GISHWHES 84 Gold Medalist
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tripperfunsterStand next to a REAL Olympic gold or silver medal winner. They must have their arms upraised in victory, but you must be biting on the medal while it's around their neck. Must include medal winners name in the photo.
Man, I searched high and low for an olympic athlete who lives near me, and came up with nothing! I'm sure there are some, but it's not like they have their phone numbers and home addresses listed on the internet. :D But then, after shameless begging and whoring, I found someone who's sister worked with Paralympic althletes, and she got a hold of this lovely woman for me, who agreed to do it.
Kirby Cote won FIVE GOLD MEDALS and even broke a world record. How cool is that? I called her and she said she would totally do it, but she didn't have her medals with her. I told her that I was desperate and would gladly drive to wherever they were. (thinking they were like, in her hometown, somewhere in rural Manitoba or something.)
Turns out they were just in the north end of the city at her parents house, and she was downtown helping a friend move. I said, "You don't know me from Adam, and I totally get it if you're not comfortable with me picking them up, but I'm more than willing to do it."
She was like ... OKAY! :D OMG! I'm a pretty trusting, optimistic person, but there is NO WAY I would trust a total stranger with my gold medals! (not that I have any medals, of course!!)
So I drove there, met her dad, got this GORGEOUS Sydney Olympics medal and drove it (CAREFULLY) downtown for the photo. She told me not to really bite it, because someone did it to a friend of hers, and it actually left teeth marks! Needless to say, I was very gentle!
The lesson for this item is TENACITY. I bet I asked fifty people if they knew any Olympic athletes. I even got a hold of one, and he was willing to do it, but he had moved away to the other side of the country, so no go.
The fifty-first person was my contact who pulled through.
Man, I searched high and low for an olympic athlete who lives near me, and came up with nothing! I'm sure there are some, but it's not like they have their phone numbers and home addresses listed on the internet. :D But then, after shameless begging and whoring, I found someone who's sister worked with Paralympic althletes, and she got a hold of this lovely woman for me, who agreed to do it.
Kirby Cote won FIVE GOLD MEDALS and even broke a world record. How cool is that? I called her and she said she would totally do it, but she didn't have her medals with her. I told her that I was desperate and would gladly drive to wherever they were. (thinking they were like, in her hometown, somewhere in rural Manitoba or something.)
Turns out they were just in the north end of the city at her parents house, and she was downtown helping a friend move. I said, "You don't know me from Adam, and I totally get it if you're not comfortable with me picking them up, but I'm more than willing to do it."
She was like ... OKAY! :D OMG! I'm a pretty trusting, optimistic person, but there is NO WAY I would trust a total stranger with my gold medals! (not that I have any medals, of course!!)
So I drove there, met her dad, got this GORGEOUS Sydney Olympics medal and drove it (CAREFULLY) downtown for the photo. She told me not to really bite it, because someone did it to a friend of hers, and it actually left teeth marks! Needless to say, I was very gentle!
The lesson for this item is TENACITY. I bet I asked fifty people if they knew any Olympic athletes. I even got a hold of one, and he was willing to do it, but he had moved away to the other side of the country, so no go.
The fifty-first person was my contact who pulled through.
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-22 03:00 pm (UTC)Of course, nobody could do it with STYLE like me! ;)
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-22 03:01 pm (UTC)Thank God I don't use my powers for evil! ;)
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Date: 2012-11-22 05:00 am (UTC)♥
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:03 pm (UTC)Tell you what, ghost write it for me, and I'll give you 50% of the profits. ;)
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-22 05:57 am (UTC)Well, I do. I am amazed that a scavenger hunt can force you to meet people and get them to agree to things they wouldn't ordinarily do. And I am sure as a result, you have met people you wouldn't normally meet, and share an experience with these people that you won't forget for a long time. And I am sure the experience is as memorable, vice versa.
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:05 pm (UTC)The scavenger hunt is sort of touted as 'an escape from normalcy', and while I think I'm less 'normal' than a lot of people (with the porny conventions and art and such) it certainly took me out of my comfort zone and pushed me to places I would not have gone otherwise!
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Date: 2012-11-22 09:29 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:06 pm (UTC)Fear not, I had to google her too. I'm not an athlete, nor do I follow sports at all.
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Date: 2012-11-22 10:08 am (UTC)I think if GISHWHES (which I'm still reading as "GISHWISHES," just so you know) realized the medals actually, you know, had gold in them, they wouldn't have asked people to hold them in their teeth for the picture!
The tenacity lesson...you sound like JKR and her fifty agent rejections. :D You really are awesome!
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:09 pm (UTC)According to her dad, the Sydney medal was one of the last ones to have such a high gold content. He said it was worth about $4000 (as he hands it over to a complete stranger ...)
Honestly, I don't think that would have happened outside of the homegrown hick city I live in!
And yes to your last comment! My mother would gladly tell you that I DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. Even when it's in my best interests. ;)
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-22 03:10 pm (UTC)It's honestly hard to believe that it was only 6 days long. I think I packed a month's worth of stuff into that time frame.
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Date: 2012-11-25 10:10 pm (UTC)