backyard bonfire=fire department

good ol' rob, a co-worker at hot lips, is moving out of town for good. so, we decided to have a little send-off party for him at the 'moon castle' (my house). the theme was 'burning rob', and although we didn't have enough time or motivation to built an actual rob shaped effigy, we did decide on having a fire of some sort. palettes were hauled to the backyard, gasoline was purchased, and a few racks of PBR jump started the fun. we were almost foiled by the rain, but even wet wood had no chance against a gallon of gasoline.

once we had achieved a fire with a good crackle and hiss everyone started having a great time. jd (from hot lips) even showed up in fake snake skin cowboy boots, a man with a true sense of style. i guess time flew by because all the sudden i was really tanked and men in fire suits were walking towards us with my housemate in tow. rob pulled through in the moment of hysteria and a. collected the massive amount of empties littered throughout the yard, b. filled up a bucket of water to put out the fire, and c. joked around with the firemen (a past profession of his) making everyone a little less freaked out about the situation.

i imagine our friendly relations with the neighbors are over, which is slightly unfortunate. but, a good time was had by all, so i am not going to complain.