I hope you made a formal complaint to the BMORG and the Ranger council. Unfortunately Rangers are people, too. As with any population segment, there will be good and bad. In my experience (both as a Ranger and a participant) some of them build their entire identity around it, and take things WAY too...

Oops! So I won't be wearing my belly dance costume either, back it goes!! What else do people wear that is moopy, but they missed the memo? I've been listening to pod casts and looking at pics, etc. I really don't want to be a mooper in any way shape or form. Also, on female pee devices- any recomm...

And, nine pairs of shorts! http://m.imgur.com/Reo9pkD I have a little more personal stuff to do and some sewing for a friend's art car, but I am pretty much done with the big projects in time for container load on 8/6 in DC I'll take one of each in booty shorts! That fabric is all fantastic. I love...

I have this disease. For two weeks, at least, I've been looking for the key to my bike lock. I KNOW I've seen it, I see it all the time but it's nowhere in my camping stuff, bike stuff, junk drawers....it was hanging on my fridge. Where I walk by it multiple times a day.

Thank you for not bringing feathers!! My other HUGE pet peeve is those GD f'ing "belly dance" scarves. Yeah, we get it, you're so cute, look at your butt, and thanks for making more work for people who care. I'll collect the coins by the handful, and hand them back to the people wearing them. "Oops,...

Dear god thank you for doing all of that to offer us a respite from DJ city.

If I get a ride I will try to talk you into going to VBC. That's where I get my punk/rock fix!

I'm a freak about washing my face at burns because it will break out, if I don't - especially with the sunscreen. I don't moisturize, everything breaks me out. Plus hormones. Neck down, whatever, but if I break out my self-esteem plummets and I feel uncomfortable. So here's what works for me: I've f...

Odds are fair you will experience the lowest you didn't know you could go to, and the highest that will make you cry relief because you forgot what joy feels like. I have a saying, "a bad day at Burning Man is better than a good day in the real world." If you know that you'll be able to take care of...

This year I have a water bottle thingie on my bike, so I'll always have a bottle of water. Nice, warm, plasticy water...and I'm going to have carabiners attached to my bike to hold stuff so it doesn't go bouncing out...forgot I also try to carry safety pins and a small notebook for messages, notes, ...

I love dry shampoo for burns, this is the brand I've been using. The big trick is to make sure you brush it through, so it can absorb the oil. And not to use too much, because it can build up like dandruff. I tried the spray kind, for brunettes, and did not like it at all. After a particularly diffi...

FIGJAM wrote:I think everybody at the M&G blacks out at about 10PM!!!

Enough of that corn shine and I'll be lit...

"Good Advice for Virgin Burners" threads are really not about you Virginal Burners. Its all about us jaded veterans trying to feel relevant again. OK, now someone please say something profound. The best tip for us is to spend a day with a n00b. They get real excited about dumb shit you don't even n...

anyone remember camp carp with their black Sabbath sunday and pancake breakfast.?. you could sit back and watch the city slowly file out to exodus while listening to death metal, (at ear bleeding volume), and eat pancakes with sugar cereal toppings. good times..... Oh my gosh, yes, I was a few bloc...

Craving shit you'd never eat or drink IRL is true. I don't drink soda. One year I wanted a cold Coke SO BAD it made me crazy. I have no idea why. But I bring a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper, just in case (also goes great with booze). Oh yeah, that is sooooo good out there. I like an Orange Crush out there ...

RE: fruit skins/rinds


Dry them out and burn them. You'll want some sort of mesh bag, properly secured; don't just lay them out in the sun where they'll get blown away for somebody else to deal with.

Craving shit you'd never eat or drink IRL is true. I don't drink soda. One year I wanted a cold Coke SO BAD it made me crazy. I have no idea why. But I bring a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper, just in case (also goes great with booze). EmergenC isn't electrolytes. I absolutely swear by [urlhttp://www.vitalyte...

I'm not looking forward to the uncontrollable crying and sadness the hormones throw on me two days before it starts, and the extreme fatigue I experience the first day or two (regardless of how much sleep and rest I've had. Just tired.) Burning tampons (OB, can't vouch for other brands) and using re...

The Eplaya Meet and Greet i s at least one guaranteed good time, to stand around and drink beer. They somehow make it feasible for shy people who don't know anybody to show up and leave with new friends. Can't guarantee any trans folk, but definitely some queers and assholes. And the other Eplayans...

I've gone with two days' notice, you can do it. :P Here and Ebay = where you'll find a ticket (assuming you've already got word circulating amongst your friends). Good luck! Visit Feed the Artists, they're a big food camp. I do a food camp (Intergalactic House of Pancakes) at one of my regionals, an...

Pace yourself. Get some sleep. Go to sleep at 10 PM one night and sleep until dawn. Take care of your body so you don't burn out too early. This is one of the top tips I give my friends: take a day off. Pick a day and hang out at camp, put your feet up, let the burn come to you. Hang out with your ...

Hoop tape works. Definitely put some lights on it. I hate blinky shit but I'll put some lights on my bike.

Heh, and that's the ideal list. Not what I actually might have on me when I go running off.

Will we be seeing your tiny shorts this year, Yggi? just deciding if black or gold........unless someone can find me another color. I have no fashion sense, so rely on others to make my outfit choices..... :twisted: Man this thing needs a "like" option so I don't just fill up the threads going ha! ...

I've done something similiar, "Adopt-A-," where we had a bench and a big white board so people could write in whatever. Adopt a virgin, DJ, vegan, cranky lady, BOD member, whatever. Is excellent idea and if I can figure out what my "subject" would be, I'm also in.

Yes. This is why the playa needs you.

cuz she's the jam?

New camp idea, "Queers with Beers." No, Queers with Beers and Steers, and you just hang out by a grill all day, drinking beer and cooking steak! I haven't been to Beaverton, but I watched the documentary and they were pretty inclusive along the spectrum (straight to not straight). I'll go with you. ...

gaminwench wrote:Gender Blender?
Camp Beaverton?

What I came in here to say...Beaverton has a documentary about them that's pretty great. I've hung out with GB people and they are also a lot of fun, super nice and friendly.

I've been in nylon tents in the wind and they were quite NOISY. Are the canvas tents much (any ?) quieter ? Also, regarding tying the poles to a T-post or staking them down.....does that ruin the "wind dynamics" of the tent being able to bounce/sway with the wind ? Krly In my experience the canvas ...

If you want to go ahead and let me know where the dolmas will be, I can take care of them for you.