I make therefore I am

Once in a lifetime do you get to ride with 14 friends in a 40 ft long Magic Bus with a giant hand making a peace sign on the roof, down to San Mateo to meet about 1,000 people who put their hearts and hands to work making stuff for the love of making stuff. Our field trip to the Maker Faire on May 3, was definitely a highlight in my year and from the excited grins on the post-faire ride home, I could tell it meant a lot to everyone.

   

Scotty Miller and Peri Pfenninger were our hosts on the Magic Bus which picked us up at the Nest at 9 am. We would have left earlier if we knew that about 40,000 people had the same idea of spending the day at the San Mateo fairgrounds. But we got there in one peace, accompanied by many hoots and honks from the vehicles we passed, and landed at the Maker Faire.

    

We split up and followed our bliss. Ashley and I ended up at the Swap-o-rama-rama, where we exchanged our tired ol clothes from some new rags to silkscreen and deconstruct. I am quite proud of Ashley who picked up on the sewing machine like a pro and created a fantastic combination of Victoria Secret nightie with button-down baseball shirt. Hot.

Ignoring our stomachs and bladders, we hit the Bazaar Bizarre where 72 crafters created a smorgasbord of handmade items, many cleverly made with recycled materials. I was hunting for new items to bring to the Nest, so look for some great new items coming soon.

When we did stop to eat, we had to honor our new yenta's wishes to bond with the Secret Eating Society. They had a booth serving offal tacos and hibiscus coolers. I went for the refreshing cooler, but Ashley braved the lamb cheeks taco. According to her, "fresh!"

Along the way, we met Phil of Nirvino a social networking website devoted to reviews, information, and news on wine. A brilliant way to choose you next bottle. Jump on and start reviewing! Phil gallantly escorted us through the rest of whatever we could see before the bus called us home.

We made one last stop to watch the infamous Diet Coke and Mentos Fountain, a backyard experiment which has become a cultural phenomenon, appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman, the Ellen Degeneres Show, the Today Show, and performed live around the world. It was worth it although we had to run our butts back to the Magic Bus, shamefully late, but happily satiated and ready to MAKE.

Thank you Scotty and the Weird Load for your eager participation. See you next time.

Comments

[Edward Mycue]

a mythic journey.
who we are and how we become.
ed

[Edward Mycue]

It's been 3 months since you began this record -- something like a diary written of activities and musings of general interest, and thus of a public nature.

I know it's called a 'blog' and that it's more than a public report because as in the old fan zines responses are permitted, are part of the ongoing record.

i don't know why it is called a "blog"; i've just accepted the term and use it as if i knew what it meant. if i don't know what it means, how do i really know what it is? i guess this goes for much in life: we follow on doing something we come upon in life; the doing begins soon to feel a 'normality', a 'regular' thing. but that regular thing may be or become an irregulation from what came before even as it is a continuation or even possibly a diminution of what was. there may be loss as well as gain that has to be acknowledged. each new form or style of how we commumicate has its freedoms and its restrictions.

how do we identify the new elephants in our houses of communication? how does this affect our ability to think, to correspond? does every gain have a loss?

this, Ann, might not be the sort of 'ponder' a blog is suited to handle and more a clog or a glog and doesn't belong. ed