Congratulations to IllustratedJai, the winner of Ashton and Johnny’s Horizon Zero Dawn challenge.
Special shoutouts to our honorable mentions, Torill, MaggieoftheNora and Space Potato. Find the rest of the entries past the break!
Special shoutouts to our honorable mentions, Torill, MaggieoftheNora and Space Potato. Find the rest of the entries past the break!
Driving since: 2014
Points: 2
Crashes: 5
Driving since: 2012
Points: 2
Crashes: 5
A baby of a gifted scientists on the doomed planet Pognarma, Captain Wizard Monkey Mark 3 was sent to Earth by his parents to ensure their legacy. But instead of using his powers to make his parents proud he derped.
It’s Desert Bus’ 10th year:
His first memory of Desert Bus:
Driving down from Nanaimo to bring cookies to my friends that were doing this crazy thing in their living room. Not wanting to leave and then watching the stream on my phone as my wife drove me back home late that night.
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 | ||||
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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 |
Driving since: 2012
Points: 1
Crashes: 4
Theme Song: Copacabana by Barry Manilow
I can’t believe how many amazing photoshops we were given! You guys pulled out all the stops and showed some real creativity! Only one winner could be chosen however and that was user Cultist Rat!!!! Check out the rest of the submissions below!
Johnny has decided to spring a fun little art challenge on you all! I’m attaching a few sample images for you to use (feel free to browse photos.desertbus.org for any other options!). We’re looking for Johnny to be Photoshopped into situations he does not recall! We are going to run this until 9 AM, please send submissions to [email protected] with the subject line Fugue State! The winner shall receive not one but TWO desiccant packs of varieties, a small set of DB related pins, and a knit Tardis pin!
Driving since: 2013
Points: 2
Crashes: 1
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
Having just moved to Victoria, Ian enjoys unpacking in between doing graphic design, layout, and helping out LoadingReadyRun.
Special Skills:
Improv, playing the bass and kazoo, and inhabiting the empty bony remains of Skeletor.
He’s a total geek for:
Japan and Japanse Pop Culture. While anime is for dumbs, I’m a big fan of Lupin the Third and the UC Gundam series.
Claim to Fame:
I brew a pretty mean chilli stout.
Biggest fear about driving for DB8:
My biggest fear is that one of the oil sheiks of Qatar discovers Desert Bus, finds us entertaining, and decides to fund us into driving through to 2015.
If he was reincarnated as a fruit or vegetable he would want to be:
Daikon Radish. I’m big, white, and most people in the supermarket don’t know what to do with me.
Favourite Cheese:
Brie. ‘Nuff Said.
Doesn’t want you to know he listens to:
Polling Rank Of ’96 Japan Animation Theme Song
His “moves like Jagger” are more like:
Someone left the oven door open and the gas on high
To prepare for driving the bus he is:
Ingesting massive quantities of the spice “Melange” in order to become the Kwisatz Haderach and drive the Desert Bus like Shai-Hulud to glory!
What symbol does your superhero cape have on it?
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Driving since: 2012
Points: 1
Crashes: 1
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
My full time job is supporting faculty, staff and students using technology at Vancouver Island University.
Special Skills:
Video conferencing in special guests. Waxing my moustache.
He’s a total geek for:
Films, technology, comics and board games.
Claim to Fame:
I run the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, now in its 10th year, it is the longest running and best attended short film festival on Vancouver Island.
Biggest fear about driving for DB8:
That I will crash and not have a great excuse like “William Shatner was talking to me while i was trying to drive” like I had in DB 6.
If he was reincarnated as a fruit or vegetable he would want to be:
Rutabaga, why wouldn’t you want to be a rutabaga?
Favourite Cheese:
Pepper Jack
Doesn’t want you to know he listens to:
Taylor Swift
His “moves like Jagger” are more like:
your annoying cousin trying to break dance at the wedding
To prepare for driving the bus he is:
stress test my headphones
What symbol does your superhero cape have on it?
a dance break button
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 |
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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 |