2009 Photos Online

February 14th, 2010

Hey, better late than never.  We posted our 2009 photos online.  You can also check out all 10 years on the photos page.

Be sure to tag all photos YOU upload with “barbiedeathcamp“.

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BDV Newsletter for February

February 4th, 2010

There have been some developments, all positive, for our little slice of paradise on the playa!  First off, I want to let everyone know that we have new mayors for both BDC&WB and Eden.  Felony Arson will be the mayor of BDC&WB and CJ is mayor of Eden.  I will remain mayor of BDV.  They will be coordinating with Tracy on the Village map on who is to be placed where.  Thank you ladies for your help.  While we are at it, you know that Felony Arson is the Dues Nazi, but CJ has taken the reins and will be heading up the design for the art truck.  Keeping the same motif as in 2009 (Barbie’s Mobile Wh0rehouse) she will be decorating the front as only she can.  Decorum won’t let me go into details here, but suffice it to say the truck might need a bra when it’s all said and done.  This is one “endowment” that should get people’s attention.  Or is that two “endowments”?
Our Village has been approached by a group who will be doing an offshoot of “American Idol” called “Blackrockcity Idol” or something along those lines.  Kevin is the gentleman’s name who is heading it up.  On Monday night (August 31) our Village will be hosting this competition should everything go as planned.  They will have a portable stage and lighting system, and our fellow burners will be performing.  Each night a different camp or village will be the host, with the final competition to be held on Friday night.  No site has been selected yet for the finals.  But this is a great honor to be invited to host this event, which just shows how popular our Village has become over the past decade.
In a related note, we will again be a stop for Wednesday’s Annual Naked Bike Ride and Pub Crawl.  For those of you who haven’t experienced this, if you think Barbie Death Camp is pink now, wait until you see it that afternoon.  And on Thursday we will once again be the host camp for the Eighth Annual ePlaya/3playa Meet & Greet.  So our schedules are filling up with activities throughout the week.  As we progress into spring and summer, everything will be posted on our website.
I would like to welcome a number of new people and prospective campmates to this forum.  We are always on the lookout for new people who will add a positive vibe to BDV.  I hope I don’t forget anybody, and I apologize in advance if I do.  Welcome from Nebraska Josh Ladd, who has communicated with several of you already.  He is a newbie this year, so be gentle.  Also from Citrus Heights please welcome Marci and Kevin.  They were newbies last year and are now taking the plunge into our little watering hole at TTITD.  Marci, whose playa name is Moonchild and Patrick.  Another newbie joining us, a friend of Usman’s, is Andy Doro.  He is a born and raised New Yorker and will be traveling out to the desert from the East Coast.  Another new member of our camp is Michael Mahl, whose playa name is Wunderpants.  He has been to TTITD before, but took last year off.  He lives in Oakland and was born to pound nails and eat herring.  From Florida, Hottie has new newbs, Amanda and Nick. And to end in a flourish, please welcome Stacie.  She will be with five or six others.  Last year she was part of Kidsville but looks like she and her group have grown up.  (And they want to be part of us?)  This is their third year so they clearly know the ropes.  She and her group are from Sacramento as well. Please make everyone feel welcome!
We have already had some success at collecting dues.  In fact, we have enough in already to cover art truck DMV registration.  (Thank You!!!)  But expenses are beginning to mount.  For those of you in BDC&WB, Eden, and Black Rock City Body & Paint,  dues are $50 until July 1st, when they go up to $75.  They can be remitted to:  Jim Jacoby, 8577 Balmoral Drive, Newcastle CA  95658.  We are also trying to reach the people at Burner International (International Burner Hostel) to see if they will be joining us this year.  And I have heard from Boosh:  The Canadian Splinter Squad and they will again be back in our modest Village.
And on a final note, purely self-centered and shameless juvenile gloating on my part, my youngest daughter Joelle is in the final mix to be selected for the part of Mattie Ross in the Coen Brother’s remake of the movie True Grit, which will be released on Christmas Day, 2010.  Out of 1500 kids on the West Coast, she is the only one who got called back.  They filmed her yesterday in San Francisco going over actual lines from the movie.  It was then sent to the Coens who will be reviewing it today.  There are only six kids who made the final cut.  Should she get selected, she will be in the starring role alongside of Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Jeff Bridges.  Of course if she makes the cut and is in the role, that could certainly affect my plans for TTITD, a sacrifice I am willing to make.  I can think of about two million reasons why I would make that sacrifice!  But I ask you, my friends, to keep your collective fingers crossed.
Have a wonderful Groundhog Day everybody!  I know mine is so far turning out pretty good.
Doc Pyro, MOBDV

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New Dues Structure

February 4th, 2010

We are implementing a two-tiered dues paying system this year.  Camp dues are $50 up until July 1.  After that they rise to $75.  Anyone who is paying dues but not making it to the playa are $50.  All dues must be in no later than August 15 and no early-arrival passes will be distributed to anyone delinquent on his or her dues.

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2010 Planning Party

December 29th, 2009

For all of you NorCal Barbiebarians and wannabees, there will be a preliminary planning party at Ericka’s house on Saturday, January 9 beginning at 12:30. Her address is 9036 Elm Avenue in Orangevale.

We will be one of three or four camps there and will be discussing the early stages of what we want our art truck to be for this year, camp dues structure, and what infrastructure changes we may wish to make. We are on double-secret probation with the BMOrg DMV still and they are requiring us to completely decorate the front of the truck so it doesn’t look like a truck.

We would still like to use the Barbie Mobile Whorehouse motif, so bring your suggestions, ideas, and plans. Oh, and don’t forget the beer. Please let Doc Pyro know if you are able to attend.

Update (1/7/10): Sorry to inform you that BDC&WB will not be able to attend the event at Ericka’s house.  Other camps will be present so please bring food, fun, and good vibes.  We will wait until late April to begin construction on the art truck.  We are looking for some new members as several of our key people are taking sabbaticals for at least one year.

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Preparations for Burning Man 2010

December 24th, 2009

Welcome everyone to the New and Improved! BDC&WB website.  2009 was a banner year and we ended up with over 60 people in our camp and over 200 in the Village.  A big thank you to Tracy and Janice who helped get the International Burner Hostel placed within our Village.  They were an excellent addition and we certainly hope they will join us again this year.  Also the Alaska Burners and Boosh: Canadian Splinter Squad should be joining us again.

We are intending on keeping camp dues at $50 per person again.  In order to meet our budget we will need around 70 dues-paying members.  A short breakdown shows our fixed expenses of Barbie storage, trailer and art truck storage, and truck registration and insurance comes to $2000.  We have some debts that remain from ‘09 but it looks like our infrastructure expenses have been met.  We will begin to redecorate the art truck some late spring.  We are on “double secret probation” with the BMOrg DMV so some overhauling of the truck will be in order.  We also will be requesting 40% more space and 80 early entry passes.

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