I'm going to Burning Man
I just robbed a grocery store. I'm going to Burning Man.
No, not really. I'm just paraphrasing the song by Dada, 'I'm going to Disneyland'.
But I really am going to Burning Man, by damn. I got my ticket an everything. The ticket's pretty.
Dude, you're gonna have a horrible time. Yer gonna die. It's an endurance run, yer too candy-assed an old for that kind of extreme shit.
I'm doin' it. Hey, I've been in weirder places before. I was in Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love. I ended up sleeping in a borrowed sleeping bag under a bush in Golden Gate Park with a car thief from Chicago (not in the same bag, okay?).
That was 40 years ago. Yer a fossil. You'll crumple up an die. Nobody'll like you, these kids hate old fucking hippies.
Hey, I was never a hippie. I was a Freak, & remain so to this day. Hippies were those kids that showed up on weekends & we'd try to sell them bags of oregano for $10, which is what an ounce of pot went for then.
You went through the whole Summer of Love an never got laid. When fall came, you were still a virgin. That's how lame you are.
But then I went up to Seattle with nothing but my guitar on my back, to be with my ladylove. Then I got laid! Then I went down to Venice to not be with her. I've got such stories! These kids today, they're smart. They're conscious of their culture & how it got there. Some of them are, anyway. They'll sense my wonderfulness & love me. My stories will be my gift. I'm gonna live forever!
Those aren't stories, they're anecdotes. Nobody cares. The occasion will never come up when any of them will have the time or the inclination to sit still long enough to listen to you ramble on about what a loser you are.
But I'm a world-famous 'underground' cartoonist! I'm already an Art Hero!
But yer stuff sucks. And what have you done lately that's even remotely cool?
Well, I did this great big mural on a wall in Roswell. Outer Space with lots of rocket ships & planets & asteroids.... It's right on Main Street!
Facing the other way!
Well, it's a zen thing that's what makes it extra cool, right?
Sure, but nobody cares.
People come from other parts of the world and they take pictures of it.
Yeah, that & three & a half bucks or so will get you a latté.
Hey, I still got it. I'll be okay.
No, you won't. You're so not prepared. It's yer first time you don't even know what the fuck yer doin' & yer all by yerself. You got no one to depend on but you, & you suck! You have unrealistic expectations.
I know. Nothing ever turns out the way I think it's going to. So if I think the plane is going to crash, well, then it isn't, because... Anyway, I'm going to leave my expectations at the gate, just like they say to do.
But you have so many. You'll never be able to let go of...
Oh, shut up!
I don't have to.
For at least 5 years, probably much longer than that, I can't remember when or where I first heard about BM, I've been (not) experiencing it from this side of a 17" monitor. This year, now, soon, I'm going to climb through the looking glass and be on the other side. In it. Like the Grand Canyon: all the pictures you see of it, even a Circaramaâ„¢ presentation in Disneylandâ„¢ are really nice, but don't give you anything of the feeling you get when you're standing on the edge of it, looking a mile down into the bottom of it & having it extending out from both sides of you farther than the eye can see, as the wind blows on you & all that. Not the same. I know that. I gotta do this. Even if it kills me. There are definitely worse ways to go. I'll bet.
Yer a jerk. Yer gonna hate it. They're just a bunch of rich assholes. Sticking their heads in the sand as the world goes to hell. Yer just gonna be perpetuating the idiocy.
Yeah, but there's all this really cool art that I just have to see!
Yer gonna hate it. It's gonna suck.
I know.
virgin preflight whine
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Larry Welz
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virgin preflight whine
This too shall pass.
The voices in my head told me you'll have a good time.
(if you survive)
(if you survive)
"Everything is more wonderful when you do it with a car, don't you think?"
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
I want to ask Larry to come to our Summer of Love camp.
Oh, no. He was really there. He'll say it's stupid. He'll say it's not like it was. He'll say, "What the fuck is this?"
I think he'd like the music. I think we'd like him. I really should tell him to come. Hell, I really should invite him to stay with us, if he wants. What's one more person?
I'm scared. Maybe he's a lunatic.
No, he isn't. He sounds pretty cool. I don't think he'd come to Burning Man to chop anybody up into little pieces just because their camp doesn't look just like Haight-Ashbury did in 1967.
He could be fun to have around, anyway. We could point to him and tell people, "Hey, Larry is an authentic guy from the Summer of Love. He was really there!" Then we could have him tell his stories. That might draw people to the camp. Larry might make us Popular.
I don't know. Last year we picked up John from Reno and he mostly just slept under a black cape or walked around naked and stoned.
But that's kinda like the Summer of Love was. Naked, stoned people. Maybe Larry can help us.
I think Larry should come. Definitely.
Oh, no. He was really there. He'll say it's stupid. He'll say it's not like it was. He'll say, "What the fuck is this?"
I think he'd like the music. I think we'd like him. I really should tell him to come. Hell, I really should invite him to stay with us, if he wants. What's one more person?
I'm scared. Maybe he's a lunatic.
No, he isn't. He sounds pretty cool. I don't think he'd come to Burning Man to chop anybody up into little pieces just because their camp doesn't look just like Haight-Ashbury did in 1967.
He could be fun to have around, anyway. We could point to him and tell people, "Hey, Larry is an authentic guy from the Summer of Love. He was really there!" Then we could have him tell his stories. That might draw people to the camp. Larry might make us Popular.
I don't know. Last year we picked up John from Reno and he mostly just slept under a black cape or walked around naked and stoned.
But that's kinda like the Summer of Love was. Naked, stoned people. Maybe Larry can help us.
I think Larry should come. Definitely.
Dear Larry Welz,
I believe that somethings in life are meant to be. I also think that this mystical journey you are about to embark upon will change your life forever, it did for me! I do believe that you are meant to live in BRC for a while. It's seems that you are finally ready, and that's the best time to come, when the stars have aligned for you.
You worry about what will happen, and that's OK. You are probably putting in more thought into how to stay alive in the desert than most people do. Because of you age/wisdom you will do better than most playa virgins.
You have something to offer, because you are a person. We will return the favor, because we love people. You will have a good time, if that's what you choose, and a bad time is possible, if that's what you choose.
If you find yourself in need of help, please stop by my camp and we'll do for you whatever we can. This may not be the summer of love, but it will be a summer you will NEVER forget.
Trixy @ 9:29 across from the shitters!
I believe that somethings in life are meant to be. I also think that this mystical journey you are about to embark upon will change your life forever, it did for me! I do believe that you are meant to live in BRC for a while. It's seems that you are finally ready, and that's the best time to come, when the stars have aligned for you.
You worry about what will happen, and that's OK. You are probably putting in more thought into how to stay alive in the desert than most people do. Because of you age/wisdom you will do better than most playa virgins.
You have something to offer, because you are a person. We will return the favor, because we love people. You will have a good time, if that's what you choose, and a bad time is possible, if that's what you choose.
If you find yourself in need of help, please stop by my camp and we'll do for you whatever we can. This may not be the summer of love, but it will be a summer you will NEVER forget.
Trixy @ 9:29 across from the shitters!
Chillax, dude.
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Larry Welz
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(choking back tears) Oh wow, this is far out, man. My adventure has already begun. A Summer of Love camp? Oh hell yes. I'll be there. I'll see you other guys, too, unless of course I get overwhelmed by everything. (sniff) I love you all!
Oh please. I'm gonna be sick. It's probably a trap. They're gonna put you in a cage an laugh at you.
Oh shut up.
Oh please. I'm gonna be sick. It's probably a trap. They're gonna put you in a cage an laugh at you.
Oh shut up.
This too shall pass.
Larry Welz wrote:(choking back tears) Oh wow, this is far out, man. My adventure has already begun. A Summer of Love camp? Oh hell yes. I'll be there. I'll see you other guys, too, unless of course I get overwhelmed by everything. (sniff) I love you all!
Oh please. I'm gonna be sick. It's probably a trap. They're gonna put you in a cage an laugh at you.
Oh shut up.
Crap he knows!
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PurpleCricket
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Split decisions!
Hey Larry,
I was reading over both of your thoughts, gentlemen... you guys are awesome!
Man, we all have got to have a meeting of personalities! I'm a virgin this year, and I've been wrestling with my two (?) sides as well!
My boyfriend and I would love to meet you, we're camping at Apokiliptica at Terminal City (3''oclock keyhole).
Have a great 2nd Summer of Love!
Peace,
Purple Cricket
I was reading over both of your thoughts, gentlemen... you guys are awesome!
Man, we all have got to have a meeting of personalities! I'm a virgin this year, and I've been wrestling with my two (?) sides as well!
My boyfriend and I would love to meet you, we're camping at Apokiliptica at Terminal City (3''oclock keyhole).
Have a great 2nd Summer of Love!
Peace,
Purple Cricket
"Arrgh! A True Pirate Mistress sails the High Seas with but a sextant to keep her on course and a cat of nine to keep the crew in line!"
Well, he does now dufus! Way to clue in the newbie. Sheesh. Now it will be that much harder to catch him.MozyBonz wrote:Larry Welz wrote:(choking back tears) Oh wow, this is far out, man. My adventure has already begun. A Summer of Love camp? Oh hell yes. I'll be there. I'll see you other guys, too, unless of course I get overwhelmed by everything. (sniff) I love you all!
Oh please. I'm gonna be sick. It's probably a trap. They're gonna put you in a cage an laugh at you.
Oh shut up.
Crap he knows!
But don't worry Larry. That's only one camp among... what thousands? They'll let you out eventually.
Oh, you might forget about trying to meet all of those people. You start out with the best intentions.... and then... Woa dude! look at that!! .... kinda getting a little distracted here. Hey lets check this out! Now where was I going earlier?
dana wrote:Well, he does now dufus! Way to clue in the newbie. Sheesh. Now it will be that much harder to catch him.MozyBonz wrote:Larry Welz wrote:(choking back tears) Oh wow, this is far out, man. My adventure has already begun. A Summer of Love camp? Oh hell yes. I'll be there. I'll see you other guys, too, unless of course I get overwhelmed by everything. (sniff) I love you all!
Oh please. I'm gonna be sick. It's probably a trap. They're gonna put you in a cage an laugh at you.
Oh shut up.
Crap he knows!
But don't worry Larry. That's only one camp among... what thousands? They'll let you out eventually.
Oh, you might forget about trying to meet all of those people. You start out with the best intentions.... and then... Woa dude! look at that!! .... kinda getting a little distracted here. Hey lets check this out! Now where was I going earlier?
D'oh!
The real joke is that there is not enough time in a week to even check everything out.
Try not to panic.
Try not to panic.
"Everything is more wonderful when you do it with a car, don't you think?"
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
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Lassen Forge
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Larry Welz
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I've never seen the book.
But Ellie Dee is the best name I ever heard.
But Ellie Dee is the best name I ever heard.
"Everything is more wonderful when you do it with a car, don't you think?"
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
-girl by the fire, watching a tree moved by car bumper in the bonfire
It would be a shame if I had to resort to self-deception to preserve my faith in objective reality.
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Larry Welz
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Ooo! An auction? That would be... wait a minute, wouldn't I have to be a gift? But if I'm my gift to them, that would be regifting. Ummmm.....
Ellie's sister is Elsie. And her uncle is Dr. Ellis Dee, of course. No, I haven't written them into any strips, but I got their names ready to go. The famous Dee family.
So how'm I gonna find this Summer of Love Camp? There won't be like a trail of flowers. Nobody'll even be wearing flowers in their hair, they're saying no flowers. WTF?
Oh, look, he's getting grumpy already. Watch out!
Ellie's sister is Elsie. And her uncle is Dr. Ellis Dee, of course. No, I haven't written them into any strips, but I got their names ready to go. The famous Dee family.
So how'm I gonna find this Summer of Love Camp? There won't be like a trail of flowers. Nobody'll even be wearing flowers in their hair, they're saying no flowers. WTF?
Oh, look, he's getting grumpy already. Watch out!
This too shall pass.
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Lassen Forge
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They're flowers, but they're attached to the sagebrush. Prickly, but they *so* stay in your hair better than the calendula from the panhandle!!! )grins(
Of course, I'm *way* too young to know about any of that stuph. Nor the Dee family chronicles...
(Gasp! Choke! Chortle!)
If you give as a gift the re-gifted gift that you were gifted then the gifted gift gifted takes on a whole new dimension in giftiness!
Drink Water! Eat! Sleep! Ball! Live!!
(Advice from your friendly interrogatrix squad, courtesy of Apokiliptika)
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Of course, I'm *way* too young to know about any of that stuph. Nor the Dee family chronicles...
(Gasp! Choke! Chortle!)
If you give as a gift the re-gifted gift that you were gifted then the gifted gift gifted takes on a whole new dimension in giftiness!
Drink Water! Eat! Sleep! Ball! Live!!
(Advice from your friendly interrogatrix squad, courtesy of Apokiliptika)
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wedeliver
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Re: virgin preflight whine
Bipolar is a work that comes to mind as I read the following. I think I need to meet this person.
Larry Welz wrote:I'm going to Burning Man
I just robbed a grocery store. I'm going to Burning Man.
No, not really. I'm just paraphrasing the song by Dada, 'I'm going to Disneyland'.
But I really am going to Burning Man, by damn. I got my ticket an everything. The ticket's pretty.
Dude, you're gonna have a horrible time. Yer gonna die. It's an endurance run, yer too candy-assed an old for that kind of extreme shit.
I'm doin' it. Hey, I've been in weirder places before. I was in Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love. I ended up sleeping in a borrowed sleeping bag under a bush in Golden Gate Park with a car thief from Chicago (not in the same bag, okay?).
That was 40 years ago. Yer a fossil. You'll crumple up an die. Nobody'll like you, these kids hate old fucking hippies.
Hey, I was never a hippie. I was a Freak, & remain so to this day. Hippies were those kids that showed up on weekends & we'd try to sell them bags of oregano for $10, which is what an ounce of pot went for then.
You went through the whole Summer of Love an never got laid. When fall came, you were still a virgin. That's how lame you are.
But then I went up to Seattle with nothing but my guitar on my back, to be with my ladylove. Then I got laid! Then I went down to Venice to not be with her. I've got such stories! These kids today, they're smart. They're conscious of their culture & how it got there. Some of them are, anyway. They'll sense my wonderfulness & love me. My stories will be my gift. I'm gonna live forever!
Those aren't stories, they're anecdotes. Nobody cares. The occasion will never come up when any of them will have the time or the inclination to sit still long enough to listen to you ramble on about what a loser you are.
But I'm a world-famous 'underground' cartoonist! I'm already an Art Hero!
But yer stuff sucks. And what have you done lately that's even remotely cool?
Well, I did this great big mural on a wall in Roswell. Outer Space with lots of rocket ships & planets & asteroids.... It's right on Main Street!
Facing the other way!
Well, it's a zen thing that's what makes it extra cool, right?
Sure, but nobody cares.
People come from other parts of the world and they take pictures of it.
Yeah, that & three & a half bucks or so will get you a latté.
Hey, I still got it. I'll be okay.
No, you won't. You're so not prepared. It's yer first time you don't even know what the fuck yer doin' & yer all by yerself. You got no one to depend on but you, & you suck! You have unrealistic expectations.
I know. Nothing ever turns out the way I think it's going to. So if I think the plane is going to crash, well, then it isn't, because... Anyway, I'm going to leave my expectations at the gate, just like they say to do.
But you have so many. You'll never be able to let go of...
Oh, shut up!
I don't have to.
For at least 5 years, probably much longer than that, I can't remember when or where I first heard about BM, I've been (not) experiencing it from this side of a 17" monitor. This year, now, soon, I'm going to climb through the looking glass and be on the other side. In it. Like the Grand Canyon: all the pictures you see of it, even a Circaramaâ„¢ presentation in Disneylandâ„¢ are really nice, but don't give you anything of the feeling you get when you're standing on the edge of it, looking a mile down into the bottom of it & having it extending out from both sides of you farther than the eye can see, as the wind blows on you & all that. Not the same. I know that. I gotta do this. Even if it kills me. There are definitely worse ways to go. I'll bet.
Yer a jerk. Yer gonna hate it. They're just a bunch of rich assholes. Sticking their heads in the sand as the world goes to hell. Yer just gonna be perpetuating the idiocy.
Yeah, but there's all this really cool art that I just have to see!
Yer gonna hate it. It's gonna suck.
I know.
I'm a topless shirtcocking yahoo hippie
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