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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-30

matt — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

Kiko is packed up, 80L alcohol, 180L water, 4 people, 3 black bags fancy dress, a little food, little fuel, 1 wheel falling off, burning man #
Missing person Owen… – uberVU social conversation – http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50 #

Last sleep, last wash, time to go out of this world

matt — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:40:51 +0000

We’re still in San Francisco eating breakfast in a civilized way, breakfast burrito à la Leigh.

Friday night was great, we drank wine an went out in search of jazz. When we were told it would be $5 cover, Erica didn’t lose heart an pleaded that we are poor back packers, and in we went yay. It turned out the guy must have been high because the girls tried thanking him later and he was far from this planet.
The night was great with random guys jamming out, quite chilled and cheap.

Yesterday was spent getting the penultimate pieces for our preparations for burning man, and I am officially sick of shopping, we’ve done more than enough for the year.

So now we are just enjoying our last hour or two of being indoors. Probably reluctant to leave since it is so cold here in San Fran. But it will be warm where we are going.

The car is so bloated that when mcdonalds were having cars towed from their car park on Haight St we couldn’t be towed, cool maybe, but poor car.
We have almost 150L of water, 20L of alcohol, many bin bags of fancy dress, a little food, a van with new brakes, but the front left wheel is on the edge of falling off. We do have a garage in Reno sourcing us a used part, so fingers crossed we make it to the burn and out again. The can is so low on the suspension that it bottoms out entering and leaving car parks.

So a mission is ahead of us and it looks like it’s going to be a time to never be forgotten, I’ve had enough preparation and am ready to go, let’s have fun.

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-29

matt — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

It's like roulette, the wheel is almost fallen off, but will it happen? #

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Hustle hustle hustle

matt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:25:13 +0000

Well I have no idea where I lost got to with you. I guess I gave up a little when I lost my iPhone and started work.

Right now I’m on I5 driving south upwards San Francisco. But for now I’ll let youknow what has been happening;

- well I think we were in Hollywood partying with a rock band at a photographers house, up on mullholland drive, overlooking the city.
We then drove to San Fran to see friends where I net mike and the seed for this trip was sown. We pastries there, and then left for a less hectic drive back to Canada.

- upon arrival in Canada we had to get Kiko, Bex’s camper out of the impound and collect her kiwi friend Leigh.

- then we arrived at the Stirling orchard to begin thinning apple trees. We made money, worked long hours and made good friends.

- we had a nice trip down to Penticton to float down the river. After this the key got snapped off in one car. So with aid of a tow from CAA we got the cars and everybody to Canadian Tire where we slept after partying.
Gnosis where I lost my iPhone. I never cared about that, but it meant losing touch with the net.

- with apple thinning done a few of us took a trip to Nelson to see what the hype was about. Needless today we really enjoyed it.

- back to Kelowna and we started cherry picking. Which started off slow, earning not too much, with horrendous early starts. But we made more good friends, never had time to spend money, so saved. We got better, made better money and our fingers fell apart, with the last week our fingers mummified in duct tape.

- some of us got back in touch with chilling, spirit, cooking, sleeping and had a great time.

- I drift apart in my friendship from
Malcolm. I guess it was both of us.

- I have found myself in a good relationship with Bex.

- we took to cycling around town, and getting back to exercise.

So now Bex, Leigh, Erica and I are in the camper en route to arrive Sunday midnight at burning man.

We had a nice slow drive down this time, not having the time constraint of last time, so we sleep at night. We cook in the van when were hungry. And we stop to shop and swim here and there.

The other day we were in Portland, a place I have heard good things about, and it was a great visit. We got Kiko’s brakes changed. We stocked up for burning man. We met some nice musicians in Washington park. We net a great Texan in a brewery and we left very happy.

This morning we woke in a highway rest area near mount Shasta, to drive 2 miles to lake Shasta to have our first wash which was lush.

So three years since I last went to burning man I’m returning this time as a burner with some grey ladies.

But first we are headed to Napa for a little wine tasting!

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-27

matt — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

Portland city has been great to us, meeting great musicians, dinner in the park, multitude of local brewed beers and a fun Texan, thanks #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-26

matt — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

I just woke up in America, road tripping to San Fran by camper van. Now to find breakfast in Hood River #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-20

matt — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

WSJ.com – How to Make a Croc Look Cuddly: Paint It Like a Panda http://on.wsj.com/5HIJWd #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16

matt — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

Is excited that we have only 8 more days of cherry picking #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-15

matt — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

How a 16-yo Kid Made His First Million Dollars Following His Hero, Steve Jobs? – http://goo.gl/SMf9 #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-12

matt — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:23:00 +0000

Cycle to the pub, $4 cocktail, cycle home, it's been a productive evening. But past bedtime now, good night #

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