I went to work on the worm only to arrive after everyone had departed and so all i got were these in-progress pictures :(

2009 BM Theme Camp List Now Up

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Rich Mackin wrote:
>
>
> I just put up a few events on the Playa Calendar, and noticed in the scroll
> down menu of camps, I didn't see Shai-Hulud, Seitch Grabear or no nothing.
> Should this be of concern?
>
> -Mack'N

No worries, we're under CAMP Sietch Grabrear, though I've not rec'd an
official Theme Camp OK or address yet.
-Stormfeather

http://www.burningman.com/themecamps/09_camp_vill_c.html

Camp Sietch Grabrear
Home of Shai-Hulud the Sandworm Mutant Vehicle. Visit our Dune
inspired camp. Play Mondo Croquet & be refreshed and entertained at
the sTEAp Tea House. Bring your own cup! Wed, all evolving creatures
are invited to join the Intergalactic Species Parade. Gather and garb
at 5 pm. Parade leaves at 6 pm.
Hometown: Tigard, OR
URL: http://sandworm.tikimojo.com
Contact: sandwormie (at) gmail (dot) com

The Mouth Takes Shape

8/2 Sietch Grabrear Camp Meeting

What: Sietch Grabrear Camp Meeting

When:
Sunday, August 2nd
Meeting 3-4pm
Potluck dinner 5-8

Who:
Everyone who is camping at the Sietch or who is interested in camping
at the Sietch

Bring:
Something to share -dessert or salad
BYOB
we will have burgers and garden burgers, ice tea and lemonade, some beer

Where:
The Fletcher's
Tigard, OR 97223

RSVP and for directions:
stormfeather@sandworm.tikimojo.com

Especially If you can't make it please e-mail.

- Stormfeather

Fwd: Build Photos

We has mouthpieces! Rudimentary ones, at least. The ring-sections are
cut and make a circle-type shape, and arms for the petals have been
cut and bent as well! This Thursday, join us at BenD's for another
afternoon of beer and power tools!

<ul>Agenda:
<li>weld joining bars and tabs to ring-sections.
<li>cut and bend remaining petal-arms (zomg like ten times easier with
1" than the 1.25" squarestock).
<li>weld petal-hinges to at least one ring-section.
<li>drill mounting holes through channel-iron-hinge-devices and
corresponding holes in petal-arms, for at least one functional petal
arm.
this will also involve:
<li>machine one set of petal arms so that they match nicely at the tip
of the mouth.
<li>bend peepul-bukkit handrail, attach to said bukkit.
</ul>

which is all I have in my head at the moment. others working on other
projects may have more things that need doing on Thursday.

Another build day in paradise, 7/19/2009, 12:00 pm

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM, <shai-hulud@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> Reminder from: shai-hulud Yahoo! Group
>
> Title: Another build day in paradise
>
> Date: Sunday July 19, 2009
> Time: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
> Location: BenD's
> Notes: Beer and tools. We attempt to look like we know what we're doing.
> Something results.
>

> __._,_.___
>
> Home Page:http://sandworm.tikimojo.com
> Blog:http://sandworm-mv.blogspot.com

Kerosene Contributes!

Thanks Kerosene!

Who also kicked in $100 on the donate button.
That pays for our welding supplies.
Bacon can't be used for welding.

Let's get this thing over the top....!

Shuggy here....the Worm is Hungry.

The Worm must be Fed.

That's why we're here.

Once Shai-Hulud rises from the playa, glorious and deadly, there will be lots and lots of people and art for Him to eat. 

But first, Shai-Hulud needs a skin.

And what is Shai-Hulud's skin made from?

M-O-N-E-Y.  That's right, we are papering the whole goddam PAV with dollar bills.  (Wait, no...metaphor, metaphor, c'mon Shug, focus baby...)

That's right, YOUR money must feed the Worm!  Yeah, YOU.  Put that beer down.  Stop scratching for a minute, willya?

You Can Do This!

Look in your purse/car/sofa/bottle collection/neighbor's bedroom/what have you.

If it looks like money, grab it.

Now count it.

Now give it to Shai-Hulud.

Or Alia will take her knife to your liver!  Shai-hulud *loves* fresh liver....your choice, really.  How hard can it be?  Besides, the way we're gonna party on the desert you're gonna *need* that liver!  (OK, Shug, bring it on home, c'mon, you can do it...big finish now...)

 

Take the Shuggy Challenge.  Match my $25 Paypal donation.  Do it, dammit!!  Your karma sucks?  Donate to Shai-Hulud, he/she will go out with you next time you ask.  Your roommate's a pig?  Donate to Shai-Hulud.  Within 3 days your roommate will turn Hari Krishna and give his/her Michael Jackson collectibles to you, then move out forever.  Out of a job?  Donate to Shai-Hulud.  Within 7 days you will receive an opportunity to take an online survey which pays ***double whatever you donated***.

 

So.  Take the Shuggy Challenge.  Do it Today!!  Help me make Pork scream in unexpected benificent ecstasy.  The Worm Must Turn! 

 

 

 

Burner Girl Crafty Day & BBQ!

Here is a pictue of Grokstar in her Faerie Hair and crown, another pic of Grokstar wearing my crown, K in her hair and K's breasticles!

Thanks for coming over, it was fun!

- Stormfeather

Work Party!

Get steel and build something!

Date: Saturday July 18, 2009
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: BenD's
Notes: Early build day.

Contact Mahdl-T for more info: pjw@psu.com

(the devilsih woman in the picture is Blair)

INTERGALACTIC SPECIES PARADE

Camp Sietch Grabrear is having a Parade on Wednesday. Join us (and the Fabulous Burning Band) in Black Rock City! Friends at KBOO, (Lyn and Conch) will be recording a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for BMIR Radio to broadcast on the Playa. That is if we can properly bribe them.

INTERGALACTIC SPECIES PARADE

Date/Time(s): Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Black Rock City
Type: Parade
Hosted by Camp: Camp Sietch Grabrear
URL: http://sandworm.tikimojo.com/theme_camp.html
Contact Email: lstormfeather@sandworm.tikimojo.com
Description

Calling all Fremen and Worms, Andorians and Earthlings! All evolving creatures are invited to join us and the Burning Band for an kinetic/aural/visual trip around the neighborhood. Gather and garb at 5 pm. Parade leaves at 6 pm.

WHAT?, WHERE?, WHEN? BURNING MAN SUBMISSIONS

Want Black Rock City to know about your wonderful parties, events and happenings? Get it into the What?Where?When booklet today! Just go to our on-line calendar, click on "Playa Events Calendar" and add your blurb on your day:

http://playaevents.burningman.com/

- Stormfeather

2009 Burning Man Site Map

2009 Burning Man Site Map
http://www.burningman.com/media/doc/preparation/maps/09_maps/2009_BRC_map.pdf

Esplanade
Adapt
Biology
Chaos
DNA
Extinct
Fossil
Genome
Hominid
Inherit
Jurassic
Kinship
Lineage

Center Camp ring road: Evolution

Thanks Shadout Mapes... and thanks goes to SHUGGY as well for his continued support.

We've received $20 from a mysterious desert dweller, who says:

list my name as "Shadout Mapes" I can't even tell you how excited I am that you guys are doing this! I have been dreaming of doing Dune/BRC crossovers- if I wasn't starting $#@%^&* graduate school the same time as Burning Man, you can bet I'd be there, using my hooks to keep shaihulud on the surface of the desert. Have so much fun!!

Two weeks to finish the structure

From Mahdl-T
Two weeks to finish the structure.

This weekend we'll do an early (10AM) but short day Saturday and then
some more on Sunday (12PM)

Today Ted finished the sealing and painting of the bus (hurah!) And
made the new stronger shade poles.

We mounted up the tubing roller doodad and machined a die for our size tubing. Then we sucessfully rolled 1.25" tubing in a tight curve, and
also got half way there with 1.5". More die machining to do tomorrow.
I'm going to buy a load of steel in the stiffest size we can bend, on
Saturday morning. Truck ride to the Steel Yard! Then on Saturday we'll
roll up the mouth ring. Maybe Sunday, start on mounting it in front.
BenK do you hear that? :-)

-Pork

worm sightings in the wild

Baron Hardchargin found this one:
http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/us/2009/07/11/D99CE6I80_us_giant_palouse_earthworm/index.html

The worm is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at
predators, and live in burrows 15 feet deep. There have been only a
handful of sightings.

and on Animal Planet the "Mongolian Death Worm"
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/lost-tapes-death-worm.html

- Stormfeather

Sand Serpent movie on SyFy channnel

Shai-Hulud's cousin on the "SyFy" channel
Saturday, June 11th, 9 pm

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/32248/syfys-summer-schlock

- Stormfeather

Shai-Hulud at SOAK

[shai-hulud] Project status

From Mahdl-T

The worm build seems to always teeter on the fence as to "is it going
to make it this year?". Most of my pledge of the cost of everything
permanently on the bus is fulfilled, and we have a great deck. We have
a good stairway that tons of people used at Soak, and railings, cables
all around, wood walls filling out the profile up top. We have started
building out the worm-shaped frame.

We have spent all donations. Now, to move forward, we have your future
donations, and what BenD and I put in from now on. We have delivered
on budget, and have received a donation of a sound system. Cameras
turned out to be cheaper than expected. There's $1000-2000 remaining
that we need to spend. Here's what we still need to do:

Day or night permit:
Worm structure and ribs
Mouth structure
Shade poles on top
Mount speakers, wire sound system
+
Night permit:
Mouth lighting tricks
Rib lighting
Camoflage most of the bus
Run power up to roof
add headlights

Day permit
Skin it
Hook up cameras, combiner, monitor
Hook up intercom
Hook up serious Mister fan for driver

Bonus
Fancy mouth bits
Mouth chomp controls

On the issue of skinning it, we have a better plan now, several of us
agree it should work, is easy, packs up small, and doesn't involve a
zillion parts.

Schedule-wise, I believe if we finish the structure this month, we'll
be riding the sands this year, me wormies. How are you going to help?