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regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:43 am

Hi BB

Bye NN

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:44 am

regynalonglank wrote:so here's my thought for the day:

the kids at the bagel shop had a buhdda up on the counter, the fat one, and i asked them what was the meaning of buhdda nature...is it acceptance? like you don't have to like the way things are, but you have to accept it if you don't want to suffer? and they said no, you don't have to accept anything (this i like) you just do what you can with a full heart, and leave the rest alone. like do it with love or go home (that i get)

but the cool thing was they said that buhdda's message to the people was to walk the middle path. if you want to be happy you shouldn't be too good or too bad, you try to stay in the middle. (ok, that's hard for me)

so i've been WAAAAAAYYY too good lately, and it's fucking killing me. so my mission, which i have chosen to accept (of course!) is to go out and get in some trouble, and be badder, cuz i gotta. and anyways i now have permission to do so. so there!

The kids were right. Also;

"If you meet Buddha on the path, Kill him."

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:47 am

ri-heally. can you unpack that? :)

uh, meaning i don't quite understand, and am hoping you can give the long explanation as the short one is making me feel like a bear of very little brain...thanks you...

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:52 am

That is a Buddhist saying. What it means is that your path is your own. No-one can guide you. they can advise you on what they have done, they tell you what they observe, etc, but they cannot lead you. If they do then they will be leading you down their path. Your path may go along with their path for a little while or for the rest of your life, or not at all. No matter what, it is your path and only you will walk it.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:54 am

nice. i like that very much. thank you for that. good stuff...

*sounds of brain crunching ensue...*

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:58 am

Be true to yourself.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:01 pm

tribe is down--poof on bar camp planning.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:02 pm

Yeah, that is the idea...of course my self has become somewhat liquid of late, and it's kind of harder to keep track of its mercurial nature...but i am attempting to be true to what i understand to be my "self" in each moment, as i can understand my options and my motivations...such as they are.

and here i thought i would never change :) just shows to go ya

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:08 pm

regynalonglank wrote:yes, pretending is good for me. you know me so well already!

Thats right...I don't know the real you yet...

life is but a pretend fantasy anyway, except on the playa when the real person emerges

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:11 pm

Life is always liquid. Sometimes you can just laze along and sometimes you are riding along in the whitewater (scared shitless I might add), but the river of life always flows.

Just two comments:

about whatever you are doing ----> Wail with it.

and whatever you decide to do ----> do it to the hilt.

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:15 pm

Whew, nuff exersize for my pore li'l brain. I gotta run. Might poke my head in from time to time if work is slow.

See ya'll

lowlandr · Post by **lowlandr** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:17 pm

I agree.

Live life with controlled abandon in everything you do.

I've often been acused of having only one speed, wide open...

I'm trying to get more to the "middle" of the road but...
We'll see heh.

How can a place that I've never been be calling me so strongly?

Not skeerd tho :)

Jewel*** · Post by Jewel*** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:30 pm

life is but a pretend fantasy anyway, except on the playa when the real person emerges

omg ED, this is totally me. i'm starting to have trouble pretending though and that's gonna get me into BIG trouble.

and speaking of trouble, if I can't find a #!$&*@! flight soon I'm going to do something drastic (don't know what yet, but something)

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:33 pm

Jewel*** wrote:
life is but a pretend fantasy anyway, except on the playa when the real person emerges
omg ED, this is totally me. i'm starting to have trouble pretending though and that's gonna get me into BIG trouble.

and speaking of trouble, if I can't find a #!$&*@! flight soon I'm going to do something drastic (don't know what yet, but something)

Wait till you start wearing playa clothes in public,,,,,that is when life is really fun!!!!!

Bin Noddin · Post by **Bin Noddin** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:43 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Bin Noddin wrote:Oh, the last time we hooked Mojo up to a caffeine IV, the Tikis started to go wild -

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... tart=52410
Bin, you could've put that in the index thread too.

Done!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:51 pm

*to herself* Excellent. They are beginning to obey commands. Soon I will have an army of brainwashed slaves to do my bidding and I will attack thunderdome. Bwahahahahaa!

Jewel*** · Post by Jewel*** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:52 pm

EspressoDude wrote:
Jewel*** wrote:
life is but a pretend fantasy anyway, except on the playa when the real person emerges
omg ED, this is totally me. i'm starting to have trouble pretending though and that's gonna get me into BIG trouble.

and speaking of trouble, if I can't find a #!$&*@! flight soon I'm going to do something drastic (don't know what yet, but something)

Wait till you start wearing playa clothes in public,,,,,that is when life is really fun!!!!!

I know what you mean.....(and i'm getting there slowly).......when I wore my gift card dress (on my tribe pictures) to my kid's school auction, at the exclusive country club i turned a couple heads. There were blue blazers and little black dresses and ME. That Hot Topic outfit really wants to get worn too.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:00 pm

Box Burner wrote:Just two comments:

about whatever you are doing ----> Wail with it.

and whatever you decide to do ----> do it to the hilt.

wailing...check!

hilt...check!

fishy...checkmate :)

Jewel*** · Post by Jewel*** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:54 pm

WooHoo.........got my flight!!!!!!!!!!! It only took 2 1/2 hours and I ended up with the same one they told me was sold out to begin with. I called back and got a lovely woman who "made a call" and made it happen. i'm excited and nervous at the same time.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:59 pm

yay! yay! yay!

*doing a little playa dance for you*

Bin Noddin · Post by **Bin Noddin** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:07 pm

double-triple-quadruple YAY!

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:39 pm

yippy skippy

3 cheers; 3 beers

you sound so excited and high that you may not need an airplane

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:01 pm

Evening!

Just sitting down and enjoying an Atwater Hell Pale Lager. Very nice.

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:04 pm

Hey guys my first post from my new satellite internet hook-up in the Red Rock desert. Awesome, they better watch out soon there will be no reason for me to go into town...

the rebbi

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:17 pm

hey sput.. sounds like a hellascious brew..

just lit the barbie....chicken tits with 'secret sauce'

hot sesame oil, jerk sauce, and ginger sauce..proportions instantly forgotten, hence secret

LRB how does the food channel come in?? or the BEER channel?

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:07 pm

EspressoDude wrote: just lit the barbie....chicken tits with 'secret sauce'

Careful, Ken might want to come over and kick playa dust in yer face....

does sound pretty damn good....

Hey Sput, headache gone?

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:28 pm

LRB how does the food channel come in?? or the BEER channel?

It's the internet...

The Direct TV is sitting in a box in the back of the RV right now, I need to get the antenna off the roof at the old office, and post it up our here. Will drive back to LA tomorrow and pick it up and bring it back here Sat.

the rebbi

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:29 pm

(Cc stumbles in, low energied, but full of will, heart, and other good spices...& coffee...) Word. (looks around) Hmmm...looks like the StarShade is uninhabitated...think I'll stretch out and relax abit (CLARK throws on a fresh pot of coffee and puts some Ice from TITWI's maker on some PBR's. Now...now we wait... (sun setting behind the BRC mountains...)

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:34 pm

NOTE TO SELF: Wish I had Zule's "Hello Unregistered Visitor!" sign, about 23 folks looking and gleaming the boards right now...

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:38 pm

hi CC

howzitz??

thinking about some tunes for the playa....gonna hook up an old mixer/preamp to my pc...get out the turntable and spin some old vinyl

Doors..Iron Butterfly...etc.

try to burn some CD's

The Bar

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