me she's participating in an Amazing Race-like event this weekend in L.A., I promptly flipped the fuck out. There's this couple in L.A.—no idea who they are or why they're so freaking awesome—who are organizing their second annual race. Last year, it was to celebrate the guy's birthday and of all the birthday presents in the world, PHIL KEOGHAN showed up! This year, it's a Halloween/housewarming thingy and it's happening this weekend. They make arrangements with different sites in and around L.A. (museums! cafes! observatories! graveyards!) and have volunteers camped out at the sites to pass out clues (or somehow convince employees there to do it). And then they have a party at the final secret location. I'm in the midst of a jealous fit right now. NGGGGGGHHH!!!

My senior year of college, some people at our dorm organized a Houston-wide scavenger hunt. This was before the days of ubiquitous cell phones and GPS devices, so we were pretty much at the mercy of payphones and maps. It was so. much. fun. Each clue required solving puzzles (math, trivia, word games) and you *had* to solve it to find the next clue. At one point, the organizers messed up the directions, which resulted in a caravan of cars circling inside a smallish graveyard. Even so, I had a blast. Who wants to organize a San Francisco scavenger hunt?!