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Proud winners of GISHWHES 2013

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The Final Gish

We are delighted to be named Runner Up yet again.  :)  (This means we have been the winner or on the runner up list every year since it started!)  It has been so important to us to keep our team together and compete with a heart of understanding and love, to try and truly embrace the spirit of kindness, creativity, and doing good in the world.  And of course, we are all fiercely competitive!

Congratulations to all the teams - the winners this year - Purgatorgy - and the Runner Up teams.  We are all joined by the wonderful Gish spirit and we we send love to you all.

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So where is our stuff?  We’ll get it uploaded, we promise.  We’ve been hampered by real life and broken bones but we do want to share with you all.  <3

(Apologies for the sentimental post.  Apparently I’m quite sad it’s over!)

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Name:  Roshni

When I’m not donning on wings and a tutu to deliver sweet goods to firemen (a childhood dream come true) I’m...donning on wings and a tutu to eat furiously, meet porcupandas in their natural habitat, and swim in every lake/puddle/jello cup I can find. Like a #gishpro #amirite

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Best shots of Misha and GISHbaby from our trip!

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Name: Lola

Location: in the middle of a field of of swiss chard (please note, not kale or collard greens).

Fun fact: yes that’s my son Jude, the gishbaby. He’s bigger now but I’m sure this was a formative moment. 

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Name: Natalie

Location: Er, what day is it? 

Fun Fact: This mom to Captain America Puppy and Iron Man Kitty enjoys dancing (in heels if possible), cosplay, and obsessing over pop culture - a triple threat!

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Name: Kerryn 

Location: Bris Vegas, Australia 

Fun fact: surrounded by variations of super heroes, this gal can Gish and save the world all at the same time!

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Kileigh Hannah Middlebury, VT Before I knew about GISHWES I'd ask Siri questions and creatively interpret her answers for fun. Now I make paintings from candy and wear a Power Rangers costume to fight bad guys. Like a boss.

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Name: Chelsea

Location: NYC

This may be my first GISHWHES, but I am no stranger to going above and beyond (and getting REAL weird) for a good cause. I once cosplayed a trashcan and walked past Kevin Bacon on the street. Unrelated instances but proud moments of my life, regardless.

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Name: Aly Location: Somewhere in the Mojave Desert Fun Fact: Driven; Determined; Relentless; A wee bit mad. No number of broken bones will stop me from SUPER GISHING! #vaticancameos #VaticanNewbie #GISHWHES #GISHWHESNEWBIE #GISHWHES2017

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Name: Rachael

Location: San Francisco, CA

Fun Fact: I own two toy poodles who have made various appearances in GISHWHES submissions.

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Name: Joy Location: Seattle When I'm not panning for gold in one of Seattle's public fountains, you can find me training for the hunt by perfecting my caber toss skills (with giant vegetables, of course), building up a tolerance to full body clothespin applications, and training my dog to bark Misha's name. Truly grateful to spend one last year gishing with the best team ever, the Vatican Cameos!

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Name:  Nic

Location: BC

As you can see, I have been training for GISHWHES 2017 by picking up a new skill - cliff climbing!  I am so excited about one last crazy year of Gishing and I love you all; both my teammates and everyone who has been part of this wonderful journey the last 7 years.  

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The Vatican Cameos are ready to GISH one last time. We were champions in 2013 and we’ve made runner up every other year that we’ve competed as the VCs. This year, we’re back again for one final round of craziness. With under a week left, we’re calling our favorite Storm Troopers, collecting sanitary napkins, and dusting off our monkey hats.

The game is almost on...

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GISHWHES 2017

We are so excited for the hunt and can’t wait to play with you all soon!

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Congrats, all!

We at team VaticanCameos would like to congratulte all of our fellow runner-up teams!  Way to be weirder than most!  A super big WAHOO to team Raised From Perdition for taking home the winning slot - or the winning volcano, as it were!  If you were here with us, we would totally celebrate by pouring really expensive wine down on your heads from at least three flights up! 

Well done, you crazy kids!

See you in 2017!

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Vatcams on TV!

Thank you so much, Rae-Anne LaPlante and Shaw TV for following us on one very hot day and making the hunt even more enjoyable!  Also, Big thanks to Tiger Lily Farms for allowing us to both Gish and film on your lovely property! (And, of course to Nick the handler and Kaboda the calf!)

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Thank you!

For all of us here at the Vatican Cameo factory, Gishweek 2016 was filled with equal parts of fun, panic and creative explosions that we’re still cleaning up!  As always, all our love to our poor, neglected families and laundry piles, costumed pets and scandalized neighbors!  Thank you to our communities for opening up buildings, hearts and minds, and for allowing us to break up the monotony momentarily.

To all the other gishers out there - we love ya! You survived without kale, but now have a new appreciation for cornhusks and fruit leather!  Best of luck to all of you on the competitive teams!  To all of you who joined the ‘just for fun’ teams this year we hope you had an abnosome time!

We have a recap video on the way, so hang on to your slangaroos!

Yours in digital, analogue and binary,

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