Saturday was Portland's annual "Santacon" where hundreds and hundreds of drunken santas (and Christmas bunnies, fairies, risque Mrs. Clauses etc) meet up around noon and then bar hop until the wee hours. Some give out special gifts such as pork rinds, I filled a garbage bag full of mini hotel shampoos, soaps, and lotions and mostly gave them to other santas. Apparently sometimes there are pinatas full of obscene objects, fruit cake fights, and reindeer games but I didn't see any of that. Tara and I showed up pretty late but still caught a lot of Santa dancing, pool and video game playing, and mingling. Another santa challenged me to the rigorous "Dance Dance Revolution Extreme" video game at an arcade. Apparently next weekend is Seattle's Santacon and then there is another one here in Portland on the 22nd. There are others scattered around the globe. Just google "Santacon".
Yesterday I went to the first regional (northwest) "Burners without Borders" meeting, we talked about possibly helping out with the flooded areas in Oregon and Washington and about going to Peru to help with earthquake relief. Here is the link for the main Burners without Borders website:
http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/
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