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14 July 2011

POINTS! A game of points that goes in order of your day→[More:]
Today's version of POINTS! is a quick one:

5 points for waking up before 7am
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon (your time)
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch
2 points for taking an afternoon nap (biased towards people with flexible or no jobs :) )
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (biased in the other direction)

tiebreaker: how many items of jewelry are you wearing today?

post by: gaspode at: 08:11 | 36 comments

0 points. 1 ring.

posted by apoch 14 July | 08:27

and yes, it's not really a game that can be played until the end of the day. Unless you're sure of your leaving time/nap status.

posted by gaspode 14 July | 08:30

I work from noon to 8:30, so.. yeah.

posted by apoch 14 July | 08:37

5 points: up at 6:45
0 points for live version, I'm guessing
3 points: lunch will be an avocado & spinach sandwich
2 points for my absolute certainty that I'll take an afternoon nap (I slept poorly and have a migraine hangover; a nap is going to be necessary)
0 points for having no work to leave

tiebreaker: 1 point for my wedding ring

posted by Elsa 14 July | 08:38

I'm pretty sure that my alarm went off at 6:30 but I didn't wake up until 7:45 : 0
Listened to this during breakfast: 4
I'll probably have salad for lunch so a preliminary: 3
No naps: 0
I seldom get to work before 9:15 so I don't usually leave before 6: 0

Total: 7
Tie Breaker, my wedding band is the only jewelry I own: 1

posted by octothorpe 14 July | 08:39

5 for up before 7 (My normal wakeup time is 7, but my brain decided to wake up at 630 today.)
0 for live version of song before noon (I'm at work until after that.)
0 for veggie at lunch (Lunch today is just noodles+sauce.)
2 for an afternoon nap (scheduled for while my laundry is running)
1 for leaving work before 530 (since I'm out at 1 today)
=8
Tiebreaker: 1 (my pentagram necklace)

posted by sperose 14 July | 08:42

Max points. . . .15.

Got up at 5:15
Got hundreds of live songs on my iPod. . .listening to Tegan and Sara now.
Usually come home for a salad at lunch. . .am crediting myself in advance here.
Always take either a 2pm catnap in the break room at work, or a longer 4:30 nap at home.
Leave work at 4 usually (get there at 7:30)

Tie breaker. . .0. . .no jewelry.

posted by danf 14 July | 08:44

5: up at 5:30
0: no live song
3: it's a salad day, lotsa veggies
0: no nap, people can see me
0: I work 7:30-6, bleah.
Total: 8

Tiebreaker: 0, I hardly ever wear jewelry. Not sure why.

posted by JanetLand 14 July | 08:46

5 points for waking up before 7am - Yes. New alarm goes off at 6:50 am.
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (biased in the other direction) - I am going to try like hell to earn this one, so I'm counting it.

6, no jewelry.

posted by TrishaLynn 14 July | 08:49

I'm cleaning up on points today!

5 points for waking up before 7am: Yup, got up at about 6:15. Not out of an timely or virtuous impulse, just because I was through sleeping.
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon (your time): Yup, listened to this on YouTube earlier.
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch: well, it's not lunchtime yet, but yeah, Imma eat one of them fresh farmer's market tomaters, definitely.
2 points for taking an afternoon nap (biased towards people with flexible or no jobs :) ): Every. Single. Day.
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (biased in the other direction): Boo. No commute, so I lose a point there.

Still, that's 14 points! Woo hoo!

posted by BitterOldPunk 14 July | 09:06

Nine points for things I've already done, four for things I'm going to do--lucky thirteen.

posted by box 14 July | 09:07

12 points. What's jewelry?

posted by Eideteker 14 July | 09:27

All but the last two. Even if I had the opportunityfor a nap, they tend to mess with my already frustratingly fragile sleep-cycle, so I try to avoid them. And I leave work *at* 5:30. So 12.

Are earbuds "jewelry"? Probably not. So 0.

posted by ufez 14 July | 09:38

I'm going to have to wait to see if it's an afternoon nap or more likely, a very long late morning nap.

posted by Ardiril 14 July | 09:47

Waking up before 7am: Up at 6:10 am. 5 points
Listening to a live version of a song before noon: won't happen. My Ipod listening during my commute is dedicated to audio books. 0 points.
Eating a vegetable at lunch: I'll be eating a veggie salad and avocado for lunch. 3 points.
Taking an afternoon nap: Very rare for me even when not working. 0 points.
Leaving work before 5.30: Yes, should be out of here before then. 1 point.

Total: 9 points.

Tiebreaker: Wearing two rings, two bracelets, one watch, necklace and an earring in each ear. 8 points. You may think of me as a Jewelry Queen.

posted by bearwife 14 July | 11:06

0 points -- woke up at 7:30 am
0 points -- no song listening possible even though I'm dying to try out Spotify as I left my earphones at home
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch -- will definitely do that -- a salad
0 points for afternoon nap -- unlikely though I am feeling rather sleepy
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 -- yes I'm going to leave at 4:15 today as I'm catching a flight to SF at 7:30 pm tonight (yay!)

So a total of 4 points and I'm not wearing any jewelry (unusually for me) so no points for that.

posted by peacheater 14 July | 11:09

I always leave work before 5.30, and i will be having a salad for lunch with many vegetables, so I get 4 points today.

I'm wearing a pair of earrings, my wedding ring set, two bangles and a necklace.

posted by rhapsodie 14 July | 11:33

My 12-minute commute means I never wake up before 7. 0
Just listened to some live Janis on Grooveshark, partly for the points, partly because I needed a kickstart. 4
Lunch is a grilled portabello and tomato salad. 3
There will be no nap, sadly. 0
I will not be here by 5:30, that's for damn sure. 1
No jewelery.
----
8 points.

posted by mudpuppie 14 July | 11:34

5 points for waking up before 7am
0 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch - I ate 4 vegetables. Do I get 12 points?
0 points for taking an afternoon nap
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (biased in the other direction)

So total is 9, unless I can have 3 x 4 points for the veg, which is 18.

I'm wearing 7 pieces of jewellery - 3 rings, 2 earrings, a pendant and a watch.

posted by Senyar 14 July | 11:45

Well I did have a salad for lunch but then I followed it up with a donut the size of my head so I probably don't deserve those points.

posted by octothorpe 14 July | 12:42

octothorpe, no doughnut can undo the eating of vegetables! Take your points!

Take mine, too: my migraine has been wobbling on-off on-off like a flaky lightbulb, and I am completely off food for the day. I never had my vegetables.

posted by Elsa 14 July | 13:14

Ooh - finally a Points game I can excel at!

5 points for waking up before 7am (5:30!)
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon (your time) (Touch It/Technologic by Daft Punk!)
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch (Tomatoes! Cucumbers!)
0 points for taking an afternoon nap (Bittersweetly, I am employed, so no nap for me.)
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (Scheduled for a 5:00 departure)

Bonus: two earrings, one wedding ring and a watch. Does a Fitbit count as jewelry? Probably not, so let's count 4. That makes 17!

posted by workerant 14 July | 13:29

My cat woke me up at 6. Normally I can't get back to sleep again but today, miraculously, I did, sacrificing all those points.

Unless it counts if you play it yourself on instruments. I listened to no live recordings.

Is tomato a vegetable? And what is lettuce?

Had I not gone back to sleep, I'd have needed an afternoon nap, like I need most days but rarely achieve.

I work at home so can't leave. Except, I went to the gym and am through for the day.

In summary, zero.

Jewelry? I can barely stand to wear a wrist watch and find shoes often problematic.

posted by Obscure Reference 14 July | 13:58

I think I posted too soon. Does having green peppers in your omelette wrap count as having vegetable? What about a few bites of onion ring?

posted by TrishaLynn 14 July | 15:42

5 points for waking up before 7am (although when I woke up at 4am, I went back to sleep, until 6:53)
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon (In the Flat Field from Press Eject and Give Me the Tape)
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch (veggies in my sushi)
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (I haven't left yet, but I intend to)

13 points.

tiebreaker: how many items of jewelry are you wearing today? unusually, 0!

posted by crush-onastick 14 July | 16:06

5 - woke up before 7
3 - vegetable at lunch (po-tay-toh!)
2 - nap

10 points total

Tiebreaker - 3 points (two earrings, medic alert bracelet)

posted by deborah 14 July | 16:09

+ 5 (please don't remind me; got parents and drove them to airport when it was dark. Normally I don't wake until about 2pm)
+ 4 (Kurt Elling, Live in Chicago; mother is a fan)
+ 3 (it is meatloaf day at the Red Oak Cafe, which they serve with mashed potatoes and carrots)
+ 2 (went to sleep after getting home from dropping people off, then woke up around 1:30)
+ 0 (will be leaving here around 11:30)
= 14 + 0 (no jewels)

posted by notquitemaryann 14 July | 16:14

Just took a catnap. . .it was very delicious.

posted by danf 14 July | 17:01

Also, broccoli, squash, carrots and bell peppers in my lunch.

posted by danf 14 July | 17:04

+5 I work 6:30 until 3:00, and am up at 5:00 a.m. at the latest.
+0
+3 Veggies! Broccoli, carrots, cauliflower & rice for lunch
+2 Cat naps are necessary when you get up at 4:30 and I just got up from mine.
+1 Thanks to Deborah, I now know my medic alert bracelet counts as jewelry. Thank you!

11 points

posted by faineant 14 July | 17:22

whoops, missed the leaving work before 5:30. 12 points.

posted by faineant 14 July | 17:24

5 points for waking up before 7am
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (biased in the other direction)

10 points

Wearing no jewellery.

posted by dg 14 July | 17:36

5 points for waking up before 7am (6:57!)
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch
1 point for leaving work before 5.30

9 points for me.

posted by occhiblu 14 July | 19:18

5 points for waking up before 7am (5am, like usual)
4 points for listening to a live version of a song before noon (Yes! Talking Heads, "Cities")
3 points for eating a vegetable at lunch (Well, onions in my Chinese food)
0 points for taking an afternoon nap (I take a LOT of afternoon naps, but not today)
1 point for leaving work before 5.30 (Worked late, for me: left at 5p instead of my usual 3p)

Total = 13

Looks like I don't need the tiebreaker, which would have been 3 for the three steel rings in my left ear.

posted by BoringPostcards 14 July | 19:31

Looks like danf is the winner with 15 points! Yay, danf!

posted by gaspode 14 July | 22:07

Boy you folks wake up early, I just can't deal with the world before 7.

posted by octothorpe 14 July | 22:35

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