Hey guys the name is zach im a 30 year old pretty rad dude from seattle now living in Stockton california I was working at the burner store Distractions on haight in SF maybe some of you have heard of it anyways i got really curious about burning man long ago but didnt get the chance to attend until last year which may i add was the greatest experience of my life i have to admit i was very unprepared and also did not have a camp and also went alone with a rideshare from san francisco so it was a tough yet rewarding experience but i loved everything about it the people the sharing and caring nature for the most part. The art was amazing.. The music was to die for might i add im friends with two guys from seattle whom are djs at Slut Garden which is a good thing when you go to the burn alone anyways i felt i wanted to maybe meet some new people on the site possibly find my way into a camp and i hope i can make it this year my financial situation has me pretty restricted but im working on it anyways nice to meet everyone can someone help me out with a camp or who to talk to how to get more involved thanks
Burn on!!!
Burning since 2016
Re: Burning since 2016
Zcollins, Welcome to ePlaya. You know the drill. You've been to 1 burn and no doubt saw large and small camps. Hey, how far is Stockton from Sac? Sacramento has a very active burner community. Search around online. Get their emails and lend a hand. Maybe you'll make some friends and find a camp. (A camp won't find you!)
I hope you don't mind me saying but you come across a little bit 'needy'. Buck up Bucky. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and be in charge of your burn. You have plenty of time to do research, help with an art project, earn enough money to fund the trip, etc.... Good luck, see you in the dust.
I hope you don't mind me saying but you come across a little bit 'needy'. Buck up Bucky. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and be in charge of your burn. You have plenty of time to do research, help with an art project, earn enough money to fund the trip, etc.... Good luck, see you in the dust.
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.
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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
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zcollins11
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Re: Burning since 2016
Thanks Ratty not that im needy just worried about being prepared this year is all and i believe sac is about 45 minutes away from me
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SteveInRealLife
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Re: Burning since 2016
Hi, Z. Welcome to eplaya.
Don't worry yourself too much about meeting people or finding a camp to be with at first. Other than your ticket and the parking pass, Burning Man can be done on the cheap, but you have to do it right. I don't know what your first year was like or how independently you did it, but if this is the first time you do it on your own, it can be intimidating. Here are some tips - do with them what you will.
Check out the preparation forum and threads. Start with food, water, and shelter. Once those are handled, everything else is relatively easy. You can house yourself by getting a Uhaul for the week if you have the money for it. You can bring a tent - a good option is a larger cabin tent where you can keep all of your stuff, including a folding table and chair. A cot is also a real game changer. All of that stuff can be found at garage sales. Go to thrift stores and look for blankets, scraps of fur, pillows, etc. top throw around on the floor of your tent; the more of that stuff you put on the floor of your tent, the better it'll keep the dust down. Plus, you get the added bonus of lending the whole thing kind of a Genghis Khan vibe. Another good idea is to go to carpet stores after hours and pull scraps out of their trash bins. Carpet scraps make GREAT tent footprints as well as nice foyer material - take your shoes off before you go into your tent and leave them on the carpet. Obviously, to do the tent route, you're going to need a car, so if you have one, congratulations - you're ahead of the game. Now learn how to tie a bowline and a trucker hitch, figure out what has to go on the roof, and practice tying it all down. Drive your crap around all day. Figure out where you need to improve. If you go the Uhaul route, figure out how to make shade off the sides. Two large tarps with the eyeloops lashed together over the roof of the box on the truck is a great start. Then you just use paracord as guy wires from the bottom eyeloops and you have two large, fairly wind durable lean-to's. Put your carpet scraps under them, put the couch you found in the garbage under one side and build your kitchen on the other, open the truck door MINIMALLY and bam - camp complete. You've also added...+/- $800 to your trip, but for some people, it's worth it.
I try to stay away from giving money to big box stores, but there's no denying they're a good resource for some things. Keep ALL of your stuff in bins - those big Sterilite bins are good for it - and you can keep them on the table side of your cabin tent. A good idea is to organize by content, then put a list of contents on the side of the bin. The prep threads can help you consider what to put in your bins, but for one person, your needs should be small. Clothes, food, personal comfort items. When you get more elaborate, you can start keeping costumes, gifts, etc. I would suggest you make an inventory of your perceived needs, then go back to it after a week and add/subtract from it, then revisit it again in another week. Once you have all of your basic and reasonable comfort needs listed, start prioritizing and buying things on your list. Start with your bins and then start loading stuff into them. Do one bin at a time.
It helps to remember that your needs are actually pretty minimal. "Found art" makes great gifts (one of the best things I ever passed out were pieces of sheet metal with bent strips of sheet metal JB Welded to them in the shape of the man. People loved them). Your stuff can ALL be second hand, reused, recycled, from gifts to gear. If you're creative about it, money is less an obstacle than it could be. Get things, take them apart, put them back together in a form you can use. Become a hobbyist and make preparing for Burning Man as cheaply as possible your hobby.
Burning Man is an inherently expensive activity. If you want to go, you're going to have to spend money on it. You can absorb some of the hit by applying for the Low Income Ticket Program, but you need to either plan on saving/spending a lot of money or plan on going every other year. Get your ticket, get your food, get your water, and get yourself organized tightly and then if you need to, start networking and seeing if you can ride share. Make sure you are independent FIRST, though. Then start looking for friends. Just depends on how much you want it. Might have to stop smoking those dabs and eating at Wendy's, unless you like those things better than going to Burning Man.
https://stockton.craigslist.org/search/ ... r&sort=rel
https://stockton.craigslist.org/search/ ... f&sort=rel
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=swap+meet+stockton+CA
Don't worry yourself too much about meeting people or finding a camp to be with at first. Other than your ticket and the parking pass, Burning Man can be done on the cheap, but you have to do it right. I don't know what your first year was like or how independently you did it, but if this is the first time you do it on your own, it can be intimidating. Here are some tips - do with them what you will.
Check out the preparation forum and threads. Start with food, water, and shelter. Once those are handled, everything else is relatively easy. You can house yourself by getting a Uhaul for the week if you have the money for it. You can bring a tent - a good option is a larger cabin tent where you can keep all of your stuff, including a folding table and chair. A cot is also a real game changer. All of that stuff can be found at garage sales. Go to thrift stores and look for blankets, scraps of fur, pillows, etc. top throw around on the floor of your tent; the more of that stuff you put on the floor of your tent, the better it'll keep the dust down. Plus, you get the added bonus of lending the whole thing kind of a Genghis Khan vibe. Another good idea is to go to carpet stores after hours and pull scraps out of their trash bins. Carpet scraps make GREAT tent footprints as well as nice foyer material - take your shoes off before you go into your tent and leave them on the carpet. Obviously, to do the tent route, you're going to need a car, so if you have one, congratulations - you're ahead of the game. Now learn how to tie a bowline and a trucker hitch, figure out what has to go on the roof, and practice tying it all down. Drive your crap around all day. Figure out where you need to improve. If you go the Uhaul route, figure out how to make shade off the sides. Two large tarps with the eyeloops lashed together over the roof of the box on the truck is a great start. Then you just use paracord as guy wires from the bottom eyeloops and you have two large, fairly wind durable lean-to's. Put your carpet scraps under them, put the couch you found in the garbage under one side and build your kitchen on the other, open the truck door MINIMALLY and bam - camp complete. You've also added...+/- $800 to your trip, but for some people, it's worth it.
I try to stay away from giving money to big box stores, but there's no denying they're a good resource for some things. Keep ALL of your stuff in bins - those big Sterilite bins are good for it - and you can keep them on the table side of your cabin tent. A good idea is to organize by content, then put a list of contents on the side of the bin. The prep threads can help you consider what to put in your bins, but for one person, your needs should be small. Clothes, food, personal comfort items. When you get more elaborate, you can start keeping costumes, gifts, etc. I would suggest you make an inventory of your perceived needs, then go back to it after a week and add/subtract from it, then revisit it again in another week. Once you have all of your basic and reasonable comfort needs listed, start prioritizing and buying things on your list. Start with your bins and then start loading stuff into them. Do one bin at a time.
It helps to remember that your needs are actually pretty minimal. "Found art" makes great gifts (one of the best things I ever passed out were pieces of sheet metal with bent strips of sheet metal JB Welded to them in the shape of the man. People loved them). Your stuff can ALL be second hand, reused, recycled, from gifts to gear. If you're creative about it, money is less an obstacle than it could be. Get things, take them apart, put them back together in a form you can use. Become a hobbyist and make preparing for Burning Man as cheaply as possible your hobby.
Burning Man is an inherently expensive activity. If you want to go, you're going to have to spend money on it. You can absorb some of the hit by applying for the Low Income Ticket Program, but you need to either plan on saving/spending a lot of money or plan on going every other year. Get your ticket, get your food, get your water, and get yourself organized tightly and then if you need to, start networking and seeing if you can ride share. Make sure you are independent FIRST, though. Then start looking for friends. Just depends on how much you want it. Might have to stop smoking those dabs and eating at Wendy's, unless you like those things better than going to Burning Man.
https://stockton.craigslist.org/search/ ... r&sort=rel
https://stockton.craigslist.org/search/ ... f&sort=rel
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=swap+meet+stockton+CA
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Elderberry
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Re: Burning since 2016
Hey there, welcome to eplaya!
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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
