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For those I’ve tried to convince of the awesomeness of PEX parties… If you want a sample of what you’ll find there, check out some amazing videos that Hedy and Eric have created — they are great people and very talented as well! Heartburn is this Saturday, Feb 16th, invite only, $20 at the door with costume ($50 without).
Right now I have 5 extra invites, and only a few “maybes” of people thinking of coming. Come let me pour alcohol down your throat at the ice luge!!! Holler if you want to claim an invite.
Yesterday was an interesting day, with quite the extremes….
First, I got dressed up in my new corset from Alter Ego on ebay (bought it for Heartburn). My more traditional faire outfit/skirt wasn’t clean, so I just went with modern – a black knee length skirt and tall black boots. I went down to Wicked Faire, where I caught up with an old friend, and did a bit of shopping. (Some practical and fun things for fire spinning, and some fun things from the adult only room ;o)
Next I was meeting up with friends to celebrate Meesh’s and her friend’s birthday. I figured I’d show off my corset to her as part of her present hehe. It’s been a LONG time since I walked into a Fuddruckers, and I did not expect quite so many ankle biters (kids) running around. I closed my sweater and coat while walking back to their table, but still got some interesting looks I’m sure. Showed off my purchases, and gave Meesh her gift. Then we were out of there (after I did a quick change into t-shirt and jeans in the bathroom) and went to the FunPlex.
I grew up in this area, and often went bowling or to the movies across the street, but never made it in the FunPlex. Let me tell you, I had a blast. I haven’t laughed that hard without alcohol in a LONG time — we went go-karting, bumper cars, laser tag, pinball, and dance dance revolution (I actually had never played it… I was scarred emotionally from doing henna at a gaming convention where I was across from that game and heard it non-stop for two days in a row… but it WAS fun!)
Ended up back at Minerva’s for some adult beverages, drinking out of my penis sippy cup ;o) from the faire. Quite the contrast, going from R to PG and then back again… but I had a blast, and I’m so happy that Meesh and Janay decided to do this for their birthday celebration!! Happy Birthday gals!!!
Please, I’d love to hear peoples’ thoughts on this. Especially people who do NOT attend Burning Man or regional events.
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What do you think of when you hear “The American Dream”? What does that mean to you?
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This is the theme chosen for Burning Man this year, which is a counter-culture festival. Whatever you know or don’t know about BM, how do you think this theme fits the event?
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After you answer the first two, please read this description of the theme and it’s meaning for the event. Does this change your viewpoint of the theme and how it fits the event?
It’s a very controversial theme this year, even more so than the Green Man (environmental) theme last year. The fire conclave group I joined asked our opinions about it, and I was curious what outsiders thought. Please if you have a moment, share your opinion!! Thanks!
Cross posted from Myspace:
OK so sometimes I promise I’m going to tell people about events and then forget who I promised… heehee…. Here are some big events coming up that I’ll be doing, if you have any interests in joining then you can contact me.
Feb 8-10 – Wicked Faire in Edison NJ wickedfaire.com although the site is wonky lately. I used to do henna there. I’m not working there this year. I’ll be attending (probably Saturday afternoon only) to do some shopping cause I like some of the vendors.
Feb 16 – PEX “Heartburn” – party in Philly. This Philly Burning Man camp puts on a kick ass party, all kinds of music, performances, fire dancers…. Invite only, I MAY have some spares or be able to get you some quickly so let me know if you are interested. goes from 10 pm (I get there earlier to help set up and will be volunteering on the ice luge 10-11) until after dawn. It’s $20 with costume, $50 without. So dress your ass up!!!! (Anything fun and obviously not street clothes/jeans is prob. fine) Sign up on their mailing list if you want to hear about future parties (I think it’s about 3-4 a year?)
May 23-26 – PDF (Playa del fuego) in Delaware. Our regional “burn” event – tickets will go on sale March 22 and April 2 and may sell out almost immediately. I’ll try to grab ones for you if you know you are going.
June – most likely either June 6-8 or 13-15 – Wildfire – fire arts weekend with classes on poi, staff, hoop, breathing, etc. Location not final, probably 45 minutes south of Boston. Ticket sale date not announced yet.
August 25 – Sept 1 – BURNING MAN! I’ll hopefully be performing in the philadelphia fire conclave the night of the big burn! (the conclave needs to be accepted but it shouldn’t be an issue) Tickets on sale now, and will only go up in price. they MAY sell out, and they will NOT be selling any at the gate regardless of whether they sell out.
I don’t have many other things planned. After Burning Man, there’s Fall PDF, and maybe, MAYBE fall wildfire.
The veggie board retreat, I may or may not be able to go, depending on whether it’s driving distance and whether I have enough vacation time. Same for any paloozas (for those who don’t know, it’s a nickname for parties with friends from a private message board) — Lhia’s is for sure, anything in NJ/NY/CT most likely.
From the end of February until mid August, I’ll be driving to Philly most Sundays for conclave practice. (So – those in or near that route, if you ever want to do lunch or something let me know! I have to be in North Philly from 4-6 pm those days.)
Money probably will get tight for all these things, but the more pressing issue is time. Vacation time. We’ll see what happens. Spring PDF, Wildfire, and Burning Man are definitely going to happen, one way or another.
OK yeah, now that I’m set up to be able to use my phone as well, and to have it show up here, I can see myself getting addicted to twitter… so if you twitter, add me please!
I have NOT been able to sleep or wake up this week… it’s extra bad for some reason. Work is work, makes for a boring blog.
Sorry I need to get more coffee. Just not fully here (or anywhere) mentally!
So – what else to do when you are bored at work? (Or, not bored but procrastinating?) Create a new blog ;o)
I’m fairly spread out online, and I’ve blogged in multiple places. Myspace, Tribe, Zaadz (which changed names to Gaia)… But, wordpress is easy and it was a cinch to take a domain (I could have sworn I checked before and it wasn’t available!) and point it to it. So now, when I want to exchange info with someone, my domain for here (www.k8et.com in case you came in through the wordpress back door) is much easier than “are you on Myspace? or Facebook?” and sharing multiple user names. So here I am.
Playing around with some of the toys – I’ve used wordpress for another blog but haven’t explored it’s full capabilities. I now can post a blog post with a photo from my phone, or just send a text to twitter to update the sidebar for that. I may phase out using the other blogs I have, or at times I may use them for friends only or specific target audiences (i.e., Tribe is mostly my Burning Man and fire artist friends).
So bookmark me, rss feed me, slap my ass and call me Sally… Do whatever you want to do. If you want your blog or account listed in my sidebar just holler! For more ways to reach me, click that “About me and where to find me” at the top of the page. Blogwarming gifts much appreciated ;o)
Listening to: BigJawn’s Healing mix
1-26-08 304 rev, originally uploaded by k8et.
Loved this shot from the spin jam the other night at PEX – J-Hoop was hooping around her knees when I took it. Photoshopped to exaggerate the comic book superhero mood of the photo!
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