Halloween 2010

2010-10-30 22.01.38 a photo by PicsofCorman on Flickr.

I threw this together in 10 mins. Went as one of the “Crazy 88’s” from the movie Kill Bill.

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Burning Man 2009

Well guys, Burning Man in the Nevada Desert was really interesting.  It’s really hard to explain.  It’s kind of like DisneyLand compressed into 7 days, but take out most of the rides, as well as all of the commercialism and evilness that IS the Disney Corporation.  Merge what’s left with some sort of Annual Hippy/Alternative Lifestyle 7 day Conference that you would find in California somewhere,, and then mix that with a little bit of Mushroom/Acid Tea, ‘oneness with the universe’ and nudity… add to that the fact that everyone would give the shirt off their back if you needed it and the fact that this event is supported by the State of Nevada.  Then consider the fact that you are among 40,000+ other people and are camped out on a dried up alkali lake bed (Playa) and the fine silt that is in the air is also providing a nice fine sunblock on your skin, while at the same time drying it out at a rapid pace, not to mention making the need to be really clean quite redundant.  Then imagine that DisneyLand sets a 70 foot tall effigy of Mickey Mouse ablaze on the 7th day and burns it to the ground.  The real surprising thing about all of this, is that after one month has passed, you can drive by the same spot and you won’t find a trace, save for a small essence of humanity lingering in the air that most cities around the world wish they could emulate.

 

There are an abundance of magical moments to be had there, whether or not you go there to hook up, or to just meet some interesting people and participate in some interesting things.  I participated in a Tantric Meditation session, which was completely out of my comfort zone, but it has to be the most spiritual thing I have been involved in yet.

 

I was so comfortable and at peace there, that I didn’t even break out my camera until the 6th day.

 

I almost don’t want to post any more pictures and feel the need to just tell people that you ‘simply just have to go there to experience it’….  I could show you a picture of a scorpion car or a huge charter bus that is turned into a 100 passenger, 3 level pirate ship, but the picutres will look boring.  It won’t communicate the feeling of standing up on the third level of this Pirate-Bus-Desert-Ship at night as it wanders across the tent city of 35,000+ people, all of which are lit up like christmas trees.  The huge stereo system makes the entire vehicle shudder constantly, as it sways back and forth almost matching the repetitive beats, creeping across the concrete-like packed sand at 5 MPH, while people freely hop on and off to get a free ride or free drinks at the free mobile dance club to get you to your next destination, if you have one.  If any picture can tell a 1,000 words, then a Burning Man photo needs another 1,000 actual words to answer the first 1,000 words which pop into your head as you look at this strange picture.

 

Popular questions one may ask at Burning Man:

• Is that a scorpion car? 
• Is that scorpion car chasing a  4 foot tall cupcake? 
• Did the driver of the cupcake just say what I think he just said?
• Did the Tantric Meditation lady just say to ‘partner up’?  Uh oh!  (Note to self, sit by a girl, next time.)

Common observations at Burning Man:

• Man, that chick has a hairy bush.
• That guy has a hairy bush.
• Man that chick has hairy arm pits.
• That bong hit wasn’t that bad.
• My heels are cracking from the sand drying out my feet due to 4 days of wearing sandals.

Common observations that SHOULD be made at Burning Man:

• Let’s not take all the empty cans back to Canada that everyone has been using to trash their used roaches in so that we can make an extra $10 worth of cans back in Canada at the bottle depot, only to have the drug dog at the border go nuts while trying to get back into Canada with a plastic bag full of crushed cans that stinks entirely like marijuana.
• I need to only wear sandals once in a while and wear shoes and socks more often… that way my heels won’t crack and take weeks to heal.

Pipeline activity 2008

Well guys, 6 months of headache, paperwork and ‘ego massaging’ with regards to crossing agreements and contractual obligations came to a head when it only took us 10 days to construct our 1.5 kms of pipeline.  Now we only have to work on building a separator and refridge plant.  Lots of work ahead, but it feels good to actually have something in front of me to justify my existence for the past 4 months, besides the big mess of paperwork on my desk and the non-functioning plant equipment.

I really hope my March entry is bragging about how great life is.

Cor.