First, the video, which explains why roller derby girls are covering me in frosting on Neil Gaiman’s lawn, and the subsequent photodocumentation. Stick around for the time-lapse photography!
Second, the image, which illustrates everything.
Three: The poster offer!
Yes, indeed, you can get this awesome picture as a poster, via NeverWear.net. When you buy it, 100% of the profits go to two worthy causes: The SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, which helps out science fiction and fantasy writers in times of medical crisis, and City Kitties, a non-profit going to help out the stray cat population of West Philadelphia. Kittehs and Writers! You can’t go wrong!
For those of you wondering if Neil himself was involved with the production, if you click through to the poster order page, you’ll see a picture of Neil preparing to plaster the last bit of frosting onto my face, right over my mouth. There’s symbolism there, I’m sure.
For more on this madness, check out photographer Kyle Cassidy’s post about it, and Kitty’s Neverwear post as well.
And what what is it actually like, being covered in frosting?
Sticky.
And that’s all I am going to say about that.
Seriously, though, this was ridiculous fun, and the idea of making a pilgrimage to Neil’s place to be covered in frosting by roller derby girls was just too awesome to pass up. My life is strange, but it’s the best kind of strange, i.e., the kind that’s really quite a lot of fun.
Now I have think up what I will do when I reach 40,000 Twitter followers. Hmmmmm.
(And yes, please feel free to blog, tweet and otherwise blab about this to everyone you know. We’re trying to save kittens and writers here. Through the mystical power of frosting.)
Update, 10:36pm: Our first delightful fan art, from Cameragrrl, taking off on a popular internet meme:
I can’t wait to use these in my arguments on the Internet!