In my next incarnation...

[hygiene-ninja.livejournal.com]

The main problem with the Hygiene ninja act last time around came in the form of taking requests for who needed to get some soap. This clearly needs to be dropped. There are simply too many avenues of offense. The goal is to have fun with the need to bathe regularly, not be a jackass.

I see two main activities for Arisia 2012:

1. The occasional run through the con dressed as a ninja, probably still in the very steep discount ninja outfit I've improvised in the past.

2. Kiosks or displays with some hygiene related facts and possibly some ninja-shaped soap.

The soap is the key. In past years I had a stockpile of soap samples my wife had gotten as a parting gift from a contract gig. All I needed to do was print up some color stickers and apply them. Having exhausted that stockpile, I'll need to either buy ninja shaped soap or make the soap and pour it into ninja shaped molds. I'd have to find and buy, or make, ninja shaped molds. This entails money, something I, as a Ninja with a wife and child, simply do not have in abundance.

This gets me to the question at hand: If I set up a paypal donation box, would you donate to the Hygiene Ninja soap fund?

Alternately, if I sold Hygiene Ninja soap online, would you consider buying some?

Comments

[thevirtualjim.livejournal.com]

I think a cool thing to do with that ninja outfit is make it look like you are all sudsy with bubbles and maybe have a bathing cap on :)

At another con this yr, I was talking with a friend and upon walking away I said "I'll have to catch up with you later, I need to take a shower." A gentleman walking by said "finally!" and I was like "what???" He said "no, no, no. I mean that its nice to finally hear someone say that at a con!" :)

[minkrose]

This may be more than people want to do, but I like the idea of encouraging behaviors by setting a good example. Maybe people could wear "I showered!" stickers, like "I voted" stickers? Or maybe the ninjas could run around with shower gear, or a shower curtain, have a skit about showering and encouraging people to join them in being clean? (perhaps that gets too riske, the concept needs work!)

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I *LOVE* this idea!!

Also, if Female Con-goers started wearing buttons that said, "I only interact with Showered People" the obnoxious men who go the weekend ignoring the 5-2-1 Rule might start getting a clue. Maybe.

[rosefox]

Maybe people could wear "I showered!" stickers, like "I voted" stickers?

I completely support this idea.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of stickers, but I think it would be funnier and cuter to have stickers with a little ninja on them that say "NINJA CLEAN!"

Personally I think I would feel a little weird walking around a hotel where there are non-con goers around as well with a sticker that says "I showered". Since I consider that a basic 'duh' thing, it would make me personally feel weird and uncomfortable wearing that around publicly, like it suggests that maybe I don't normally or I do it once a year like voting? But a NINJA CLEAN! sticker? That would be cool. ;)

[swashbucklr]

Hygiene Ninja Seal of Approval!

[minkrose]

You know, is there a way you could have people drop off their excess soap samples at the beginning of con? I know I end up with some from hotel rooms and my dad travels a lot and has tons of extra mini-shampoos.

Maybe a Friday afternoon & evening donation box would help with that part?

That said, if you had ninja soap, I would definitely buy it! I have many ninja appreciating friends who would enjoy it for the novelty.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I am completely in favor of some variety of "Ninja Soap" although I think "Ninja Breath Mints" are almost as important.

Having a table, preferably a table near Registration, would be a good idea.

I would totally chip in towards this cause.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

*activate google*

http://www.etsy.com/listing/71945408/ninja-bread-men-soap-set-of-3-different

I've been wracking my brain to come up with a skit for my Toby Daye Costume. I don't want to do Toby And Con Hygiene, but a Hygiene PSA would be an AWESOME Masquerade Skit.

[archangelbeth]

Considering all the stuff poor Toby winds up having to wade through, Toby And Con Hygiene would probably be a terribly likely thing to wind up with Toby being the one who would like to have the time for a shower. *giggles at the thought*

Anyway, a more generic skit... Sing to the tune of Phantom of the Opera's "Masqureade!": Con Hygiene! Get your breath and body clean! Con Hygiene!" O:>

[archangelbeth]

Okay, I gotta try this. Original Lyrics! Tune probably on Youtube.

Ninja 1: My dear, what a great con-vention!
Ninja 2: I volunteer every year!
Ninja 1: Such a sight! I'm impressed!
Ninja 2: We all do our best!
Both: Here's to us!
Ninja 1: A toast to all of fandom! [The italics part could probably be cut out, really.]
Ninja 2: Though it's a pity Hygiene Ninja isn't here! [That doesn't quite scan, but this is the spoken section so it can fudge.]

Chorus:
Con Hygie~ne! Get your breath and body clean!
Con Hy-giene! With a bath, all the con will love you!
Con Hygie~ne! 'Cause we know you're really keen!
Con Hy-giene! Look and see: Hygiene Ninja wants to help you.

Splash of soap, Got my towel,
Here's toothpaste, Ready now!
Mild perfume, Not too much
Clear the room? Just a touch!

Showers! Take a turn, take a ride
on the wet slip-and-slide
of hotel bathtub's love!

Soap your hair, Rinse it down,
Grab a comb, Not a frown.

Showers! Hop on in, lather up!
You won't drown (with any luck)     [another not-quite-scan]
And we've found,
That we just love the suds!

Con Hygie~ne! Pearly whites, silky threads!
Con Hy-giene! Now indulge! But go easy on the perfu-ume.
Con Hygie~ne! Getting glance, turning heads!
Con Hy-giene! Revel in the friends who'll now stay near you!
Con Hygie~ne! Breathing freely, no white lies,
Con Hy-giene! You'll please every panel that you go to!
Con Hygie~ne! Flirting femfen, flirting guys!
Con Hy-giene! Needn't hide; now be proud to be you!

(Okay, I think that's about as much as I can manage...)

[amgem.livejournal.com]

Perpetual Kid has the cookie cutters...I mean soap cutters!!

http://www.perpetualkid.com/ninjabread-men-cookie-cutter.aspx

:)

[docorion.livejournal.com]

I would definitely be in for a few bars of ninja soap should they become available. I also like the donation idea, but it's not reliable enough, IMO.

(Also second the breath mints, but they're hard to make at home, methinks...)

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

Ninja-shaped soap may be tough. May I suggest either katana- or shiruken-shaped soap? I'd be happy to make ceramic molds for you.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Shuriken soap for the win!

[halleyscomet.livejournal.com]

Making the soup mold would entail borrowing a Shuriken from someone. I wonder where in fandom one could borrow a Shuriken...

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, I wouldn't go that route, actually. An actual Shuriken would be potentially too complex and thin to be useful. I would probably make one out of clay or sculpey, so it can be thicker and a better shape for soap and then make the mold off of that. There's a four point star and a curved four point star that are fairly common for shuriken (if not as pretty as the more elaborate five point stars) and that could be made fatter and thicker to make for better soap. :)

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

My husband does karate. And for a mold, you can use a fake one. (They're illegal in MA, you know.)

OTOH, I wonder if soap shiruken violate Arisia's weapons policy? I'd have to ask corporate.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

From the online tutorials, it looks like making silicone molds is easy (if you're patient).

[halleyscomet.livejournal.com]

There's even a store in Brighton that sells most the equipment and chemicals one would need. It would be a matter of crafting a few clay figures to use for making the molds.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

I might buy the soap.
I would definitely donate paypal to make the soap.

[dalesql.livejournal.com]

Exercising my google-fu came up with this company.

http://www.nathosp.com/product/eibs_c/hotel_soaps_and_amenities

46 bucks for a case of 1000 bars of soap, plus whatever shipping costs.

Heck. I'll buy the soap and give it to you next time I see you if you want.

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

Yay, Hygiene Ninja! :-) I love the "I showered with the Hygiene Ninja" stickers or whatever they're gonna say. I would be on board with buying some soaps online or at the con.