Blanket/Pillow Fort
Building a blanket fort together, or if we want to try something way more difficult but way better, a pillow fort. And then chilling in our fort and watching the respective episode Pillows and Blankets, or anything else we feel like watching on a laptop or some other device. We could also create a shadow puppet show with a bedsheet and flashlights inside the fort. Dress code: pajamas.
Two-Person Show
I used to do this as a child and my dad immortalized my best friend and I acting out the first scene of an episode of On Our Own once on his video camera. It might look lame after we see ourselves on film, but it would still be fun to act out a scene or scenes from a TV show, movie, musical, play, whatnot. And the more characters involved, the better, since the two of us will be acting as ALL of them. Throw in a few extra costume pieces like hats, wigs, and glasses to vary things up and distinguish each character from one another.
Duets
Karaoke is fun, and karaoke rooms are great for avoiding the bars, the obnoxious drunks, and the long wait time to sing one song. Providing the guy enjoys it too and could tolerate my odd singing voice, it could be good times for the both of us. Plus we could sing as many songs as we want and also introduce songs to each other that we may never have heard before. And it's always awesome to discover new songs too.
Drinking Buddies
I have enjoyed playing drinking games using non-alcoholic drinks, so why not soberly play a drinking game to a movie or an episode or two of a show? If we would rather not get sick to our stomachs by mixing some nasty alcohol-free drinks together (I recall a game of Kings' Cup in which I drank a mix of what I think was soda, juice, milk, and bottled tea from an Asian market, not a pretty combo), taking drinks could be substituted with ice breakers. Example: with the movie Zoolander, every time the phrase "Hansel, so hot right now" is spoken, one or both of us names off a celebrity we find attractive. Yeah, that's the best example I could think of right now.
Like a Kid Again
An evening at a playground, kids' meals for dinner, swings, slides, bridges to climb over, running around in circles until you collapse. Or if the weather is not cooperative, staying indoors with cartoons or a board game or fingerpainting, or maybe all of the above? Yes, I work with kids for a living.
Sunrise Hike
Self explanatory. It'd be a great way to start the morning, and it would be fun to see the sunrise again and in a more conscious state.
Arcade for Adults
Before I messed things up with the cute guy from New Year's, I had a good time using fake guns to kill zombies with him. And I would love to do that again, but definitely adding a few more games to the mix. Dave & Busters would be awesome, or any other arcade targeted for those grown-ups who, like myself, are still kids at heart.
Christmas in June
This is an amalgam of a birthday party my friend had a few years back and a ritual my aunt used to go through with her kids on a hot summer day. What better way to cool down than relaxing indoors with a cup of cocoa and a few Christmas stories and specials? To embellish on this, maybe setting up a small tree to decorate with tinsel, stringing up some festive holiday lights on the walls, baking gingerbread, and any other simple traditions that usually only take place during the Christmas season.
Stealth
I cannot disclose the details of this date, but if you find your car covered in oreos, or your house heart attacked, or your kitchen covered in streamers.... it wasn't us.
Just Engaged/Just Married
Kudos to my friends who celebrated their semi-recent engagement at Disneyland for spawning this idea! A date where the two of us pretend we have just gotten engaged and go somewhere (likely somewhere where we have never been before so no one recognizes us) and reap the rewards of our fake engagement, whether at Disneyland or elsewhere. Or if we opt to play the "Just Married" game, going somewhere nice and pretending we are on our honeymoon celebrating our recent marriage. Alternate identities could play in quite well here too.
I have a little over 850 days to go on one date. I'll give it the rest of my life for any one of these ten ideas to actually happen if ever. For the handful of people who read my blog: feel free to make your own list if you'd like! Or don't; I'm okay with that too. Either way, Happy Memorial Day weekend!
