~*...canada day cherry biatch...*~

randnorm monday event in black rock city 2005 crawl of the dead: night of the living zombie bastards
7:00pm
when there's no room left in hell, the dead will walk the playa. rise ye dead bastards and join us for a bloody mary followed by bloody rampage. hosted by: quixote's cabaret club & bar in avalaon synapse station @ 7:30 and catharsis

photo by jon ross

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senza la musica la vita sarrebbe uno sbaglio - frederik neitzche (translated in italian)

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goddesses allie and blythe

normdate 7.3.6

last night my friend greg and his partner demi were in town for a weekend of canada day celebrations. i dropped by their hotel room and began my day after canada celebrations in style.



the last time i saw greg and demi was in nelson. we shred the shit out of whitewater together. now it was time to celebrate in the big smoke together.



we headed over neil and devi's place for a rooftop party where i continued my evening of debauchery with copious amounts of alcohol. i didn't really pull out my camera in my drunken state, so no real pikchaz. but the party sure was fun! the best people on the best rooftop patio. thanks neil and devi.



i woke up today in devi's bed hung over. man, i don't even remember passing out. i do remember offering people booze that didn't belong to me. actually, that's how i offered it. "hey, do you want some booze that doesn't belong to me?" if you leave a bottle by the hors d'ourves its fair game ;)

i hooked up with john and sue and went down to cherry beach for the holiday canada day monday celebrations. i know i say cherry beach is the best party, but the canada day edition is the best of the best. there were over 350 people there dancing and celebrating together. there was a samba squad providing live percussion, and the best people to dance with. its a pleasant reminder how fukkin awesome this country is, and this city is. thank you dave and irving for organizing this weekly event.









happy birthday baby g!


babies!



fairy dust!


samba alegua





jelo!


the evening ended off with the explosion of fireworks! i'm sure gonna miss cherry beach sundays.

happy canada day weekend.

~*...normaste...*~

~*...happy birthday canada...*~

randnorm saturday event in black rock city 2005

iggs's maximum selecta
10:00pm-7:00am
our post-burn best of the best uberparty: our top djs from igs and beyond return to wreck your minds and jack your bodies. look for the gigantic wall of leds visible almost anywhere on the inner playa. hosted by: igs village/balanced minds/kamp krotos @ esplanade and 9:30

normurai at igs village - pik taken by olivia

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those who hear not the music think the dancers mad - unknown

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normdate 7.1.6

seems like british columbia is the place to be according to all of the ads in the subway stations



last night was graham's going away party at brennan and bev's place. graham is leaving for edmonton tomorrow to live and work. seems like the west is calling a lot of us.


so many markham peeps were there last night. i'm not sure what it is about our markham krew, but it seems like the friendships we began there continue into our adulthood, and its not just us. there is something about our markham connektion that lasts.





i trekked through dundas square on my way to the subway and stumbled across the chinese canadian celebrations. they sure do love canada. i sure love canada.





my canada day celebrations each year normally bring me to the tribe bbq on the toronto islands. free beats on the island with a community i've been interacting with online for over 7 years.









but not this year. this year i was going to spend time with friends i've loved for longer, friends that i hold close to my heart. my friend dan from high school (yes, another markham boy) had just bought a new home in bolton and more importantly had just received his canadian citizenship. yup, after 20years here, he finally decided to make it legal! so graham and i headed up to bolton to celebrate with dan and his family.



congratulations dan on the new home and the citizenship. now you can do more than just bitch about the gov't, you can vote!

it was also good to see dan's family. his daughter is 7, his son is almost 3, and seeing his mom and his sisters was awesome. even his grandmother was visiting from baltimore! i haven't seen them in forever. and yes, good looks run in the family.







i said my goodbyes to graham and headed back into the city.

graham, you are one of my closest friends. i'll miss you brother, and i can't wait to link up with you in alberta.



i hooked up with michelle and hippie graeme in toronto and we headed to 99 sudbury for a little house music provided by mischief and frankie. there weren't too many people there, but we had a good time none the less. yes propah house music!



yes hawt dreadlocks!



yes toronto!

~*...normaste...*~

~*...burner birthday...*~

randnorm thursday event in black rock city 2005

arts and crafts at panty camp
3:00pm-5:00pm
learn how to make panty purses, water bottle holders, sports bras, and other panty fashions. we have panties and craft supplies. bring your own pair for a good fit. stay for the panty fashion show. hosted by: panty camp @ 3:00 plaza and 2:00

randnorm mind grenade 'tis better to have lobsters on your piano whatn crabs on your organ - some funny guy

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normdate 6.29.6

my day began helping my friend bobby and dana move out of their place. dana secured herself a teaching position at the university of texas, el paso. they leave in two weeks once dana's visa comes through. congrats dana, i'm so happy for you. i'm gonna miss you guys.



look, a blind cat!


we moved bobby and dana's stuff into a storage unit, then i headed to kensington market to celebrate my friend dani's birthday. i made a stop at kensington park first where i came across the most random musical instrument.



a bass guitar made out of a light post! who thinks of that?



what a perfekt way to start off a night with burners. random creativity, random musical instruments made out of unusual things. i love this city.



it was a toronto burner drink night, and seriously, burners know how to party...and drink.



happy birthday dani!



christina showed up for some libations and celebrations.



and we did it up roight!



there was only one guy working the bar that night, and there were a lot of us there. so many that we took over not only the patio, but the area around the patio and overflowed to the street. i can't count how many times the bartender had to ask us to keep drinkin on the premises and not on the street. hell, at burning man you can drink anywhere, and that's the mentality of burners. drink anywhere, and for free!













i kan't wait to be on the playa with these people, celebratin without fear.



christina drove me back to my sister's place, but on the way there the topic of conversation turned to the hangover you get from eating chicken mcnuggets at mcdonalds. of course that spawned mcdonalds munchies, so we headed to the 24hr drive through by my sister's place only to find out that their computer system is hosed and they couldn't take orders. so we headed to the nearest open mcdonalds at pape and cosburn. on our way there, i had to make a pee stop...and we stopped by the wierdest little shop i've seen a long while.



a russian children's clothing shop



with wierd mannequins in the window...creepy ones.



we finally made it to mcdonalds and bought 20 mcnuggets.



its been over 7 months since i ate mcdonalds, and i must say...daam it tasted good. and yes, the mcnugget hangover set in. christina dropped me off at my sister's place and i passed out from my mcdonalds/booze/moving drunk.

happy birthday dani!

more pix in my archive here

~*...normaste...*~