Hello, I have never been to a Burning Man......and I am already an addict. I am going to try to plan to be there in 06. My current girlfriend just doesnt get it, so by Aug of next year I will probably be single...and available...
I have just spent the last 4 days looking at every single picture in the gallery and reading everything on the website (and off) that I could find. I have already had many ideas on how to participate and give of myself to the community when I arrive.
I imagine I see the Burning Man on different structures everywhere I drive. It is a very cool feeling, and I am looking forward to immersing myself in the experience. Please feel free to contact me. Being a virgin, I am looking for a place to start, join a theme camp? Start my own theme camp? Go alone?
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This from a much earlier post, stolen from the Big Book of Playa Anonymous... (Some may remember this and wince!)...
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Rarely have we seen a burner fail to return to the dust who has thoroughly followed a water truck along the Esplanade. Those who do not are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually people who are constitutionally incapable of being one with the man. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living needed for the demands of a rigorous and unforgiving environment. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do survive if they have the capacity to relax and find Sanctuary
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Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened at BRC, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take a trip to Black Rock City.
At the first wisps of dust we balked. We thought we could find a way to stay away. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and have your dust masks and goggles from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our default lives and the result was nil even though we let go absolutely.
Remember that we deal with the Playa - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there are those who have the power to help - they are your campmates. May you find them during an Alpha!
Mere sips of water availed us nothing. We stood at the Man. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of survival:
1. We admitted we were powerless over Burning Man - that our lives had to become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a place in some desert in Nevada could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our lives upside down to go to this place as we understood it.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our stuff.
5. Admitted to the ePlaya list, to ourselves, and to anyone else who would listen the exact nature of our insanity.
6. Were entirely ready to exploit all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our obstacles from going.
8. Made a list of all persons who were as loony as us, and became willing to make a theme camp with them all.
9. Made direct payments to surplus stores, el-wire suppliers, and sporting goods/survival shops wherever possible, even when to do so would keep us from paying our rent.
10. Continued to take inventory and when we were deficient bought more stuff promptly.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our transportation to BRC, praying that nothing would break down seriously, everything would fit, and we would have the power to make it over the hill.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of finally making it to the Playa, we tried to carry this message to anyone else who would listen to our ravings, and to practice these principles in the default world.
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go on without Playa dust." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like dust-free perfection to these principles for the other 51 weeks. We are not Larry. The point is, that our various camps are willing to grow along the grid lines of the city. The dust we still breathe weeks later is a guide to progress. We claim playa dust progress rather than playa dust perfection.
Our description of the ePlaya Addict, the chapter to the sock puppet, and our personal moop-removal stories before and after this years burn make clear three pertinent ideas:
(a) That we were adicted to the Playa and could only manage our own lives for 51 weeks until our return there...
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved us from rave camp art cars...
(c) That the Man couldn't either, so we burned him anyway...
(Taken from the 13 2/3rd edition of the Playa Anonymous Big Book 5th chapter - How it Burns.)
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Rarely have we seen a burner fail to return to the dust who has thoroughly followed a water truck along the Esplanade. Those who do not are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually people who are constitutionally incapable of being one with the man. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living needed for the demands of a rigorous and unforgiving environment. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do survive if they have the capacity to relax and find Sanctuary
.
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened at BRC, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take a trip to Black Rock City.
At the first wisps of dust we balked. We thought we could find a way to stay away. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and have your dust masks and goggles from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our default lives and the result was nil even though we let go absolutely.
Remember that we deal with the Playa - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there are those who have the power to help - they are your campmates. May you find them during an Alpha!
Mere sips of water availed us nothing. We stood at the Man. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of survival:
1. We admitted we were powerless over Burning Man - that our lives had to become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a place in some desert in Nevada could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our lives upside down to go to this place as we understood it.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our stuff.
5. Admitted to the ePlaya list, to ourselves, and to anyone else who would listen the exact nature of our insanity.
6. Were entirely ready to exploit all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our obstacles from going.
8. Made a list of all persons who were as loony as us, and became willing to make a theme camp with them all.
9. Made direct payments to surplus stores, el-wire suppliers, and sporting goods/survival shops wherever possible, even when to do so would keep us from paying our rent.
10. Continued to take inventory and when we were deficient bought more stuff promptly.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our transportation to BRC, praying that nothing would break down seriously, everything would fit, and we would have the power to make it over the hill.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of finally making it to the Playa, we tried to carry this message to anyone else who would listen to our ravings, and to practice these principles in the default world.
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go on without Playa dust." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like dust-free perfection to these principles for the other 51 weeks. We are not Larry. The point is, that our various camps are willing to grow along the grid lines of the city. The dust we still breathe weeks later is a guide to progress. We claim playa dust progress rather than playa dust perfection.
Our description of the ePlaya Addict, the chapter to the sock puppet, and our personal moop-removal stories before and after this years burn make clear three pertinent ideas:
(a) That we were adicted to the Playa and could only manage our own lives for 51 weeks until our return there...
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved us from rave camp art cars...
(c) That the Man couldn't either, so we burned him anyway...
(Taken from the 13 2/3rd edition of the Playa Anonymous Big Book 5th chapter - How it Burns.)
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Thatgirlagain
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Re: Burning Man Addict
Have you heard of the Flipside? It's in Austin sometime in May. Haven't been there yet but it looks sorta like BM. You can find the link on the Burning Man website under "regional networks".revjackassholio wrote:Hello, I have never been to a Burning Man......and I am already an addict. I am going to try to plan to be there in 06. "The Cult of Jackassholarity"
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some signs of my BurningMan addiction (a very partial list):
*my "daily driver" has a trashy radio...and have just spent $$ on a mega amp and subs for "camp sound"
*my "daily driver" in fact rarely gets driven at all to save fuel money for "the trip" and instead acts as a storage depot for camp stuff out in the driveway
*my bike...which Is my daily transport...is lucky to get the occasional chain oiling while the playa trike just got TWO new crank sets
*holiday family visits are nice, no regrets, but there is grumbling about having to spend 5 DAYS away from playa projects and give $$$ to the airlines to fly to a silly place like Maryland
*lunchbreaks are spent not idly conversing in the company lounge but over in the storage yard (only a 5 minute walk away! woo!) working on the Starship...hey, the flagpole is gonna be 3 feet taller this year too!
*while other ner-do-wells surf questionable web sites I HAVE to check in on eplaya several times a day just to get a fix of the wonderful zanniness of all the other addicts here...Thank You All : ) Happy Thanksgiving!
*my "daily driver" has a trashy radio...and have just spent $$ on a mega amp and subs for "camp sound"
*my "daily driver" in fact rarely gets driven at all to save fuel money for "the trip" and instead acts as a storage depot for camp stuff out in the driveway
*my bike...which Is my daily transport...is lucky to get the occasional chain oiling while the playa trike just got TWO new crank sets
*holiday family visits are nice, no regrets, but there is grumbling about having to spend 5 DAYS away from playa projects and give $$$ to the airlines to fly to a silly place like Maryland
*lunchbreaks are spent not idly conversing in the company lounge but over in the storage yard (only a 5 minute walk away! woo!) working on the Starship...hey, the flagpole is gonna be 3 feet taller this year too!
*while other ner-do-wells surf questionable web sites I HAVE to check in on eplaya several times a day just to get a fix of the wonderful zanniness of all the other addicts here...Thank You All : ) Happy Thanksgiving!
Burning Man 2003-25; Desert Carillon, HypnoHorse, Ulaume's Chimes, Iron Native, Black Rock Solar, Portal Collective, Center Camp Café Stage and Sound Tech, 747 Project
Starship Palomino
Starship Palomino
http://www.burningflipside.com/
Click on tickets and get on the announce list at the very least. Make sure you have some free time around Memorial Day, buy a ticket and go -- read the survival guide and all the other junk for that matter.
Houston has a regional contact (see Regionals list) and you should check out what is happening with them.
Hopefully you can meet up with others or even do a day trip up to Austin for something. Don't be shy and welcome to our world, it's a lot of fun.
I have never been to Flipside but have several friends who have gone down and they reported a real good time.
Click on tickets and get on the announce list at the very least. Make sure you have some free time around Memorial Day, buy a ticket and go -- read the survival guide and all the other junk for that matter.
Houston has a regional contact (see Regionals list) and you should check out what is happening with them.
Hopefully you can meet up with others or even do a day trip up to Austin for something. Don't be shy and welcome to our world, it's a lot of fun.
I have never been to Flipside but have several friends who have gone down and they reported a real good time.
I like playing with fire.
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revjackassholio
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Thanks!
Ah, thank you all for your comments, suggestions, (and probably prayers, you all have mine :wink: )
It is good to know that I am not going insane, but slowly becoming "enlightened"
Take care and hope to see you all there......
It is good to know that I am not going insane, but slowly becoming "enlightened"
Take care and hope to see you all there......
says; the rev jack
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"The Cult of Jackassholarity"
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BM Everywhere
I see this reminder everyday...(yes I drink alot of wine :)
says; the rev jack
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"The Cult of Jackassholarity"