Date: July 22nd 2010

To die will be an awfully big adventure.     

Aristotleby way of Peter Pan

He also said:

"We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperat actions, brave by performing brave actions."

Adventure. Who needs more adventure? I was talking to someone the other day and she said she needed more adventure.
 
Have you ever thought your life needs more romance? Do you need… an adventure? Do you need to do something you’ve never done before, throw it all to the wind and break away and lay in the lap of Chaos and just fucking see what happens? Do you need to simply make a mistake?
 
You do? Good. Stay with me now…
 
So we all need more adventure, more possibilities. More umph less filler. Romance? All these mini-malls getting to you? You getting kinda weighted down by all these fancy cars on the road? Fancy bikes? Fancy strollers? I saw a stroller the other day that was like the friggin’ Hummer of strollers. It had knobby wheels and was powered coated. Who’s buying this stuff? It’s not a matter of how much of it there is, it’s a matter of how much money it all costs. In our culture of immediate gratification, the people who provide a little romance should be considered in  highly respected offices…
 
We built a big boat for the Shcma Schmemer Isle festival. It’s Saturday, July 24th. In 2 days. Our boat is a stage. With lights and a public address system.
 
YOU can get a boat.
 
YOU can come to this show.
 
YOU can have an adventure.
 
YOU can tell beautiful women you want to drink their bath water.
 
You can. You can play the ukelele under the full moon. In your boat. Sing songs about rainbows. I do it all the time. Seeing the moon rise over the water, the reflection shimmering in the wake of the beer that Doyle spilled… ah. You can do it. You can wear a dumb outfit, get a boat, come to the show and sleep out under the open sky and change your problem structure. Make getting water your problem. Make the current your problem. Wind. Beer. Make having fun your problem.
 
You can get a boat on craigslist. For free. You get a few of your friends to come up with a plan that will never work. Do it anyway. Get a boat. Get a truck from that guy you know who has a truck. Bring it to the water. Paddle away. Or motor away. Or whatever. 30 seconds after leaving the dock, all your problems change. You are now on an adventure. Your problem is now all about romance.
 
You see, the problems you have now are mostly shitty problems dealing with logistics. Computers and cars and jobs and money and your stuff. You deserve more interesting problems. You may want to have boat problems. Boat problems are awesome. It’s hard to describe, really. You may just have to trust me.
 
Rise to the occasion. 10 minutes ago, you were doing something else on the weekend of the 24th. Now, your going to get a boat… and you are going to Schma Schmemer Isle. You are going on an adventure. You have no idea how, but you are going to do it. It's all about commitment... you commit. Then things happen. Nothing happens until you commit.
 
Do it.

So there is a little Facebook page made for the event.      http://tinyurl.com/27dywqy

Here is a map.                 http://tinyurl.com/2fvfc45

As you can plainly see, the spot picked is in the middle of the vast maze that is our own Delta. You would need a boat to get there. There is no road, no parking lot, no place to camp or pitch your tent. It's on water. Unless you wanna be wet, you'll need a boat. You get a boat, you go to this geographic location and I gaurentee that you will have an adventure.

On Saturday night, we are putting on a show. Jason Webly is our main attraction, Then Ben Burke and Caryl are going to do an underwater shadow puppet show, first time ever. Other musicans are gonna do some stuff... pretty loose. It's going to be awesome. The boat we have been building is like a stage. There are a gaggle of people who have rented a dozen house boats. There are more boats comming, and it's probably as close to Anarchy as anyone is ever gonna get. There is no real organizer, no real sponsor and there is no sceduale. There is a map point. Everything else is what we bring. I for one see the possibility for a stunning outcome.

This invitation that sits in front of you is a road to adventure. If you are like my friend who thinks that we all need more adventure, you may want to take it. I find it comforting and amuzing to find myself broke down on the side of the road to adventure. Join me.

chicken