End Of Summer Bonfire in Newport Sept. 22nd
 

Anyone else care to participate in an 'end of summer' bonfire in Newport Beach on Saturday September 22nd ?

me.

I may be able to. I know four people who have birthdays that week (including my siblings), so I can't commit just yet.

Fire. I'm there.

i'd like to :)

Sure, but why Newport? You realize there's no alcohol allowed on the beach.

Fire.....why not?

We can all wear those flip-flops with a tiny flask hidden in the sole!

End Of Summer Bonfire in Newport Sept 22nd
 

Not me. I will be slaving away at my job. But if all things go well i will have Sundays off permanently.

ooo fire!

These


will make a perfect pair to the ones I have:

Lush! :p

I like Newport. That's why I chose. :)

ok...no offense to anyone, but thats the dumbest thing Ive seen all week. :rolleyes:

(but then, its early yet)

Depends on what time the football game is and whether I have money for a ticket.

Been awhile since I've done a beach fire - I'm in

Sounds awesome! If I don't have work that weekend, then I'm sure we're up for it. :)

Well, THAT'S stating the obvious. ;)

this sounds like fun. i'll ask buster what he thinks.

It is times like this I wish that I lived closer.

With the heat of this past weekend, a fire is the LAST thing I am interested in. But I am sure this will change by then.

So what kind of goodies will we be bringing to this Yom Kippur bonfire?

Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashana?

Yom Kippur ends at sundown on the 22nd.

We'll call it " Yom Kippur 2: Dreams Come True " ;)
Well, typically hot dogs, chips, smores & other things like that are always good. I'm bringing a frying pan & some bacon. Whatever sounds good to you, bring it.

So far we've got:

• zapppop
• innerSpaceman
• Gemini Cricket
• Not Afraid
• €uroMeinke
• Keith - SuPeR K!
• LeighAnn
• NirvanaMan
• Kevy Baby
• BarTopDancer

On our list of maybes:

• GusGus (?)
• Mr & Mr Lumbo
• Szczerbiakmaniac
• Morrigoon
• Disneyphile (& Frodo Potter ?)

Don't be shy people! This will be a fun event for all!

So wish I could make it but I've got Mommy duty. Silly kids always getting in the way of my fun.

Count me more "likely" than "maybe". I'm too poor for football tix :D

Seriously? You're seriously bringing bacon? That's *AWESOME*

The Gusinator is as likely as I (if not more so).

Bring the child!

We can sacrifice her. I mean entertain her!

I'm sure zapppop didn't plan it like this, but if the bonfire takes place on Yom Kippur, anyone who cares to can pariticipate in my east coast jewish tradition of casting away sins to the ocean. It's fun.

I thought GD said it was on Friday, the day before ?

:)

Sounds like fun!

We can cast away our sins and then eat bacon and marshmallows like good Jewish "kids".

ROTFL

I shall attend :)

I'm a moron, ignore me.
My monitor was covering the lower-right corner of my calendar and I didn't see that day. :rolleyes:

I will try to be there. Ride pending ;)

Mr. Lumbo is all 'atwitter' with the idea of joining in on the fun!:D


so, it now rests in the hands of the mouse.

no, seriously, the mouse controls my ass right now. if only i could share. tee hee.

so, we will be there, work schedule permitting!

I've been meaning to talk to you about that, Mr CorpoTool.



And when did you stop sharing control of your ass?

I always thought his ass was pretty out of control

We can also bring the Grill to help cook food. :D

What time are we thinking of said BBQ occurring?
How early do people need to get there to snag a fire pit?

I'm moving earlier that day. Yay.

I'll post time & directions after I scope out the area with GC tomorrow.

I'll do my best to be there!

Directions to the Beach Party Bonfire

Get to the 55 Freeway, heading south. That’s basically all you need to do, because once you’re on the 55 heading south, it’s a straight line to your destination.

If you’re coming from Orange County, let’s assume you know how to find the 55 south.

From the western reaches of L.A. or the Valley, take the 405 south to the 73 south, and that for a mile or so to the 55 south.

From the eastern regions of L.A. or the Valley, take the 5 south to the 55 south.

From the Long Beach region, take the 22 east to the 55 south.

Once on the 55 south, take that freeway till it ends. The freeway will "become" Newport Boulevard. Stay on that, continuing south.

At Pacific Coast Highway, continue straight across PCH - and Newport Boulevard will merge with Balboa Boulevard, and curve east along the Balboa Peninsula.

The location of our beach party is just south of the Balboa Pier, adjacent to Peninsula Park.

When driving, that’s just south of Main Street. For the closest parking, turn right on "A" Street (one block after Main). This leads to a small parking lot, with meters. It’s 25 cents per hour, and the meter must be fed till 6pm. After 6pm, parking is free. Spots are hard to come by in the prime beach hours, but early or late arrivals meet with better luck.

For non-metered parking, turn right on Palm (one block after Adams and 2 blocks before Main Street) and follow signs to Balboa Pier Parking. This is a larger lot, with payment due on leaving the lot - based on how much time you’ve been parked (the maximum is $8).

To find our spot on the beach - head south from the Balboa Pier. At the far end of Peninsula Park (small patch of grass with Huge American Flag) is a soccer field, and you’ll see a series of fire pits on the beach running along the Ocean side of the field. We’re going to try to get the southern-most fire pit.

We’ll have some sun shelters ... and - in order to snag the fire pit ... we’re going to be spending the entire day on the beach! So, come out for sun and waves, beautiful seaside scenery and spend the day! Or, come in the evening for the grill action and bonfire pyro-activity!

:cool: Hope To See You There! :cheers:

Ooooh! Anyone up for kite flying too? I've got a few awesome ones I can bring to share. :D

Besides, I've been dying to try out my 6-foot purple cow "link" kite that's been in its packaging for years.

ooooh, me, me ... I love kite flying (but alas, all my kites were ultimately lost. Bah)

Besides my big cow, I have a pirate ship, dragon, and bi-plane. All are multi-dimensional nylon, and loads of fun to fly.

I'll bring 'em. :)

Surprisingly, Susan has never flown a kite.

People keep telling me I should go fly one all the time. :)

Badum bum

I'd like to see one of these shaped like a pirate ship. That would make my day.

Unfortunately, Nature doesn't work like that. :p

I likes fire.

Turns out that we still have a full bundle of firewood left over from Sequoia, so we'll bring that too. :)

Well, the time of my attendance is now in question... looks like I'll be working with a client that day. I'm sure I'll make it eventually, but I doubt I'll be flying any kites. Probably get there in the evening, unless I'm busy writing an offer that evening :)

We have a bundle of wood that we have brought to THREE camping outings that has not yet been burned. The last time was camping at Featherly Park in Yorba Linda. When it is still in the mid to high eighties at night after being 100-110 during the day, a campfire is the last thing on your mind.

Sounds like Kevy's wood will finally get some use! ;)

Hooray. And anyone else who can bring wood, please do.



I'll probably sport some wood at some point, but I've got nothing to burn.

Kevy... bonfire... wood...

No surprises there ;)

Yeah, it'll be a regular flash fire. As long as we stand back, we should be ok. ;)

There will be NO, I repeat NO alcohol consumption on my part, I done learnt my lesson!

We dun learnt it, too.


Thankfully, not the HARD way.


Yikes.

Damn, and I was going to keep my camera handy this time. :p

Oh, and speaking of booze, is it allowed at this beach?

I want this bonfire to be visible from SPACE!

Newport beach is "dry". That is why we are wearing flaskflops.

We're gonna need more pallets then.

We're gonna need a bigger boat

Kinda urges me to make a flask designed like a Right Guard roll-on. ;)

Who's bringing the gasoline?

One of the reasons I like the beach we're going to so much is 'cause it reminds me of Jaws.

It's on a tiny spit of land between a bay and the ocean. The beach is very narrow, and even though you can't see the "pond" from this skinny beach, you could conceivably run over there in less than a minute. Heheh, there's even a ferry right there, across the pond! All we need are some boy scouts doing their badge swim!!

"What's your name again?"
"Chrissy!"
"Where are we going?"
"Swimming!"

:D

Who do you you think?


:evil:

Oooooo FIRE! I can't wait!!!!

We should totally have a weenie roast. ;)

OUCH!

No!

Well, then keep your's in your pants for once.

That'll be a hard challenge for him. ;)

^ was that another weinie pun?



And yes, weinie roasting is a must (because we never managed it during the entire run of Swank Camp)

Weinie roast = new MickeyLumbo avatar

:evil:

Oooh, Trader Joe's has some awesome Mango Chicken sausages right now that would be perfect for weenie roasting!

well crapolla, I have to work on Saturday. I can come for the evening. Don't really want to drive by myself, but don't want to keep Kevy from enjoying daytime frollicking tho' . Oh well, guess it will all work out in the end.

I hope to be there - I don't have my work schedule completely congealed for the week, and I'd have to coordinate a ride from Hollywood.

.... with enough wood to make a fire visible from Space.

I have a gig at a certain yellow building into the afternoon. Buster and I will arrive in the late afternoon and likely drive round and round and round, looking for parking.

omg are you kidding me .. they are reefs .. i have the beer openers .. but not the flask ... ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo



and yes we will be there .. =]

Yup. The top pair are Reefs as well. Not sure if they come in girls styles. I think they hold 2oz of liquid.

i will wear boy shoes .. and reefs are the only kind of flipflops i wear

If we are not working my bride-to-be and I will take the ferry across and say HI

Yay :)

BRIDE TO BE????? When did this news come out?

I think I just found a fun time and place to partake of my shot of real absinthe that was gifted to me today. :D

(I hold no responsibility for my actions - I'll just blame the fairies. ;) )

"I'm the Green Fairy!"

The five-day forecast I saw on TV this morning indicated rain for Saturday. If it's raining that day, will this event still happen?

Yes.

No

Maybe So

I can build a fire hot enough to stay the rain...

The weather forecast says if it does rain it'll be Thursday night into early Saturday morning.
So the bonfire is still on.

However, I must make a recommendation:

after a low pressure system passes through it gets breezy and VERY cold. So I recommend everyone bring some warm clothes for the evening. The nighttime temps after a storm passes through are usually in the upper 40's to low 50 (in SoCal anyway).

Sadly, I'm out. I'm helping a friend move this weekend. Hope you all have a good time, come rain or sunshine.

*excited* This is going to be so much fun! Leigh-Ann and I are bringing another swanky friend of ours with us for her birthday :D

Hooray for birthdays!!!

Bring some desert sunshine, too ... please.

Ooooh! That day will also mark Mabon (Autumn Equinox). I so need to look up some stuff to do in honor that night. :)

Oh, and iSm, I'd love to hear about your "casting sins to the sea" tradition.

Jewish tradition from the east coastal lands. I guess it has something to do with getting a fresh start, which the guilt-ridden jews did by symbolically casting away their sins.

My more modern take is to cast away pretty much anything in your life or your self that you don't want anymore, or that you'd like to change. Wade out into the ocean with some bread, and meditate on the stuff you'd like to cast away. Tear a piece of bread for each one, and throw it into the ocean as far as you can. Rinse, repeat.

It's sort of the companion to Kevy's Sequioa campfire tradition of casting that which you wish to attract into the fires. This one is casting that which you wish to reject into the waters.


Oh, but speaking of Kevy and traditions: Please keep him in the dark about it being the Autumn Equinox. We don't need to see that particular Wiccan's dark parts again!!

A month ago or so.
We are getting married on the 2nd.
Have some plans with my parents on saturday. Will try and stop by the beach for a bit.

Oh, cool! I have quite a bit of stuff to cast off. I'm so bringing some bread.

Is this a sunset thing, or earlier?

I need to collect a few more sins first.

Yes, get to work on that. Try some hedonism ... that's always good for a sin or two.


As for the timing of cast off .... there's no set schedule. But Yom Kippur ends at sundown, when the water is warmest. So I'm picturing a roughly twilight time thing in the sea.

Is the ocean big enough for our sins??

Barely, but that's why you don't try this stunt in a bathtub.




If any of you do believe in gods of whatever sort, please pray to them for sunshine Saturday.

I got lazy, and after scanning Page 1, I didn't really find a time for it to start. Anyone?

I can be there after work n' stuff.

I believe in pants.

The festivities will be going on all day! zappop and I will be there early in the morning - - - come and frolic in the sunshine. Kite flying, ocean swimming, sunbathing, frisbee throwing, snack munching, pier partying ... or just come for the evening. Wienie roasting, sin casting, bon fireing, bacon grilling.

Here's the directions and parking information again.


Lastly, booze is not allowed on the beach. So, you'll have to bring it on the sly if you want some ;)


Also, zapp and I have a bunch of burgers and dogs and snausages and bacon. Enough for starters, but not enough for everyone. Please bring some eats, and it's definitely Bring Your Own Drinks.


DON'T BRING your umbrellas. It will not rain It will not rain It will not rain It will not rain.

It's okay. It won't rain.

We'll be there with the kites and a frisbee by 4pm. :)

We're also bringing a small pack of Jalapeno & Green Chile sausages, with some roasting forks.

iSm - want us to bring the grill to cook up your goodies?

snausages?

Sorry I'll miss this, sounds like fun! May I cast some sins in the general direction of the bonfire, will it work?

Not sure when I'll be there. If it rains moving is going to SUCK BIG FAT COOKIES!

Disneyphile ... yes, please, please bring the grill. We have bacon! (And, yeah, it would be useful for everything but the weinies and sausages we'll roast on sticks.).


Ta, thank you very much in advance.

BUT ... I'm going to seriously suggest that we either postpone till Sunday or, gasp, cancel.


The storm that was supposed to be here this morning is now looking to arrive tonight ... with 2 FULL DAYS OF RAIN predicted.




What about doing this on Sunday???

Party at Lisa's! ;)

Sunday's no good for me, anyway...

Yeah, I know Sunday's no good for lot of people. Bah.


Well, we could just see what happens, I guess. Heheh, I had a beach party cancelled earlier this summer because of expected rain that never happened.

Sigh, let's just roll with Saturday ... but, yeah, if it's actually pouring rain ... well, all bets would be off, I suppose.





Is there an anti-rain dance the Wiccans can do??

Yes. I believe you could.

Are there any laws about bringing white phosphorus to the beach?

Wow! Those directions sure brought back memories of doing Rocky Horror at the Balboa! I used to make that drive every Saturday night.

Whatever you do, don't wash your car between now and Saturday ;)

Actually, it's tempting to park out in the rain for a bit. My car's really filthy right now.

I'll be there.

^ Did I just read that?!?



!!!!! :)

We're driving out to hang out with everyone and it would be very sad to not get to see you all! If you do decide to cancel the bonfire (which we cannot make if it is rescheduled to Sunday), please someone make alternate plans so we can all hang out! :D I beseech you!

Hmm.... well, technically the weather reports are saying *am* thunderstorms, maybe it'll clear up in time? Anyway, pulled this off the weather page:

At least you'll have a ringside seat for any waterspouts.

All I can find are predictions for rain Friday and intermittent showers on Saturday. And cold. Very cold.

So it will be bright, sunny and 110 degrees.

No iSm.

Saturday is the day, rain or shine.

See you then!

What's Sunday? Did we switch to Sunday?

I'm all confused.

Saturday :)

See you on Saturday.



There is no 'SUN' day ;)

Go, or go not. There is no Sunday.

So we want sun on the day we go, but that day is not Sunday, we just want it to be sunny on that day... which is Saturday.
:D

We tend to honor nature, not fvck with it.

I can't afford to spend a day at the beach in the rain. If the Wiccans refuse to mess with nature ... then I will have to.


Stand back ....

oh good grief.

i wish the plans were clear. i will be away from the computer for 36 hours.

i'll be staying at the resort friday night.

The plan is: come to the bonfire on Saturday in Newport Beach.

That clear enough ? :)

http://weather.msn.com/hourly.aspx?w...SCA0517&weap=1

See? Clear by the evening :)

Well, in that case ... I don't think zapppop and I are going to make a day of it ... in an effort to snag one of the firepits that are, on normal beach days, gone long before noon.

Heheh, we were going to get there by 9am, but now I'm torn about what time to arrive.

I'm picturing ISM and Zap all alone on the beach, bundled up under a "rain" shelter freezing their asses off.

Well, we have sun shelters than can double as rain shelters, and we enjoy cuddling together for warmth.
:D


I was really looking forward to a pleasant, sunny day at the beach ... but will find the silver lining in one of those thunderclouds.

The afternoon should see clearing skies that will be beautiful, and will make for a lovely twilight time and gorgeous sunset.


Plus ... my casting away of sins in the ocean tradition is more dramatic when the seas are tempest tossed.

And there you have it.

Perhaps someone has a Hyundai that can be donated to the fire?

I'm trying to picture that flimsy sun shelter of mine surviving storm winds... You two may have to huddle in a car!

CM and I should be there in the mid afternoon! If anyone from the West side of LA needs a ride, LMK! Will bring some goodies! I think I have some Marshmellow's left over from Sequoia! hehehe

Morrigoon- Could you bring my pan? Or if you can't make it pass it to someone who is? Pretty please? ;)

I'm so sad I can't go. Unfortunatley punishing children ultimately involves the parent getting to do nothing either. Ah well have a great time.

I'm doing something special tonight for the twilight ritual - making my own bread.

I've decided to make up a batch of salt dough and then form it into shapes of things I need to cast away. Then, I'll bake them. They'll be really hard and weighty, so should make a pretty far toss and a nice little splash before breaking apart in the water.

Of course, I plan on sharing, so I'm also making up some generic bread pieces for others to toss.

Oh, and I'm also bringing a miniature wicker man for the bonfire. I'll bring enough ribbons for everyone to make a wish and tie on before tossing him in. :)

^ you = awesome.

Now we must find a mini-virgin to put inside the wickerman

Currently in my oven is a batch of sadness, trouble, worry, rumors, and maliciousness. It felt damn good to embed that while making it.

Ken's making up some of the blanks. I made a double batch of dough, so there's going to be a LOT of stuff for people to throw. I didn't think it would make this much, but just even a little is going quite a long way.

I can't wait for tomorrow's sunset.

Sadly, I don't believe I will be able to make it tomorrow. I'm up to my arse in stress right now (to give you a hint, I am still at work).

Dammit, Kevin!!! :(

Aww Kevy! All the more reason to come hang! :(

We can just offer him some Arrogant Bastard Ale, and I'm sure he'll hang. ;)

Newport Beach Polics might object, however :(

Beach, sun, fire and friends. That's stress relief in a bottle. Just sayin.


And of all the weather prognosticators, zapppop was closest. Clear skies by 10. Heck, looking out my window at 7ish, I'd say clear skies by eight.

Those directions one more time:

Can you toss in a full set on snowflake's behalf?

I'll join you all in spirit at sunset (it's raining in SF, BTW) so approximately when it's sunset...

Sure thing. Besides my collector's set, Ken finished it up for me and made about 50 pieces to share. :)

It's still pouring rain here.

Here too.

And dammit, I was supposed to be showing property right now! (But my client hasn't gotten in touch w/me :()

It just started raining here again. :(

I hope Zap and iSm are holding out under that sun rain shelter.

I'm coming and I'm bringing Hershey Bars, Graham Crackers, and marshmellows. If you guys can think of something to do with them, all the better.

About what time are folks showing up?

It's raining men here...

We'll be showing our wet and shinny faces about 5ish. It was pouring just a bit ago but it's beautiful now. We're going to chance it.

We're still planning on about 4'ish.

We could always tie some metal objects to the kites and hope for lightning. ;)

We should be on the road in the next hour... Shouldn't take too long to get there from Irvine :D

it's so beautiful here :D can't wait to see the rest of you!

Well, friends... I was all set to come out after work, excited in fact. Then I started feeling like I was coming down with something and just super tired. So instead of beachy, I get nappy.

Hope it was fun for you guys!

The sunset must have been beautiful.

Hope you're all having fun!!

Hope everyone is enjoying burning things. :)

Lot's of fire, wood and boob grabbing.

Oh, so KB was able to make an appearance?;)

Nope. All without the help of Kevy ;)

That was the best end of summer ever.

Kites were flown (and in one case, dragged). Really high freak waves came in on occasion. Sins and woes were cast far away into the ocean with much gusto. Meat was eaten. The wicker man burned. And, yeah, there was some hot girl-on-girl action, with meat involved. ;)

I smell of smoke, bacon and my lips are burning.

And, Kevy never replied to his emails.

We so need to make this an annual swanking. I spent the entire drive home talking about the idea for the full-size wicker man for next year, and even told Ken how it could be designed and created. :snap:

I love having my mind back for thinking about fun things again. :)

Fun times.
:)

I had to scrub the heck out of my feet, but other than that I had fun.

Bacon S'mores! who knew they would be so tasty!

And bacon is also damn yummy when roasted on a fork over an open fire. :D

Hmmm.... that's funny, so do mine.

wow, thanks for the good times!
I didn't realize how many showtunes I don't know the words too. ;)

Highlight - throwing sins into the sea.
Lowlight - NirvanaMan's balls. Damn.

Bacon s'mores, skewered bacon, sacrificial bacon... good stuff!

You forgot the sandy bacon. ;)

Arrival at the Beach
 

Danger Hot





Balboa Pier



Deadguard


GC Builds a Fire


Not Afraid


The Beach


Awaiting Instructions

Casting off Sins
 

Casting off Sins






The Sea Responds





More sins to follow





Reflections Afterwards

Into the Night
 

Danger Hot


Time to start sinning


Bacon S'mores


Would you like to try one?


Borneo sticks to marshmallows


Danger Hot - Do not walk on Fire

That's quite a Starbucks cup there - nicly placed. :evil:

Great pics!! Thanks!

I'm sad I didn't go, but let's just say I fell asleep shortly after I posted that, and just now woke up for work, making it a nice 12 hour nap that I took and probably needed.

I hope this happens again and I'm lucky enough to be in town.

<3

Wow! What a swanking to have missed!
Everyone looks so happy and relaxed after the sin casting, now today to start sinning anew!

Thanks for posting all the pics I'm sacrificing some bacon for breakfast now

I live in the wrong state. :(

Last night was amazing! I love the pictures... Thank you guys :D I hope this becomes an annual swanking!

Thanks - and it looks like I even overlooked one I'm sure you'll enjoy - or GC will anyway:

I didn't get them until about 11:30 and was going crazy with programming issues at the time.

€UROMEINKE: GREAT photos!

Tref reminded me......

Love, American Style truer than the red white and blue-ue -ue.......

Awesome pics, looks like a blast. Maybe next year we'll show for a LoT beach party :cheers:

and the impromptu announcement was ... stunning. felt like a deer caught in sunlights. LOL thanks NA.

thanks for organizing the gathering IsM. it was great seeing you.

I will be vanishing again for awhile, with a schedule that is simply mindboggling.

off to a new year of sins.

If you expected me to keep such great news under my hat, then you don't know me very well. ;)

Looks like a great time, and the b'mores were inspired genius.


Sooooo.......what 'announcement'? Hmmm?

NA's getting a boob job.

That was an absolutely wonderful time - I even got to spend some time away from everybody just staring at the waves, and zoning out.

The ground beef kite was fun, but the dragon mocked the technology of the biplane and soared!

Sigh.

I await the repeated flashings of her new girls.;)

Yeah, I decided I needed 36G's.

Ah, yes. I remember that. It made a wonderful headrest.

:D

a few pics
 

Awe, I new it would be beautiful out at the beach. Lovely, lovely pics.

Okay, the one with NA snapping that shot is priceless. ;)

She looks very amused!

^ This reminded me of this. V



:D

Indeed. A bit happy like 'Eureka! I've found it!!' :p

Hmmm.. but why is she zooming in??? :eek:

Oh, me too, GC!!!

With that picture, the pic of Keith, NirvanaMan warming his nuts in front of the fire, GusGus's view of Euromeinke's package and me changing from jeans to swimming trunks in front of the picnickers next to us... I came to the conclusion that there was a lot of nudity at this meet. AND Kevy wasn't even there!

:D

saw this on the way home...

OMG: They put the old sign back up?










Congrats!!!

I still have the warm fuzzies from ML's announcement. :)

Aw, ABG... Tell ya what, next swanking you can grab my boobs.

(Lord knows I copped a feel on Frodo's moobs!)

Yes, lots of boobs. ;)

Why do gay men like boobs so much?

fixed:

Why do gay men like boobs so much?

My View:

The ones that do wish they had a pair of their own...
:D

More pics here:

A few highlights.

Nice - Two-faced and no balls.

Wow. All of these pictures taken at golden hour came out really nice.
:)

Looks like I missed a good one.

Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing.

Makes me wish we lived in CA sometimes. Not that it's bad here, but that looks like it was fun!

Haven't gotten them all uploaded yet, but here's what I managed to upload so far:











Danger: Hot


More to come...

Grillmaster Ken




I also got a picture of the Pagan effigy gingerbread man (okay, salt dough man)

Of all the various religions' practices we were able to do that day, one thing we weren't allowed to do was any Hindu firewalking, as it is apparently expressly forbidden

Incredible sunset

Now that sunset had arrived, we all went to toss our cookies - hem hem... I mean, cast our sins out upon the water.

Euro cast the first stone, I mean, sin, and what a sin it must've been, because the ocean came ROARING back at him!










Sin-filled tide






RUN!!!


Keep running, it's comin' right for us!

The action shots are so great, Morri!

Yes, it was after Euro's cookie that all hell broke loose.
Makes ya wonder what it represented, eh?
:D

Thanks! I love how the one with SuperK came out... really sets the scene, doesn't it?

I throw like a girl or retard ;)

Love it- next best thing to being there.

I wonder if it's prophecy that the little dough man landed smack down on his face in the dirt?

It's your tradition... you tell us :)

I love the pics Goonie! :) A good time was definitely had by all!

Actually, the casting of sins thing is Steve's tradition for the Jewish New Year, as per the earlier posts in this thread. I only participated. ;)

You throw like a girl with a bluetooth bondo'd to the side of her head.

Fear

The best rituals are the ones you divine yourself

All the photos are great, I really love the kite flying ones and the pensive, looking to the sins floating out to sea.

This is a tradition that needs keeping, I think (and I need to show up for the ritual next year) Am I allowed to throw in 46 years of sin and folly?

Okay, here are the rest of the photos:

Some very cool clouds

Wow, what a gorgeous evening you guys had. :cool:

Which one?




Thanks everyone for posting more pix! It's so cool to see everyone casting away all the negatives...

As beautiful as the photos are, they still don't do the real thing justice. It was just amazing. :)

K: the action shot... where the water's washing around everyone and you're laughing. I just love that shot.

Note to self: need to stop batch processing horizontal and vertical photos together, LOL.

Alas, if we keep doing it the weekend nearest Rosh Hashana, it may coincide with family stuff again and again for GD and I. :(

The more pictures I view, the more jealous I get. On the day itself I was feeling too hungry and weak to be jealous of anything! Now I'm absolutely green.

I really hope we can make it next time.

Fortunately, RH and YK zig and zag all over the calendar, while the Autumn Equinox remains constant.

There's no saying that either YK or the Eq. will fall on a weekend next year or any year. We could celebrate either whenever we want, but it loses something very important for me to pretend that, for example, Christmas is on December 28th because that was the nearest Saturday.








(And though I had some really good times, the fact that I'll put it near the top of my worst.days.ever list does not have me itching for repeats either.)

And yet you probably attend Christmas parties all through December, yes?

Well, here's hoping we all can make it to the next one! I'm also green with envy, what a spectacular swanking this was!

I agree with iSm, however, if we're going to collectively say farewell to summer equinox, then the day of (or as close to it as can be) is a must.

Definitely something to look forward to, that's for sure!

Oh, I thought the impetus for the sin throwing was your year-end deal.

Nope. It's done on Yom Kippur. And ONLY on Yom Kippur.

I thought Tashlich happens on the first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. You're supposed to be praying all day on Yom Kippur...

See? I didn't even know there was a name for it.





Bad, bad jew.

You're not full blooded jew; you're jew-ish ;)

He's BTD's fridge?

No, you're thinking 'Whirlpool', dear ;)

That's what my mom said too.

Fine. Tashlich happens on Rosh Hashana. Those living near large bodies of water can cast their SINS into the seas. That's SINS. For the guilt-ridden jews raised with the conspiratorial concept of sin that must be forgiven by God.

Stevelich happens on Yom Kippur. There's no fasting. It's a great health idea to do far more often than once a year, but Steve's God desires no such absurd sacrifice in His/Her name. On Stevelich, you can symbolically cast your unwanted personal qualities and life situations into the seas to aid in being rid of them in your life. Nothing to do with sin whatsoever.

You do not pray all day, but moments of meditation are recommended.


By Steve, not by Steve's God.



Steve's God demands and recommends nothing.





I hope that clears up the differences. ;)

Personally I like Stevelich better than any High Holiday ;)

Makes as much sense to me as anything else. I look forward to observing Stevelich next year.

I like the term "TashZlick" better.

Whatever it's called, it's awesome!

In Judiasm you ask God to forgive your sins AGAINST GOD (i.e. when you harm another person, you are sinning against God for having harmed another of God's children). If you believe in that, then it isn't absurd to symbolically cast those sins into the water (unless, of course, you don't believe in the concept of sin at all, in which case I can't really help you... but honestly if you intentionally harm another person then you are a'sinnin').

God cannot forgive your sins against other people, you've got to do it yourself. During the week between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur you're supposed to do t'shuvah, which means basically taking responsibility for your own actions and seeking forgiveness from the people you've wronged. There is no equivalent to the "say ten hail marys and you're forgiven" concept that the Catholics have.

In any case, Tashlich can be done at any point UP TO (not through)Yom Kippur, when God closes the gates of repentance, but is usually done the first day of Rosh Hashana.

I do like the idea though of casting your character defects into the water and asking God to forgive what you've done and to help make you a better person. It's like a tradition on Passover that some do where you write down what you are a slave to on a piece of paper and burn the paper (i.e. food, money, power, people, drugs, insecurities, etc.) as Passover is a celebration of freedom from slavery.

In any case.... heheh hopefully next year it won't coincide with the actual Yom Kippur and I'll be able to burn $hit with y'all :)

Hmmm, except that Stevelich (or Tashzlick) is done ON Yom Kippur as the iSm celebration of Yom Kippur that is alternate to fasting and praying all day.

I sense schism

Hey wait... did I miss something last Saturday?

Only once a year? I'm going to convert! ;)

Ya. And Friday. Your wife and I were having fun. ;)

Your wife gets around. ;)

End Of Summer Bonfire in Newport Sept 22nd
 

Matt came home smelling of smoke lmao...so sorry i missed it but work priorities and now that there are officially 3 of us cashiers left (very long story here) and coporate knows what the hell happened and is doing nothing well nothing i can do to have weekends free other than the appointed ones planned and asked for. Too bad things can't be planned during the weekdays not weekends but oh well

The evolution of sects is inevitable in theology, or any -ology for that matter

So the old Jew falls overboard while on a cruise and when they find him two years later on a remote island, he has rebuilt his entire community out of trees and mud. The rescuers are full of admiration as he shows them the supermarket, the police department, the post office, etc. Then they come to where there are two temples across the street from each other. "Two temples?" says a rescuer. "What do you need two temples for?" The old Jew replies, "That one I go to. The other one, I wouldn't be caught dead in."

Hell, it's better than nothing.

is anyone missing white flip flops ?

cus i have them in my car and they are not mine ....

Maybe they belong to the high schoolers or the 80s gang.

Did NM get any phone numbers? He could call around... ;)

Some pics from me. :)






Reminds me of that film "City of Angels"





Anyone spot the hidden Mickey?

Matt? Is that you?