I've been silent here since the idea about the lottery was first posted on eplaya. My husband and my theme camp were eager for 2012 after a five-year saving-money-and-gathering-a-larger-group hiatus. We are/were a small camp, but we offered everything we had in 2006, even though we ended up being on...

As a person with enough money to build a camp and buy a ticket at whatever tier there is (although one always would like to save what one can, especially now), I feel absolutely horrible for those who are going to plan, scrimp and save and will end up paying more than they would've last year. It is ...

Agree with Priceline Name Your Own Price: http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/directory#.TrYw-GA9G_A , click on 'hotels' under 'Frequently Asked Questions' -- it will explain exactly what to do. We regularly get 3* hotels in SF for around $70/night; you could easily get a 3* for around $50 if you wait ...

Forgot to say those numbers I wrote in my earlier post are out of Reno, for 2012, 10 days, Burning Man.

We've been looking, too, coming from the Bay Area. I got a response from a burner-friendly place owned by a burner mentioned on the BMan website 'resources' page as being a place that doesn't jack up the prices for burners. This is what I was quoted (this was the "just lowered" price): 25' Class C -...

Maybe your mom is recognizing at some level that you are changing, moving away from her--and are going to do something completely different from what she would do--and this scares her. For many people, 'you must = me and I must = you' is a very important equation, and you = not me is impossible to c...

Hearts Gone Wild will be having Tai Chi, Kung Fu, and dream work.

Roberto Dobbisano wrote:[quote="lucky420"]Candyland!!

ding ding ding ding....


we have a winner.[/quote]

Oh, my. It's mortality!

AntiM wrote: I am a Californian who cannot live in California for my mental health.

Oh, yeah. Completely understand that.

I grew up in San Diego and never felt like it was real. As an adult, going back, I realize that is because many, many (not all) of the people who live there are... ghosts with smiles.

Unlikely, yeah, but we like it:

DREAMWORLD

theCryptofishist wrote:When is Simon of the Playa going to release next year's theme?

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Well, I think 10211 would be a good date to release anything about 2012. (I don't know why. It just looks pretty...)

This is the most effective book I've found (and it really, really works): Letting Go: A 12-week action program to overcome a broken heart, by Zev Wanderer and Tracy Cabot. Awesome. Based on research.

Oh, my.

I've been thinking about this since the OP posted, and feel worse and worse about it. It was essentially an ad for the cool people who make and buy W magazine--and I'll bet it sold some advertising in the magazine, too--the setting is, of course, unique and gorgeous. Of course, if they just wanted a...

And now they have taken down (from the home page of the BMan website) not only the actual date the tickets for 2012 go on sale (which was up until just after the burn), but also any mention of tickets going on sale at all. Sigh...

Our first burn, in 2005, on our very first morning, my then-future husband and I ran into a guy wandering down the street with a thick, heavy coat on in over 100 degree heat. He was weaving and delirious with cracking lips and an unfocused stare, and kept going in and out of consciousness. We steere...

And in W magazine... I shudder to think of the effect this will have on 2012.

Fantastic! I welcome the Keeping Cool board, also, whenever you all get around to it.

It tends to go up on the main page of the bman website.

Women are so much more than their parts

And there are more creative ways of demonstrating freedom and self-determination than by bearing breasts to what's now become a sea of cameras. It would be nice to make that clear in the title.

I think your idea to rename CT is a great one.

Rebirth.

theCryptofishist wrote:Hushville wasn't placed. There was an outcry. A smaller Hushville was placed. Look at the placement threads in the 2011 Theme Camp sub-forum for more.

Thanks for the... interesting... history. Yikes.

? Hushville wasn't placed? But I saw them on the laminated city map posted all over.

This thread is making me sad somehow. :( New burners need to be educated, no matter their age. We haven't been to B Man since 2006, and are going again in 2012. In talking to 20-something virgins in our northern CA town, we hear the same thing: B Man is a big rave, people do drugs and have random se...

As has been posted elsewhere, they are working to get the permit increased for 70,000 attendees by 2016 and are converting to nonprofit status. It's very unlikely this will be the last burn.

Regarding the end of the world in 2012: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

2007 announcement was on Labor Day...

I hope it is the opposite of apocalypse. Rebirth?

I remember it being announced the Tuesday or Weds after the burn, but yeah, that was 2005, 2006ish.

I see the section under "burning blog" on the home page is now blank...

Agree, TD. I watched ustream now and then from Monday through tonight, and had the same thoughts. My friend just returned this morning--he hadn't been since 2006, left just before the man burned; felt there were just too many people now, too many RVs, Anniversary & Birthday streets were inches deep ...