VIDEO. Shoot slow-motion footage of you drinking green tea on a high-speed train in Japan.
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All GISH events, organized by year.
Item 188 – What Are You Fighting For?
IMAGE. JOHN GREEN ITEM. Write up to a 250 word personal manifesto that answers the question: “What are you fighting for?” or “What cause is the most important for you?” Then make your own uniform/costume that declares that cause. Two pictures side by side must be submitted (or one embedded in the other): you wearing your uniform/costume, and your manifesto. Share your manifesto and image with John Green (@johngreen) or The Art Assignment (@artassignment) on Facebook or Twitter.
Item 180 – Tongue-Twister Round
VIDEO. At least four people doing a harmonized round of tongue-twisters. – Kaitlin Losansky
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Item 179 – Stormtrooper Day Job
IMAGE. Work opportunities are scarce since the Death Star blew up. Let’s see a stormtrooper working at their job as a waiter, fast food line prep, car mechanic, postal worker, deli sandwich maker, road-repair worker, etc). – Katherine Parsons
Item 174 – Football Field Skateboard Traversal
VIDEO. (Time lapse this down to 20 seconds.) Travel across the narrow part of a level football field (or the equivalent of 150 feet on level grassed ground). You cannot touch the ground with any part of your body and you cannot have anyone push or pull you. You’re only allowed to use a skateboard, two pieces of string or rope no more than 5 feet long each and a clothespin. (NOTE: You can’t use the clothespin as an extension of your hand or foot to push you along the ground.)
Item 172 – Water Bottle Raft
VIDEO. Build a raft made entirely out of empty plastic water bottles. Float in a lake on your raft.
Item 166 – Hair Donation
IMAGE. Your hair will grow back. Cut off at least 10 inches of it and donate it to http://www.locksoflove.org/get-involved/ or your country’s local hair donation facility. Take a picture of you before and after and submit them side by side.
Item 165 – Bread Leia
IMAGE. WILLIAM SHATNER ITEM – Carrie Fisher is known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in Star Wars. Her memorable hairstyle was often called the Princess Leia Bun. Bake a portrait of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in bread.
Item 164 – Tai Chi Breakfast
VIDEO. Show us your version of “Tai Chi Breakfast“.
Item 162 – Random Act of Kindness
IMAGE. Commit a random act of kindness and have someone take a picture of what you’re doing and caption it. Here are some examples: http://boredomtherapy.com/random-acts-of-kindness/. Tweet it to @RandomActsOrg if you wish but submit to us the image only.