I've avoided the boards for the last few months. I'm so fucking bummed that I won't be going to Burning Man this year. I've wanted to go for so fucking long. In previous years, going to the burn wasn't an option due to health issues, work and finances. I finally had all my ducks in a row this year ....

I was looking for boots on Kijiji and saw this coat.... .... It's very similar to what it was thinking of making. So I bought it.

Quiet, shy introvert coming from Ottawa, Canada. Over the years I lost the fun loving person I was in my youth. Looking to crawl out of my shell and redefine myself . . . Go ahead... corrupt me

I'm not sure if it's true, but a co-worker told me that if you go on a site like Travelocity late at night... like 2 am, the prices are cheaper than they are during the day. He claims to have saved $ that way. Also, mid week flights are cheaper than weekend flights. Try s couple of dated, then compa...

You've got 180 days until you need to leave (assuming you're spending the night in Reno on Saturday and driving in Sunday, though this isn't mandatory, just "nice") which gives you 25 project weekends left to figure out your tents, shade, food, water, transportation, wardrobe (including goggles/mas...

I called back again this morning. I spoke with a very nice woman named Ellen. She said the rate was still coming up as $80 with the Burning14 code. I told her the rates the BDV had listed, and she conferred with her manager. Turns out there was an error with the system. They corrected it, and my roo...

I think it's awesome that BDV arranges this. I figure I got someone who's clueless, and I'll try again this morning.

Thanks for the advice

Couldn't get through to the 866-386-7829 number. Kept getting a message, saying it's not assigned. I figured it was because I was calling from Canada, so I called the general inquiries number and asked to be transferred to reservations. I wanted to book for August 22 & 23. The person I spoke to said...

Got mine ... Only took 15 minutes

Got my ticket
15 minutes start to finish

15 minutes after entering hte cue, I completed the order and got my confirmation.

I'm going to Burning Man this year

And now the waiting game begins.


I like that it auto refreshes.

I've seen references to glue in several posts on ePlaya. I'm wondering what type of glue I should use for best results (durability). If possible, I will be sewing things together, but some Things I may be gluing are Silk flowers to plastic Craft gems to goggles Fun foam feathers to ? Velcro to plast...

Sounds like that would have been very cool to see.

I guess today turned out to be a 2 item day... bought the hat earlier, and, I just finished making my reservation for a hotel pre/post burn.

I picked up a big floppy sun hat, like the one in the picture. I plan to decorate it, and add some sort of chin strap so it doesn't blow away.

... now to figure out how to take it on the plane without it being crushed. I may just have to wear it

Picked up a bunch of LED bracelets. They're too small for my wrists, but I can take them apart and attach them to other things. They're quite bright.

I took "Family related" leave for Wednesday.
12:00 there is 3:00 here, so I could have just taken a couple of hours, but I'm taking the whole day. Might do a value village run after work the day before, and spend the day working on costumes.

Started cleaning/organizing my craft room :shock: what a mess. I have a 3 bedroom apartment, and when my nephew moved in last fall, it just tossed all the stuff from my storage room (3rd) bedroom into my craft room. Now, there's so much stuff in my craft room I can barely move , let alone work. It's...

My new passport arrived today

Took the El wire off my red coat and brought it and my new playa coat to the dry cleaners. Upon seeing the red coat, the proprietor exclaimed "How old is this?!" As though horrified I would spend money to clean it. I told him it was a costume and mostly dust. It's only two years old. Also gave him ...

Fishy's probably right.. a fire of that magnitude would likely burn them up too.

Your kilt looks great.

I know that people will often put pictures and messages in the temple before the burn. Both my parents have passed, and I would like to place a picture of them. I was wondering how people attach them... Pins and staples seem wrong, because they will be left in the ashes but I doubt tape would stick ...

I like the armor idea :) On Friday, I'm dropping my sewing machine off at The Sewing Machine Hospital for a cleaning and tune-up. The machine was my mother's, and I received it several years ago, after she passed away. I had never used it before and when I tried it on the weekend, the needle and thr...

I'm a canadian federal employee and I get tons of time off each year. 4 weeks vacation, 3 weeks sick leave, 1 week family related and 2 extra days. I also get time off in lieu of pay for any overtime I do. The place where I work is very relaxed. People tend to be fairly artsy, and very accepting. I'...

I officially booked off the 26th. Originally I was planning to call in sick, but my boss knew I wanted the day off to buy my BM ticket. He was OK with me using a 'mental health' day to do it. Unfortunately someone else in the office found out about the ticket sales and pitched a fit about me using a...

Just freed up enough space on my Visa to cover the cost of a tickets

Also, printed off my application to renew my passport. I'm gonna get the photo done and drop the application off at the passport office tomorrow.

I've used the vacuum seal bags for trips in the past ... basically, you use a vacuum to suck the air out at home, and you either roll them, or sit on them to get the air out when packing to go home. They still compact things, but not as good without the vacuum.