So how was your time on the playa this year?

Share your pictures and video. Tell us about the sights, sounds, and scents, as well as the rumors and truths found at Burning Man.
Post Reply
User avatar
Joshatdot
Posts: 70
Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:19 pm
Burning Since: 2008
Camp Name: Camp Envy
Location: Anacortes, WA
Contact:
Contact Joshatdot

Post by Joshatdot » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:08 am

My first burn...

I did not want to leave!!!

It was so effing nice there. Pass the eff out from alcohol or whatever, fall asleep under the stars (man that was so awesome!) Wake up at the crack of dawn sun in your face, warming you up getting you hot to shake off your sleeping bag.

Give into the sun & hottness, wake up, your camp mates have been awake a tad longer than you and have coffee ready while cooking eggs & baccon (HELL YEAH!) Talk about your night before, share stories, plan what you want to do taht day & night.

Take a dump in the EARLY morning in the porta potties before they turn into a sauna! Eat breakfast with others, grunt and tell stories. Take a mid morning nap, trying to shield your self in the shade structure/gazibo(sp) from the sun.

Mid day/early after noon, I would ride or walk around the city, looking around at others camps and what not. Stopping at some to hang out, offering a gift for what they have to offer (usually liquor/beer or snack food). Making new friends while drinking or snacking, sharing other stories.

Head back to camp to refill gifts & water bottles goto main theme/party camps for afternoon dancing & drinking (mostly at The Deep End :) )

I can tell more...but I am getting tired, drinking some WONDERFULL IPA beers I got when I got home.

I cannot wait for next year to do it all agian and lots more!
Top
User avatar
pizzamancer
Posts: 357
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:56 pm
Burning Since: 2008

Post by pizzamancer » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:04 am

gyre wrote:
ZaphodBurner wrote:My wife ACTUALLY HEARD somebody say "Where's the food court"
The burn is held way too close to california.
That could have been me. A buddy and I dressed up as 'tourists' that day and walked from 3' to 9' asking people where the food court was and where we could spend our Canadian money, because they don't accept $ at Burning Man.

The reactions were hilarious. Some people went ballistic. About 40% caught on right away, but the ones who didn't were just too funny.
Image
Top
User avatar
ZaphodBurner
Posts: 1339
Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:05 pm
Burning Since: 2004
Camp Name: The Green Hour 2012 - 9:00 & D
Location: Portland, OR
Contact:
Contact ZaphodBurner

Post by ZaphodBurner » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:20 am

pizzamancer wrote:
gyre wrote:
ZaphodBurner wrote:My wife ACTUALLY HEARD somebody say "Where's the food court"
The burn is held way too close to california.
That could have been me. A buddy and I dressed up as 'tourists' that day and walked from 3' to 9' asking people where the food court was and where we could spend our Canadian money, because they don't accept $ at Burning Man.

The reactions were hilarious. Some people went ballistic. About 40% caught on right away, but the ones who didn't were just too funny.
Excellent!!!
"The Red Baron is smart.. He never spends the whole night dancing and drinking root beer.. "-The WWI Flying Ace
Top
User avatar
Gage
Posts: 181
Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:51 pm
Burning Since: 2008
Camp Name: Shadyvil
Location: Austin, TX

Post by Gage » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:55 am

It may have been on Thursday, over near the Sno Kone pad on Corvair & 7:30. THere were a group of people (probably all from the same camp) dressed like tourists, and they had 2 tour guides with megaphones. The group was led around as the tour guides gave a brief history about each camp they walked by (making it all up of course), trying to coerce people walking by to join their group. The tourists took pictures of people, theme camps or themselves in front of something and were saying funny tourist things... The priceless looks or laughter was worth watching them for 10 minutes or so...

This convo reminded me of that moment... thx! :)
Seeker & Creator of Present-Moment Magic
Top
User avatar
mars
Posts: 556
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:51 pm
Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Post by mars » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:55 am

Well, then, were you the same guy who came up to me at playa info, and, in seemingly all seriousness, asked if anyone had turned your bag of weed in to the lost and found?

I could not tell if this was performance art or for real. If it was performance art, the guy was seriously good...he didn't crack a smile, like I would have. Even when I said that if I found it, I wouldn't be telling him.

He seemed so upset and for real, I felt bad laughing at him.
Live as if everyone loves you and thinks you look great. Dance as if no one is watching.
Top
User avatar
gyre
Posts: 15457
Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:01 pm
Location: ΦάÏ

Post by gyre » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:02 pm

That doesn't surprize me.
I have seen people get bags of money returned to them.
Top
User avatar
pizzamancer
Posts: 357
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:56 pm
Burning Since: 2008

Post by pizzamancer » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:47 pm

mars wrote:Well, then, were you the same guy who came up to me at playa info, and, in seemingly all seriousness, asked if anyone had turned your bag of weed in to the lost and found?
Hehe. No that wasn't us. Too funny though.
Image
Top
Terlin
Posts: 20
Joined: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:36 am
Location: Somewhere in Texas

Post by Terlin » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:48 am

Thank you for your stories. This would of been my first burn but unfortunately I was unable to attend last minute.

I am living vicariously through your stories.
Top
User avatar
DVD Burner
Posts: 11031
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:09 am
Burning Since: 1986
Camp Name: White Trash Camp
Contact:
Contact DVD Burner

Post by DVD Burner » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:02 pm

Just noting that GageNdG posted in this thread and didn't realize it.
They are also on Bonoboway. Go figure, I know them from Bonoboway.

hum! :D
https://www.facebook.com/NeXTCODER
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Stories”