Viking Funeral

In case this message missed anybody...

It is with great sorrow that we say goodbye to our dear friend, Hans Anderson; but we will take just as much joy in celebrating his life.

On December 12, 2009, please join us at Headless Point, San Francisco, to give Hans a proper Viking Funeral and send him off to join Odin in Valhalla.

We will begin an hour before sunset. There will be a boat burn on the beach behind Headless. Then we will gather indoors for a feast and to tell stories of Hans and share our memories.

We will have a slideshow in his honor. If you have photos to contribute, you may post them here: www.flickr.com/groups/1320331@N22/pool/

Please bring food or drink to contribute.

Please also bring something to put on the pyre.

Wear your burner finery or whatever inspires you to celebrate this man.

This event is welcome to anyone who knew and loved Hans Anderson, and anyone who knows and loves anyone who knew and loved Hans. Please forward appropriately.

When: Dec 12, 2009 4-9pm
Where: Headless Point, 710 Innes, San Francisco, CA

THIS IS A LEAVE NO TRACE EVENT.

Volunteers for clean up are needed.

Is This Thing On?

This is the first time I've logged into Tribe since March. Are people still active here? I remember when I was on tribe a jillion times a day, every day.

Twitter me @NetDiva or facebook me.

Love,

Diva

BaconCamp on Sat!

How do you plan to spend your Saturday?

* Recover from a hangover
* Catch up on chores
* Hitting refresh on your twitter page
* None of the above
* Go to Bacon Camp!

If you answered anything but E, I’m seriously disappointed with you! digestthis.wordpress.com/2009/...-camp/

BaconCamp SF09

Who? You! and me and everyone else we know
What? The Bacon Event of the Decade
When? Sat Mar 21, 1-4pm
Where? 500 3rd St, Ste 510, San Francisco

What Else?
In the spirit of barcamp, we are organizing the first bay area BaconCamp. Born from the desire to share in all things bacon, we bring you this community-driven baco-celebraion, and encourage your participation!

Over 25 baco-tastic dishes are scheduled to be presented. Check out what’s planned: baconcamp.pbwiki.com/Bringing-a-Dish.

Do you have a bacony bit of culinary accomplishment which you think the public must taste? BaconCamp is still accepting entries and the prize is one of these coveted trophies which, if won, ensure you undisputed baco-bragging rights. Just go to the wiki and enter your dish!

BaconCamp is free, but participants are encouraged to purchase tickets baconcampsf.eventbrite.com/ to raise funds for the American Heart Association.

Don’t cook, but love bacon? Techniques, poems, interpretive dance and any other baco-inspired expression is welcome! There will be Bacon Slam Poetry featuring your best baco-tweets, “One Hour in Bacon” and even Bacon Math Art.

Participate! Volunteers are needed to help run the event from 11am - 5pm. Sign up at baconcamp.org/SFBayArea_notes_03_21 with your name, email and available timeframe.

This is the event that even vegetarians can’t afford to miss!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I’m a judge!

With Love and Pork Fat!

Diva (Amy)
Bacon Fetishist and Mother of Bacon Man

P.S.
Feel free to re-post, cross-post and circulate as you will!

Help Hollis Get Home

If you know Hollis Hawthorne and are reading this now for the first time, I am so sorry.

My friend Hollis was in a motorcycle accident in India this past week. She has suffered extreme brain stem injury and is in a coma. Stanford Medical Center has accepted her but the problem now is getting her home. Costs for med-vac-ing her home are about $150K. Her friends, family and burners are doing all that we can.

Details can be found at www.friendsofhollis.blogspot.com/ and helpholligethome.blogspot.com/ --Even if you only have an extra $10, please consider helping out. If you have a lot more, then, that would be wonderful. If you know a pilot with a plane that can handle this, please contact a family member, immediately. You can find contact info on either of those blogs.


(Pictured above, Hollis and I on the back of the Lunch's "art sleigh," Christmas 2006. Hollis is on the left. This is a great memory for me but not so wonderful as Hollis "floating" across the playa doing cartwheels for me at dawn, JuPlaya '06.)

Playanxiety

playanxiety - n - anxiety or stress leading up to arrival on playa. can include packing, art projects, car repairs and projects.

usage: This year, I plan to reduce playanxiety by packing light and not working on projects.

Physical Therapy & Stuff

Well, I started physical therapy today. They said that "I have my work cut out for me." Ugh. I wore heels to work today anyway.

In other news, lunch with Ronnie & Baby James was fantastic. He's such an adorable giggly little thing.

FREE sign making or burning man materials....

I have a stack of large banners that have printing on one side and are blank on the other, which used to be graphics for a 100"x100" trade show booth. They're heavy-duty flexible plastic, almost like vinyl, some are matt board, some are more like fiberglass; all are flexible and durable--varying sizes. A couple have slightly worn edges but most pieces are almost new.

They seem like they'd be great materials for making signs or for a burning man camp as the material is durable and easy to paint over.

They're in SOMA and you'll need to come get'm.

Email netdiva@gmail.com if you want them.

FREEDOM!

The doctor officially freed me of my knee brace this morning and I have an (almost) normal looking knee. I can't walk normally yet and man it feels strange. But hurray!

My goals are to be driving again by mid-weekend and to be able to wear low (<3") heels by Monday. However, I'm not going to push it so if I don't feel ready, I'll just have to procrastinate those achievements.

Hip Hip Hurray for my realigned patella!

BEST MUSIC VIDEO **EVAR**

Barbarian Gorbachov Slays Zombie Stalins to Save Busty Hard Working Russian Babes - in the end it rains Coke & Twinkies!

www.iheartchaos.com/2008/07/...rt-music/

Laid Up

I'm really going stir crazy. The good news is that my knee seems to have made huge progress since the weekend. The bruising is almost gone and the swelling is WAY down. Last week, it looked like a basketball. This weekend, like a large grape fruit. Today, it's more like a softball. So yeah, I guess we're making progress.

I see the doctor in the morning at 8:15. I hope to actually make it into the office afterwards.

Steve rented a wheelchair so that we could go to museums over the weekend. We didn't make it due to Juicy's 3-day-long birthday party. However, we are going to use it tomorrow to go to Fire Arts! So watch out burners! That's where you'll find ME!