![]() Make a beeline to TikTok and show us what the Beeline dance looks like – and you must be dressed as our cat/bee mascot when you do it. The fourth task was (and this is where I start getting a bit shy): Bees communicate through dance, and so do you. I highly recommend getting lost in a task that ultimately has no meaning, and can also be eaten – that vegetable patch was delicious. (I’ll also add that my sweet little waffle house made it into the Gish 2021 coffee table book, which can be quite the challenge, so I was very pleased, and I’m also proud of my team mate who made it in there too, it’s the first year we had two images in the book). I didn’t have a solid plan for this, and I woke up on the Monday morning feeling really low and sad, but do you know what? By the time I finished that waffle house at 2pm I was in the best mood, talk about therapy (or possibly the consumption of sugar). I made so many waffles, and bought so many waffles and pancakes, but it was definitely worth it. Your best Eggo edifice (thank goodness for Stranger Things or anyone outside of the U.S. I guess the point is, I wasn’t in a great place, but Gish still makes me feel safe enough to give things a shot. It still isn’t something I’m comfortable with, I’m the biggest introvert, so I’m only brave enough to share one of them here, (the other two will be left forgotten, in a folder somewhere on my computer, hopefully to never see the light of day again, unless one day, I really need to remind myself how brave I can be). To be clear, my comfort zone is something creative that doesn’t need me in a video – this year I put myself in three videos. I didn’t complete as many tasks this year, and the ones I did complete were mostly not fulfilled to the greatest standard, but I did also try to complete a few that were not in my comfort zone. I am so glad that she convinced me, because it turns out that I had never needed Gish in my life, quite so much. Thankfully, my wonderful team captain, Sonya, assured me, they’d rather have me ‘there’ doing nothing, than not be there at all. Life was very much getting in the way, and I just didn’t feel like I had much left in the tank to contribute to my team. This was my fourth Gish, and I’ll be honest, I came very close to not signing up. To be “Gishy”, is to be kind, be supportive, willing, and a bit weird, and it is the loveliest community. In 2021 money was raised for the children’s ward at “EMERGENCY”, an NGO and charity hospital in Kabul. There are tasks that raise awareness for groups of people, or world issues, such as LGBTQI+ or the climate emergency, and each year there is also a four day “Change a Life” fundraiser to help specific people or communities. There are tasks that help those in need, or those in your community, such as taking supplies to food banks or dog shelters, or maybe sharing a local dog, that is up for adoption, on social media to help find them a home. Tasks aim to be fun and weird, they might be artistic, such as creating portraits from spices, or infuriating, such as polishing a coconut. You find yourself a team, (it could be people you know, or anyone across the world), or you are automatically placed in a team, and then on the last Saturday of July/first Saturday of August, a list of tasks appear on the website or app. ![]() You pay to enter, and some of the proceeds of the fee go to charity. For those who haven’t heard me babble on about Gish before, it is a yearly, week-long, global scavenger hunt. ![]() This catch-up is all about Gish 2021, I thought I had better get this one posted before Gish 2022 rolls around, it’s only 5 months away… The last year has been a bit difficult for me, and I have been very distracted, but I will keep trying to catch up the best I can. I just can’t seem to get back into the habit of blogging, I have photos and videos on my phone that remain unshared, and various rough drafts sitting on devices, and I’m determined not to let them go to waste. ![]()
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