I've hung around these boards since the beginning of August. I moved to California 2 years ago and sometime this July I thought about it and realized I'm not too far from that Burning Man thing I had always heard about. I went to the google and found tons of information. The more I read the more I liked the whole thing. Tried to get in on the OMG sale and it didn't happen. I watched on-line re-sale websites but from what I learned, not paying over face value is a principle that should be practiced. I did my part to stifle the scalpers. I felt if I had paid over face-value for my ticket to Burning Man, I didn't really go to Burning Man.
I enjoy the discussions and information on this forum and will continue to make it a regular part of my web-browsing. I especially enjoy the creations of Figjam. I'll be trying to get a ticket to the next burn. I also enjoyed the live web-cast of the event. When The Man burned it felt just like New Years Eve to me. Hope to be there next year.
60 yrs.old, retired. I was a normal kid until May 4, 1970, at 15 years old, when something that happened changed me. Since then my politics have been liberal and I have believed in freedom, self expression, and ..peace, man. When I finished hi-school I hitchhiked to California, stayed about a year, then went back to Chicago. I kept in touch with some of the people I met that year and we have been friends ever since. I refer to it as the best year of my life. I think there's some good ones yet to come. Maybe not as good as '73 but I'll keep trying.
Wanna be a burner
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fireheadwhale
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Wanna be a burner
You can apply any terms to any situation to rationalize bias or perspective.
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GreyCoyote
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Re: Wanna be a burner
A grand intoduction! Welcome (belatedly!) to the fray!
"To sum up my compassion level, I think we should feed the unwanted animals to the homeless. Or visa versa. Too much attention and money is spent on both."
(A Beautiful Mind)
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Elderberry
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Re: Wanna be a burner
Hey there, welcome to eplaya!
Elderberry
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
Re: Wanna be a burner
Fireheadwhale, Welcome! I hope you got a ticket next year.
Those aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on Savannah
Pictures or it didn't happen Greycoyote
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Pictures or it didn't happen Greycoyote
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Re: Wanna be a burner
Welcome, Fireheadwhale!
Click on "Regionals" on the top right of the main site and make sure you meet locals in your area and surrounding areas.
Click on "Regionals" on the top right of the main site and make sure you meet locals in your area and surrounding areas.
*** The Burning Man Survival Guide ***
"I must've lost it when I was twerking at the trash fence." -- BBadger
"Snark away, ePlaya, you magnificent bastards." -- McStrangle
"I must've lost it when I was twerking at the trash fence." -- BBadger
"Snark away, ePlaya, you magnificent bastards." -- McStrangle
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kiboy
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Re: Wanna be a burner
Yowza! That's a great resume, I hope to see you out there in 2015. I'll be the other 60 year old guy.fireheadwhale wrote:I've hung around these boards since the beginning of August. I moved to California 2 years ago and sometime this July I thought about it and realized I'm not too far from that Burning Man thing I had always heard about. I went to the google and found tons of information. The more I read the more I liked the whole thing. Tried to get in on the OMG sale and it didn't happen. I watched on-line re-sale websites but from what I learned, not paying over face value is a principle that should be practiced. I did my part to stifle the scalpers. I felt if I had paid over face-value for my ticket to Burning Man, I didn't really go to Burning Man.
I enjoy the discussions and information on this forum and will continue to make it a regular part of my web-browsing. I especially enjoy the creations of Figjam. I'll be trying to get a ticket to the next burn. I also enjoyed the live web-cast of the event. When The Man burned it felt just like New Years Eve to me. Hope to be there next year.
60 yrs.old, retired. I was a normal kid until May 4, 1970, at 15 years old, when something that happened changed me. Since then my politics have been liberal and I have believed in freedom, self expression, and ..peace, man. When I finished hi-school I hitchhiked to California, stayed about a year, then went back to Chicago. I kept in touch with some of the people I met that year and we have been friends ever since. I refer to it as the best year of my life. I think there's some good ones yet to come. Maybe not as good as '73 but I'll keep trying.
That something that changed you wasn't called Purple Haze by any chance. 
That's what happened to me.Don't believe everything you think.
