The Bar

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:15 pm

{yawn}......goodnight all you, my imaginary friends; my body says it's bedtime.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:17 pm

---------heli crumbles into the bar with a giant load of wood, sets it next to the hot tub, grabs the drip torch, commences to light the fire----------

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:32 pm

Going to need that wood, thanks, Heli ... tonite's play forecast ...

Numerous snow showers. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Lows 19 to 29. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:32 pm

Heli!

Nice to see you on this first day of MMV

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:49 pm

Poof! Here's some shitty vodka strained through Guins fishnets for ya Sput.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:50 pm

good evening all!

It's true, i am alive and well. and, soon enough (perhaps tomorrow) I'll have some preliminary pictures up on my site (thanks Coworker!)

remaining on topic, may I have a beer?

also, in reference to BHA's question, I, too, have had similar experiences. You've all been called my 'pretend friends' by some people here, too. i am quick to point out that there are more than a few of us who DO ACTUALLY MEET outside of the internet...

it ties in nicely with a conversation I've been having with a few different people lately about community and the fact that the internet has destroyed any reason that ANY of us, really, need to leave our homes. We can shop online, we can meet people online, we can pay our bills, have sex, make up, break up... all online. It's sad, and I've been trying to make a determined effort to counteract my online time with face time with people...

just thoughts running through my head lately. sorry to be heavy.

in other news, the show went so fucking well!!! I AM a rockstar.

In other other news, the ingrate quit tonight, so I am back to being the only full-time employee at my store. That sucks. But it does save me from firing him. Ha.

Another beer. I'm already dry.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:53 pm

We knew you were a rockstar honey

And, thanks for straining the vodka.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:58 pm

"explain to me again how sheeps' bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes?"

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:02 pm

Are you talking to me?

Are you TALKING to ME?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:03 pm

thanks sputnik!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:05 pm

It is a rare meeting of late my dear. Our paths have not crossed in oh so many days. I've missed your smile, though your lip balm is still protecting mine.

More vodka please.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:05 pm

Peaches decided last night that she didn't have the palate for the White Star I bought for new years...so I had to drink the whole thing myself, after having had half the bottle of Framboise Lambic and 2/3 of the bottle of Verdi Spumante. Anyway, the point: I've just noticed that my urine this evening smells like Champagne. Odd. Maybe I should have put it in "that's disgusting." Though, urination seems a common subject in most bars I've been to.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:05 pm

Poof! Beer for Guin, it's only a Red Hook though.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:07 pm

And is your piss also bubbly, Mr Genius?

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:09 pm

Fortunately, no. I imagine that would be uncomfortable. That's a shitty mutant power to have: the ability to urinate Moet and Chandon...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:11 pm

thanks heli.. I'm not a HUGE red hook fan, but it'll do in a pinch. I'm kind of a beer snob.

And Sput, it's true. is this due to the potential break-up? your absence has been noted. I have to say, though... the blue avatar kind of freaks me out....

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:12 pm

Poof! Vodka for Sput. Here ya Gooooooooooooo!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:12 pm

oof! gotta run, guys. I'll see you later!

(thanks for the beer!)

Kisses to you both, heli and sput!

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:12 pm

I got a fine Pilsner Urquell, would you like that instead?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:19 pm

Ranger Genius wrote:Anyway, the point: I've just noticed that my urine this evening smells like Champagne.

Hmmm, very interesting

Subject has a penchant for peeing on his nose.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:42 pm

buckethead alien wrote:Grant applications will be available on the Web site at a date to be disclosed.

CBA, get your assana in here and explain to us that last thread topic.

2005 means new board. 2004 will go the way of 2003
cough syrup please

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:01 pm

I'm confused. 2003 is still around in this sense:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 72&start=0

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:34 am

cowboyangel wrote:
buckethead alien wrote:Grant applications will be available on the Web site at a date to be disclosed.

CBA, get your assana in here and explain to us that last thread topic.

2005 means new board. 2004 will go the way of 2003
cough syrup please

The discussions I have seen point to event relevant sections of the E-Playa being archived but not the whole board. So areas from 2004 like Share, Theme Camps, and the others I do not know off of the top of my head will be archived. Where as General discussion is not related to a specific year of the event.

Of course I could be wrong but my understanding is that the bar will be here for many many more days.

Jason

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:46 am

GuinivereElise wrote:good evening all!

Any evening I see your smiling face is a good evening, dear....

GuinivereElise wrote:also, in reference to BHA's question, I, too, have had similar experiences. You've all been called my 'pretend friends' by some people here, too. i am quick to point out that there are more than a few of us who DO ACTUALLY MEET outside of the internet...

My husband is the only one of my current SOs that I didn't get to know online first. (The only one of my recent SOs, as well, for that matter - yes, I knew dafydd as a kid, but when we started chatting [and flirting] online, we hadn't seen each other regularly in twenty years....)

GuinivereElise wrote:it ties in nicely with a conversation I've been having with a few different people lately about community and the fact that the internet has destroyed any reason that ANY of us, really, need to leave our homes. We can shop online, we can meet people online, we can pay our bills, have sex, make up, break up... all online. It's sad, and I've been trying to make a determined effort to counteract my online time with face time with people...

I've been involved in one online forum or another for fifteen years now (BBSes, then Usenet, then IRC, then the Web, then the blogosphere) - and I have yet to be involved in a forum that didn't have some sort of meatspace get-together. Weekly get-togethers for the BBSes, annual "conventions" (retreats, really) for the Usenet/IRC community (different arms of the same shared reality), various open houses hosted by my blogfriends....

Take heart, Guin. Just because online interaction has replaced a lot of facetime, I don't think we'll ever truly outgrow the desire to put faces (and voices and bodies) to names.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:32 am

GuinivereElise wrote:And Sput, it's true. is this due to the potential break-up? your absence has been noted. I have to say, though... the blue avatar kind of freaks me out....

Pretty much. That and the holidays.

Freaky, huh?

Coffee is brewing.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:13 am

{humming, giggles grabs a cup of coffee, douses it with sugar and cream, then busies herself cleaning up leftovers from the new year's feast, removing twinkly lights and tinsel strewn about, and gives the bar a thorough scrubbing}

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:30 am

OK, it's well after noon on Sunday. I need a beer.

<goes to the tap and pulls a black and tan>

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:00 am

Good afternoon and morning, I'll have some coffee,

Gees this place looks like it's been hit by a white tornado ( missy clean ]. It's almost inspiring maybe I will get the Christmas wrapping paper put away today.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:28 am

googmorning brother zule......let's skip school today

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:29 am

Hey everybody! A black and tan sounds just right.