xoxoxoxo Technopatra and good luck to you.

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:32 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... ae5#142764

I will say this, she, Technopatra, always typed something worthwhile and worth reading.

Thanks Techcnopatra!

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:34 pm

this whole Techcnopatra thing is starting to make me cry

Make sure you visit TP.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:47 pm

they better replace her with somebody good, that's all i know. sassy, hot and oh so available. we're talkin some big BIG shoes to fill :)

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:50 pm

regynalonglank wrote:they better replace her with somebody good, that's all i know. sassy, hot and oh so available. we're talkin some big BIG shoes to fill

nicely put reg.

I have seen that back, is that your back reg?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:51 pm

Well, I suppose it is a good problem to have. I am glad to hear that she has a better job and her experiance with eplaya helped her land it. That is such a great thing to hear when for so long there have been so many stories of tech workers going in the opposite direction here in the Bay Area.

Congratulations TP and here is wishing you all the best in the future.

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:56 pm

DVD Burner wrote:this whole Techcnopatra thing is starting to make me cry

no kidding. that goes double for me.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:20 pm

Thanks Technopatra for your hard work, dedication, intelligence and sense of humor.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:40 pm

Techcnopatra, I'm happy for you, and sad for us you have become a real part of our lives here on e-playa. The bright side is the hope you will feel freer to join us as one of us with out the weight of the feeling that you represent "Burning Man Organization".

We'll do fine in Emily's very competent hands as a referee.

Thanks for everything !

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:10 pm

Thanks, TP. Shed the robes of eniquity and dawn the cloak of shame!

One of us! One of us! One of...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:55 pm

thanks, Techno, baby.

you rawk.

You've always got free drinks in the bar, so come back and visit often, m'kay??

kisses and hugs...

g

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:00 pm

Thanks for all of your excellent, compassionate, and democratic hard work TP! And congratulations on your new job, it sounds great and it's nice that you are stoked on it.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:01 pm

hey Techno, now that your one of "us" you can get a little "crazy" if you want.
let your hair down, insult DVD, ya know, typical stuff.

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:09 pm

I hope you find ten times more than you are looking for Techno. YOu will be missed around here, so get back asap and aoap.

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:24 pm

Darlin', I am SO glad I got to meet you on the playa last year. Best of luck in whatever you do...and don't be a stranger, okay? *hugs*

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:09 am

take care technopatra... show the new employers what you are made of... good stuff!

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:33 am

Aw, shit....

We'll miss you, Babe... swing by the bar every now and then and we'll all trade one liner's together...

And good luck Ms. Sparkle.... we know you'll do well...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:59 am

a teeny tiny "poof"

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:44 pm

I'm not sure I like this ominous sounding "I'm not sure I'll be making it to the playa this year" thing.

Not sure I like the sound of that at all.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:30 pm

Yeah it worries me to. I'm sticking my fingers in my ears and going 'la la la la la!'

technopatra · Post by **technopatra** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:55 am

Aw geez, you guys are making me cry over here...

so here's the thing...

I'd been doing the same thing for 3 years on the playa. Going for 3 weeks, doing Cafe setup (furniture, decor & art, not DPW), and cleanup. I've camped in the Cafe Village the whole time, which admittedly, has evolved beautifully and really rocked out as the bestest working-class neighborhood on the playa.

It was a combinatio of factors, but in 2004...honestly...I had kind of an average time. There, I said it. The work felt like work and there was no payoff. I enjoyed my interactions with loal Nevadans in Gerlach and beyond more than most of the participants I came across. I totally take responsibility for trying so hard to go without expectations that I overshot the mark and went without intent. So..nothing amazing manifested.

No real serious dramas, many fun times, but frankly, it just didn't feel worth it. I didn't have the worst time ever, it's just that nothing so-fantastically-terrific happened....

I didn't have that one moment where I went "wow. This is why I'm here. Everything is right with the universe because at this moment in time, I am where I should be."

I don't blame Burning Man as so many whiny fucks do ...

(Hey, I can say whiny fucks! woohoo!)

...and if I went, it'd still be up to me to make Burning Man happen. I just quite literally don't know how to do Burning Man without working anymore. I don't know what I could bring to the party. I don't know what I want to get out of it, or put into it.

I'm thinking maybe Italy instead. I dunno.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:59 am

TP, thanks for the re-birth...
take care....

Italy doesn't sound too bad actually.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:01 am

Just watch out for those Michelangelo art cars. I hear they are really bad drivers at that event.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:10 am

technopatra wrote:
No real serious dramas, many fun times, but frankly, it just didn't feel worth it. I didn't have the worst time ever, it's just that nothing so-fantastically-terrific happened....

I didn't have that one moment where I went "wow. This is why I'm here. Everything is right with the universe because at this moment in time, I am where I should be."

You know something, not to say me too but I felt the same way 12 years ago and went to Paris to live for the next year.
Getting a life is important. But the thing is for me is I wanted to find out if I could reach that high at BM again this year after being away for so long and now I'm having second thoughts.
For one, it's much bigger than when I was there last and I think the crowd may have changed too much for me. I still know a bunch of people that are really cool that still go and are going this year but I'm feeling funny.

Not a Burningman problem and not mine, I am just starting to feel that I need something totally new.
Which is why I'm trying to stick with my plans and go anyway.

If you've never been to Italy before then go I say.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:11 am

Makes a lot of sense. (Damn, i guess the boat and ice cream and eplayans weren't enough!) I'd rather have you happy and in our lives in some way than just have you on the playa.

It's really nice to hear you call people fucks. I knew you had it in you.

Sometimes I think people make the event itself the end goal. It's entirely possible to go to the event and get little out of it, or get nothing out of it that you couldn't get elsewhere. The event isn't always the best choice for someone. Follow those little sparkly things in the corner of your eye. Someday they may lead you back to playa, you never know.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:43 am

I just quite literally don't know how to do Burning Man without working anymore. I don't know what I could bring to the party.

Um, seems like a good place to start would be 100 gallons of gasoline and a box of road flares.

Zane5100 · Post by **Zane5100** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:58 am

Isotopia wrote:
I just quite literally don't know how to do Burning Man without working anymore. I don't know what I could bring to the party.
Um, seems like a good place to start would be 100 gallons of gasoline and a box of road flares.

sigh...

You tryin' to make me fall in love with you...?

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:06 pm

Hey TP...

Thanks.

Take care, safe journeys, and don’t be a stranger... or at least no stranger than any of us, ok?

(slides TP a "Come To The Bar And Pet The Cat For Free Anytime" voucher)

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:16 pm

We though of you...

tears flow from our eyes as you pack your bags,

We immerse ourselves in other things as you wave good-bye,
our heart grows heavier as you get in the car and close the door,
our mind races to conclusions as you start the engine,
our blood is pounding in my temples as you adjust the rear view mirror,
We are beside ourselves as you back down the driveway.
fear wells up inside us as you drive down the street,
our inner child screams and hollers as you disappear into the distance,
you left us here and got another job how could you do this?
now we just sit here and think of you...

your bestest ex-pals,
Rabbi Dali Rick

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:24 pm

Drinks for everybody!!!!!! WhooHoooooooo

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:38 pm

Rian Jackson wrote:Sometimes I think people make the event itself the end goal.

Yeah, somehow going to the festival simply because that's what you always do is so "unburningman."

xoxoxoxo Technopatra and good luck to you.

xoxoxoxo Technopatra and good luck to you.

Re: xoxoxoxo Technopatra and good luck to you.

Re: xoxoxoxo Technopatra and good luck to you.

thanks for the techno assistance

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........

ok she's gone.......Let's Play.....