amberdreams | Stuff and business

Just a drive-by to apologise for being largely absent - Gishing is swallowing up my week, and I doubt I'll ever catch up with all your posts. Especially as I also need to finish my second BB art work, and read two long awaited Big Bangs PDQ!

But I wanted to come on to have a whinge. Then a moan/squee.

How come even online, I can still feel like the boring kid in the corner that never gets included in the cool kids' discussions? How come those horrible feelings from schooldays can linger when over forty years have gone by? I guess I'm just not cut out to be interesting enough that people want to email me to chat about stuff. You'd think at some point we'd grow out of this crap, wouldn't you. *sigh*

However, I refuse to let these stupid feelings of inadequacy get me down.

Gishweek is going rather well! Though I've failed to persuade my dentist surgery that they need a string quartet in the surgeries to calm their patients down. Which is sad, especially as I know other teams will manage that one. It's bugging me because I know two dentists, one in the US and one in Australia, and I have one friend in a string quartet and another whose kids are in the local Youth Orchestra, so it felt as though I should have been able to finagle it somehow.

Now I'm off to create an album cover featuring an animal rock star. Byeeee!

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I didn't think you were fishing for compliments - you were grumbling about something that makes you unhappy, and what's wrong with that?!

After reading the other comments here, I have to admit I'm confused how anyone can actually hold conversations on Twitter. That's, like, the stupidest thing ever. It's 140 characters. How can you converse like that?! I do have a Twitter account (which I only use to ~~stalk~~ follow certain celebs) so I'm blissfully unaware of fandom folks migrating there to be active, but tbh, if there's any kind of "meaningful conversation" going on there, I'd rather not be part of it.

As for Gishwhes... YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE, DEAR! One of my cousins is in the Navy and stationed in a Yard that, among other things, has war ships! I'll ask him if he'd be willing to hula-hoop for ya, ok? :)

OMG really? That would be fantastic! The task is pretty simple (for Gishwhes anyway). It just says a video of the service person on the deck hula hooping. I guess if he could say his name and our team name too that would be fab, but if not, no worries. (Team name is SPNFamilyBusiness).

And thank you!

Oh PS if he can't do it, no worries. :D

Okay, I sent him an email this morning asking if he would do it (he's crazy enough to say yes to just about everything) and then tonight I had to explain to him on the phone in detail what the hell Gishwhes is and why he was supposed to go hula-hooping. LOL! Gishwhes is basically unknown here so he was like "bwuzah?" but said sure, why not. :)

He'll have to ask for permission first though - he's enlisted but not stationed on any of the ships (he works at the Yard) so this might be a problem. He'll talk to his CO tomorrow. If all goes well, he'd hold up a sign with your team's name on it while (trying to) hula hoop. Would that be enough?

Again - we need to wait for permission so I have no clue if I can actually help with the item but as far as my cousin is concerned, he's game. (He promised to practice hula-hooping in his backyard tonight. LOL)

Whoa, well you're already farther along than any of us have managed so far - and if he can do it with a sign that's more than enough. Even without a sign it would be fab. Keep me posted, you (and he) are awesome!
Edited to say, if he can only do it in front of a war ship instead of on it, that would probably get us some valuable points.. :D

Edited 2016-08-04 21:43 (UTC)

So, I just got off the phone with my cousin. Unfortunately, he didn't get permission to go on the war ship. :( He's working in administration/logistics so even though he's enlisted, he doesn't really have any business being around the scary equipment. :(

I asked him if he'd be allowed to do any hula hooping in front of a war ship like you suggested and he said he had no clue because that, too, is apparently a restricted area. He'll try to find out over the weekend and suggested he could also try to find a seaman who might be willing to do the item.

How much time do we have left? I'm sorry I don't have better news but for now there's at least still a small chance... *crosses fingers*

Is there maybe another item I could try to help you with in the meantime?

Eh, no worries, I appreciate the efforts (of both of you!) so far regardless of the outcome.

We have 1 day 11 hours left (you can check the countdown clock here https://www.gishwhes.com/)

I have absolutely no idea what's going on right now - there are loads of tasks we haven't managed to get to, but I think we have done pretty well in spite of that. Nobody expects to complete everything on the list. I was sad not to get the one about a string quartet playing soothing music in a dentist surgery - I had the strings but no willing dentist! LOL

Edited 2016-08-05 18:22 (UTC)

Okay, I'll let him know he needs to get the stuff done by tomorrow then, just to be on the safe side.

Gonna give you an update as soon as I hear back from him. *crosses any and all fingers and toes and eyes*

I will squee like a mad woman if he does manage it!

I really wish I could've made you squee but unfortunately I come bearing bad news. :(

My cousin actually found someone who would've been willing to help out but the big brass apparently had a conniption fit and made it clear that there would be no video anywhere near (or, Chuck forbid, ON) the damn war ships. It's not as if we're showing the blue prints of the fucking things or tell anyone where they're hiding the ammo! *headdesk*

And it was just too dangerous to try against explicit orders, obviously.

I'm so sorry!!! :(

(Icon directed at big brass, obviously, not you.)

Aw, never mind, I'd never want anyone to get into trouble over this! I wonder if anyone else will manage it. The only other thing we could have tried is going down to London to the HMS Belfast (which is a museum ship) and having someone dress as a sailor. But we ran out of time - and I don't think it's right to spend tons of money on this hunt anyway, I'd rather see the money go to charity direct.

Please thank your boy for trying - I really appreciate both him and you having a go for us!

Oh and if you fancy Gishing yourself next year, my team is always on the look out for willing souls!

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see if a team managed this item...and which country the hula-hooping happened. I swear, if it's Germany, I'm gonna be really pissed off! *grumbles* I'm pretty sure someone's gonna manage it though. Last year there were some items I was sure nobody would get done...and they did! (Like the NASA one...then again, who could say no to Bill Shatner, right? LOL)

I also think Gishwhes is not about spending tons of money - I think the most I paid last year was for the ingredients for my Princess Leia bread. LOL! Though I like the idea of using the HMS Belfast for the item - I'm sure other teams might've done that (or used other museum ships).

My cousin's pretty unhappy that the whole thing didn't work out. He said he was now going to retire from competitive hula-hooping. *smishes him*

I would've Gished again this year but everyone's gone on vacation at work so it's just me and one coworker and there was no way for me to get anything done. Maybe better luck next year? Would love to join your team! ♥

Well I think we'll have at least three slots to fill next time round so if you remember when the dates are announced, please do ping me! I will try and remember but my brain's sieve-like qualities are legendary.

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