Stuff and business

[amberdreams]

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!

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

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!

[sinfulslasher]

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! ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

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.