Yesterday, we were wondering whether how Mirror Blaze was faring, whether we would be able to obtain the coveted FAST[1] approval.

But first, another trip to the portapotties. The dusty, dusty portapotties:

Some might wonder why I talk so much about portapotties. It might be because when I was growing up, it seemed like bathrooms were never discussed in movies, that it was significantly transgressive for Mel Brooks to have a bathroom scene in ‘Spaceballs’.

But it’s probably because when you’re trying to stay hydrated in the desert, and you’re drinking all the time, even though you’re losing a lot of moisture through breathing and just standing there, you’re also processing a lot of it through your kidneys.

On the way back from the portapotties, we took a gander at the Charnival signs:

And here we saw that we were in good company (not shown: The Bearded Sparklepony!):

Mirror Blaze was coming along, the ‘little big top’ was starting to look like it:

And the application of bunting was about halfway along (you can see the bunting-to-be-applied tied on the side of the lifeguard chair):

Then a kind person from FAST came by and told us that we APPROVED FOR FIRE! At first, we were excited.

Then it really hit us, and we were EXCITED! YEAH! LET’S MAKE SOME FIRE!

So, of course, we instead took a wander around Charnival, amazed at our good fortune[2], and took a gander at some of the other projects on the go, starting with ‘Flaming Clown Heads[3]’:

And FaIRE Hockey, here we can see Marc and Francisco discussing some of the finer points, along with the skeleton of the air baffles that they had setup:

A closer view of Marc tuning the tables on FaIRE Hockey:

And finally, to round out the day, what looks like a Mouse art car? Is that bicycle made of cheese? Do mice actually really like cheese that much? Maybe the bicycle is made of peanut butter?:

[1]Fire Arts Safety Team (I think).

[2]Apparently, fortune favours the bold and well-prepared.

[3]’Flaming Clown Heads’, or ‘Let’s Go Fly Some Flaming Clown Heads’ to its friends, apparently started life as ‘Let’s Go Fly A Bicycle’, which apparently was nixed for being too dangerous even for Burning Man.