Gishwhes the final day
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tripperfunsterMy Gishwhes Friday in a nutshell. Cut for lots of images.
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By Thursday night I had finished all of the items that I'd planned to do, aside from one, so I jumped in and tackled a bunch that others hadn't been able to finish. Sadly, getting my team on microfilm required more than 15 hours, but Ibullied begged three people to join me in butchering 'Carry On My Wayward Son' on a busy boulevard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQGeXe8_rBk&feature=youtu.be
And did a huge run-around finding a 'float' to ride on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_08t4axjwc&feature=youtu.be Fuck. I just realized that this was supposed to be an IMAGE not a VIDEO. *heddesk*
I then had to bully beg some firemen to give a speech about subduing radical Gishers. These people did NOT want to do this! The chief gave me the 'I dunno, we would need permission from the head chief guy' speech, so I asked for his number and then called him on the spot. He gave permission, and then the guys STILL were reluctant, but eventually succumbed to my pitiful grovelling. http://youtu.be/bxaK6Zm_x4Y
One other item that I tried to get on my way home was getting a bunch of people on public transit to sing "Over the River to Grandma's house." I went to the mall to wait to catch a bus there, and even asked a small group of teens if they'd help me out and they agreed. Then, when we got on the bus, they changed their mind. It wasn't very full, and without their help, I was out of luck, so I got off and walked back to my car. The next busses didn't have enough people, so I headed home. On the way, I passed a bus FULL of people, so I sped ahead, haphazardly parked my car and ran to the stop to catch it. I got on, started singing and everyone one …was a bit horrified. But I kept singing, and encouraging everyone else to join in, and eventually got a couple of people to help out. When I got off the bus to yet again walk back to my car, I realized that my phone was set to camera and not video!! OMG all that embarrassment for nothing!!!! *cries* Lucky for me, another team member was trying at the same time, and managed to get this.
One item I'd sort of worked on all week was finally finished. A duct tape sculpture of John Barrowman's head. So. Bad.
THis was one of those things that I thought I would do really well, and would in fact, suck wieners on. It looks like a character from Avatar!
I also had to dress two farm animals up as characters from SPN. This also did not turn out as cleverly as it as seemed in my mind. The good news is, I haven't seen many others that looked much better. My animals were not very cooperative!
I do think that Mr. Snippets makes a remarkable Sam though. It's the hair!
While finishing up my abomination of Barrowman, one of the girls announced that her "Read Huckfinn by Firefly" did not work out, so I tried my hand at it. And no, we do not have fireflies here. That's a lie. In my 30 years of living in Manitoba, I've seen exactly two of them.
I think this turned out quite well for a last minute item.
And finally, another teammate drew something wrong for a prompt. It was supposed to be a chalk portrait of a producer of Supernatural, and she drew an actor/director. I had exactly 30 minutes until the 2am deadline, so I took my chalk and drew Robert Singer. Submitted it with 10 minutes to spare! :D
Whew! And that's it! *slumps over*
What a very busy, creative, sleep deprived, exciting, embarrassing and exhausting week!
I can hardly wait until next year!
I won't spam you anymore, promise!">
By Thursday night I had finished all of the items that I'd planned to do, aside from one, so I jumped in and tackled a bunch that others hadn't been able to finish. Sadly, getting my team on microfilm required more than 15 hours, but I
And did a huge run-around finding a 'float' to ride on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_08t4axjwc&feature=youtu.be Fuck. I just realized that this was supposed to be an IMAGE not a VIDEO. *heddesk*
I then had to
One other item that I tried to get on my way home was getting a bunch of people on public transit to sing "Over the River to Grandma's house." I went to the mall to wait to catch a bus there, and even asked a small group of teens if they'd help me out and they agreed. Then, when we got on the bus, they changed their mind. It wasn't very full, and without their help, I was out of luck, so I got off and walked back to my car. The next busses didn't have enough people, so I headed home. On the way, I passed a bus FULL of people, so I sped ahead, haphazardly parked my car and ran to the stop to catch it. I got on, started singing and everyone one …was a bit horrified. But I kept singing, and encouraging everyone else to join in, and eventually got a couple of people to help out. When I got off the bus to yet again walk back to my car, I realized that my phone was set to camera and not video!! OMG all that embarrassment for nothing!!!! *cries* Lucky for me, another team member was trying at the same time, and managed to get this.
One item I'd sort of worked on all week was finally finished. A duct tape sculpture of John Barrowman's head. So. Bad.
THis was one of those things that I thought I would do really well, and would in fact, suck wieners on. It looks like a character from Avatar!
I also had to dress two farm animals up as characters from SPN. This also did not turn out as cleverly as it as seemed in my mind. The good news is, I haven't seen many others that looked much better. My animals were not very cooperative!
I do think that Mr. Snippets makes a remarkable Sam though. It's the hair!While finishing up my abomination of Barrowman, one of the girls announced that her "Read Huckfinn by Firefly" did not work out, so I tried my hand at it. And no, we do not have fireflies here. That's a lie. In my 30 years of living in Manitoba, I've seen exactly two of them.
I think this turned out quite well for a last minute item.
And finally, another teammate drew something wrong for a prompt. It was supposed to be a chalk portrait of a producer of Supernatural, and she drew an actor/director. I had exactly 30 minutes until the 2am deadline, so I took my chalk and drew Robert Singer. Submitted it with 10 minutes to spare! :D
Whew! And that's it! *slumps over*
What a very busy, creative, sleep deprived, exciting, embarrassing and exhausting week!
I can hardly wait until next year!
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Date: 2014-08-20 04:26 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-08-20 06:13 pm (UTC)That song on a bus one was a total non starter here - nobody in the whole of the UK has ever heard of that song let alone sung it.
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Date: 2014-08-21 12:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-08-21 12:15 am (UTC)We had a couple of people on our team that were real troopers. And a couple of people … not so much. But hey, we won last year, and had lost a member on the first day, so we did it with a team of 14!
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Date: 2014-08-21 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-21 02:42 am (UTC)And if it's not for you, that's okay. Maybe you'd like to join a team that isn't hell bent on winning. Lots of people just do it for the fun of it. To stretch themselves creatively and to push themselves out of their comfort zone a bit.
Admittedly, I do it for these things too. I am terrible at asking people for help. I tend to do everything myself. I'm not an introvert, but asking/begging/pleading for complete strangers to play music with me and/or going on bus BY MYSELF and bursting into song are not my ideas of a good time. And yet, they end up being the best times of my whole year.
And, of course, I do it to win. I honestly had NO IDEA that I was so competitive. I never played sports of any kind, so I didn't even know it was such an integral part of me, but there it is! I would happily slit the throats of my competitors and bathe in their blood.
Okay, maybe not that bad, but you get my drift. ;)
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Date: 2014-08-25 12:24 am (UTC)This whole project freaks me the fuck out, but I love reading and seeing other people make it work and look to have a good time at it.
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Date: 2014-08-26 02:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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