Shitmouse and Geekstar: What, no love for an (at the time) virgin burner who had his eyes opened and had a sudden overwhelming catharsis in the face of women fully expressing themselves? Mowgli: I feel you man. I thought the same last year... and to be frank, this year as well! It's sad that the def...

If not for the consiteration of 1st time burners I would be sorely tempted to do a bit of social commentary/installation art in the form of "resigning" the posts starting from Day 1, right after they go up. Monday: All signs resigned to Zulu Time GMT (Nevada time minus how many hours?) Tuesday: All ...

Geekstar: I'm entertained! You may stay. Added to the fucktard list: Thou shalt not ride thy bike when thou art too drunk to walk. Thou shalt keep thy hands to theyself at Critical Tits unless thou art a participant. Thou shalt never do a drug on the playa thou hast not done at home. Drink not thy n...

That explains the truck with the logo on the side that drove by the day before the burn. Wow... that's unfortunate.

I've heard perhaps a dozen different people tell me that whatever you are looking for in the desert, you will find it. If you are looking for pounding music (as I often do) you will find it. You will find it at 2:00 and 10:00, most of the Esplinade, at the foot of the Man, and many other places as w...

There was something in the events list about him possibly performing this year. I had planned on attending, but was distracted by something (probably a shiny bauble or a brightly colored ball) and didn't end up trekking out to wherever it was supposed to be. I have seen him play live two times-- in ...

Many thanks to my favorite Canookieans @ the Pussy Dome (C-4)-- Bartending my first night there really helped get "in the zone". Thanks for the company-- and for being there when I needed a place to fall back to for comfort and emotional support after the Burn! Thanks to the Gonzo Camp Couple too! W...

The Gonzo camp at 9:00 plaza and 2:00 will have a sound system of some size and, as someone who will be DJing there, I think we could work something out in terms of playing it for you. I won't arrive until Wed. early AM-- feel free to drop by or PM me.

Larry Harvey is a high ranking Defiler (D;TF). You don't think $300 is ALL you pay for entry at will-call do you? He reaps a faith point every time someone posts here on E-Playa... Seriously-- though I have yet to get involved in the side-posting group here I do like the idea and hope it works out w...

Beaten to death by... with... <Sits down to hold his poor, addled head like Pooh> Being a bear of very little brains, suggesting such things is cruel. The very ideal makes my poor ursine hands shake like being teased with a honey-pot laced with crack! Seriously though-- the correct answer is to make...

Its amazing what a bit of certainty can do to a conversation! Last year was my virgin burn and I was working at an at-your-own-pace sort of job where no one relied on you. I put in my leave and was fairly limp-willed when they tried to cut back my vacation days. Now I work in an ultra-high pressure ...

I'm no expert, but I will be learning the same thing once I get out there (I just bought mine.) Since it goes down to 3 meters I'm going to try to practice by putting in the grids of different camps I find interesting. If you want to hook up to compare notes let me know! I'm looking forward to playi...

I understand the logic behind not allowing shallow trenches... it would create a pretty big footprint if not done or cleaned up after properly. I wonder, however, how tightly it is enforced given that I saw literally dozens of large generators a few hundred yards out into the desert with lines that ...

I've tried to avoid posting here because I really did want to keep my Escapist Fantasy Format #1 (role playing) seperate from my Escapist Fantasy Format #2 (BRC). It just seems wrong. Now that my disclaimer is out of the way... BRC is built in a huge, flat, dark desert away from anything even remote...

Here is a thought: If a person takes on a "playa name" and/or drastically alters their behavior when they arrive at BRC, doesn't that make either their default world name and persona or their playa name and personal a sock puppet in a sense? To handle a post I know will come in response to this if I...

That was a thing of beauty, Sensei! I'm still relatively new here so I really can't make this call, but perhaps we should set up a Sock Puppet Crimes Amnesty Program? Anyone who comes to the meet and greet who has used a sock puppet (or several) can be absolved of their sin by actually creating a re...

Crypto, Point well taken about mass produced gifts-- I didn't mean to sound so dismissive of them. I guess a better way to express my feeling is to say that it took four days to start thinking about what gift a person would best recieve, rather than whom I could unload my backpack of otter pops on. ...

Even as a Johhny-come-Lately to the board I am looking forward to the meet and greet, as long as I'm not line-itemed off of the open invitation :-) It's just one more opportunity to meet with other people under pretexts other than "Hey, nice dayglow fishwings! Thanks for the unidentifiable liquor!" ...

My group is leaving from Sacramento on either Tues. evening or Wed. morning/early afternoon. Our caravan size is still undetermined so I'm not sure how heavy you could pack, but I am projecting us to have a good bit of room. Worst case senario is that you could end up in the back of a 5th wheel-- bu...

I agree with Burp that gifting would become a blight if it became expected. Fortunately it hasn't, at least as far as I could tell last year (it being my first year may have skewed my view though.) There is just something warm and fuzzy about being given something by a stranger with no expectations ...

After seeing the responses here, I definitely agree with Dork! It sounds like the phone booth is/was a really enjoyable exhibit and that my experience was a fluke aggravated mostly by my own panic and unexpected situation. I hope to see it again this year, this time under better circumstances! Thank...

Bob,

Will do, thanks! I'll go looking for the book.

If I were a braver man I would take your last suggestion and go out with materials and watch others for inspiration. <Sigh> Thats me, always trying to take a leap of faith in several safe, premeasured steps!

Follow up question on the same note: Anyone know how to make one/have a link that will demonstrate how to do it? I've poked around on the "structures" portions of the main page and have seen a LOT of pictures and picked up some good tips regarding already built ones... but none showing how to actual...

Rscohen, I can definitely say that you can survive, and even have a great time, without a bike. For whatever reason I did not use one for the first 3 days last year. The first thing I did after we finished setting up our camp was to go wandering in the deep black of night into the center area with n...

No question-- I am definitely coming back, this time with several more people in tow! That incident was definitely the exception rather than the rule. Great irony would be if I could get the uncle in question to come as well so I could keep an eye on him :-) (He is fine now, after some physical ther...

First, I want to give a nod to the folks who make BRC work-- The greeters, Rangers, Lamplighters, et al... My camp is always open to them! Second, the Laughlin, NV Not named camp-- a great group of folks who took in an E'd out and dehydrated teenager I found in the interior playa and could neither l...

Last year on the Playa was one of the most extraodinary experiences of my life (my first burn) and was 99% positive. There was one glaring exception, however. I recieved a message through a campmate who went into town that my uncle had been in an auto accident and had been flown to a trauma center. ...

I know the angel thing has been done, but I decided my one "over the top" costume this year should fit with the theme. It goes well with the flaming sword and some high-output lights I'm going to frame around my collar and cover over with amber cellophane to make a halo effect:-) Definitely a nightt...

If you want to haul your battaries out to us or set up nearby, my camp will be running a generator which is far too large for our uses (unfortunately, due to financial issues our choice is too much generator or none at all.) You are welcome to mooch at will, no strings attached. If you really felt t...

Disclaimer: Our camp comes from Sacramento, not Oregon. That on the table... Our camp has room for several more. Similar to one of the previous posts, we don't yet have a theme so much as simply a clean and secure space for refugees from the elements. The current plan is 3-5 members arriving with us...