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Alright, its been a full week since Festival, and I think that I’m finally recovered enough to write about it.  This year’s Festival involved: The introduction of a new Red Shirt into our tribe; The subsequent promotion of Med from Standing Red shirt to, “Torquemada of the Red”; Multiple Midget games (including horseshoes, badminton, and even Street Hockey); Nekidness of course; Lots of Fire; A late night full Heathen Frigid Swim (which fortunately I was sober enough to not partake in); and blood.  Oh yes, there was blood. And oh so much beer.

Injury count ended up being 2 gnarled and bashed toes, a gash on a shin, one swollen, bloodied lip, and a multitude of unexplained bruises, including the side of an entire face.  Plus, upon immersion into the Frigid water, Med became a woman (at least in visual appearance, and voice).  No deaths and no one catching fire, means all in all, an improvement over past years.

One Highlight of the Festival was, as promised, a full rack of cupcakes, courtesy of CakeMuffin Girl.  Simply provided with cursory information about Festival, she, in her infinite talent, searched out a decadent recipe for cupcakes made out of Guinness Beer.  Absolutely divine.  The term “Heathen Eucharist” was bantered about between stuffing them down our throat.  We had fully intended on saving them as a prize for a Midget Volleyball tournament, but unfortunately Gilgemesh had Ball issues, and so I took that as a cue to head over and begin devouring them myself, not long after which, everyone followed.  Had we known how good they were prior, I’m sure there would be much more blood to report, as we would have definitely beaten each other silly with various lawn ornaments in order to claim them all for ourselves.  I wish I had a good picture of them to showcase them, but alas our mouths were too quick.  Simply imagine a Guinness perfectly poured into a cupcake wrapper, complete with foam, and a hint of sweet chocolate.

Speaking of pictures, unfortunately my wife seems only capable of taking pictures of babies and Nekd G’s, with whom, due to certain court appearances and legal complications, we cannot post them here.  We can simply offer this fine example of how we mixed both fire and Heathen expression.  And yes we are doing exactly what you think we are doing.  I’ll update with more photos if they should possibly turn up.