GISHWHES Envy

After an unseemly amount of time trolling Twitter yesterday, I finally found the 2014 GISHWHES list.  I'm sort of obsessed. I really wanted to participate but my biggest fear was that I wasn't brave enough.  Since none of my friends are as crazy as I am, they didn't want to join a team with me.  So I would have been placed on a team.  Therein lies the issue.  I know that I'm a big old ninny and therefore would have let down the 18 other people on my team which is just not cool. 

Now that I've seen the list, I know this for a fact: I'm so not brave enough to participate and I was quite smart not to even try!  Holy moly!  I knew the challenges were a little off the wall, but I never thought they'd be this extreme - oh, and AWESOME!  I can't wait to see what the participants accomplish but I'm so glad I'm not responsible for fulfilling the wishes. I'd be a basket case.  Out of 185 items, I'm pretty sure the ones below are the only ones I could even hope to complete:

2. (Video) You (and a friend if you wish) enlist with a local volunteer organization and have yourself filmed doing one of the following: planting a tree, working at a food bank or soup-kitchen, collecting trash, or helping out at a retirement facility. You must be wearing something that shows you seriously know how to party.

7. IMAGE. Find an object that you’re holding onto for all the wrong reasons. Destroy it mightily.

9. VIDEO (time-lapse 20 seconds). Assemble a puzzle with a minimum of 50 pieces in one sitting. The video must show the box with more than 50 pieces and then you putting the puzzle together. For ease of assembly you must be wearing wool mittens or gloves throughout the assembly of the puzzle.

15. VIDEO. Have an elderly person teach you an “old-school” skill now considered obsolete. For example, how to operate a telegraph or a mechanical typewriter (those examples are now off-limits).

19. VIDEO (8 seconds). Stand in front of a recognizable landmark or monument, wear something magnificent, and in whatever your native language is, complete the following sentence: “Gishwhes makes me feel_____”

37. IMAGE. “When I grow up, I want to be…” Have a child dress up as what they want to be when they grow up (lawyer, doctor, ballerina, dragon-slayer, etc.). Then stage the photo in the environment they would be working in

58. IMAGE. Register to be a bone marrow donor: you could save a child’s life or someone’s mom’s life.

As you can see, I'd make about 221 points.  That's just pathetic so yay for not participating! Though, I already feel a little part of it which is curing the jealousy a bit so that's fun.  Apparently one of the items is to create an Orlando Jones Twitter account and gain 400 followers.  Before finding the list this morning, I was followed and subsequently followed "OrlandoJones" sort of assuming it was a GISHWHES thing rather than a famous hollywood actor following me on a whim.  And I was right!

Good luck Gishers!  I hope to join you with the fun next year, if I somehow magically grow a backbone over the course of the next 365 days : )