Getting ready for my first time

draco880 · Post by **draco880** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:48 pm

Never thought I'd be posting that topic on a forum. Anyway, I'm getting ready to come to my first Burning Man in 2009, along with a bunch of other virgins and some 2nd-timers. We're trying to read as much of the forum and FAQs as we can, and doing a lot of planning now, in the hopes of being a little less hopeless than we would be otherwise. I've read a good chunk of the board already; you folks are really helpful. I'm really looking forward to this.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:07 pm

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

JK

Post by **Sham** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:41 pm

Welcome and don't forget to bring vodka, vermouth and olives for the martinis! And bacon---lots of bacon!

You are going to have the time of your life, albiet dusty, but the time of your life none the less!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:10 am

draco 880....you need a new name....that one is old, tired and SO mid to late nineties, that as my gift to you, i am going to give you a REAL playa name.

something with gusto, something with pizzazz, something that says "Hey, i'm going to participate in life to the fullest and have no regrets"

you are now "Herschel"

run with it.

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:54 am

Simon of the Playa wrote: you are now "Herschel"

run with it.

geez, buy him a pair of wooden shoes why dont you?

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:26 am

klondike_bar wrote:
Simon of the Playa wrote: you are now "Herschel"

run with it.
geez, buy him a pair of wooden shoes why dont you?

Happy clogging "Herschel"

Welcome. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:00 am

Pretty cool name, Herschel.

Named after Herschel
Mu Cephei, Two of the largest known stars in the universe, is also known as Herschel's Garnet Star
Herschel, a crater on the Moon
Herschel, a large impact basin on Mars
The enormous crater Herschel on Saturn's moon Mimas
2000 Herschel, an asteroid
The William Herschel Telescope on La Palma
The Herschel Space Observatory, currently under development by the European Space Agency. It will be the largest space telescope of its kind
Herschel Grammar School, Slough
Rue Herschel, a street in Paris, France bears his name.
The Herschel building at Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Herschel Girls School, Cape Town
Herschelschule, Hanover, Germany, a grammar school
Herschel, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small, rural village that is home to the Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre
The Herschel Observatory, from the school Universitas in Santos, Brazil.
The lunar crater C. Herschel, the asteroid 281 Lucretia, and the comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet are named after his sister Caroline Herschel.
The lunar crater J. Herschel is named after his son John.
A public house in Slough is named after him and is quite close to the site of Observatory House. Herschel Arms, 22, Park St, Slough, Berkshire SL1 1PS
Herschel Astronomical Society who operate the Herschel Memorial Observatory based in Eton, Berkshire.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:01 am

But then, I am a one-time astronomy geek.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:02 am

And please, no jokes about discovering Uranus. They are more labored than funny.

draco880 · Post by **draco880** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:46 am

Good lord, does my ethnicity show through the internet? Was it perhaps the well-ordered first post that demonstrated I am German/Norweigan? Very well, Herschel it is. Any man who can discover infrared radiation is alright by me, and I bet wooden shoes are pretty comfortable, once you get used to them.
Anyway, yeah, good to be here. I think this is going to be a really good time. As per one of the first replies, vegans aren't big on bacon, but we are, by remarkable coincidence, pretty big on vodka. Okay if I just bring a double ration of that?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:55 am

welcome home, herschel, welcome home.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:00 pm

draco880 wrote:and I bet wooden shoes are pretty comfortable, once you get used to them.

Better than walking in mud or sewage. And if you ever have to protest a president's policies...

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:32 pm

Herschel Grammar School, Slough

geez, they really are cutting back on funds for proper playgrounds

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:38 pm

Elorrum wrote:Herschel Grammar School, Slough

geez, they really are cutting back on funds for proper playgrounds

They're saving oodles on swimming lessons, too!