Freezing Man!
Reposted from Jackrabbit speaks:
FREEZING MAN!! ANTARCTICA'S BURNING MAN REGIONAL EVENT - NOV 21
This? Is way cool (so to speak). Lavendyr writes to tell us about
the upcoming Freezing Man, down yonder in Antarctica. Says she:
"I can hardly believe its happening, but McMurdo Station is actually
going to be hosting the first (un)official regional Burning Man event
to occur on the Antarctic continent ... YAY!! Our event is called
'Freezing Man' - how appropriate!!
Our date is Black Friday, Nov 21st, since the only 2-day weekend of
the entire season will be Thanksgiving weekend. Since this is all
happening in just a month, we're in a dead panic. Because recieving
mail from the US can take up to a month, the planning committee is up
against a wall trying to get anything ordered in time to make it down
here if we want anything from off-continent to add to the festivities.
Anything you guys can think of to share with us to help make it happen
and actually feel like Burning Man would be freaking awesome...
Body paints, blinkies, schwag/gifites, (small, mailable) art, extra
costumes, HULA HOOPS or HOOP MAKING SUPPLIES, photos, love, movies, or
anything else (except Playa dust- NOOOO Playa dust can be introduced
to the continent, unfortunately) you'd like to contribute to help seed
the budding Burner community here, would be a huge gift!! (Actually,
there are a lot of folks here that go to the Burn, but we only got the
word yesterday that our event was approved, so no one was quite
prepared to get it going this fast.)
I promise that all those who contribute anything to 'Freezing Man,
Antarctica' will get some 'cool' schwag mailed back as a thank you ...
just be sure to include your return address with your items!
Also, any IDEAS you have for small-scale stuff we could *do* would
also be welcome...
Mailing addresses you can use are below ... I would recommend
splitting stuff up between the people listed, in case the mail-sorters
in New Zealand decide I'm getting too much stuff for my own good (if
you send it all to me), and hold packages back (silly military...).
Mailing guidelines include:
NO packing peanuts (they're banned from the continent)
NO porn (banned from NZ customs)
NO alcohol (very sad, but true)
NO explosives/fireworks
NO plants, dirt/Playa, produce, animals, rocks
- Packaged/non-perishable food is fine
- Use green or the white customs forms, with general descriptions of
items (i.e. 'clothing', 'decorations', 'light bulb', 'craft supplies',
'toiletries', 'toys', etc.)
- If it's SMALL and HEAVY, use one of the 'Flat Rate Priority Boxes-
Domestic' for the best rate.
The postal rate is whatever it costs to mail something in the US to
San Francisco (not international postage ... so its not outrageously
expensive, just normal domestic postage rates ... but go 'Priority' so
we can get it in time.) Include your return address (inside the box)
if you want your item back!!
Addresses:
Pick ONE of the names below-
Robyn Broyden, RPSC
Scott Gilbert, NANA
Jason Bryenton, RPSC
Cary Marger, RPSC
and use the following address:
McMurdo Station
PSC 469 Box 700
APO AP 96599-1035
To those that take the time and effort to gift us with the energy of
the DPW and our home on the Playa, we are eternally grateful!!
After this event, we can officially say that Burning Man is alive and
well on every continent on Earth!!
Much love from the frigid south,
robyn aka Lavendyr"
. . . . . .
I sent off a package today. I really hope it gets there!
FREEZING MAN!! ANTARCTICA'S BURNING MAN REGIONAL EVENT - NOV 21
This? Is way cool (so to speak). Lavendyr writes to tell us about
the upcoming Freezing Man, down yonder in Antarctica. Says she:
"I can hardly believe its happening, but McMurdo Station is actually
going to be hosting the first (un)official regional Burning Man event
to occur on the Antarctic continent ... YAY!! Our event is called
'Freezing Man' - how appropriate!!
Our date is Black Friday, Nov 21st, since the only 2-day weekend of
the entire season will be Thanksgiving weekend. Since this is all
happening in just a month, we're in a dead panic. Because recieving
mail from the US can take up to a month, the planning committee is up
against a wall trying to get anything ordered in time to make it down
here if we want anything from off-continent to add to the festivities.
Anything you guys can think of to share with us to help make it happen
and actually feel like Burning Man would be freaking awesome...
Body paints, blinkies, schwag/gifites, (small, mailable) art, extra
costumes, HULA HOOPS or HOOP MAKING SUPPLIES, photos, love, movies, or
anything else (except Playa dust- NOOOO Playa dust can be introduced
to the continent, unfortunately) you'd like to contribute to help seed
the budding Burner community here, would be a huge gift!! (Actually,
there are a lot of folks here that go to the Burn, but we only got the
word yesterday that our event was approved, so no one was quite
prepared to get it going this fast.)
I promise that all those who contribute anything to 'Freezing Man,
Antarctica' will get some 'cool' schwag mailed back as a thank you ...
just be sure to include your return address with your items!
Also, any IDEAS you have for small-scale stuff we could *do* would
also be welcome...
Mailing addresses you can use are below ... I would recommend
splitting stuff up between the people listed, in case the mail-sorters
in New Zealand decide I'm getting too much stuff for my own good (if
you send it all to me), and hold packages back (silly military...).
Mailing guidelines include:
NO packing peanuts (they're banned from the continent)
NO porn (banned from NZ customs)
NO alcohol (very sad, but true)
NO explosives/fireworks
NO plants, dirt/Playa, produce, animals, rocks
- Packaged/non-perishable food is fine
- Use green or the white customs forms, with general descriptions of
items (i.e. 'clothing', 'decorations', 'light bulb', 'craft supplies',
'toiletries', 'toys', etc.)
- If it's SMALL and HEAVY, use one of the 'Flat Rate Priority Boxes-
Domestic' for the best rate.
The postal rate is whatever it costs to mail something in the US to
San Francisco (not international postage ... so its not outrageously
expensive, just normal domestic postage rates ... but go 'Priority' so
we can get it in time.) Include your return address (inside the box)
if you want your item back!!
Addresses:
Pick ONE of the names below-
Robyn Broyden, RPSC
Scott Gilbert, NANA
Jason Bryenton, RPSC
Cary Marger, RPSC
and use the following address:
McMurdo Station
PSC 469 Box 700
APO AP 96599-1035
To those that take the time and effort to gift us with the energy of
the DPW and our home on the Playa, we are eternally grateful!!
After this event, we can officially say that Burning Man is alive and
well on every continent on Earth!!
Much love from the frigid south,
robyn aka Lavendyr"
. . . . . .
I sent off a package today. I really hope it gets there!