ZOMG!

Wildfire was a bit good wasn't it?

I really enjoyed spinning fire lots, either running around (and sometimes doing situps) with contact staff like a loon, pretending to do french poi, or just doing whatever with double staffs.

I had great chats with Aileen and Chris and Baz and Myron and Ewok and Charlie and Sticky and Dale and Tory and Steven and many other people, including some parents. It was so nice that everyone was friendly and welcoming. It's not often you go somewhere where almost everyone is happy to see you.

The workshops were a lot of fun, Chad and Baz taking the brunt of the comedy in two of them. The other three being more mellow and focused. I particularly enjoyed what everyone came up with in the Partner Doubles class. That was a pretty amazing class for creativity.

If anyone has any feedback on any of the wrokshops, let me know or message me or something. It can be anything, seeing how it is from a students perspective is very useful, even if negative postive or neutral. And I'll hopefully get the notes for the monday missed class up on the web so at least I don't feel so bad about it.

The meals! They were amazing, breakfast lunch and dinner, equally mindblowing. Cooking for 300 people can't be easy, and certainly can't be easy to make them that good. On one day, I only ate breakfast and didn't feel hungry for the rest of the day. Some might say that's because I ate too much, but I like to think it was because breakfast was so good. (Not that lunch and dinner didn't look amazing, but damn that's a LOT of food for a wee scottish lass)

Thanks to everyone who organised and cleared up. I enjoyed hammering nails and destroying racks but I know there was a ton more that went on in prep and clean up and that's a grinding tiring job at the end there. But the pizza after wildfire was a great dinner and conversational experience. I'm glad I got to be part of it, I guess if you have to slog thru clean up, that's the best reward for it.

Thanks to Steven for driving me there. I should have given you some money towards gas and tolls but I forgot due to jetlag on that day, and whenever I subsequently remembered, I didn't see you. It was nice to meet a good few wildfire first timers. Made me feel a bit less of a noob.

And damn are those dog tags AWESOME. That idea is the best idea ever!. GOTTA COLLECT THEM ALL! Yeah!

Hopefully we'll get the Meg and Chad show goin' on next year. I really enjoyed the performances, even with all the drops, restarts and going excessively over time in my club act. Oh well.

Brad and his lights! Jesus christ!

I also loved hideki's taking requests and then trying to figure out which spinner on the field had requested the song... And some of Baz's mash up's made me wish I had permanently pre dipped toys...

The cabin was good times, even if very hot, I didn't complain too much about that thou. And the surrounding enviroment of wildfire was worth the ticket price alone! Next time I'm bringing an oar so I can get in those sea kayaks (I don't know why they need them but they have sea kayaks) and paddle about like a frantic chipmunk.

Good times.

See y'all again I hope!

meg