Top Activities at the Burning Shithead Festival
Shithead is the cold dry
breakfast cereal which is orange or green in color, circular in shape and tastes
(ever so slightly) of apples. Shithead is sustenance at the Burning Shithead
Festival and is consumed in many ways (including fire). For further information
about shithead, see the Shithead Lexicon. To the left, Shithead fires break out at sunset in
a dazzling desert display.
2. Participate in the Shithead
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As a participant or a
Spectator, there is and never will be an sporting event to rival the Shithead
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3. Dance to DJ Ben
and the Shitheads.
Not since the creation of
the Shithead [CENSORED] has Burning Shithead seen such a
galvanizing force.
4. Climb rocks, hike, and run trails
We are pretty serious about
this. We wander off into the desert and just start climbing. Make sure to bring
a flashlight and water if you plan to do this. At Burning Shithead V we did the
Forty Nine Palms oasis trail twice. Once during a violent thunderstorm which made us turn back, and once in
the clear weather
where we made it all the way to the oasis. The sunset we enjoyed, depicted on
the right, was as stunning as the shithead fires which broke out.
5. Drink beer, water, and poppy tea
We think the poppy tea may
be illegal but we're checking into that. Beer and water are staples. You should
drink both in large quantities at Burning Shithead. Because of that we find the
best deals we can on decent beer and buy as much as the store has in stock.
Depicted on the right is the result of one run.
Of course, the most traditional way to consume shithead is orally. You will need a bowl for this. Don't worry, it's on the list of things to bring.
7. Play midnight sports
We get pretty restless out there in the desert in the middle of the
night. The hotel parking lot is a great place to throw football or play Frisbee
because it's lit. It's even better out in the desert with a glowing Frisbee or
ball because you can see the object you're going for but you can't tell when
you're about to run into a bush or something like that (cool).
8. Overcrowd the hotel
rooms with Festival participants and rage
As many as thirty festival
participants have crowded the largest suite in the hotel at once and in a short
period of time consumed massive quantities of shithead, beer, etc.
9. Swim and hottub
This is the most common
daytime activity at Burning Shithead. It's usually too hot to do anything else
except hang out in the air conditioned hotel rooms and sleep (if you dare to
try) or load the bowl, which can even happen at the pool.
10. Conduct poolside
BBQ's.
Becoming an increasingly
popular tradition at Burning Shithead, the extent and variety of cuisine which
finds it way on the BBQ is becoming very very tasty. We nixed an attempt at
making shithead puree.
11. Play pool at the
local bars
There are actually some
pretty good dive bars to hang out at in the town. The Marines at the Twenty
Nine Palms Base are typically confined to base if they stay for the Labor Day weekend,
so it's not as crazy as usual and getting a table is pretty easy.
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