We Were Coming Back In The Van

In honor of me going to burning man I'd like to give you a full minute of non stop burning man.

Ready? Go!

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Thank you for your time.

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Wish I could go.

I would do anything short of getting dropped from all my classes or giving up my motorcycle to go. I would sell my xbox and all the games I have just to go. I would not sell my Super Nintendo. I would sell my Wii. I WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IF I COULD GO TO BURNING MAN.

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

I haven't posted on here in a while. I guess I haven't really needed to collect my thoughts in a while.


Today some friends (if I can still call them that) pulled a prank on me. They pied me in the face. Now you may be asking, how does one not know when a pie to the face is coming. Well, when your friend lies to you about wanting to get together to talk about stuff and possibly have a small shindig complete with friends you haven't seen in a while, that's how. Not only did they lie to me about what I hoped to be a delightful event but they added insult to injury by videotaping it.

Now at first yeah…I was fucking angry and I probably would if given the chance beat the crap out of at least two of them. The other person who was there who I didn't really expect I'm actually kind of sad about. I really thought I had gotten on better terms with this person and was looking forward to at least some semblance of a friendship with them, but maybe they aren't willing to have one.

I've had problems with the other two on and off. After seeking some heartfelt advice from a couple reasonable pals I finally have come to a conclusion. As cruel as this deceiving act of random pie-lence was I really should just forget about it. I mean, despite the fact that anyone walking on the street could say, hey you're that guy who got pied in the face on youtube its really not that big of a deal. I mean Bill Gates got pied and he didn't even press charges on the guy. As much as I'd like to fight face to face, man to man with the fellows who did this, I doubt it would make me feel any better. In fact there's really no choice but to get over and hope ka bites them in the ass.

At least I've found comfort in knowing some of my friends share the same opinion as me on the situation. At least I know those friends are true.

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by The Flobots

there's a war going on for your mind
media mavens mount surgical strikes from trapper keeper collages and online magazine racks
cover girl cutouts throw up pop-up ads
infecting victims with silicone shrapnel
worldwide passenger pigeons deploy paratroopers
now it's raining pornography
lovers take shelter
post-production debutantes pursue you in nascar chariots
they construct ransom letters from biblical passages and bleed mascara into holy water supplies

there's a war going on for your mind
industry insiders slang test tube babies to corporate crackheads
they flash logos and blast ghettos
their embroidered neckties say "stop snitchin'"
conscious rappers and whistleblowers get stitches made of acupuncture needles and marionette strings

there is a war going on for your mind
professional wrestlers and vice presidents want you to believe them
the desert sky is their bluescreen
they superimpose explosions
they shout at you
"pay no attention to the men behind the barbed curtain
nor the craters beneath the draped flags
those hoods are there for your protection
and meteors these days are the size of corpses

there's a war going on for your mind
we are the insurgents

My Dad got a job working on movies sets. He has a job tonight at Paramount Studios.


That's pretty cool.

So the next day Zach didn't get back home till like 8 or 9 in the morning. He revealed that he had been partying all night and had at some point passed out and was also hit on by a gay man. Now at this point I shall explain that at burning man almost all laws are null and void. You can be naked, you can drink no matter what your age, you can smoke, you can do drugs as long as you don't get caught (it's pretty easy to avoid getting caught) and you can just act plain weird, freaky even. I did none of the above, unlike other people *coughzachandmydad* (besides being naked, they didnt do that).

So pretty much all day on Thursday I just rode my bike around on the Playa and looked at the art. I rode all the way out to The End, which is a giant THE END located about nine miles out from our camp. I rode back and forth from the temple to the end a couple of times and then at night I rode around out there some more and walked around.

On friday Me and my dad rode around the right hand side of the playa, which is the older more traditional part of burning man. This area included everything from 2:00 to 5:30. There was a Thunderdome, which is actually used as a Thunderdome, the Death Guild, The Red Nose Lounge, The Teeter Totter of Death, among other things, most of which Zach explored quite thoroughly. It was on this day that my Dad's friend Jeff AKA big fuck up showed up. He was completely Unprepared and left the next day before the Man even burned. That night I rode out to Snowflake Camp with Zach to view the Rocky Horror Picture Show which was playing. However we left before it started because it was getting very cold and Zach was bored.

Saturday was the day the man Burned and we pretty much stayed inside all that day due to a fucking SIX HOUR DUST STORM. I seriously thought I died and went to hell because it was so quiet and you couldn't see more than five feet in front of you. It was during this dust storm that Jeff left. Zach and my Dad were somewhere out by the Temple during the storm. When they got back we took down the dome and went to the Man to watch it burn.

After it burned down we left. At like midnight. And spent like 3 hours sleeping in front of a Holiday Inn Because all the hotels were fucking full. And now we are all back. I think Zach got a lot out of it, and my dad had a lot of fun too. I had a great time despite the fact that there's dust in every single place on my body.

Next year though I definitely want to bring more people. And possibly a motorhome because theres no showers there. So yeah I basically had to where dusty dirty clothes for four days.


Anywho I'll post a link to the pictures from this year and last year as well as some other pictures of stuff:

http://www.bazzoozzab.com/iWeb/www.bazzoozzab.com/The%20Dome.html

Yeah I those are my dads pics.

Ok so it was a really long drive there, it was up north of Reno, Nevada and so it took us about 12 hours to get there so it was 3 in the afternoon when we finally did get there. We were greeted at the gate by naked people who make all the "virgins" ring a bell. Then we drove in to the actual burning man area which is called Black Rock City and is located on a dried up lake bed called a playa. We picked out our spot on 6:15 and Jeep.

Now I'm going to describe to the best of my ability how burning man is laid out. The entirety of Black Rock City is a large circle. Imagine this circle as a clock face and in the center is The Man. The camping area is located from 2:00 to 10:00 and is roughly crescent in shape which leaves a large area open for the various art installations, and art cars. The streets that intersect the different "times" on the clock are named after cars from A to J, A being the first street and J being the last street and thus on the outside of the "clock". In addition there is another street that is before A called Esplanade which is basically like a storefront street so to speak. In addition there is a center camp towards the middle of the crescent and a couple plaza's located throughout the rest of the camping area. I'll probably post a picture of the map later on to better show you.

Anywho so we were at 6:15 and Jeep so we were like in the back and almost directly parallel to the man. So we got to our campsite and my dad unloaded the dome materials while me and Zach rode around on our bikes and checked out The Man as well as a few of the art installations which included dildos set up on lights so they glowed at night and a bed with a metal board containing designs hanging over it so you could draw a tattoo on someone using the shadows of the design. After we rode around a bit we set up the dome, which took a very long time. Then we just chilled in the dome till nighttime at which point we rode out to the Temple.

The Temple is located at 12:00 so its directly past the man. The Temple is a place where you can leave ashes or items of deceased loved ones or draw messages on it (which you could pretty much draw on anything and everything at burning man including people). I wrote two messages on it.

I Love you Kira - Vincent

and

RIP Max Harvey

My dad left some of the ashes of our dogs there. They burn the temple tonight so obviously I wont get to see it burn. After we got done at the temple we rode across the playa towards two huge dome structures. On the way there we saw a giant glowing Hummer. Oh, at this point I should probably explain that everything you see during the day is completely different at night, everything lights up, including people. We made it to the domes which were a disco/dance floor and a bed chamber respectively. The domes were located around 9:00 ish on the playa and after we saw those we rode back towards camp along esplanade. Once we got back we broke out the sleeping bags except for Zach who was out all night drinking and partying.

To be continued…

And I have a lot to say lol

but first i must rest.

by The Talking Heads

WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOIN'
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KNOWIN'
BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN
AND WE'RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN
GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
CHORUS
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right, baby, it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby, it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby, it's all right
We're on a road to nowhere




good song by a good band.

Tuesday I believe is the day we leave for burning man.

It's gonna be kicking rad. It's gonna be boss.

It's gonna be weird.

But it'll be fun.

And I can't wait.

ARE EATING MY TOMATOES!


FUCKERS!


Its those big green ones with the spikes on their ass. Yeah, we killed a bunch of them. Were keeping a few. Gonna fatten em up into butterflies.

Im not gonna. Even if I were able to vote in this years election (i barely miss the cutoff) I'm not gonna vote. In my opinion Obama is the lesser of two evils but even if I could vote I wouldn't.

I also think it's incredibly retarded to call Obama a terrorist. If you believe any of the propaganda that both parties force feed you then you're retarded. The only good thing I could possibly see coming from the Democrats is socialized health care and a possible end to this greed driven war.

Yep…thats my opinion on that.

And here's the Republican's opinion:

where I fought a giant white robot. It had four legs and a head. It reminded me of the tripods from war of the worlds.


Then I fought a smaller version of it.


I think ive been watching too much Eureka.

If I could bring one person back to life right now…it would be Heath Ledger. The only person who could even conceivably come close to replacing him is Mark Hamill, the voice of the Joker in the animated series, and even then it wouldn't be the same as Heath's performance. He is the embodiment of anarchy, chaos, and pure comedy.

The guy who played Batman did a great job too. He really fleshed him out, made him more human.

Gary Oldman also pulled out all the stops with Commissioner Gordon.



Probably the best movie I've seen this year.

I totally had a dream about metal gear solid last night. I wish i remembered it better though…


Anyway…i worked with my dad today so I can make some extra cashola.

Unfortunately it was grueling work. My back is in a bit of pain, and my hands are covered in blisters.

Im supposed to work friday and saturday too…but im thinking of taking saturday off because I want to hang out with Kira.



Oh…and i have to go to my other work soon.

Is playing at the Mann 8 on july 10th and i am sooooo seeing it.

So i saw two movies today.

The Happening, which was OK…


and…Metal Gear Solid 4.




Yes, Metal Gear Solid 4 is not a movie right? It's a video game…………a video game with over five hours of cutscenes……and i watched every single one. It was epic. Except for the part where snake walks through a hallway filled with microwave emitters…because im pretty sure that anyone (no matter how awesome) would be cooked like a hotdog.


I wish I had a PS3 just so i could play MGS4 ;_;

So i talked to my dad about transferring to Dana next year and he said if i found out the procedure on transfers then I can. I doubt that he will let me, but that he's possibly considering it is at least comforting.


I'm tired of the teachers at my school, it seems every year they get worse and worse. Maybe i'm just getting lazier, but honestly I think that they just don't instill the will to learn in me like they used to. I will miss my friends if I do transfer, though I mostly only hang out with them outside of school anyway. I know a few people at Dana, and they are all people I respect and am fairly good friends with. Plus Kira goes there and I'd be able to spend more time with her.

I still have doubts though…it is somewhat far, but we will probably be moving this year to a house somewhat closer. Even on my motorcycle I'd have to pay more for gas. However…

…My dad is planning on possibly buying a car with a diesel engine. You may be saying, "well diesel costs more right now." True……but……vegetable oil costs absolutely nothing, and diesel engines can run on vegetable oil without any significant change to the engine. This means that every time you run out of gas all you have to do is roll up to your friendly neighborhood restaurant and ask for their vegetable oil which they normally have to pay to throw away. PLUS it burns more cleanly than gasoline, is renewable, emits a smell somewhat similar to french fries instead of LA smell, no smog is emitted at all, and it is more fuel efficient.


So depending on a number of factors, I may or may not go to Dana next year.