Ground crew just left, driving from the Midwest. I fly out on Sunday. As much as I did not want to drive across country, the excitement last night, and this morning was radiating off the others. So, I am sitting at work, reading the eplaya, waiting… Someone asked it I was excited about my vacation, ...

Sacralicious

Facial hair? I would try Jolen brand hair bleach. I am not certain how well it works for male facial hair, but on females, for those who are descended from dark people like me, it has lightened my eyebrows and the hair on my arms.

YMMV.

JezebelinHell – It’s the Adbuster’s corporate logo flag. I’ll be bringing mine. They are quite nice, aren’t they? I know a while back, they were using the profits from its sales to fund an advertisement in the NYT I think. Not certain which campaign it was for, it was a while back. But go to adbuste...

Bah! Going almost got crossed of the Burning Man list. The person my significant other spent 3 months bringing up to speed on his job so he can take that one week off JUST QUIT. Argh. His boss offered to reimburse him, but they worked it out that this person will stay through that week, and we still...

Expenses for 2 people from the Midwest to Black Rock City, NV Tickets: $400 Airfare for 1: $300 (I do not have enough vacation time to drive) Van for 1: $350 (Split with someone not figured into my calculations) Gas: $200 (?) Camp Shelter: $600 so far So, as of today:$1850 I expect to spend approxim...

Mouse Reid. Sounds like the "good girl" in the um... film. Where's my glasses and plaid skirt? Sillyness.

...and it was good.

Oh, Lee, I don’t think just folks on the other side of the pond are affected by the desire for queuing. For instance, a few years back I went to a free concert in the park with my in-laws. At the end, we turned around, and noticed this massive line forming behind us a ways. My mother in law & I were...

check with any of the alt energy threads. hell, one of the folks i had camped with in the past used a wind generator to charge these car batteries for use later those would pack the punch needed. and all this schlepped from the midwest. not impossible. i think, my friend, you have got one hell of an...

Really you could do this rather cheaply, depending. Seems Burning Man has this uncanny ability to cause some amazing over complications & over engineering of many a project. I’ve seen it happen first hand… I picture a box (plywood, 2x4’s, maybe that neat-o translucent plastic), some velvet-like rope...

me likey, me likey.

that sounds perfect. get some friends to get gussied up, and make a huge fuss about how cool it is while waiting. success!

ah, what's the point of this 30K person captive audience if you can't fuck with them.

Any exit can be an entrance. (Just ask camp Jiffy Lube.) My thought? There needs to be no tangible way of getting in. This also will require a good deal of subterfuge, by “spreading the word” about a fabulous camp out on the playa. Chatting it up at center camp, creating a buzz, etc. Jammin’.

My fellow campmates & I hatched the idea of a large box – ala the dice club – with no door, velvet ropes, and pulsating music & laugh/party tracks playing inside. Ah, too much fun.

Map of the star’s camps So – every year rumors abound about what “famous” person has been spotted at the porta potties, or center camp or where ever. Howza ‘bout a map of the “stars” camp? You can continue the subterfuge with having each one different, or directing to random people’s camps, or whate...

it took more time to get my crap together. (determining if i had, or still had, a paypal account, where was my checkbook, anyways, etc.) seems the 9:00 am central time was a good one. but - i got my tickets, got 'em, got 'em, got 'em... (insert happy dance) one more step toward the vault of heaven, ...

my friend asked me to sign up a while ago. i don't get it. i guess that's why i don't have any friends on it, and haven't paid attention to it. humm.... is there a draw?

maxwells

On the recommendation of a friend, I watched Carnivale on HBO. It has reminder me & the spouse tremendously of Black Rock City. From the dust, to the freaks, to the lounging all day, waiting for the night’s action. Check it out. It seems very creepy & surreal… I have yet to watch them all. Not a mov...

Hey there, sphene! i lived in detroit for years, in fact, truth be told, grew up in the northeast 'burbs. you should wonder over to the "who needs a ride in 04" or something like that thread. There's a guy driving from Lapeer/Flint, and he's looking for folks to join. i'm in Chicago, but planning on...

hey there... i am a mid western burner, and 2004 will be my 3rd year out. I went to burning man in 2001 & 2002, but i missed last year for a number of reasons. one of which was my need for distance from some of the campmates that were going... so, after 2002, i decided to skip a year & come up with ...

ah, how i miss my canadian neighbors! whenever i return to detroit for various family things, there's always a trip across the border for 222s. they are the greatest hangover cure, ever!

i posted this for you under the Midwest / Kansas thread, but you should check this site out...

http://www.synchroni-city.org/

cheers...

check these folks out...

http://www.synchroni-city.org/

There are peeps in Chicago.... where are you?

why do you ask?

oh my goodness! that WAS my camp in 2002. well, it had a different name, but that was all we did for days on end. some members of the camp had little notebooks to capture the ideas. i was not into capturing anything that year. (hence my year off) see ya in 2004! i'll keep an eye out for the "face-do...