Last year, I learned about GISHWHES. Apparently, it's the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen, which is a pretty terrible acronym but a pretty fabulous idea. I was obsessed with it's insanity and creativity. I loved watching it from afar via Twitter - there were some crazy things that certain celebrities had to RT on Twitter which made it easy to watch. I even followed a few "Orlando Jones" just because I knew it was part of GISHWHES and I secretly wanted to help out so I could feel a little part of the madness.
At the time, I thought I would even give it a shot this year even though it's far, far, far - we're talking light years here - out of my comfort zone. However, then I planned a trip to England, which unfortunately coincided with the very week GISHWHES was happening so being a part of it was out. I'm sort of relieved about this and sort of bummed.
However, getting to see the fun start day has been pretty exciting! Even though I can't be a part of it, it's been awesome to see those that are. They're already hard at work on a few of their challenges - I'm assuming they're working on more than the the Twitter-centric ones, but those are all I can see. What's even cooler to see are the celebrities that have decided to support the craziness and play along. For an entire hour, Osric Chau retweeted photos of him in My Little Pony form. Seriously! That's dedication right there.
My only wish for next year - in lieu of actually participating, which may still be on the table, though this year's challenges have made participating way less likely (they're crazy insane!) - is that posting challenges during the hunt becomes legal. I completely understand why it's not - unfair advantage and all - but honestly, we non-hunters would love to see the craziness first hand. It's just too cool not to! We like to feel a part of the crazy, even if we're too wimpy to participate ourselves : )
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