OREGON COUNTRY FAIR

EUGENE JULY 11-12-13 2008

TRASH WORSHIP RECEIVED THE HONOR OF BEING INVITED TO INTRODUCE YANBUKI RITUAL WAYS TO AN ALREADY WELL ORGANIZED RECYCLING OPERATION IN THIS MOST ECO CONSCIOUS AREA OF THE COUNTRY

WASTE IS REINCARNATED AT OCF

OUR FAVORITE TRUCK WAS "GODZILLA". ONE OF 17 TRUCKS USED FOR DROP OFFS AND PICK UPS OF THE RECYCLING BARRELS AT THE KIOSKS. HUNDREDS OF KIOSKS ALL OVER THIS 300 ACRE FORESTAL WONDER WHICH COMES TO A MAGICAL LIFE FULL EXPERIENCE ONCE A YEAR IN THE MONTH OF JULY!

THE RECYCLING SHRINE

ON A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SHRINE WE SEE A ROSE IN THE GARBAGE AND WE ADDED TIN CAN FLOWERS AND TWO TIN YANBUKIS TO STAND AS HOLY GUARDIANS

WE INTRODUCED TWO OF OUR MOST POPULAR SAINTS: BOBOOBLEE AND REDEEMA.
BOBOOBLEE IS AN ETHEREAL WIZARD ALL MADE UP OF PLASTIC BOTTLES BUBBLES AND BLISTERS. IT TAKES ON AN INFINITE VARIETY OF SHAPES AND SIZES BUT ALWAYS WITH THESE SAME PLASTIC COMPONENTS.
THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED WHILE PROTECTING A KIOSK AT OCF.

REDEEMA IS THE GREAT MOTHER OF ALL REDEEMERS.SHE IS THE MOST COMPASSIONATE OF ALL WASTE SPIIRITS AND WITH HER GENEROUS REFUND PRICES FOR ALL BOTTLE RETURNS AND HER HIGH PAY OUT  TO ALL BEARERS OF SCRAP METALS SHE HELPS MANY FAMILIES AND PEOPLE LIVING ON THE EDGE TO SURVIVE. SHE ONLY SPEAKS CHINESE AND LIKES TO LISTEN TO CHINESE RADIO

SATURDAY JULY 12 AT PEAK HOUR FOR FAIRGOERS WE STAGED THE PROCESSION WITH OUR SAINTS BOBOOBLEE AND REDEEMA. WE ALL  DRESSED UP IN REGULATION WHITE. HUMAN GRIDLOCK, SOME TENSE MOMENTS AND FEAR OF BEING TRAMPLED LIKE THE MECCA PILGRIMS AT THE HAJI. REDEEMA WAS CRUSHED AS HER PALL BEARERS STUMBLED.
ONLY HER HEAD WAS SAVED AND WAS LATER SEEN PERCHED ATOP THE KIOSK AT MAINSTAGE.

BOBOOBLEE WAS SAVED BY BEING ABLE TO FLY ABOVE THE CROWD. ITS LIGHTWEIGHT BAGGIE AND BUBBLY BODY ITS
SALVATION

WE  LOST SIGHT OF THE DANCING ROVING RECYCLING YANBUKIS WHO WERE TRAILING THE PROCESSION.
THEIR TASK WAS TO RESTORE PEACE AND ORDER TO THE HELLISH CONDITIONS OF THE RECYCLING KIOSKS.
THEIR STYLE OF RESTORING ORDER WAS BY BEING COMPLETELY DISRUPTIVE AND THE END RESULT WAS EFFECTIVE!!!

PEOPLE DID MOVE OUT OF THEIR WAY AND WERE IN AWE BY THEIR DISPLAY OF ENERGY.
THE END RESULT WAS "ORDER"  ALL THE COFFEE MUGS AND CUPS ALL WASHED OUT AND READY FOR REUSE!!!

IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS BOBOOBLEE WAS  PLACED TO MONITOR THE KIOSK BY THE BROOK NEXT TO NICODEMUS
WIGWAM STYLE DRAGON. IN THE PRESENCE OF BOBOOBLEE PEOPLE DID ACT MORE CAREFULLY AND TOOK TIME TO SORT
THE TRASH OUT AND PLACE IT IN THE RIGHT CONTAINERS.
NOTICE THE ICON FOR "FORK & KNIVES" ON THE EXTREME LEFT JUST BELOW BOBOOBLEE'S EXTENDED RIGHT ARM.
THAT BUCKET COLLECTED METAL SILVERWARE!!! THE SILVERWARE WAS USED AND REUSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN
AND THE SIZE OF THE OPERATION REQUIRED MANY PICK UPS AND HOT WASHES DURING THE DAY.
NO PLASTIC FORKS SPOONS OR KNIVES ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN!!! ANOTHER GREAT FEAT FOR A FESTIVAL OF THIS SIZE:
100,000 PLUS VISITORS IN 3 DAYS AND 11,000 VOLUNTEERS TO INSURE NO PROBLEMS!!!!

THE LAST DAY AND EVERYTHING MUST GO. GIVE THE LANDSCAPE BACK TO NATURE AND IN GOOD ORDER.
BOBOOBLEE IS DECONSTRUCTED. ITS BODY PARTS BEING SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL PLASTIC CATEGORIES.
HERE IS THE LAST IMAGE OF BOBOOBLEE ON THE RECYCLING DOCK WITHOUT ITS LONG REACH ARMS!

ON CLOSING DAY THE SEPARATION STATIONS JUST EXUDE ACTION. FAST AND FURIOUS.

THE EVERLASTING IMPRESSION OF THE OCF EXPERIENCE ARE THE RECYCLING YANBUKIS AND THEIR PASSIONATE APPROACH! JUMPING OFF THE PICK UP TRUCKS RUNNING AND PICKING UP THE SLIGHTEST SLIVER OF ABANDONED TRASH:
A CHEWING GUM WRAP, A CIG BUTT, A CRUMBLING NAPKIN!!!

IF IT'S JULY THEN IT MUST BE EUGENE AND THE OREGON COUNTRY FAIR FOR ANY WASTE FEARING TRASH WORSHIPPER.