Should I stay or should I go?

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:15 pm

Alright, so I'm actually giving some thought into hitting BM again. I said 'No more" after 2004 (previous attendences were 97,98,99,03,04). Spent my vacation time in 2005 doing the PCH cruise in a convertible from the Puget Sound in Wa to LA, 2006 was my sabbatical backpacking through Europe for 3 months, and 2007 was a return to Europe with my best friend for two+ weeks through Brussels/Amsterdam/Interlaken/Florence/Rome.

I'm saving up for me and Janie to hit Tuscany/Sicily/Greece in 2009, and for a bunch of us to hit Amsterdam/Munich in 2010.

Janie can't afford to go anywhere next year, I don't want to spend a lot of money on vacation, my relatives (mom/dad/brother) aren't in the picture at the moment for visiting, so it would just be me going somewhere by myself. I got three weeks to spend, and its a use it or lose it for us salary types. One week at BM and two scattered about the year.

So I've gone through the internalizing about going back as it would be cheaper than travel and I know people there I can hang with, or can go off on my own if things annoy me. Plus being a previous desert rat, it might behoove me to check it out again. It wouldn't be a balls-to-the-wall art outing, like in far previous years. I would just be coming by myself, parking out in a quiet area, and checking things out. Maybe helping someone else's projects out. Any work I would do would most likely be pre-work on other people's stuff they are bringing out.

So, in a nutshell, talk to me. Why should I? Why shouldn't I?

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:40 pm

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Don't dream it, be it.

I'm all outta cliches, come and play with us all. There's always Hushville.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:41 pm

AntiM wrote:Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Don't dream it, be it.

I'm all outta cliches, come and play with us all. There's always Hushville.

\/
rotflmao
hushville and the wopster... now that s funny..

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:48 pm

Do or Do not. There is no try.....

Now Concentrate....

Fucking Concentrate, Use the Goddamn Force or something, Rob!.....

the rebbi

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:08 pm

Don't go. It's hot, dry, dusty miserable. You'd hate it. I only go because I have to.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:50 pm

Attend. I need something hairy to push my wheelchair around.

Bin Noddin · Post by **Bin Noddin** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:47 pm

And I've been hearing so much about this R the W guy, I want an independently judged hairy-back-off! "Who's gonna make who eat chicken friccasee?"

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:08 pm

BigCock wrote:Don't go. It's hot, dry, dusty miserable. You'd hate it. I only go because I have to.

I feel so proud right now.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:33 pm

Don't come unless you bring the midget porn!

Barbie · Post by **Barbie** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:46 pm

and a monkey outfit...

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:18 pm

and the clown nose and santa hat...

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:19 am

If you come I won't have to.

... hey wait a minute!

???

If I come you won't have to...!?

Hmmm...

I know... snowballs at thirty paces. High noon. Under the man.

Yep. gotta be there.

Yer doomed.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:56 am

Reindeer fucker.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:27 am

So, in a nutshell, talk to me. Why should I? Why shouldn't I?

Should you or shouldn't you what?

And what's "Burning Man"? I've heard it involves monkeys....

B.

Batmoose · Post by **Batmoose** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:56 am

[quote="sputnik"]Reindeer fucker.[/quote]

Hey, only my best friends can call me Reindeer fucker......

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:24 am

The fact that you gotta ask probably means you should not go. Once you're going no matter what, that's when you should accept it and go. "If there is doubt, there is no doubt."

Ron

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:04 pm

Batmoose wrote:
sputnik wrote:Reindeer fucker.

Hey, only my best friends can call me Reindeer fucker......

Funny, Only my best friends drink it..... hmmmmm... coincedence or just more proof of evil monkeys.....

the rebbi

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:21 pm

RtW I remember talking to you at the M&G in '04.

To answer you have to ask -- How angry/sad/disillusioned are you at the extent to which the event has changed since you got fed up. From what I understand all the things that drive the old timers bat shit have only gotten worse: More rules, more cops, more MOOP, more of a sense of entitlement.

will these rankle you? will it give you a persistent uncomfortable itch? These things I didn't notice my first year, although I'm sure they existed. By my 5th year they were very noticeable to me. I didn't go last year, partly because of that, but mostly we just wanted a break. But even before the theme was announced we were talking about going in '08, and part of my project will be to let things slide off my back that might otherwise get my goat.

I'd like you to go, but mostly 'cuz I was too drunk to properly appreciate the reindeer fucker the first time.

K-mom · Post by **K-mom** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:27 pm

Amsterdam/Munich seems like a weird combo of a trip. Unless it's during Oktoberfest I'd suggest exchanging Munich for either Berlin or Hamburg

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:26 pm

Huh? Munich rocks! so does Amsderdam.

JediDale · Post by **JediDale** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:42 pm

Just get quiet within yourself and ask "The Force" for guidance. You'll probably end up somewhere like nowhere, which is over there! Perhaps a EuroBurn would do you good!

Genuinely,

JediDale Of Reno

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:53 pm

That's it. Concentrate....

Now you're Fucking Concentrating, Rob....

clincally,

the rebbi

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:30 pm

K-mom wrote:Amsterdam/Munich seems like a weird combo of a trip. Unless it's during Oktoberfest I'd suggest exchanging Munich for either Berlin or Hamburg

Nope, I debated Berlin briefly. Very briefly, the first time I went to Germany. Munich has far better food and beer, plus Dachau and Neuschwanstein Castle of Mad King Ludwig nearby. I wouldn't want to hit Munich during Oktoberfest, the Germans would be great- but the frat boy tourista would drive me bat shit. My buddies might have different ideas though.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:56 pm

Ah, but Berlin is near Sachsenhausen, I always figured that had to be the cool concentration camp that all the Cabaret performers went to. I don't know, Munchen is the only German city that I know even slightly (my Oma used to live out past Donnerburgebrucke) and I'm only obsessed with Sachsenhausen because one of my names is Sachs.

K-mom · Post by **K-mom** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:00 am

Yeah, it makes a difference if you're planning according to food and beer. To me, Berlin was like one giant piece of graffiti.... good graffiti.

Also, they have two conjoined nightclubs connected by a pool; that's gotta count for something.

I guess its a tomato / tomahtoe thing.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:29 am

I spent a couple of weeks in Berlin before the wall fell and I loved it there. It's a fun town also!

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:40 am

RtW,, looks like you have friends in "low" places.. They need you and a the raindeer fucker.. see ya @ santa con.. then on to the playa

oFZo · Post by **oFZo** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:21 am

Amsterdam eh?, I happen to live in that area....

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:06 pm

Amster??? AMSTER?!?!?

Dam!

There's one way to find out. Get your ticket, show up. If you realize you shouldn't have, you can leave. If you don't, and half way thru it, you realize you shoulda went, but you're in, say, St Tropez or Perth or something, then it'd suck to be in yer shoes.

But don't ask me - I got property issues that are gonna hit me next year, and I may get stuck going to Umbria about the time of BRC (It's the end of the Italian Vacation Season, so paperwork may not get too lost.) (HA HA HA ha hahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa oooh.)

And I thought watching them hand type marriage licenses on a 30's Corona Typewriter in Mazatlan - for them it really *was* state of the art - was a laugh.

Seriously, tho, I am entering negotiations for the remaining piece of property there (it's right in the middle of what we already own - stupid fucking antiquated Roman property title system - grumble grumble) and timing is really everything. Peh!

And yes, Zsu Zsu would feel right at home as an Italian Civil servant. Too bad she's Parisian...

Fuckit. Go. Any questions?

bb

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:45 pm

How about Wein?
Sinister and friendly all at once, with a sense of humor to challenge a burner even.

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