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things that aren't games but make me think about games

February 2 2023

• Looking at the bees flying around the lavender and trying to take pictures of them

• Being as silent as possible so your cat keeps sleeping and guessing what they're dreaming about

• Following a pigeon for as long as possible without scaring them away

• Walking on the same path everyday and looking for one new thing on the way each time

• Walking to the same place everyday and looking for new paths to get there each time

• Taking the bus at its first stop and staying inside until its last stop

• Arriving in an unknown town by train and having to spend 2 hours there before catching your connection

• Watching someone perform a really good skateboard trick

• Sweeping the floor after an evening with friends and discovering small treasures: peanuts, small rocks from under people's shoes, that token we lost when we played a boardgame, a 5 cents coin...

• Looking for that tiny screw you just dropped on your carpet

• Gathering three or four similar things and thinking "i'm starting a collection!", then proceeding to never grow that collection anymore

• Getting a new book but having a full bookshelf and so trying to organize it so your new book can fit in

• Deciding to let go of a book and thinking about whether it'd be better to give it to someone you know, sell it for almost nothing on the Internet or leave it on a bench for a random person to find

• Being hugged by someone you love

• Walking with someone and accidentally synchronizing your walking rhythm to theirs

• Taking care of your friends' pet when they are away from home

• Getting up early and buy croissants to surprise your family

• Going through your fridge and imagining the fanciest meal you can cook with whatever's left in there

• Shuffling your furniture around to make the room seem new and different

• Planning what you'll do tomorrow on your day off

• Drawing a cloud

• The different noises a water faucet makes depending on how wide it is open

• A door that's slowly closing but you block it with your foot at the last moment

• A music playlist made for a specific event

• Two planes vapour trails that cross each other

• The bookseller's recommendations at your local bookshop

• A pile of plates that are completely mismatched yet kept together

• Several mirrors facing each other

• A carrot with a weird shape

• A duck's quack

written in 2020 and expanded in 2023