Next year's tickets will be made of the actual scalps of all the people who scalped tickets this year.

Top hats are cliche but awesome. Breasts are cliche too, but I'm still bringing mine.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with her hypothetical other campmates. Did you not invite her to camp with you b/c you maybe wanted space? Did she feel rejected or just feel it as a need to be independent, need her own space? Are you monogamous or are other kinds of agreements in place? TLI (too little i...

STEP isn't even open yet, and non-scalpy people with an extra ticket may still be thinking "I'll try my friends first, then go with STEP after that." Whereas we ticketless souls already know we are ticketless. Hence, not necessarily a meaningful poll result.

I just want to say that I *totally* complained about the Glastonbury ticketing system. This was way easier on my personal psyche, even though I didn't get any tickets, than sitting there on the computer trying to hit the queue at the exact stroke of noon.

This is a fabulous idea! I hope to come by, hopefully with yarn to donate.

no, not afraid of planes; Flightless is short for Dodo :-) One of our tiny cadre in 2007 was not looking where she was bicycling and severely injured her knee. I had to drive to Reno to meet her at the hospital (and the poor ambulance driver had to get out of BRC in a dust storm) and we missed a big...

Savannah - thanks, that is great advice.

wh..sh - it's an Arts Collective of one, so far. I decided not to wait for everyone else to get it together.

Oh, totally joking about my hands finally healing (though they really did hurt for a couple weeks after I got home). We did try rinsing in water with a little vinegar, but I will be way more vigilant this time around -- and perhaps even wear work gloves for setup and tear-down!

hi, i'm Flightless (aka Dodo)... I went to Burningman in 2007 with 4 other ignorant virgins and we had a partially fantastic, partially cataclysmic experience. Now that our hands have healed, a few of us are planning to try it again in 2012. I'm tentatively planning to drive from D.C. again, and try...

I think asking students to submit ideas for the artwork is a great idea. If you go through the galleries from past years, you can see lots of examples of different types of materials, interactivity, etc. If the end product isn't itself interactive, you could also have postcards or a big piece of can...

It's "Fertility 2.0" not the boring old 1.0 kind, right?

Adaptation
Bioengineering
Cloning
Dumpster-dive
Evolve
Freegan
GMOs
Haploid
I <3 my IUD...

[quote="Hamandegger"]I am old enough to remember when women gave freely of them selfs...[/quote]

Ewww.... I can't wait until all the old boys who think like that are dead.

Yeah, next year was better!

Also, some of the Philadelphia Experiment people gave me a bandanna and a place to chill out during the first dust storm. They are nice to virgins! :-)

I can't, but wow, your photos are beautiful! It made me feel like I was right back on the playa.

rycaldwell wrote:i heard a 14 year old child ask the other day,
"When did the future change from a promise into a threat?"

hey, a 14-year-old who reads Chuck Palahniuk!

What kind of bikes will work on the playa? Does it have to have super fat tires like a beach cruiser or will a road bike work?

BoxaRox wrote:Living life in fear is a choice.

Wanting to be safe doesn't mean living in fear - being prepared is also a choice!

I am wandering how to be safe in a mass of thousands of men who's perceprtion of fraternal love may get scewed under influence of some substances and liquids, emotional and graphic experiences ,nudity etc. I have already heard of date rapes. What to do? Come hang out with me and/or the other older ...

Ron wrote:Use a bit of silk stocking, rather than a hankie...

Nice!

... hey, if people did want to use a hankie code at the Sex Camp, there could always be some sort of poster/sign at the entrance, explaining the local definitions.

topknot wrote:CAN WE GET THIS THREAD BACK ON TOPIC PLEASE!

well, sure! easiest way to do that is if you make a comment that is on topic...

helitack wrote:...and the ladies I know don't play fucking silly hanky games.

*shrug*
Anything seems silly if it's not your cup of tea.

Wardrobe Refashion Blog: http://www.nikkishell.typepad.com/wardroberefashion/ I have all these "playawear" costume ideas for me and my friends, and I want to make them using as many thrifted or reclaimed clothing items as possible. Plus found objects and other scavenged/recycled materials. I have an...

I guess you'll be blasting the theme music from "2001"?

ha - if my numbers were smaller I'd be MORE likely to go without support!

excellent advice, thanks all! my gang are certainly willing to help clean up while we keep an eye on the traffic jam. :-) So that means we could plan to depart Tuesday instead of Monday? (Got friends to drop at Reno airport and then a long drive home; I want to let them know what day to book flights...

I have another (unrelated) first-timer question. I've read about "Exodus" but I haven't seen anything that tells when we HAVE to leave by. Is it OK to hang around longer at camp and avoid the big traffic, or are we all supposed to be out of there on Monday?

thanks!

She also gets somewhat peeved whenever I mention Burning Man (not all that often to her, maybe once every couple of days we talk), I'm not sure why. I can't even tell if she really wants to go..I am getting major mixed signals from her. I think you should be really direct with her. "I feel like I'm...

Anyway, I really wanted her to go with me and I was in a bit of a "manic" state of mind...So I bought her a ticket too, with the agreement that (if she attended) she would pay me back, and if not I would sell it. So, now I am thinking she would not fare so well in this sort of environment. I've rea...

Be as autonomous as possible and then you will be able to meet up with the drama queens as you wish, without being chained to them. Definitely make it clear to the ex AND to other friends that you are going there to wander and explore and do your own thing, so they should only join you if they are c...