<quietly slips in the back door and moves behind the bar. places a new, white candle at the end of the bar near the others. pours a glass of chocolate milk, lights the candle and blows a kiss.> Just learned we lost one of our original barflies last night. don't let that change the mood or end the ha...

<sets a doggie bowl of pbr on the rug next to the harumphing heap, and leaves with a scratch behind the ears.>

<pops up behind bar in dusty cowgirl hat with a bottle o maker's in one hand and a case o icy cold pbr's in the other. lines up a long row of shots and pops a few tops> jesus fuck. shut up and drink, fuckers. <slams a shot and shotguns a cold one> aaahhh!! that's bettah. best. burn. ever. too much l...

dammit Mozy! i got to much shit to do today before leaving tomorrow! you better get some elves in here to clean this shit up!

<grabs a bottle and drops a dash o medicine into coffee cup, grabs hefty to-do list and flies out the door>

sipping whisky at the bar and madly ripping music onto a new mp3 player ... casually slips goggles down over eyes, lights a smoke, and turns on fan

that's better.

hubby is supposed to leave tomorrow, but of course the artcar loaded with extra gear is rubbing on the back tires... and now the connector for the lights on the camper he's towing don't werk. doh! reminded him the world won't end if he goes a day later....all fixable, but the stress is no fun. i am ...

haven't had anything stolen in a few years, but several years ago had to chase a hippie chick out of camp on sunday cuz she was just fillin her backpack with all the booze in our bar that everyone had been bringin in for the after-temple camp party. said "my friend so-and-so told me to come pick thi...

here's how i'm feelin right about now:

not a prank. real deal. 6pm. but yes, lines tend to be shorter in the morning. still an hours long wait tho.

dang. already trying to be 2 places at once thursday night... pier regatta at sunset on The Thugboat, which is also the support vehicle for our crew's CORE burn that night at 9pm (The Twisted Upright House at 7:15 on ring around the man). maybe the Meet n Greeters wanna migrate out to the burn?

wondering when the regatta is planned to happen? we have the Thugboat (link below), but we are also part of a CORE burn (The Twisted Upright House) that is set to burn Thursday at 9pm. hoping hoping hoping the regatta is not on Thursday eve???

hey knowmad ~

i'll be out on the 22nd doing my ERP thing (link in sig line). I'll be checking in with y'all at Wall Street to see if you need anything!

~ t

i got yer whiskey right effing {grabs whateverturnsyouon} HERE!

pulls a bottle o' JACK (that's right...JACK) out and pours 2 double shots.

bet i finish mine first.

hippie my ass... git a hair cut.

gonna miss you on the playa this year sweets. we got a lot o big doins goin on.

gotta remember to oil that shit.... and i'm not even making any jokes about how can a chair "creek" ... does it turn into water? :D had that damn dream again last night!!! got to the burn and realized i'd forgotten to bring a bunch of my stuff!! no stove, no clothes, and NO BEER!!! then it rained!!...

howdy ~ we've been running into similar issues with The Thugboat as it is also built on a box truck frame. issues arise from it being a 'commercial' vehicle to begin with, and even though we've removed the box and made significant changes/additions to the bed and around the cab, they say the truck i...

turned in liquor license and dance permit and created event page for our next and final fundraiser for The Thugboat. secured early entry pass.

last night tried on some new playa wear ~ i tend to stick to nighties/lingerie for daywear ~ can solidly report that they passed the hubby test.

...eat, sleep, think about, dream about, and plan for burning man ALL THE DAMN TIME.

brilliant. this is exactly what we were hoping for. i know there are several camps with this idea in mind. i'll be taking notes on all these resources and spreading the word!

fantastic. and right around the corner. i will definitely stop by, and send needy souls your way.

howdy kids ~ i've been doing this unofficially for years, but am ramping it up this year and making it official: "ERP exists to bridge the gap between those in need and those with excess in Black Rock City. We roam the streets taking note of surplus resources in order to help burners help each other...

i thought it was Destiny Lounge but couldn't remember...ok, 3:35 and C. i'll find ya! looks like we'll be around 2:30 and the outer ring so we can get our Thugboat out easily by going up and around the 2:00 horn. we like to call our little haven "rimjob camp".

lighthouse doesn't get a handle (or didn't back when i did it). they're just 'lighthouse' to encourage anonymity or some shit. i was on the schedule as 'Mortisha'. i saw that they started running 2 people on the busier shifts. seems like a good plan. tempted to try it again, but gonna be busy rockin...

you work perimeter ygmir?? i did a lighthouse shift a couple years ago. dug it a lot, but 6 hours alone in a little box is not my ideal way to spend time at burning man. would love to ride along for a driver shift sometime, tho!

BBD ~ where/what is your camp again?

awesome sauce. thanks y'all!!

i also remember that station on the corner in Cedarville being very burner friendly and letting you fill up as much (non-potable) water as you want with a gas purchase.

the survival guide says that Alturas is the last place to gas up coming in from the northwest, but we've been gassing up in Cedarville for years. has that station closed? anyone know?

just got my ticket (yay!) and survival guide, and it does say Mon-Sun 9-5 for recycle camp. so there's that.

i'm afraid it isn't a happy story, but we found that the material used to make parachutes also transfers heat. got hot as hell in there during the day. kind of kills the shadey-space effect. what did work well was zip tied burlap (washed and dried to get rid of loose ends which could = moop), or ano...

soaked the dome bolts in vinegar overnight to clean the playa corrosion off of them. worked great! next, soaking them in oil along with bike chain and other moving parts. now to cut the blackberries back far enough to retrieve the cartop carrier that holds the dome cover... along with continuing to ...

def agree that a simple headlamp is the way to go for personal lighting. resuable and not trash. be sure to bring plenty of extra batteries. and this doesn't exactly meet your needs for finding camp, but it's a great way to also use your headlamp to light your camp when you're in it: https://sphotos...

my dad just told me that he heard that Westboro Baptist was gonna show up to protest. nothing about it on their site's schedule tho. i'd kinda love to see them try.