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Hekter McElliott
Introducing Camp Get Found : version 2.0.5
August/21/2010 Filed in: Camp Get Found
Name (playa or otherwise): Gabriella, GabriBella, Gloria, Love Angel
Hometown (where is home right now?): ooh, don't get me started... but I do pay rent in Portland so let's just leave it at that!
Years burned: This is my 6th, I think?
Favorite drinks: Water, Coconut Water, Fruit Smoothies, Hot Chocolate (with or without alkyhol), Mochas (same same), and pretty much anything someone is willing to pour into my cup.
Favorite use/form of bacon: In my mouth. I also recently tried bacon chocolate.... mmmmm!
Favorite music/bands/styles of the moment: You mean besides me? Anything that moves me in the moment.
General outlook/philosophy on life: Follow your heart and trust that all is as it should be.
Favorite memories from Burns past: Drunk Kissing Angel Day, riding the Orgasmatron, singing and dancing around a fire til sunrise, building the temple last year, sex in a hammock, becoming a hug angel, being awed by what humans can create.
Most looking forward to: whatever may come!
Intentions for the Burn: Continued lowering of inhibitions, continued sharing of songs, hugs, love, laughter, and joy, being open to whatever (or whoever?) may come!
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Name (playa or otherwise): Hekter McElliot, Johnny Buckskin and many more.
Hometown (where is home right now?): Sebastopol, CA
Years burned: 2006,2007,2008,2009
Favorite drinks: Coconut milk, huckleberry mojitos, bloody mary and nectar in it’s many forms.
Favorite use/form of bacon: massage tool
Favorite music/bands/styles of the moment: wimpy, bassy, make ya squirm in your trousers kind of beats.
General outlook/philosophy on life: laughter and not so serious bout’ stuff…
Favorite memories from Burns past: old friends, new friends, flame, heat, cucumber eyeglasses, wig reunion tours, Yovanduh my mental secretary field notes.
Most looking forward to: Enjoying life on many levels, polar bear awareness seminars, clubbing seals, arctic fox foundation funraiser
Intentions for the Burn: Promote longevity through laughter. Many intentions but too small of a keyboard to go on
Hometown (where is home right now?): Sebastopol, CA
Years burned: 2006,2007,2008,2009
Favorite drinks: Coconut milk, huckleberry mojitos, bloody mary and nectar in it’s many forms.
Favorite use/form of bacon: massage tool
Favorite music/bands/styles of the moment: wimpy, bassy, make ya squirm in your trousers kind of beats.
General outlook/philosophy on life: laughter and not so serious bout’ stuff…
Favorite memories from Burns past: old friends, new friends, flame, heat, cucumber eyeglasses, wig reunion tours, Yovanduh my mental secretary field notes.
Most looking forward to: Enjoying life on many levels, polar bear awareness seminars, clubbing seals, arctic fox foundation funraiser
Intentions for the Burn: Promote longevity through laughter. Many intentions but too small of a keyboard to go on
more…?DJ Grapenuts presents "Hektervision : Glacial Facial at Burning Man 2009"
November/22/2009 Filed in: Camp Get Found
Hekter's Field Report
June/15/2009 Filed in: getting ready
| Of the two DMV's I have been in contact with this last week, BM's DMV Hotties win my award for "Fuck Yeah!". California's DMV.... not so much! I will always choose a name "Purple Koosh" over "Bonnie" and BM's questionnaire is much more dynamic and flirtatious. So.... the "Glacial Facial" has the green light to be built! This will be a completely solar powered electric iceberg.... really - no generator. And yes there will be loud music, led lighting, miscellaneous mojito materials and a giant trailer. Wolfie & I (my solar bear partner) will be putting in some late night hours in the upcoming month in order to get the rig ready for Reggae Rising in late July. The electric 4-wheeler has been bought by Reggae's land owner and fortunately, he is into our mission. We build this for him and in return we take it to the burn for the betterment of all. |
| Nightime Polar bear suit is in the mail... daytime version will be handcrafted out of scraps. Just a fuzzy banana hammock really... maybe some matching smittens? Single White Polar Bear Male seeks HWP penguins & arctic foxes! Looking for a place to chill. Maybe I'll get online dating going with this shit? Portable assault unit, silent but friendly, misting machines, commercial spray gun... I'm getting all wet just thinking about it. Hope UR2 ;) |
| ~ Hekter McElliott |
Hekter McElliott in Hawaii
March/09/2009 Filed in: back in the default world
Hekter done and gone headed off for the islands of Hawaii this winter, and he came across a bunch of Burners. Fancy that! Here's the latest from Hektervision...
The Source Festival, Maui 2009 from Hekter McElliot on Vimeo.
Mystic Garden Festival, Maui 2009 from Hekter McElliot on Vimeo.more…?
The Source Festival, Maui 2009 from Hekter McElliot on Vimeo.
Mystic Garden Festival, Maui 2009 from Hekter McElliot on Vimeo.more…?
Hekter back in the Default World
September/30/2008 Filed in: back in the default world
Hhhmmnnnaah-
Instead of processing my playa time through sleep deprived saucy slang and freshly roasted thought pockets, I have found myself entangled in pure cordtitude - obsessed with alternative media and battling to just get the lil' digital tidbits tamed into their perspective corners. My digital realm has really become incredibly complicated, especially since dropping my computer on it's hard drive... now it's a special needs tablet and I'm fresh out of meds. Layers of cords for all types of electronic madness become vague in their functionality and mock me in my oneness. Perseverance will prevail and Hekter Vision will be born... even if I have to get cesarean section on it's ass.
Re-integration has been but a speed bump upon return this year, mainly just traffically confused. My habitat is clearly the side streets and back alleys. Spose' that I've been burning up for over a month now and the next chapter is the culmination of it all - Earth Dance! Possibly the final summer festival for Hekter as he prepares himself with fresh mitten-wear for the upcoming blizzards of joy.more…?
Instead of processing my playa time through sleep deprived saucy slang and freshly roasted thought pockets, I have found myself entangled in pure cordtitude - obsessed with alternative media and battling to just get the lil' digital tidbits tamed into their perspective corners. My digital realm has really become incredibly complicated, especially since dropping my computer on it's hard drive... now it's a special needs tablet and I'm fresh out of meds. Layers of cords for all types of electronic madness become vague in their functionality and mock me in my oneness. Perseverance will prevail and Hekter Vision will be born... even if I have to get cesarean section on it's ass.
Re-integration has been but a speed bump upon return this year, mainly just traffically confused. My habitat is clearly the side streets and back alleys. Spose' that I've been burning up for over a month now and the next chapter is the culmination of it all - Earth Dance! Possibly the final summer festival for Hekter as he prepares himself with fresh mitten-wear for the upcoming blizzards of joy.more…?
Hekter's Last Words
August/25/2008 Filed in: getting ready
It's Tuesday (whatever the fuck that means other than I have a short week to get burn ready) and I find myself back in sun-cradled California with soul-sauce just dripping out of all of me. These last three weeks have lit my fuse and this boy is already on fire.... combusticated benevolence. Tal' started with Reggae Rising with my Cali crew then it morphed into Shambhala with my Sandpoint crew and a few new intergalactic teammates. Now "it" is going to Black Rock with a new old hat, some fresh wigs for my weary top shelf and whatever else lies semi-dormant in my fun box....more…?
Hekter's 2007 Green Man report
November/07/2007 Filed in: afterburn
In an attempt to catch a bit of the cosmic whirlwind and bottle it up like a dusty tincture, Hekter has produced a lengthy stream-of-consciousness report from his experience at Burning Man 2007...more…?
hibernating....
October/09/2007 Filed in: afterburn
Life's been a whirlwind for the Three Broke Dudes upon returning to the Default World. There was barely time to process our experiences in the desert before we got swooped up by the flow of our routines...
This blog is gonna be pretty quiet through the winter. This whole website is due for an overhaul to reflect the fact that we did indeed make it to Burning Man this year, along with Bellingham's kick-ass Boogie Universal crew and the ill-fated Boogie Pyramid. Did I mention that it collapsed in the first giant dust storm on Thursday? Turned out to be but a simple wrinkle in our plans: we rolled up the wreckage, set it to the side, dug some sand out of our ear holes and partied on. Took the Boogie out underneath the stars, and we're probably all the better for it.
Did I mention that the Three Broke Dudes became the Four? So many tales to tell...
While there might not be moment to moment updates and reports as during the months and weeks leading up to the Burn, we are working with the raw materials that we collected on the playa -- photos, audio field recordings, video, stories, sand, soulsauce reductions -- and plan on sharing what we craft with our friends, fellow Boogiers and Burners and random wanderers to this here website. In other words, Edubious, moontroll and Hekter will be writing stories, making movies and slideshows, mixing podcasts and the like over the dark nights of winter and posting them here and there across the digital spectrum at destinationburningman.com. This blog will make note as to when something is new, and tell you where to find it too (right now, there is a short docudrama film that moontroll made to give respects to the dust storms and double rainbow being hosted on YouTube right here; he's hard at work on another film following the rise and fall of the Boogie Pyramid and Edubious is halfway done mixing up his musical response to his first Burn in podcast form...stay tuned.)
We also invite you to share your creations, memories and tall tales from the Green Man on this website. Contact us at [email protected] with your ideas, links to your Burning stuff, hallucinations, music mixes, whatever...
Stay in touch!
Back Home
September/15/2007 Filed in: afterburn | pyramid project
sweet photo by Ramona Mayhem
The Three Broke Dudes have each made it safely back from Burning Man!
As you might have noticed, we haven't updated the dBM blog much since getting back -- I've received a number of emails from readers following the journey asking, "Well, Three Broke Dudes, how did it go?!? What happened with the Boogie Pyramid? Did you see the Man burn early?" etc. etc.
Well, it has been a rough transition for each of us fitting back in to our lives here at home. We're still processing the experience & trying to integrate some of the lessons in to our day-to-day. So, be patient. The storytelling will come. But we're gonna need some time....
Glowtus Lounge
June/10/2007 Filed in: getting ready
All right kids... our visions are solidifying right in front of our eyes. I've been battering my brain about trying to figure out how to create the pedal powered lotus lounge art bike (you know, this year is all about keeping it green) and look at what craigslist delivered to my cyberstep...
...a golden ray of light, with wheels, steering wheel and the best part - there is a trailer that attaches to the mothership with room for two more pedalers..... hee hhe he eh....can you see it now...smell the scorched playa wind....crunchy grit in the molars..... pedaling around BRC with DJ Playaduster and Edubious flowing out of the elevated sound fort and flabbergasting the masses. This is beautiful! The frame for the glotus lounge (glowing cause it will be black light powered my friends) has already been built for us... all we have to do is "accessorize" the unit.
This is where all you cyberfriends enter.... you know your parents/kids/grandparents/friends garages are full of much needed "accessories" for our mobile sound system. Even if we could borrow, with oaths of solemn integrity, some of these items (especially the ** ** items) for a week it would sure help keep our tires inflated. We have agents from Whitehorn to Selkirk.... oops sorry about the code there.... all over western Washington and a few undercovers hiding out in the Spokompton/Panhandle of Idaho. If your in Washington, Idaho or Western Montana then dig it out and we'll come pick it up if we can use it :) Keep posted for updates on the Glotus Lounge and it's destination to burning man. The bike/trailer combo is costing $500 (after much barter debauchery) so if you just feel like dropping a dime in our piggy bank then that is always relished too! Gotta go..... gotta find a welder!
Scotty "Hekter" Gonzallass
List of materials needed/wanted for Glotus Lounge:
**Stereo System/ I-Pod compatible**
**Golf cart sized trailer**
**Generator (1,500 - 2,000 watt)** borrow one?? Honda is best.
Black lights (2-4) with ballasts
Primer/Paint - black light reflective
Headlights/Taillights
Deep cycle battery/cable to lights/stereo
El wire
Materials for lotusing it out:
White fabric
Shapeable poles
Someone who can sew
and an RV to take it all in... just kidding... well not really.
Contact us if you can help out with any of these items: [email protected]
...a golden ray of light, with wheels, steering wheel and the best part - there is a trailer that attaches to the mothership with room for two more pedalers..... hee hhe he eh....can you see it now...smell the scorched playa wind....crunchy grit in the molars..... pedaling around BRC with DJ Playaduster and Edubious flowing out of the elevated sound fort and flabbergasting the masses. This is beautiful! The frame for the glotus lounge (glowing cause it will be black light powered my friends) has already been built for us... all we have to do is "accessorize" the unit.
This is where all you cyberfriends enter.... you know your parents/kids/grandparents/friends garages are full of much needed "accessories" for our mobile sound system. Even if we could borrow, with oaths of solemn integrity, some of these items (especially the ** ** items) for a week it would sure help keep our tires inflated. We have agents from Whitehorn to Selkirk.... oops sorry about the code there.... all over western Washington and a few undercovers hiding out in the Spokompton/Panhandle of Idaho. If your in Washington, Idaho or Western Montana then dig it out and we'll come pick it up if we can use it :) Keep posted for updates on the Glotus Lounge and it's destination to burning man. The bike/trailer combo is costing $500 (after much barter debauchery) so if you just feel like dropping a dime in our piggy bank then that is always relished too! Gotta go..... gotta find a welder!
Scotty "Hekter" Gonzallass
List of materials needed/wanted for Glotus Lounge:
**Stereo System/ I-Pod compatible**
**Golf cart sized trailer**
**Generator (1,500 - 2,000 watt)** borrow one?? Honda is best.
Black lights (2-4) with ballasts
Primer/Paint - black light reflective
Headlights/Taillights
Deep cycle battery/cable to lights/stereo
El wire
Materials for lotusing it out:
White fabric
Shapeable poles
Someone who can sew
and an RV to take it all in... just kidding... well not really.
Contact us if you can help out with any of these items: [email protected]
Things We Need: Hekter prepares the first list
May/12/2007 Filed in: getting ready
Large black plastic and 2x4's for gray water pit. (10X10' should be sufficient for 3ish folks)
Large squeegee for moving graywater around (maximize evaporation) Tie long stick to squeegee.
Crate for standing on in shower.
Solar shower (2 would be nice)
50 gallon drum to hold shower/dish/misc water.
Personal containers for drinking water (around 2 gallons per person per day)
How many cases of Schmidt?
Outfits - look for fauz fir on ebay or craigslist so we can make fuzzy bunny outfits.
Try to find animal ears that are on a headpiece (like the bunny ears in the ski photos) cause if we could give out ears with picture frames.... ooh la la!!
Picture Frames - Think of a easy and cheap way to find materials (driftwood for you coasters and river wood for my inland self) to make our own frames. (they are expensive to buy!)
Stilts - would like to make tree outfits and walk around on stilts (Entish I know) Maybe I can find some birch bark to make it work.
Generator - I'm on it but look for a Honda 2000i generator. (retail for $1,000 so look for better deals).
Body Lotions - I know vinegar helps to neutralize the playa and fine ladies would give lil' squirtdowns of pure freshness last year.
Material for covering domes. Parachute or something cheaper.
Solar fans?? would help keep domes from stagnating.
Long boards and ski ropes. (so much fun to hook onto an art car and surf the long board!)
I do have some leftover windsurf sails if we wanted to integrate them somehow.
Home stereo system for mobile sound system (great finds on craigslist) ie-(http://spokane.craigslist.org/ele/301444322.html cheap good speakers?
http://spokane.craigslist.org/ele/300519521.html
Rethinking Milk of Amnesia cause anything dairy or soy based may rot quickly. Another drink we could make?
Brewin' ideas ;)
Hekter
Large squeegee for moving graywater around (maximize evaporation) Tie long stick to squeegee.
Crate for standing on in shower.
Solar shower (2 would be nice)
50 gallon drum to hold shower/dish/misc water.
Personal containers for drinking water (around 2 gallons per person per day)
How many cases of Schmidt?
Outfits - look for fauz fir on ebay or craigslist so we can make fuzzy bunny outfits.
Try to find animal ears that are on a headpiece (like the bunny ears in the ski photos) cause if we could give out ears with picture frames.... ooh la la!!
Picture Frames - Think of a easy and cheap way to find materials (driftwood for you coasters and river wood for my inland self) to make our own frames. (they are expensive to buy!)
Stilts - would like to make tree outfits and walk around on stilts (Entish I know) Maybe I can find some birch bark to make it work.
Generator - I'm on it but look for a Honda 2000i generator. (retail for $1,000 so look for better deals).
Body Lotions - I know vinegar helps to neutralize the playa and fine ladies would give lil' squirtdowns of pure freshness last year.
Material for covering domes. Parachute or something cheaper.
Solar fans?? would help keep domes from stagnating.
Long boards and ski ropes. (so much fun to hook onto an art car and surf the long board!)
I do have some leftover windsurf sails if we wanted to integrate them somehow.
Home stereo system for mobile sound system (great finds on craigslist) ie-(http://spokane.craigslist.org/ele/301444322.html cheap good speakers?
http://spokane.craigslist.org/ele/300519521.html
Rethinking Milk of Amnesia cause anything dairy or soy based may rot quickly. Another drink we could make?
Brewin' ideas ;)
Hekter
chatter on the road to the Green Man
May/11/2007 Filed in: getting ready
On May 8, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Hekter wrote:
I've looked into rv's from the reno area and they are really expensive... seems like the cheapest ones are 2,500 - 3,000 for the week. Here is a good link. Sounds too expensive for me ($1,000 each) but I'll look into renting from other areas, although then the gas price is a big factor.
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/rvs.html
The other option is to try and rent my bro's rv from him although I'm not sure how road worthy it is. Sure would suck to be broken down before even getting to the burn. Any family members of yours have RV's? Maybe we need to put a little tidbit on our site asking for rv donations or borrowments?
Chris- what is the link so I can upload bm photos? I would like to put some time into the site this week :)
Hekter Updater
Thanks for the update Hekter! I hear you, bro. I figured the price for an RV would be pretty steep, but I think we can get it for cheaper. I'm trying to connect with a private party to see if we can get a better deal. Check out your brother's rig and find out if its road worthy. If it is, that's probably the best deal we'll find - no doubt! I want to put the RV on the wish list on our site.
I think that we can fall back on the dome option it an RV doesn't come through. We should have the money and the resources to pimp one of those out pretty well. If we don't have an RV (or if we do) I can get a box trailer from
Gary that is lockable and sealed so we have some extra hauling capacity.
I haven't sent out a link to the site to my contacts yet. I feel like we need to give it a little infusion of some fresh musings and give it a "Grand Re-Launching." If we all send out shout at the same time, we can create bigger cosmic ripples and wash some new people to our cause. You feel me?
I will try to write a little something on the DJ Fundi / Sunnyland meltdown and send a few pics from the Cottage Groove mix session. Outside of that, I'll get to work a new podcast for the peeps. Maybe re-visit one of the mixes from the Cottage Groove session...
Christian, I need to get those dates for Pyramid construction ASAP. My calendar is filling up waaaaay too fast. Lemme know so I can show. Hope you had a soul-filling excursion into the North Cascade wilds. Pics?
"It's all about the Burn now, from here on out..."
~ Edub
I've looked into rv's from the reno area and they are really expensive... seems like the cheapest ones are 2,500 - 3,000 for the week. Here is a good link. Sounds too expensive for me ($1,000 each) but I'll look into renting from other areas, although then the gas price is a big factor.
http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/rvs.html
The other option is to try and rent my bro's rv from him although I'm not sure how road worthy it is. Sure would suck to be broken down before even getting to the burn. Any family members of yours have RV's? Maybe we need to put a little tidbit on our site asking for rv donations or borrowments?
Chris- what is the link so I can upload bm photos? I would like to put some time into the site this week :)
Hekter Updater
Thanks for the update Hekter! I hear you, bro. I figured the price for an RV would be pretty steep, but I think we can get it for cheaper. I'm trying to connect with a private party to see if we can get a better deal. Check out your brother's rig and find out if its road worthy. If it is, that's probably the best deal we'll find - no doubt! I want to put the RV on the wish list on our site.
I think that we can fall back on the dome option it an RV doesn't come through. We should have the money and the resources to pimp one of those out pretty well. If we don't have an RV (or if we do) I can get a box trailer from
Gary that is lockable and sealed so we have some extra hauling capacity.
I haven't sent out a link to the site to my contacts yet. I feel like we need to give it a little infusion of some fresh musings and give it a "Grand Re-Launching." If we all send out shout at the same time, we can create bigger cosmic ripples and wash some new people to our cause. You feel me?
I will try to write a little something on the DJ Fundi / Sunnyland meltdown and send a few pics from the Cottage Groove mix session. Outside of that, I'll get to work a new podcast for the peeps. Maybe re-visit one of the mixes from the Cottage Groove session...
Christian, I need to get those dates for Pyramid construction ASAP. My calendar is filling up waaaaay too fast. Lemme know so I can show. Hope you had a soul-filling excursion into the North Cascade wilds. Pics?
"It's all about the Burn now, from here on out..."
~ Edub
Here we go
April/01/2007 Filed in: getting ready
Greetings and salutations. Today is the first day of our website and blog that will track the adventures of three broke dudes with a dream and a desire to burn. We are talking about Burning Man, of course, and our burning desire to make it to the cosmic gathering this summer in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
Notes from the unfolding adventure