OCF Time
 

Most of you won't know what "OCF" is but perhaps some will. Paul will absolutely choke on the reference. But in a couple of weeks I'll be off to the most christian community I have ever witnessed. People with true joy and love in their eyes and hearts, healthy bodies and minds. What some would call "The Enemy." And I'm going to be sad to the point of breakdown on Sunday evening, as I am each year, that this kind of community and brotherhood, and love, cannot seem to catch the rest of the world on fire. For three days before that, I will be "home."

I wonder if anyone here understands. ?

http://www.ocf.on.ca/ ?

http://www.ocfoundation.org/ ?

:confused:

Funny. And both appropriate. But no. Here:

http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/

Hey, that looks freaky and fun. What the Renaissance Festival should be, IMHO....

That's how it started out. When renaissance fairs were quite common on the West coast. 1969. And yes, it's a place of freedom. Truly a unique experience. Check out the playlist of performing artists, (I'm assuming this info is posted on the site though I am not certain). Lost of vaudevillian stuff. One stage even has an orchestra and does a 1-2 hour play. The Flying Karamazov Brothers are always there, and always very active, for example.

Trust me. It's a BLAST. Unless you're uptight. Uptight narrow-minded people would be incensed.

Hey, I got it! It's a bit far for me to travel, but I do know what OCF stood for....I've got cds of one of my favorite (now defunct) bands, ZERO playing there a few years ago...have a blast....wish I was gonna be THERE!!!!

Hee hee.

I work the Bus Gate from 2-7 each day, so I would not be hard to find. Not so easy to recognize though. I and a couple of co-workers have a cross-dressing competition that's getting ugly. I cannot seem to find anything that can compete with the stretchy purple sequined short floozy dress that the Admissions guy has. I'll keep scouring the Goodwill stores. FWIW, I am as 'straight' as a laser-shot. And FYI, my outfits are totally tame compared to some. I assume this is the kind of thing you mean by "junk." If it's drugs, the answer is no. Indeed, my work the rest of the year includes serving as drug test coordinator on a safety-sensitive project. We have administered roughly ten thousand drug tests. One thing that is striking about my hippie friends is their health. They are lean, wide-eyed, and drug-free (for the most part). I look like Joe Corporation. Never judge books by their covers. We liberal hippies are everywhere. We've infiltrated every organization and you cannot tell who we are. We're like anti-terrorists, spreading tolerance, love and peace. WATCH OUT!!!!!

Looks like fun in that "oh, there are going to be a lot of stories to tell after this is over" way. Take pix and share the stories here when you get back -- it'll ease the transition.

I think Noah meant your twig and berries when he said "junk".

JP

And remember, like the Renaissance Fest, attractive cleavage is the best photo subject.

"And remember, like the Renaissance Fest, attractive cleavage is the best photo subject."

Just to be clear -- that's FEMALE cleavage!

JP

Sounds like Hippie Key West. Wait....just Key West.

LOL! Thanks for the clarification. I did say "attractive" but you never know... :rolleyes:

Indeed.

Several pics on the site indicate that there are weddings or something. Super, do you have any pics of the indiginous women attending previously? I suspect some attractive, liberal-minded women might be found there.

Bob

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1088097105.jpg

jim, all will not be forgiven if you dont post future photos! have fun. i go to the renfair every year. i dont know why, maybe it is be bigassturkeydrumsticks. but we will need photos.

Super,
Most of us avoid Veneta like the plague during this event. Yeah, we are all narrow minded, uptight conservatives. Yeah, that's it. Sheesh!

The last time I attended was 1995. I didn't have things like kids to worry about so thought it would be a fun thing to do. Well, I am more conservative now (grew wiser with age) but even back in '95 when I was more "liberal" I found the event shocking. Open drug use was the tamest thing I saw. People bathing in the open (not attractive people either) filthy kids, completely druged out people getting in your face. It was bad.

As far as cleavage, many women don't wear tops during this event let alone bras. There will be no cleavage.

Troy

Yeah..those drumsticks...Makes you wonder just how big the whole bird was........

Party on!!!!!!

Ever notice the women going topless aren't the women you want to see topless?

Back east, a number of years ago, there was a protest in Rochester New York. Some women thought that if men could go shirtless, women should also be permitted to do so, and these few did.

Hardly anyone noticed.

Troy, we've cleaned up our act considerably. The local prosecutor fired the proverbial 'shot across our bow' wake-up call. Since then we've disallowed entry onto the property without a ticket, we have undercover teams patrolling the fair for drug use, etc., completely disallowed the public to bring alcohol, and other measures.

There is no genital nudity, at least in the "public" part of the fair during the day. A g-string is therefore the minimum dress code. Chest coverings are simply unnecessary. One of the things about the fair I find wonderful is the desensitising effect. I spend the first few hours each year staring through dark sunglasses at the breats. After that, you quit noticing, quit staring, quit making judgements based on appearances. When you start looking past the appearances, people get even more attractive.

And on that subject: Trust me on this. Lean, happy, healthy, bike-riding yes-that's-my-real-hair-color-and-those-are-my-real-boobs hippie women beat the face-paint and silicon squad HANDS DOWN!!!!!!! Just staring into the bright eyes of some of those ladies causes woodies. The sauna, which is powered by a huge wood-fired boiler and has perhaps sixty shower heads, sauna seating for about seventy, no roof or ceiling, a fire pit, a baby grand piano and other instruments, a grassy lounge area, etc. etc., is truly a memorable experience.

I have pictures, but I'm not sure you guys can handle them.

I can handle 'em, as long as I don't have to look at guys' handles. ;)

Super,
I'm glad you enjoy it so much. That's what's important.
Troy

Troy, we are grateful for the hospitality (or perhaps just tolerance) of the natives. Thanks. Yes, we enjoy our Fair very very much and hope to be good citizens and neighbors.

Oh, I nearly but not quite mentioned that, also in my camp complex of around a half-dozen tents, another guy is also a Drug Test Coordinator. Imagine the odds...two of us in the same camp. He says he gets randomly selected for testing right after each Fair. Again, imagine the (random) odds. He works with our medical staff. Yes, we have a real medical staff with real doctors and real nurses.

We have a fire crew. We even have a Navy. We have a solar powered bubble machine. We have a human-powered calliope. We have a dragon that is probably 150 feet long. Seven or eight performing stages. A library. All of this occurs in the woods.

Some of you would absolutely hate it (some of the guys have long hair and beards).

I imagine some of the gals have long hair and beards, too. :D No weirder than St. Mark's Place in the Village.

JP

Ahhh the Fairies in the Woodlands awake and partake of the nectar of the Moon...dance to the music of the rustling trees branchs. exhault under the star studded heavens and as the sunrises fall into the slumber of innocent child.

We also have naked fire dancing at night. Talk about iconography.....

Supe, dancing naked around a fire at night seems very...Pagan; like the most cliche pagan/animist/satanic image imaginable. May just be the Catholic upbringing in me -- I have no idea, for example, what those screwy Episcopalians do when the sun goes down; and the Methodists (shudder) I don't even want to think about that. The only time I've ever danced naked "around" a fire is when I dropped a lit cigarette in bed.

JP

Ohhh and what else aren't you telling us about OP?

Hey Tabs. Thanks for needling Mul today, I smiled. But you know, the counterfeit quote thing was funnier a couple of days ago. You want to be alone here with Mul. Okay then.......

I'll take that under advisement, Slacker (if that is your real name). I'm and ex-altar boy, current Eucharistic minister, CCD teacher, the whole enchelada. When I see naked hippie chicks dancing with fire at night, it's not the fire I'm worshipping. Really, I get no lascivious pleasure whatsoever. You're not buying this are you? Ummmm, I'm an amateur anthropologist particularly interested in ancient dancing rituals. No that's not going to work either. Actually I don't look, I just listen to the drum beats.

Aw, I give up.

Thats the way OP's statemnet shouda read...and it was too easy and too much temptation to resist...funny is still funny and appropriate even though some PEOOPLE have worn it out....

So where are the pictures? Come on Sup.

I've always considered ex-altar boy to be a badge of honor.

Oh, the horror.




Yes, another ex-altar boy.

Tabby -- That was some hysterical shizznit. Glad I didn't have a mouthful of bourbon when I read that one.

JP

Bye, Y'all. I'll be frolicking in peace for the next four days.

N-JOY!

I hope "peace" is a hottie.

JP

In the leadoff post here, I called this a christian community and that's not correct. Christians call it a pagan community, which is (regrettably) more accurate. But I continue to think it's odd that it is the pagans who actually practice the great social experiment that Jesus outlined for our corporeal behavior.

Anyhoo, some folks wanted to see pictures and although I have no photos of my personal costumery, I did run across this bunch of photos.

BEWARE: Conservatives MAY NOT view these pictures. For your own safety. You have been warned. Liberals will understand my love for this magical community, but you will not.

Click on the link (hope it works) and page down to Oregon Country Fair.

http://kimbacan.com/HTML/gallery.html

Oh my was that aweful, to each their own. Is it possble to get a contact-high from a website? I'm off to wash my eyeballs....

Oh, like you'd pass up the opportunity to roll around in the mud with a little earth day hottie...

Anyway Jim, reminds me of the Renaissance Fair I'd go to as a kid. Stuff was fun, but the meat on a stick -- um...questionable.

I may have missed it, but the pics of the "ladies" I saw have caused certain parts of me to crawl back inside for cover(it'll come back out right?).