The Roman poet Juvenal once said, “The Two things only the people anxiously desire are bread and circuses.” We’d hate to disappoint the masses: Bake a big top circus (including performers and animals!) all out of bread.
Category: GISH 2021
Item 42 – Tom Skittleston
After seeing your decades of Skittles portraits, the God of Mischief has commissioned one in his likeness, but you’re nothing if not a rebel. Create a portrait of Tom Skittleston—we mean Hiddleston—in costume out of Skittles…AND M&Ms. Your move, Loki. Post it to social media tagging @TWHiddleston, @skittles, @MMsChocolate, and #GISH. Submit your original photo to us with a link to your post in comments.
Behind the scenes
My wall is burdened with glorious colors. Behold the latest variant: Candy Loki! @twhiddleston @Skittles @mmschocolate #GISH pic.twitter.com/CI6f36pqRV
— mario panighetti ⭐️🌟💫 (@mpanighetti) August 8, 2021
Item 41 – Belly Button Reveal Party
Item 40 – Resting Bitch Face, The Musical!
(UP TO 1 MINUTE). Resting B***** Face, The Musical! Write a song with happy uplifting lyrics, and perform the whole thing in a monotone, one chord/one-note fashion, with resting b*tch face the whole time. – Sarah H.
Item 39 – Ecstatic Poem
As you may have heard, I’m releasing my first poetry book in October, “Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You.” This is obviously a shameless plug, but also a call to action: there’s something loving you’ve always meant to tell someone in your life, but you haven’t been able to summon up the right words. This is your chance: Write an ecstatic poem to convey how you truly feel and then share it with them. You can submit just the poem or you reading the poem to them (with their okay to share their reaction).
Item 37 – Rover Fanfic
NASA’s Perseverance Rover and China’s Zhurong Rover are on Mars together. Are they bitter rivals? Is there a meet-cute and romance? Is it a love triangle with Ingenuity? Write the fanfic story of their relationship. – Vanessa T.
Item 36 – Stuffy Colonoscopy
Aging hand puppets need routine medical screenings, too. Let’s see a doctor or nurse performing a stuffed animal colonoscopy. (On the stuffy, to be clear.)
Item 35 – #GISHPersonalChallenge
(UP TO 2 MINUTES) In December 2020, we challenged Gishers to a #GISHPersonalChallenge, tackling something they’ve always wanted to do or learn but had put off. Show us what you’ve accomplished in the last 8 months in an epic Rocky-style montage. If no one on your team has taken the challenge, start now and show us what you learn this week.
Item 34 – Topiary Animal Beard
Create a fashionable topiary animal beard.
Item 31 – Cloud Art
Cloud art. You know how you sometimes see a shape in the clouds that no one else seems to see. Let’s idiot-proof it: take a picture of a section of clouds and then highlight what you see. Oh! Forgot to mention, you are actually “hunting” for something given that this is a scavenger hunt. Go find a shape in the clouds that depicts a creature with “wings” – can be human, bird, insect, or mythological beast.