While everyone laughed and took pictures and made fun of him, it was really nice to see how everyone also looked out for him and made sure that he was getting food and water. Not just one or two people but _everyone_. I was completely amazed. The level of caring and concern that everyone in this community seems to have still surprises me a year later. I didn't know that so many people could be so cool.

Ok end mushyness. (Man, I must still be on that fuente high.)

"So I'm not "totally heartless" like some emails/comments I've received since posting that vid."

Sheesh. Why do you even listen to people? Don't you know better by now?

Ya, she fed the Zark steak and eggs, which she made from scratch with her own little hands and that she had been planning with relish to eat herself at a later meal and did it without being asked and he enjoyed it thoroughly and looked a ton better afterwards, BUT she made him wash the dishes (which took like hours because he was such a mess), and drank the coconut milk herself when she didn't find Mr. Mabala in his tent. She also said she wanted to be able to say "You just ate the Porterhouse" which she did, several times.

Further, Roxy had several of us hovering over her until she was back to normal and I walked Klear back to her tent and into the care of several of her campmates including Shoghi and Bouncy. Turo has war wounds from keeping Zark from falling down a mountain and ended up as a human sled. If you read Zark's blog and see the list of people he thanks, he's not exaggerating, he did leave people out. For example, at one point I asked Tangi to take care of him while I went to get more water and she did with a smile.

That being said, both him and Rox (and Saynt and Mikeinsane and Andrea) were funny as hell.

yay for Porter for not letting Zark die, but also letting as laugh at ourselves in the process. I've generally been very impressed with the level of camaraderie and support this group gives each other.

Also a little bit of forward-thinking and payback on that one I think, as most (if not all) of us have been in that same place once or twice.

Now to more serious business, I think we need some sort of "DJ Zark Mabala - 87% sober" t-shirts (or something to that effect) for the next shin-dig ;)