The Hunt Starts Tomorrow!!!

[tripperfunster]

Gishwhes (The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) opens tomorrow morning, and I have the glue guns heated up and ready, costumes and craft supplies are gathered together and my friend and teammate Juliefrulie is coming from BC to help me!

I am so excited to have a partner in crime this week!

So be prepared to have me call/text/message you, my flist for the bizarre, the obscure and the remote favours that I will need.

Say, does anyone have any connections to NASA? Every year we've needed SOMETHING from them, and my team has not managed to get a contact there.

Anyone else live somewhere different? Exotic? Have a rare hobby or talent? I MIGHT NEED YOU! :D

See you on the other side, kids!

Comments

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

Yay, I am so excited for you!!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you, dear! I hope we can use you this year? Maybe you won't have to bite anyone!! <3

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

XD I hope no, yesterday I broke a back tooth!!! :-(

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oh yikes! Ouch! Who were you biting? ;)

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

Sadly just a little bit of bread. I am getting old, damn! XD

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

*rushes to tie your hands behind your back to give the rest of us a chance* Bwhahahah!

Seriously though, good luck, babe - I know you'll do wonderful things, you always do!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Are you competing this year????? So cool! (you're an Aussie right??) We have an aussie member!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed I am, and no - not an Aussie. We've got a few Brits like me, Canadians, USA, Danish, Icelandic but sadly we have no Aussies this year.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Huh. Now why did I think you were an Aussie? I must be 'melding' you with someone else on my flist. Or maybe one of your Briticisms sounded Aussie to me and I just assumed.?

Either way, all the luck! Are you ready? I'm doing last minute laundry and shopping today!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ready? I doubt it, somehow! But we have our lines of communication open, and I think this year we have a full team so that's a plus!

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

It's always a lot of fun watching you do this every year, best of luck!

(I don't live anywhere exotic or anything, but it is the fabled Sleepy Hollow so maybe something will come up that will be useful.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

It might! Orlando Jones (who is one of the cast of Sleepy Hollow) has a team, and he's been featured in an 'item' before, so you may just get a call from me! :D

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Well yay! :)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Where are you? I'm thinking New York, but I might be wrong.

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

I'm in the Sleepy Hollow, NY. Big ol' sculpture of the Headless Horseman chasing Ichabod Crane down the street from me.

[scifiangel.livejournal.com]

I live in California if it helps.
Good luck.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Any chance you could get into the playboy mansion and bake cookies with an elderly lady??

[scifiangel.livejournal.com]

No, sorry. I'm no where near the manson. It's in southern California and I am in Sacramento. That's around 700 miles away.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

California is SO DAMN BIG!

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

You gals are going to be awesome, I know it! You know I'm here if you need me ;-)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks hon! Where are you located?

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

Central California.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Is that anywhere near the playboy mansion? We need something there!

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

No, sorry. I'm 200 miles up north. What do you need at the playboy mansion?

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D We need someone to bake cookies with a senior there. Do you know anyone with connections??

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'll see if any of my friends in LA will be willing to try :-)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome! Thank you!

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

No luck :-(. Sorry!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Well, thanks for trying!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

GOOD LUCK! Looking forward to seeing your team's creations when the madness is done;)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The list is over 200 items, so there will be a LOT of them!
Where are you located?

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I'm currently in the Netherlands, but I'm packing for departure to the USA tomorrow. I'm going on a roadtrip with tmn1966 and before you ask, I already checked: we're not even close to nine locations on thatGishwhes item :(
I'm also going to (try to) be offline most of the time, but you can always try my mail;) See roadtrip-tag in my journal for our intinerary. Beelikej@gmail.com

HAVE FUN!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Will you be anywhere near the playboy mansion in California???

[synn.livejournal.com]

:O I am tots not helping you! I have my own glue-guns to attend, so there! :P

(It's gong to be awesome; best of luck - I can't wait to see what you do, as your work is invariably great!)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

You're on a team? That's great! Good luck, hon!

[pern-dragon.livejournal.com]

One of our original Las Vegas Harry Potter Fandom group folks is currently in Scotland working as a rocket scientist (for realz). You can find her on twitter here: https://twitter.com/tehnakki She would be the only person I know who would have NASA connects.
Good Luck!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool! I also need playboy mansion connections. Any leads on those??

[tinkcph.livejournal.com]

No connections to Nasa, I'm afraid, but if you need a picture of anything in the Copenhagen area, I'd be happy to help. :)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Great! I will keep you in mind!

[sevs-girl72.livejournal.com]

I've never participated in Gishwhes, but am always excited by what everyone comes up with - so best of luck!!

I worked for NASA for a weekend this year, but connected with the CSA so depending on what you need I may be able to help - it is a small chance, but something right?

If you need anything for boring old Toronto too, I can help there. :)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're going to regret asking!

We actually need a big 'Macy's parade' style floating float. Do you know anyone with connections to that???

[sevs-girl72.livejournal.com]

I regret nothing! ;)

With all the Pan-American game stuff going on, there may be something of that ilk floating around. What do you need done with it?

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Huh. I totally answered you, and now I can't find it!

We need to have a Macy's style float go down the main street of a small town. Any giant inflatable would do.

[sevs-girl72.livejournal.com]

No balloons of that size to be found without costing a fortune. :( I did also find out you need some sort of permit to fly them here. So that is a no go. Sorry!

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

if it helps, I live walking distance from NASA/AMES and can get something from the gift shop, or I could ask Brian or Sarah if they could lend a hand (both have been involved in the Mars drill project). I love living in silicon valley.

I helped a friend with GISHWES what, two years ago, and got to juggle/wrangle baby snakes. It was *awesome*.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, we don't need to harass NASA this time! We DO have to design a toilet for astronauts though! :D

[(Anonymous)]

This is elf at Dreamwidth (and elfwreck here, but wow I am not up to dealing with LJ's login hoops these days); Eldriwolf pointed me at this. And yes, I have connections at NASA! Or sort of. I know a guy, and all that. (Who does coding for the Mars Rover project.) (Who, hey, I'll be seeing this weekend.)

I have potential rare talents and/or hobbies, as well. Husband did 17 years of Grateful Dead tour; we have memorabilia and oddball skills and weird connections.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hey elf wreck! Long time no see! Ends up we don't need a hard NASA connection this time. I DO need someone to go back cookies at the playboy mansion! Are you anywhere near California??