Tails of the Green Monkey

[Monkey@Arms]

Alrighty, then. Seattle means different things to different people, but as far as Clan Monkey@Arms is concerned its two greatest contributions to the world are Archie McPhee & Co. (motto: “Slightly Less Disappointing Than Other Companies”) and Utilikilts.

Here you can see the close affinity I have with their philosophy of life.


What startling purchases await us?


Have we discovered Grant’s secret rubber chicken source?


The Clever-Little-Monkey’s Halloween costume haul: Russian child’s gas mask, surplus military mittens, and a giant cockroach, which he named “Roachie.”


Now on to the UK mother ship. Clan M@A with Jenneviere Villegas, UK’s “Inamorata of Operations, Newsletter Knockout, Donations Diva, and The Pepperspray of Enlightened Compassion.”


A one of a kind hand painted “Seattle Starry Night” kilt.


Hmm, not quite as limber as that other fella, but that’s OK, Mother always told me not to kick my assailant any higher than the knee.


The first one is my favorite (it’s a quote from “Spinal Tap.”)


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[Monkey@Arms]

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They followed me home, can I keep them?


Other assorted Seattle fun.
A taxidermy “mermaid” at the Curiosity Shoppe


The “facilities” at the Science Fiction Museum


A special birthday treat for the other Clever-Little-Monkey, at the Space Needle restaurant.



Still to come, what happens on the playa sometimes doesn’t stay on the playa.

Best regards,

Jake

[Santa Wally]

Very interesting photos, Thanks for sharing them.

[Highlander31]

Great photos. Look forward to the next installment.

[Splash_4]

These are great!

[GMan]

Looks like fun!

[Alan H]

My armadillo don't like me trousers.

[Alan H]

We are going to need an explanation of the green cigar picture, you KNOW that.

[Streetcar]

Sorry I missed your Seattle trip! We would have loved to thrown together a kilt night!!

[Monkey@Arms]

Sorry I missed your Seattle trip! We would have loved to thrown together a kilt night!!

Thanks. I thought about it, but its hard to plan things with the whole family along.

We now reach the final stop on this little pictorial tour.

Black Rock City (BRC)



BRC is the temporary fourth largest city in Nevada, that blooms in the desert once a year and then disappears like Brigadoon. It is the home of the Burning Man festival, which can be rather hard to describe.



Attending Burning Man has been on my list of things I wanted to do for many years, but the idea of camping in an extreme environment where the only thing your admission ticket provides is the porta-potties and the only thing for sale is coffee and ice, had been off putting, to say the least. It was actually a conversation with Steven (aka Krash) and Jennivieve Villegas of UK that actually got me off my *** and I was fortunate to find a great group of experienced “burners” who were looking for some additional campmates.

Enough talk, more Monkey! Costumes are part of participating, and the nights were aglow. Now you see the kilt wearing monkey.


Now you don’t.
(Much thanks to WalkerK for his help soldering the EL Wire for my light up fez.)

Kilts in general, and UKs in particular remain very popular in BRC. Of the five men in my camp, three had UKs. (I also wore my SWK and another kilt)


One sees many things at BRC that you don’t see every day. Just a few examples: A steam powered Victorian house.



A “Raygun Gothic” rocket ship



And lots of art amongst the dust storms



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