Hello and Welcome... What's your name? Tell me about You...

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:55 pm

Stuart? Don't make Sensei arch his eyebrow at you. This is the "What's your name - Tell me about You" thread. Be nice. As soon as he leaves this thread, we can tear him apart ;)

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:00 pm

After seeing that post of his I thought one thing: DPW.

ammisan · Post by **ammisan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:49 am

My name is Caitlyn Marie Hickey. However, as i have often joked, everyone in the known universe calls me Ammi.

I am a resident of Las Vegas; I will be seventeen in 49 days.

I stumbled across this site, read into what is burning man, and was so touched and moved that i felt I must speak to someone who would understand.

Reading through burning man guides, the list of villages, seeing the pictures, everything just seemed to evoke a flow of emotions in me that I did not realize that i posessed. I was, in all honesty, moved to tears of joy in the realization that something like this exists, that a place where people can gather and revel in their humanity, explore and love their individuality and come together, could exist.
The Idea makes me want to shout for joy, to hug myself and everyone I know, to dance and sing knowing that this is something that I, too, can look forward to. That I can have a place to make my mark on those I love, knowing I can benefit them as much as they will help me.

It will not be possible for me to come along until burning man 2006, however, I must tell you all that just reading about this has had a profound effect on me. I want to say that even though I have never been, i love you all.
And i just want to thank you, froom the depths of my heart, for working for something as incredible as this to exist.

Das Bus · Post by **Das Bus** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:47 am

Hey Ammi!

Don't fret about not going to the Burn this year, there's lots to do in your neck of the desert!

I suggest joining the Vegas email group at: [email protected]

In fact, some of them are getting together tomorrow night for First Fridays. They'll be meeting in front of the Funk House. : )

Das Bus · Post by **Das Bus** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:48 am

Hey Ammi!

Don't fret about not going to the Burn this year, there's lots to do in your neck of the desert!

I suggest joining the Vegas email group at: [email protected]

In fact, some of them are getting together tomorrow night for First Fridays. They'll be meeting in front of the Funk House. : )

ammisan · Post by **ammisan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:10 am

=D
thanks so much.. heh, sometimes i feel a little lost, this site is so big...

ammisan · Post by **ammisan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:12 am

=D
thanks so much.. heh, sometimes i feel a little lost, this site is so big...

ammisan · Post by **ammisan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:23 am

O__o the yahoo group looks a bit...er...dead.

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:01 am

Hi Sloan our Hippy Dippy Hipster Guy... you burn boi!....... glad to see you hanging around these parts. PBR would not be my first choice but to each his own. And a great big Huggy Hi

to Ammisan we've been waiting on you, what took you so long? I can see now that the 2006 Burn will be extra special to us all.

My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

you're burner pal
mr smith

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:26 am

stuart wrote:
I like PBR.
so this means you are not a hippie, but a hipster. Right?

Hey, PBR may not be good but it is the beer of the proletariat these days.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:02 pm

it is the beer of the proletariat these days.

nah, it's the beer of hipsters shamelessly pursuing the authenticity of the proletariat. The proleteriat is still drinkin bud, coors, and miller.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:22 pm

stuart wrote:
it is the beer of the proletariat these days.
nah, it's the beer of hipsters shamelessly pursuing the authenticity of the proletariat. The proleteriat is still drinkin bud, coors, and miller.

PBR (for the little ones who just don't know) used to be considered the classic 'redneck' beer; hence today's strange hip-ness. Oddly enough, when I was in Hong Kong in '87 PBR was advertised like you wouldn't believe. They had huge billboards all over the damn place; on trams, in the subway stations, etc. I never saw that kind of advertising blitz for PBR here in the States. You would have thought that was all we drank in America. The locals drank San Miguel, of course.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:47 pm

I dunno guys. A lot of times we couldn't afford food at our last dwelling place. But when we could afford beer, usually it was usually PBR. It tastes better than those other types of camel piss. Tecate happened almost as often. And when we could get it Guiness... but i digress.

The point being, i don't think we had enough money to be hipsters.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:32 pm

It tastes better than those other types of camel piss. Tecate happened almost as often. And when we could get it Guiness...

careful, your class is showing.

thedrunkenmonkey · Post by **thedrunkenmonkey** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:03 am

Odd, Stu.

As a brewer and self-described beer snob, I drink PBR and Tecate. Guinness is a fine classic brew, though much better at the source than it is when it's shipped three weeks and halfway around the world.

I somehow fail to see how describing Bud, Bud Light, Miller, or for the love of god the urine masquerading as Coors as camel piss changes anyone's opinion.

In mine, as a brewer, the chappie is elevated light years above and beyond your average Michelob Ultra drinker.

I can make that other stuff very easily. But it tastes like shit, and I'd rather ferment malty goodness in the shape of a clean, fresh commericalized German pilsner in a classic style unchanged in recipe from its original brewing (even moved up to Canada during prohibition) than the UberStank breweries that use more corn sugar than malted 2-row in their brewing kettles.

Snobby? Hell yes. But don't eat yellow snow? Don't drink yellow beer.

My recommends for hot temperature beer inna can:

PBR, Tecate, Sapporo.

Those three are light, refreshing lager-style beers that carry a small amount of alcohol (usually in the 4.6 to 5.8 range) compared to the beefier cousins of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine and their IPA. Their cans are easily crushed, providing simple, small recycling messes and the paint on the outside of the cans reflects light, keeping their contents cooler and below the ASP (Average Suckass Point). They're generally available, and listed in price order.

PBR is usually around $.50 per can, Tecate about $.89, Sapporo about $2.50 (but a 24 oz can).

As thedrunkenmonkey, I've got a few recipes for playa:

Black Rock Ginger Blonde Ale
Duvellian Clone War
Negrita Modelsa Clone
Monkey's Habenero Hopper Madhouse
Martian Ale (just your basic good old fashioned bitter ale).

None of them be yellow.

SEATTLE WEST COAST REPRESENT!

Hops out yo.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:06 pm

that's all well and good monkey but we were not talking about what beers are better. We were talking about what the working class of middle america drinks most often.

Personally, for the playa, I dig Becks. The water they use has that nice crisp mineral taste.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:51 pm

stuart wrote:
It tastes better than those other types of camel piss. Tecate happened almost as often. And when we could get it Guiness...
careful, your class is showing.

Ah, Stuart, you have fun trying to pin it down. For years, no one has been able to decide. After all, class seems to be a combination of income, financial solvency, lifestyle, education, power, taste, and family history for all of these things, and I’m sure a bunch of shit I’m leaving out. Obviously it works into the conversation if we’re discussing the proletariat, but it’s never something you can nail down.

If I went to college, am I upper class?
If I grew up with less money than everyone around me, am I lower class?
If I work in a warehouse or a factory, and I lower class?
What about an office?
If I work for other people?
If I work for myself?
If I listen to Mozart does that make me some sort of elite?
If I’m going home to Run DMC?
If my parents are educated, but both work, does that make me middle class?
If I take a bus instead of drive then what’s that?
If I live in a place without electricity?

I’d like to see you come up with some sort of rubric.

Oh, and drunkenmonkey – I thought I saw you in the yearbook! Ahlan wa sahlan… I mean, welcome.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:07 pm

you said proleteriat

webster says

1 : the lowest social or economic class of a community

so,

if you are highly educated
decry your lack of an orchestra
discuss your stints in the middle east
have the wherewithall to go to a huge week long party in nevada

and most importantly have the means to while away your weekdays in an online chatroom on a computer provided by your employer as opposed to , say, sewing garments

then I feel comfortable saying you don't really fit the literal or implied definition. I don't care how punk you are. This elitist aint buyin it.

<smooch>

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:16 pm

Beer, shmeer, it's all watered down US apple juice so it all tastes the same to me. I'd have to be reeeeeally thirsty to drink any of the big US beers. And then I'd have to drink twice as many.

Becks sounds good, so do the Heinies.

Hmmm, how many beers can we bring in to the US from Canada anyways?

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:55 pm

stuart wrote:you said proleteriat

webster says

1 : the lowest social or economic class of a community

so,

if you are highly educated
decry your lack of an orchestra
discuss your stints in the middle east
have the wherewithall to go to a huge week long party in nevada

and most importantly have the means to while away your weekdays in an online chatroom on a computer provided by your employer as opposed to , say, sewing garments

then I feel comfortable saying you don't really fit the literal or implied definition. I don't care how punk you are. This elitist aint buyin it.

<smooch>

fair enough, but

1) big difference between social and economic class, and
2) the dictionary definition and the working definition in the current american paradigm are two different things.

anyay, this isn't (or wasn't supposed to be) about me, per se. i wasn't even the one who dubbed it 'beer of the proletariat'

those were our friends who are sometimes sleeping on the streets when not crashing a friend's house.

but then, you're just shooting off at the mouth now, so that's ok.

have a good weekend!

swampdog · Post by **swampdog** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:06 pm

After college my wife and I lived 10 years in the LA area*. Finally we got it together and moved north to the SF Bay area and the day we got there we looked at each other and said, "what took us so long?" All the little dumb reasons amounted to no damned good reason in hindsight. (we've since moved even closer to paradise in Bellingham Washington)

And that's about why I haven't been to Burning Man before this year, no damned good reason. As the date approaches and my plans come together I am just thrilled with excitement. Each milestone just makes me want to get up and dance - My ticket arrived! Here's my dust mask!! my goggles!! I met people at the Seattle Newbies picnic and they were just as fantastic as I expected!

I find myself reading the ePlaya in every spare minute (no really, boss, I'm working hard).

My wife is starting to give me That Look when I say things about my plans (she's not going). That patient "I'll just wait until you're done" look.

So who am I? A technoworking artloving musicgrooving spiritual kinda guy. I'm 45 - born too late to join the first great hippy movement but too early for the neos. But now's my chance.

Oh, and one more thing - is anyone else getting a 12 step vibe from this thread? "Hi, my name is swampdog and I'm a freak". "Welcome swampdog!"

* some folks love LA. They can have it. No disrespect intended.

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:17 pm

Hi swampdog, and thanks for getting us back on track.

I love Bellingham! Casa Que Pasa...the sticker store...the mall that's not downtown, you don't have to look at it if you don't want to...the brick buildings! Gooooooo Bellingham!

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:59 pm

swampdog wrote:My wife is starting to give me That Look when I say things about my plans (she's not going). That patient "I'll just wait until you're done" look.

*gigglesnort* My husband (who followed the Dead in the mid-late 80's) looked at me last night and said "I now understand the look people used to give me when I used to talk about getting ready for the next tour."

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:31 pm

Aw jeez guys, the Rabbi is gonna be pissed when he sees how trashed this thread looks. You could have picked up the place a little. Maybe Sparkletarte is right, and we need to get this thread back on track. It's a sticky people, c'mon...

My name is Sensei. This will be #5 in a row for me. Turn on's include long solitary walks in the rain and staying up till dawn every damn night. Turn off's include socks that don't amuse.

I'm sorry again, Rabbi.

Rah-Rah · Post by **Rah-Rah** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:24 am

HELLO to all of you BRC lovelies, I'm coming home for the first time since '01 and am jes' 'bout wettin' my pants out of anticipation! I would like to invite y'all to come and find out who I am/ we are at our camp- the MECHANICAL BULLSHIT OASIS- bring your heart, and your asspad (and maybe a helmet) to a "rodeo" or three with us. My name is Ryan, I'm a cook in Boise with a dog named Gypsy, a cat named Odus, a fish named Nigel, a truck with a dead battery (might as well sell it, right?), and a nutty roomy that's my full-time reminder of Burning Man and all it's splendor- see ya on the playa~~~

WildChyld · Post by **WildChyld** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:35 pm

I'm WildChyld, a burner since 2000 formerly associated with Beaming Man & more recently Carousel Numinous, this year camping with Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet.
In general I'm friendly, fluffy,laid back and silly, not a huge partier but I do love wandering around and night and oohhing and ahhing at all of the pretty sparkly things. Im big on being helpful and gifting everyone and anyone who brings a smile to my face.
My obsessions include Muppets and single monogamous long haired men who think i'm hot. ( My boyfriend and I split this week so i'm heading to the playa single again).
I'm an almost 30( august 11th) year old Psychology major at UC Berkeley studying the relationship between body image and romantic relationships. I'm also politically active in the free speech movement and run adult websites for larger sized women who are proud of their curves.

Das Bus · Post by **Das Bus** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:03 am

Hey WildChyld! Happy Pre-Birthday!

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:33 pm

WildChyld wrote: I'm an almost 30( august 11th) year old Psychology major at UC Berkeley studying the relationship between body image and romantic relationships. I'm also politically active in the free speech movement and run adult websites for larger sized women who are proud of their curves.

You and my lover should talk...he runs The Rotunda, and its offshoot, Rotunda Artworks. *sits back, waits for you to tell her you already know Yohannon*

MissNev · Post by **MissNev** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:40 am

Wow, this thread is amazing. Rabbi, you are to be commended for bringing everyone together. This is my 8th burn. Not a newbie and actually missing the smaller event. Unfortunately, I must accept that the event has taken on a life of its own. We run a bar out there; this will be the 5th year. I'd like to extend an invitation to all to stop and visit The Liver's End. Don't know where we will be yet, but we will post on the playa directory at center camp when we get settled. We are a fully stocked, very friendly, no barter/gift bar. We don't like creeps, or trolls, and we are pretty quick to spot them. We are safe and comfortable. Have a great burn all, and I'm hoping to meet some of you on the playa. I'm going to be working at the Cafe at Center Camp, and perhaps at Camp Arctica.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:30 am

Hi! errrrh,,,, My name is, errrrh, Apollinaris Zeus!

Annnnnd,.... Iaaaa.mmmiiiin,,,,, a recooovaaaaerrring, Baaurnninnng Alllllcolhoaalic sssinnseeee Niennnntiieen ninntee niennn!

Oooopss, saaarry!

Aaaye taurghtttt, eeeye, vawssss eeenn ayee'n aye!

A II Z

Hello and Welcome... What's your name? Tell me about You...

.....The Truth is Out There............

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first timer here

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Re: first timer here

Nice to be goin' home..........

Moi

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