One Item for BM a Day (2010-2012)

[lazerfox]

Finished the damn pants.


And various other items such as: sewed lights to my fur/suede coat, sewed lights on my butterfly wings, sewed a caveman loincloth skirt thing for the damn pants (Oh CFM mentioned our sewing pity party it was grand...), attached EL-wire to my Identification disc, dropped off monkeyhut with awesome burners taking it with them to the playa, packed both my suitcases, got said suitcases closed (HA!!), are we there yet??

[melodiousdirge]

Thanks for the reply, was looking at the Kodak Playsport zx5, found it at a great price £98.00 but too late to get it delivered, so I may look when I arrive in the US.

I hear tell that you can have things shipped to a UPS store, so if you buy something online you can probably have it UPS'd to a store near where you are landing. There is also a service called "kinek" (www.kinek.com) that will broker packages for you. I'm having mine shipped to a small, private broker in washington where I can pick it up on my way down (also too late for me to have it shipped to me directly).

[melodiousdirge]

Weird, it looks like my post never got posted... yesterday I built my 12v power setup. I'm just going outside now to hook it up to the solar panel and make sure it all works.

[AntiM]

Nice! Very fancy. We basically have a battery in a milk crate with the inverter alligator clipped to it.

[Fufa]

Tent: mesh sewn over, and ready to be packed with other shelter supplies
Dreadlocks: near/at completion, maybe will do a couple more in my spare time
Bike: Fun fur and ribbon completely attached, EL wire completely attached, spoke lights attached but still need to be zip-tied in place for extra security
Packing: Starting boxing up toiletries, goggles, blinkies, and random camp stuff. Clothing immediately gets thrown in a duffle bag throughout the day whenever I see something I want to take with me.
Buying: most random things I need have been purchased, except I now need more masks cause the bag of 10 new ones left over from last year disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle that is our house.

It was a busy weekend.

[melodiousdirge]

Nice! Very fancy. We basically have a battery in a milk crate with the inverter alligator clipped to it.

Hah! well that's about where I started. You can tell if you look closely :p

[melodiousdirge]

Today I tore down the dome and bundled up all the struts and so on. There is now a weird crop circle in my "lawn".

[Raymaker]

Thanks for the reply, was looking at the Kodak Playsport zx5, found it at a great price £98.00 but too late to get it delivered, so I may look when I arrive in the US.

I hear tell that you can have things shipped to a UPS store, so if you buy something online you can probably have it UPS'd to a store near where you are landing. There is also a service called "kinek" (http://www.kinek.com) that will broker packages for you. I'm having mine shipped to a small, private broker in washington where I can pick it up on my way down (also too late for me to have it shipped to me directly).

I got my US girlfriend to check the US Amazon website for me, found one for $102 and time for it to be delivered to her. That's £30 cheaper than i can buy in the UK, nearly £90 cheaper if i bought from a store here in London. Yay!

[Drawingablank]

A monsoon prevented the test loading of the car. Hours of torrential rain blowing horizontally the length of the 20' costco carport we have over our patio.

Finished sorting clothes / costumes into vacum bags separated by drive to / on playa / drive home. Can't believe how much space 16 days worth of clothes for 3 people takes up, but with the vacum bags I hope to fit them all into the large cooler for the ride.

Sorted out our tent and sleeping bags. Packed the solar lights and put a strip of paper on the battery terminal with a full charge so they will be ready to go on arrival. Put fresh batteries in all the bicycle lights. Tested our personal headlamps and hydration bladders.

Looking at the weather forcast it looks like I may not even get to wear that playa coat I slaved over the sewing machine making, although I am bringing it just in case. 50 - 60 degree low temps is barely even long sleeve shirt weather.

[yurtgirl]

FINALLY get to assemble the monkey hut after days of delay on getting all the parts. My hitch gets installed today. BTW Uhaul is squirrelly. After getting 2 emails with the online confirmation in 2 different locations, spending 15 mins on the phone the other day to change it, they still didn't have a reservation for me today. I sure don't need stressors lime this at these last few minutes. Grrrrrr.

[C.f.M.]

Hey! I'm packed! IT ALL FITS!!

...they will never let me try to check this stuffed turkey deadweight of a suitcase.

Remove stuff. A white sundress on the playa? I guess I don't need it. Guess I'll have to wear the boots and be warm. So, I got it to a manageable size. I think next year I might as well check a bag (though hopefully I will be in San Francisco and not flying).

Cleaned the kitchen and bathroom spic and span, tonight = all the trash out, fresh litter box, piddling about tidying for a nice home to come back to. Hopefully going to the library to torrent some stuff to watch on the journey. Good thing I'm used to sitting still for long hours at a time, watching movies. (really boring awful job)

Today I am doing some handsewing at work - my very last sewing project was going AMAZING, better than I could have asked for or thought of....until the very last part.

Making a list via my blog comments of where people are, to visit.

Paying bills - don't forget to take care of bills!!

[Minxy]

I bought a bottle of yummy looking hard cider when I was home in OR for those non-beer drinking folks. Going to bring it to the MnG.

[C.f.M.]

I bought a bottle of yummy looking hard cider when I was home in OR for those non-beer drinking folks. Going to bring it to the MnG.

DIBS!!! ha ha ha!

[Minxy]

I bought a bottle of yummy looking hard cider when I was home in OR for those non-beer drinking folks. Going to bring it to the MnG.

DIBS!!! ha ha ha!

*grin* It was you I had in mind when I bought it!

[C.f.M.]

Good god, I am going to be getting drunk at the MnG with all the mead and gin and homemade tonic.

[Minxy]

Muahahahaha!

[lazerfox]

Good god, I am going to be getting drunk at the MnG with all the mead and gin and homemade tonic.

Getting drunk with friends...Isn't that the point?

[Minxy]

Word.

[DustHand]

Had a dream I got to Gate and had put my ticket in a different bag, which I did not have with me.

Ok..it was a nightmare, not a dream.

[MisaBlue]

Got today:

- two litres of homemade Moravian Slivovice
- special present arrived
- leather strings for pendants
- some work done, some still wait

- and i just realized i didnt exchange money...fuck, just gotta run downtown...i will have like 4 hours to pack all that stuff


weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[jella]

Got today:

- two litres of homemade Moravian Slivovice
- special present arrived
- leather strings for pendants
- some work done, some still wait

- and i just realized i didnt exchange money...fuck, just gotta run downtown...i will have like 4 hours to pack all that stuff


weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Three Cheers to running out of time to obsess and prepare and just getting to leave for TTITD !!

[ohCarie]

Jella: DITTO! Lets just do this already.

[Savannah]

Another pair of sunglasses, and extra socks.

[Sic Pup]

As long as I can get my clothes in the one tub that has the ajar mismatched cover, and I can get food/drinks/water and an overnight bag in the front seat area, ,a little hole in the back, another behind the driver's seat and another on the side I should be good to go. The bungees/lock/chain are on the passenger door and the bike rack on the rear passenger side, they'll go on the back in Reno.

[graidawg]

This is absolutely th last time i pack my bag. I have everything. No i am not bringing mead or port or anything thats not in the bag already. there is space in my camel back which will be my carry on and on my head for a hat. otherwise its packed and done.
is it time to go yet?
oh maybe i can squeeze that in .. NO STEP AWAY FROM THE BAG MR. JUST WALK AWAY.

[MyDearFriend]

Sic Pup that is an awesome packing job.

Grai, I think you should take everything out and put it back in.

[C.f.M.]

My absolute, best, sisterly friend, who...well, helps me want to live that I met at my first burn has officially had her ticket lost by the U.S. Postal Service. She's got everything (ride, camp, hotel, etc.) except a ticket - she's a veteran burner of years who does huge food camps (Intergalactic House of Pancakes) but this was to be her first Burning Man. If you've looked at any of my FB pics (if we're friends) you've seen her. The tall one I do...well, everything with!

So, if anybody hears of anything...

[graidawg]

Sic Pup that is an awesome packing job.

Grai, I think you should take everything out and put it back in.

is that youre advice as my personal nurse?

My absolute, best, sisterly friend, who...well, helps me want to live that I met at my first burn has officially had her ticket lost by the U.S. Postal Service. She's got everything (ride, camp, hotel, etc.) except a ticket - she's a veteran burner of years who does huge food camps (Intergalactic House of Pancakes) but this was to be her first Burning Man. If you've looked at any of my FB pics (if we're friends) you've seen her. The tall one I do...well, everything with!

So, if anybody hears of anything...

thats shit CFM really shit, at this late stage too, I hope she gets something sorted

[lazerfox]

My absolute, best, sisterly friend, who...well, helps me want to live that I met at my first burn has officially had her ticket lost by the U.S. Postal Service. She's got everything (ride, camp, hotel, etc.) except a ticket - she's a veteran burner of years who does huge food camps (Intergalactic House of Pancakes) but this was to be her first Burning Man. If you've looked at any of my FB pics (if we're friends) you've seen her. The tall one I do...well, everything with!

So, if anybody hears of anything...

Any chance it was insured at least?

[theCryptofishist]

Conducted business with the DMV.
Bought 18 pieces of plexiglass, two I had mismeasured, and one I didn't measure at all.
Bought pants, but that's incidental.

I"m slacking...

Nice! Very fancy. We basically have a battery in a milk crate with the inverter alligator clipped to it.

Hah! well that's about where I started. You can tell if you look closely :p

Just remember, when the alligator gets too big, you can flush it down the sewer and it will grow gigantic on rats and in 30 years terrorize the city.