Burning Mike! I Burn Myself In Effigy in an Absurd Death and Rebirth Ceremony

This series includes five .AVI's for your downloading pleasure. They're between 2.8 and 3.7 megs apiece, so don't bother unless you're broadband. All of this media is courtesy of Brian Goosen. Hat's off, Brian!

My sad and short lived symbolic representative sits silently, covered in lighter fluid, awaiting fiery doom! I burn! Look at those flames lick up the makeshift frame I erected for the purpose! I used a cross frame because of the obvious simplicity, never really considering the end result. Nothing like a burning cross in your back yard. I especially enjoyed it when the fire dept. showed up, some five minutes after all the fire was gone. 'There is NO FIRE HERE'

The AVIS


Brian filmed all of these at a 90 degree angle. I don't know why, and was too lazy to attempt to adjust them.

Me, explaining what's about to come.

First Attempt.
To explain what's going on here, I first attempted to ignite the effigy using a roman candle. We had plenty of fireworks, and fireworks are always fun. It didn't work, and I almost ended up tagging a guest. If only!

Second Attempt.
Here I simply used a good sparkler, and that did the trick.

The Pants Come Off.
My Effigy is slowly disrobed by fire.

Subconscious Klanners.
The crossframe reveals itself! That's what all the commentary is regarding: the fact that we suddenly have a burning cross before us.