Ocean of Fire Double Feature!!!!

Okay, so, not only are we gonna Crush the Dutch and re-take the record for most simultaneous breathers.
BUT
We are now on track to SET a record for most number of people engaged in a successful flame pass. That's right, we're making a NEW record (very rare to get approval for this kind of thing...particularly in fire breathing). So, Thursday at Burningman, the place to be is the Shiva Vista!

Raver Tip

Okay, it's Memorial day, so pretty much every store has american flags for sale. And that's your raver tip. At outdoor venues, officials ease up on you quite a bit when you're under Old Glory. Not sure why, but it you've ever left a busted rave and gone by off-roaders to get home, that's part of the reason. Something about a flag-waving, gun-toting freak that makes cops and BLM run like scared children. This was the biggest tip we got when throwing Burning Woman (an event still held up by the BLM as a perfectly run event). Granted, the potties and medical tent helped a bit, but copious and obvious placement of flags started their visit out on the right track.

SO.... try getting one of those flags you slip over your antenna. If you can't get that one, get one you roll up in a window. Either way, toss it into the back window ledge and forget about it until you hit that first turn-off for the next party. Then, pull it out and 'proudly' display it. Frequently, flagged cars are waved right through drunk tests, and right by the drug sniffing dogs.

It probably wouldn't hurt to have a little copy of the constitution on the dash either... :)

Crush the Dutch

Burningman 2006: 82 fire breathers gathered together to break a long-standing record of 70 people breathing fire simultaneously. They succeeded.

Early 2007: A Dutch group gets 115 people together to go after the record. Their success is unknown, though, they have declared victory.

Burningman 2007: The Ocean of Fire project will be at it again. OOF III will try to re-break this record by crushing the dutch attempt. Join us at the OOF page.

Memories

So, I just had an old flame drop back into my life. Got me thinking about the roads I've been down. I mean, for the last 10 years or so, I've been falling deeper and deeper into the fire community here in LA and at Burningman. But I've been a lot of other things in my life, and have had to make some hard choices.

I don't often have time for "what if" dreams, but Alla has been in and out of my life since I was a child. We've been through thick and thin together, and a lot of my important decisions have been counseled by her. So naturally, her re-appearance has me thinking about things: my marriage, divorce, the army, my computer programming career, clowning, moving west, *sigh*. Lots of old memories.

And now, the new and the old are getting all tied up. Makes me pensive....
Maybe it's the weather... :)

Send Flowers

Today is the last day to send flowers reliably via FTD to arrive by Mother's day.

Go on. Git.

Hurray!

Hurray hurray the first of May, outdoor boinking starts today!

It's finally feeling like spring. And business is [finally] booming. Unfortunately that will mean less and less time online.

Oh, and still looking for firewalkers and locations for a Discovery channel piece.