"2 a.m. thievery"
being a newcomer to sf, i decided to co-host a bonfire on ocean beach tonight. if all goes well, it ought to be complete with smores, lots of toasted marshmallows, some hidden alcohol, and lots of good friends. i'm quite excited for this -- the indian summer characteristic of september finally hit and the city has been blessed with some warm evenings and beautiful days.
i don't really foresee anything missing from this bonfire except, well, the firewood itself. my friends and i made the mistake of engaging a rather large crowd -- 25 people, to be exact -- which would necessitate us having a large amount of wood. wood seems to be ridiculously expensive in the city, and it burns quite fast, so we needed to find some other large source of wood that was cheap, and perhaps preferably free.
so last night at 2 a.m. we decided to execute a W.L.P. (yes, that is the Wood Liberation Party) raid on a nearby* (*denotes not to be named) grocery store. we found some palettes, crates used to forklift large supplies and such, and we were ready to run off when we realized that they were ridiculously large. hrm. problem. no axe, no hammer, no saw. nothing with which to truncate or deassemble our precious palettes. well. tina had a large rental car. so we tried cramming it into her trunk, to no avail. then we tried putting it in the back seat, to no avail as well.
so we called ful's roommate, who has a hatchback, and asked him to drive out to our secret coup d'etat location. and he did. as we waited for him, we were trying to secretly hide ourselves, lest the popos come and find us. he showed but refused to partake in the W.L.P. activities, as he did not agree to the illegal nature of our doings.
so last night, at 2 a.m., we gave up our hopes of liberating enough wood for tonight's festivities.
the bonfire is to take place in well, 12 hours and we have no idea where we are going to get *that* much wood. i should have focused more on the graham crackers.
Posted by redchilipepper at September 6, 2003 09:07 AM