Things I f&%#ed up this time...

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:57 pm

As always, I fucked up on a number of things this year...

1) I didn't track down Technopatra. No fucking excuse.
2) I didn't track down Emily Sparkle. I actually made an attempt at looking up Bob's Rainforest at Playa Info, but no such listing. No excuse.
3) I didn't track down Rob-The-Wop. Ok, chances here were slim to none, but I feel that's no excuse.
4) I didn't track down TheCryptoFishist. I came by the 3:00 outpost on Tuesday, I think, and was told that Crypto's significant-other-to-be was in the hospital (!) and that her attendance was questionable. I figured no way, and didn't try again later. No excuse.
5) I was tracked down by Joya, ex-newbie from Bwaustin, but forgot to officially nominate (and subsequently award) her "Newbie of the Year". Now it's too late, she's not a newbie anymore. No excuse.

I fucked up on lots of other things; think of this as a start. And I know I'm not alone... 'Fess up, people...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:02 pm

Sensei wrote:As always, I fucked up on a number of things this year...

1) I didn't track down Technopatra. No fucking excuse.
2) I didn't track down Emily Sparkle. I actually made an attempt at looking up Bob's Rainforest at Playa Info, but no such listing. No excuse.
3) I didn't track down Rob-The-Wop. Ok, chances here were slim to none, but I feel that's no excuse.
4) I didn't track down TheCryptoFishist. I came by the 3:00 outpost on Tuesday, I think, and was told that Crypto's significant-other-to-be was in the hospital (!) and that her attendance was questionable. I figured no way, and didn't try again later. No excuse.
5) I was tracked down by Joya, ex-newbie from Bwaustin, but forgot to officially nominate (and subsequently award) her "Newbie of the Year". Now it's too late, she's not a newbie anymore. No excuse.

I fucked up on lots of other things; think of this as a start. And I know I'm not alone... 'Fess up, people...

you forgot -
YOU LEFT!!

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:11 pm

Naaah. Leaving early (Thurs. night) was the best thing to do, considering where my head was at. I thought of it as a (small) gift to the community. Oh yeah, that's another thing I fucked up this time... Arriving with the wrong attitude. I'm not ready to commit to next year, but if I do go it will be with a more positive frame of mind and more patience towards mulletheads with blue-smoke-blowin'-noisy-ass generators. Or I'll just bring wire cutters...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:15 pm

between technopatra and the JPCOrange/AIR sagas, you have plenty of help should you need some practical jokes performed.

Ibby · Post by **Ibby** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:28 pm

Sensei wrote:Or I'll just bring wire cutters...

Just make sure you only cut one wire at a time. Otherwise it's quite painful. So I'm told... ;)

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:44 pm

I fucked up not tracking you down even though the braided one told me you were a stones throw away. No Excuse.

Ditto on others not tracked down and attitude.

we can rebuild him

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:31 pm

Ohhhh boy, here we go:
---Didn't build my shade structure with enough air passages and was ripped out of half sleep about 5:30 am tuesday morning by the sound of half of my large shade structure violently flapping in the fukin wind. You all remember that wind storm...
---Told the woman riding in my pedicab all night that i was camped between 4:00 and 4:30 and pluto. My neighbors, who had a chap with my name told me two days later that a beautiful woman came looking for their campmate and they did not understand why because he is married. I say "what was your campmates name again?" I think you all can figure the rest of that one out...
---told a certain neighbor to make use of anything I had...
---just smiled and said "blahbluble ummmm errr..." when the Popcorn Goddess gave me random gifts from her art car...
---Rode my pedicab out in the middle of the playa while really high for the veiw, fell asleep (sort of), woke up, or came out of my stupor rather, to uncontrollable shivering. Didn't bring enough warmth...
---Ohhhh, I did not track down anybody I said I would for the whole week,,, gotta love the PLAYA!!!!
---did not bring enough happy happy, this actually turned out being a good thing, scratch that...
---did not make any attempt at meeting anybody from EPLAYA, what was i thinking...
---did not wear shoes enough and ended up with nasty Playa foot...
---did not get a second bloody mary from Schlong Camp (out on sedna and very cool people) for taking a picture of my weener...
---made the mistake of thinking that the weather would stay good, lounged a little bit longer, went out,,, white out conditions...

ehhh, I could go on and on, shit!

thinkcooper · Post by **thinkcooper** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:43 pm

-- I thought that throwing a small chunk of dry ice in the fish pond would show our newbies how water and dry ice don't mix well together, and once on the playa they would remember this lesson and not put regular ice in the dry ice cooler as they had been asked to not do. Unfortunately, that didn't work out as planned. Next year, I'll use a piece of tape on the dry ice cooler that says "Dry Ice Only, No Cubes or Blocks!"

Markov Chaney · Post by **Markov Chaney** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:57 pm

---Indulged WAAAAAAAY too much. I feel like I missed a lot.
---Didn't get the email address of a wonderful Godess named Aquafur.
---Drank some of Rob's green juice. Bleeech! Well no I take that back... once you get past the taste...
---Left before the temple burn
---Didn't take a ride on the Play Cruiser

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:56 pm

--Fell in love, goddammit!
--Didn't get to meet most of the people I said I'd meet
--Didn't bring enough cool looking warm clothes
--Forgot my goggles on Tuesday night (the HORROR!)
--Lost way too many braincells
--Brought shitty disposable cameras that got clogged with playa dust and wouldn't work, so now I have no pictures.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:05 am

-Deleted Sensei's PM when I deleted the rest of my eplaya topic notifications. Sorry I never knew to look for your camp.

-medication kept me from sampling excellent green concoctions on three seperate occasions. dang.

-Told my oncologist I was going to a family reunion, but the other surgeon in the office had actually attended Burning Man and knew precisely what camping in the desert north of reno meant. oops. Howdy eplaya cousins.

-needed more tops instead of just bras, badly miscalculated the requirements of post-surgical playa wear

-clear goggles for at night, maybe even prescription

-better dust abatement device for the tent, the usual covering let in waaay too much dust while we were holed up at Totem. Larry was the last one out and didn't spread out the top sheet, so our pillows and sleeping surface were coated.

-keep the liquid lube in a zipper baggie, otherwise it leaks all over when it tips over. Crappy snap lid, argh, euww.

-ate too much at the breakfast buffet in Reno, made myself sick. Did learn the leftovers don't go to waste, a man comes for them to feed his pigs. huh. Wonder if the pigs end up back on the buffet. Hope they like the cheesecake as much as I did.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:28 pm

Hey eplayans, just checking in. I made a few mistakes, too:

- putting a 6" gash on my left shin on DAY ONE (Tuesday) by falling over my own rebar (while trying to find the noodle to cover it)
- expecting to meet all my eplayan friends at the meet-n-greet and then giving up after I missed said event (wifey had a nasty migraine -- the med tent saw a lot of us this year)
- ditto Jez: not bringing enough warm costumage
- not doing everything I possibly could to meet Blenderhead, who paid me a large kindness 8 months ago
- spending too much time in my campmates' comfy tent instead of going out to greet the people
- not making enough cookies to give away

The one thing I did right was run into Chai Guy. Of course he had no idea who I was but it was good to at least connect one point between playa and e-playa.

mustchange4Xday · Post by **mustchange4Xday** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:42 pm

Things I have to remember for next year that I fucked up this year:
1) use stronger zigzag seams on costumes
2) remember to bring tunes for the tent ( I hate ear plugs)
3) I CAN"T BELIEVE I MISSED DJ KRAMER AT THE OPULENT TEMPLE AND THE DEEP END!
4) remember to put the shade structure my bike that I hauled all the way up there!
5) just because people say that Paul Oakenfold maybe spinning somewhere on the playa, it doesn't mean its true.

Interested bystander · Post by **Interested bystander** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:55 pm

I'm glad I'm not the only one to get zapped by my own rebar. Sheri and I both nicked our shins pretty badly (me twice) before we got our rebar covered. At least it was an object lesson on why we cover rebar.

The other thing I regret is letting Sheri talk me out of making a 4-wheeled pedal powered vehicle. Her three wheeler and my two wheeler just didn't mesh, either I was too fast or she was too slow. We probably won't make it out next year but if we go in 2006 I will definitely have my 4-wheeler.

dman · Post by **dman** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:16 pm

OK, a partial list in random order:

1) Not wearing gloves or some type of hand covering when putting on/taking off the hundreds of ball bungees for the dome covering & flys over the course of the week. My hands and fingers were so trashed I am only now getting feeling back and the huge hangnails that developed are slowly healing.

2) Not staying longer at the eplaya meetngreet; was great to meet Unjonharley, Anti-M (thanks for the pendant <g>), Lydia Love (hubba hubba), Ring O' Fire (you wild man, you), Tancorix, Captain Goddammit (you ROCK), Reba (great suds, thanks!), Dustdevil & Tonya (hugz!) and many others. I thought introducing myself as Rex Skates was a neat trick, but would have loved to see ROF introduce himself as BRR to Silver & Badger.

3) Not making that third try at Brad's phone on Saturday morning even after the pixy blond offered to help, but we were on our way home and totally crushed from the groove of Lush.

4) Totally forgetting the location of Robotland's camp and missing meeting him. What a space cadet I have become, the steel trap has some rust holes now and I'll just have to start writing things down. Hope to see him next year.

5) Working too hard on setting up camp (3 days) rather than getting out more.

6) Lamenting the dust and lack of large art; got reset by Unjohnharley at the meetngreet ("What dust?") and after altering my perception of 2004 to Burning Man, the Year of the Rave, had a great time the rest of the week.

7) Not jumping on the trampoline naked longer. We have pics of everyone but me, it seems; boo hoo (or maybe there's a reason, hmmmm).

No more single ply tarp; noisy shit. Its tarp-foil-tarp or canvas from now on.

9) Scheduling the self-defense classes at 9:00 a.m.; too damned early for everyone, including me by Friday. Still, those who did show were a determined group and taught me almost as much as I tried to teach them.

10) One can hardly ever have too much Tequila on hand....<g>

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:04 pm

Continued:

6) I didn't track down Stuart. Don't believe the braided one, I lived way the hell out on Sedna between 4:30 and 5:00. I was by Camp Hi! several times, but when the camp was open there were like 500 people dancin' their asses off, and when the camp was 'closed', I saw a small group of guys poundin' rebar and doing heavy lifting. No excuse.

7) I didn't track down Anti-M. I know friends of friends (Lydia) and should have made this connection. You wouldn't believe how gently Sensei can hug a post-op. Seriously. No excuse.

8) I didn't track down Playadoc (not Doc Pyro, who I did track down, several times actually). I had an address for Playadoc. It was written down somewhere. Really. And my plaid skirt was to die for; I actually rode that CHAIRWAY TO HEAVEN contraption in it, inadvertantly (that's the story I'm going with) giving all of Black Rock a free show. No excuse.

This list is nowhere near complete... More later.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:44 pm

-bent rebar into candy canes as suggested on BM website. Stupidest idea EVER! That should be taken off the website- impossible (almost) to hammer in! Honey painted rebar and pop bottles with day glow orange paint so we'd see them easily but it was very flakey so they didn't even leave their box. Seemed like a good idea at the time. (although a bit on the tacky side...)

-thought that when goggles were listed under 'optional' that meant just that. No! They are not optional! Thank goodness I picked up some swimming ones but they weren't very good.

-did not have enough clothes at the Meet & Greet and had to leave much too early :( but at least I got a lovely chauffered ride home.

-bought bags to put brand new digital camera into...but...when we went out on Tuesday night did not put camera into bag because it was in it's cushy case and in my pack and we only were thinking about dust, not that someone would step on my camelback as I arm-wrestled for a ride on the roller coaster and it would break open and then I would fish camera out of a pool of water in my pack and it would no longer work! Grrr! And then did not get ride on roller coaster because 'vips' got to bud in front and it was taking forever and I was bummed about camera so I went home to deal and did not go back.

-was too hot and bothered (not in the good way) to leave my camp in the day time to partake in poi and bellydancing lessons :(

-ran out of vanilla Stoli on Thursday! Duh! Apparently I drink more than I think I do sometimes.

-did not bring gloves to wear at night and got cold fingies. Gloves! In the desert! Who knew?

-let leacherous old man on esplanade cop a breast feel for some reason, I don't know, felt weird about it and then it turned into a bizarre spat between my honey and I on the drive home which in the end turned out to be a good thing because now we know more about what's okay and what's not okay.

-everything else I fucked up turned out to be a really good thing so I guess I didn't really fuck it up. Even some of the stuff above turned out good, just not so good at time.

Markov Chaney · Post by **Markov Chaney** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:17 pm

sparkletarte wrote:-bent rebar into candy canes as suggested on BM website. Stupidest idea EVER! That should be taken off the website- impossible (almost) to hammer in!

What did you try to hammer them in with. My first year I tried using a rubber mallet. Impossible!!! Or nearly so. This year a used a small sledge hammer. It was pretty darned easy to hammer them in with that. And Chanel Locks are amazing for rebar removal.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:21 pm

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:23 pm

- my shelter didn't deal with dust at all well
- crappy coolers don't work with the whole dry ice / ice system and I couldn't get my act together most days to go get ice

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:17 pm

I still have a six-inch long scar on my shin from a rebar gash in a friend's camp. The funny part is, right after she apologized and went to find something to cover it with, she turned around and put a gash twice as deep in her shin. We matched!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:50 am

Didn't make the eplaya M&G, though I did make it to the BDC&WB the day before and met Doc Pyro and Cryptophyshist (sp).

Didn't get out of camp much on Saturday (had to work the coaster)

Didn't stop at camps that caught my eye often enough.

Brought too much underwear and not enough fun clothes
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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:28 am

Sensei wrote: 4) I didn't track down TheCryptoFishist. I came by the 3:00 outpost on Tuesday, I think, and was told that Crypto's significant-other-to-be was in the hospital (!) and that her attendance was questionable. I figured no way, and didn't try again later. No excuse.

Forgiven and thanks for trying. IT was a wierd burn for me--but the stress of having the MrFishist evacuated off playa was greatly relieved for me by the warm reception I recieved from the e-playans I did meet. I really hope that he can quit the cancer sticks and we can attend next year. Your specific miss is balanced by the warm hug I got from Silver who was visiting another campmate and I twigged who he was. I think that was Monday. You're in the Pacifice NW arent you, so I can hardly expect to meet up with you at Decompression.

And all of you, in ways I was closer to the edge than any of you, attending with someone who's health was questionable. So don't be hard on yourselves--learn your lessons and move on.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:30 am

Alpha wrote: - putting a 6" gash on my left shin on DAY ONE (Tuesday) by falling over my own rebar (while trying to find the noodle to cover it).

Med Station 3 saw a lot of that.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:11 am

> Med Station 3

Is that the 3:00 station? I went to the 9:00, and Maya was awesome. A real sweetie, that one...

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:15 am

Or is it Maia? OMG! BRRs wife!? :-)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:22 am

Dang you're right it was 9:00 (I dont' know why I keep having this dyslexia) And there was a Maya there. I wouldn't worry about RocksintheHeadRic's wife--no stew pot in back.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:24 am

Which means I may have been at the Med Station when you visited. But we never knew. . . Two e-playans pass in the night. . .

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:46 am

when the camp was open there were like 500 people dancin' their asses off, and when the camp was 'closed', I saw a small group of guys poundin' rebar and doing heavy lifting.

that was me, both times

velvet, go here...
http://maximumeyewear.com

make sure you get day and night (clear lenses) goggles

hi Alpha! Will you be at decom?

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:11 am

Sorry I missed you, Crypto! We all need t-shirts or headgear that indicate we're eplayans. :-)

Stuart - did Camp Hi! happen to have a neon smiley face about 40' above it? Sorry I never found you. Had big plans for decompression but found out yesterday that I'm already committed to a wildlife presentation that day. *bummer*

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