Oh Lordy...

[alexisjane]

GISHERS! We did it! Are you all in one piece? I feel totally destroyed, bemused and kinda grossed out at how much housework I'm going to have to do after leaving everything this week. My kitchen is disgusting.

Over at spn_bunker, we're kinda celebrating as it was our team's first year and we're feeling pretty pleased that we managed to get so many things done. Anyway brightly_lit posted these questions as a debrief....so yeah. That. Or rather this...

What was the best part? Bizarrely, I think 4am this morning, desperately trying to get the poster finished in time and seeing all the email notifications popping up, with everyone pitching in, double checking the list, submitting like crazy people, and trying so hard to get as many things done in those last few hours as possible. That was truly amazing.

What are you proudest of? Doing it. I'm not a joiner. I don't usually work well in a group and doing anything social scares the shit out of me so just showing up was kind of a big thing for me : )

What was the worst part? The clothespins. Definitely the clothespins.

How do you feel now? Fucking exhausted. I've slept some but I feel awful. I'm smiling about it though : )

What was your greatest fear, and how did it pan out? I didn't really have one. I think our team had such a great variety of people in it, we all had different skills to bring to it so I found a whole bunch of stuff to do within my comfort zone. Rule one was have fun, after all : ) If anything, it was doing the timelapse video and being terrified that I would somehow lose the footage. It was so last minute it was kinda a one shot thing. It turned out okay though (although no more soda for me. Yuck!)

What did you do that you never in your life thought you'd do? Painted a pregnant woman

What was the hardest thing? Last night. Digital painting usually takes me an age so doing something that would normally take me two weeks in six hours and trying to stay awake too...that was tough.

What did you think would be hard that really wasn't? Jam. I always make such a palaver out of jam making. It took me two ticks yesterday. Admittedly it was over cooked but still edible : )

What was your favorite thing you did, and why? Feminine hygiene product angel. I did conceptual sculpture for my degree but its been years since I've done any. I had forgotten how much I love just finding random things and making something equally random out of it. That was fun.

What did you learn about yourself? I over complicate everything. If I just do stuff, stuff actually gets done!

What did you learn about other people? That as much as they make fun of me for being a geek, they will jump at the chance to do something weird and wacky : )

What did you learn about life? It's still happening

Other thoughts? Nope, I'm out. I think I used them up about 2pm Thursday. Although maybe one...I cannot WAIT for next year!!! : ) x

Comments

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

Glad you had fun, hon, even if you're exhausted! ;-). Sounds like it was more than worth it! :-D

xx

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

You must come play next year! It was lots of fun : ) x

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

You survived! Welcome back m'dear, it sounds like it was great fun even if it was exhausting, but I'm intrigued, did you paint a portrait of a pregnant woman or actually paint on to a pregnant woman? hee hee!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Painted ON a pregnant woman...my ex's girlfriend...so not awkward at all : / Actually she's lovely. They both are. Four weeks to go until their 'blueberry' arrives : ) I'm booked up for babysitting already apparently " : ) x

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Well that's certainly something you wouldn't do every day! Four weeks to go she must be pretty round! It's good you get on so well with your ex, I like how they've booked you for baby sitting already:)

[thestarkat.livejournal.com]

Amazing! I'm totally going to steal that list and eventually post something myself. I can't believe how exhausted I am.

And I can't believe you did the clothes pins *bows before the Queen of Hardcore* (okay, that sounds different outside my head)

I'm so proud of you, and that's a great lesson to learn. When you just fucking do it, it gets done.

<3
Kat

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*clings to you* You made it! When I saw that "eye of the tiger" harmony item, I was wailing coz I wished you were on our team coz I knew you'd kick ass at that : )
I'm starting to feel a bit better. Been sleeping on and off since Friday, trying to catch up. That last push was amazing but damn near killed me.
Was thinking of you guys. Hope you had as much fun as we did : ) ♥

I'm going to try and keep up the momentum...see if I can get some of my rl stuff done, GISHWHES-style : ) xx

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

the pieces you did were so amazing. I couldn't believe your Picard was made of condiments, except that I could see the ketchup!! :) And the Jam! and the clothespins! you were AMAZING!!! :D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I'm still totally in awe of your kale throne! And your genderswap family portrait...I'm still laughing about that now! I think that's got to be favorite...smallboy's faaace!!! You did so much stuff, Hun, I kinda felt like I was slacking.
I think for our first time we didn't do too badly! Looking forward to next year : ) xx

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

I agree! The kale throne was fantastic and your family portrait was one of my favorite things in the whole challenge.

[majestic-duxk.livejournal.com]

(not stalking, promise :-)

I dreamt of Mishabara Capybollins last night. I know who I blame that for ^_^

It was a lot of fun, and I was constantly awed at the things you did - that angel was... so elegant! And your Picard! Just amazing.

You say you aren't so social, but I really enjoyed sharing the experience with you! I thought you were a wonderful team member :-)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Hey, Mishabara Capybollins was all brightly_lit!! I was just the photoshop monkey : )

You're such a sweetheart. I had such a good time. It was really fun spending time with everyone. ready to go again next year? : ) x

[majestic-duxk.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh for sure! I was an exhausted mess, but sort of sad it was over, anyway?

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

So glad you had fun sweety, I promise, next year I'll grab the week off work and take part :) x

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, it is just up your street, honestly. Such fun : ) You might need a few days afterwards too. I'm still recovering! : ) x

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I am so ticked at myself I would've had such a blast and you all looked like you so enjoyed it. I wanna join in the crazy! Damned RL and it getting in the way. I am going to so book time off next year :D

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

What did you learn about yourself? I over complicate everything. If I just do stuff, stuff actually gets done!
Geesh, me too.

so glad you had so much fun!

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

<3........ You did such amazing things. The Picard painting, the angel and the movie poster were my favorites. And you get ALL the cookies for the clothespins.