Special shoutouts to our honorable mentions, Torill, MaggieoftheNora and Space Potato. Find the rest of the entries past the break!
Driving since: 2012
Points: 4
Crashes: 1
Birthed from a series of tubes and forged in the crucible of chat rooms and comment sections, he left behind the School of Internet Wizardry to fortify the Desert Bus and embolden its allies.
It’s Desert Bus’ 10th year:
His first memory of Desert Bus:
Bringing a vegetable platter to many sleep-deprived people at Desert Bus 1.
Favourite DB gif:
Driving since: 2015
Points: 0
Crashes: 2
Hi! I’m Jamie Dillion; I’m a consultant and streamer, in my second year of driving the Desert Bus! I love video games, naps, and snacks. I’m a bit clumsy and a crybaby sometimes… but, I’m actually an agent of love and justice, Pretty Guardian Sailor Jam! In the name of the Moon, I’ll stay up all night driving a bus; dancing, singing, goofing, and raising money for the kids!
It’s Desert Bus’ 10th year:
Her first memory of Desert Bus:
Chaos, singing, hats, and being warned not to have brick feet on the stairs or I’ll get a shame ticket. I don’t have a very good memory.
Favourite DB gif:
This year we’ve moved back to 12 hour shifts for extended discomfort and fatigue and we’ve got some shared shifts – but don’t be fooled! They’re not easier. Both drivers will be on camera the entire time, even if they’re not driving. All times listed in Pacific Standard Time.
Click on each driver’s name to learn a little more about them or see all profiles on our drivers page.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.
| Saturday, November 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
James | ||
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Jeremy | ||
| Sunday, November 13 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Matt |  |
Tally |
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Cameron | ||
| Monday, November 14 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Ash |  |
Ashley |
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Ashton |  |
Jamie |
| Tuesday, November 15 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Kara |  |
Kate Watt |
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Ian |  |
Alex |
| Wednesday, November 16 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Graham | ||
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Liz |  |
Tara |
| Thursday, November 17 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Kathleen | ||
| 10pm – 10am: |  |
Beej |  |
Johnny |
| Friday, November 18 | ||||
| 10am – 10pm: |  |
Paul | ||
We had some amazing submissions for Ashton’s art challenge, but in the end there can only be one winner.
Congratulations to our winner, and thanks to everyone who submitted entries. We’ll have them all for you below!
Driving since: 2012
Points: 3
Crashes: 1
Patronus:
Theme Song: Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
First Crush: Fugi
Why “HuggleZ”?
It has been my gaming handle ever since I was playing 4-person Warcraft 1 on a coax LAN back in the day, and was later co-opted to be my DJ name when I used to spin in high school and my early 20s.
How he feels about driving for Desert Bus 9:
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
I’m not sure if it came off on camera just how difficult a job it was to judge these entries. We couldn’t even give a shortlist to Ashton everything was just too good. I’m going to use not a lot of words and just let you see the insane quality of this art.
The rest are pictured below the break
Ashton CummingsDriving since: 2012
Points: 1
Crashes: 1
Editors Note: Ashton is incredibly busy and did not fill out his profile information. So we had other people, who happened to be around the Lunar Module answer for him.
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
The bowels of engineering – Dix
Special Skills:
Ashton is as comfortable behind an ASCII keyboard as he is behind the wheel of the Desert Bus. Thankfully, his code crashes much less than his bus does. While not its biological father, he participates in the DB Chat in a combination Paternal/Management role, imparting all to “Work with Daddy”. At any rate, he can nod down any epic sax guy video, ten hours or more. – Ian
He’s a total geek for:
18th century Russian Faberge eggs – Thomas
Claim to Fame:
Travelled back in time and wrote “Baby Got Back” and he’s been trying to get it back ever since. He can also convincingly fake being South African. – Jordan
Biggest fear about Driving for DB8:
The Dark – Beej
If he was reincarnated as a fruit or vegetable he would want to be:
Durian – Alex
Favourite Cheese:
Head cheese – Johnny
Doesn’t want you to know he listens to:
Math Rap – Pika
His “moves like Jagger” are more like:
coding skills like Bill Gates – Mia
To prepare for driving the bus he is:
He is eating a bus load of pizza. – Simon
What symbol does your superhero cape have on it?
An “A” made of lightning bolts. – Kelly
Here are your drivers for Desert Bus 8!
You’ll notice that some shifts are shared. Both drivers will be present for the entirety of the shift. There are also 4 shorter shifts on Sunday to give some of our crew who have other Desert Bus work to complete during the run an opportunity to drive.
Click on each driver’s name to learn a little more about them.
| Driver(s) | Start Time | End Time |
|---|---|---|
| James | Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00am | Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00pm |
| Beej | Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00pm | Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00am |
| Jer | Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00am | Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00pm |
| Ian & Johnny | Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00pm | Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00am |
| Kara | Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00am | Sunday, Nov. 16, 1:00pm |
| Ashley | Sunday, Nov. 16, 1:00pm | Sunday, Nov. 16, 4:00pm |
| Liz | Sunday, Nov. 16, 4:00pm | Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:00pm |
| Ash | Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:00pm | Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00pm |
| Alex | Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00pm | Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00am |
| Kathleen | Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00am | Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00pm |
| Ashton | Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00pm | Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00am |
| Tally | Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00am | Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00pm |
| Matt & Cam | Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00pm | Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00am |
| Kate Watt | Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00am | Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00pm |
| Graham | Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00pm | Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00am |
| Paul | Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00am | THE END |
