Yup, another Virigin

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:09 am

Hello! This year will be my first year to burning man. I have wanted to go for six years now and I am finally going to make it! I am way over excited. I do have the down fall of never having gone camping before so I really do hope to go a few times before I get thrown in the middle of the desert for a week.

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:08 pm

Wow. Hope you've read the first timers and survival guide inside and out for those last 6 years! If not, here they are again...

http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/

Welcome!

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:43 am

Thanks so much! But yup I have read it a thousand times and I know I should probably read it a thousand more. I been getting tons of information on other forums on how to prepare and what to bring. I got tons of good information. I am way over excited and though I know it will be tough I hope to have a blast.
I am looking forward to the challenge

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:29 pm

Alrighty! If there is one thing I can tell you about burning man, it's that you can never be 100% prepared. So go with the flow, and come say hello!

P.S. Check your private messages

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:12 pm

Hey there, welcome to eplaya.

JK

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:40 am

Holy Cow they're coming out of the woodwork! Where were all these virgins when I was in high school? After all, I grew up in the cherry capital of the world

Maybe if I didn't hang out with the stoners....

Jeseabell, welcome to eplaya. I would def. get some camping under your belt before the burn, and make sure you have decent gear. That is the last place you want to find out that your air mattress sucks etc, or how to set up the tent, light a campstove etc etc etc.

Daddy-O · Post by **Daddy-O** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:32 pm

Welcome Jeseabell. Why did you wait for six years? You will fit right in just be sure to leave any expectations in the default world. Bring some bacon it is a great way to meet new friends.

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:17 pm

Mmm... Bacon! I met a lot of people at my camp every time I started cooking bacon in the past!

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:54 pm

[quote="Daddy-O"]Welcome Jeseabell. Why did you wait for six years? You will fit right in just be sure to leave any expectations in the default world. Bring some bacon it is a great way to meet new friends.[/quote]

I have waited so long because I was in a relationship with someone that just wouldn't go no way no how. Plus it is probably better that way cause I deffinatly have stepped out of my shell in that time so I think this is the perfect time for me to go.

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:56 pm

[quote="djnormanj"]Mmm... Bacon! I met a lot of people at my camp every time I started cooking bacon in the past![/quote]

I hear through the grape vine Bacon is a big deal at Burning Man. Is this just because it is one of the easiest meats to keep and cook there?

bx1 · Post by **bx1** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:04 pm

Jeseabell wrote:
djnormanj wrote:Mmm... Bacon! I met a lot of people at my camp every time I started cooking bacon in the past!
I hear through the grape vine Bacon is a big deal at Burning Man. Is this just because it is one of the easiest meats to keep and cook there?

Have you ever had bacon at Burning Man? HAVE YOU!? IT'S FUCKING EXHILARATING!

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:52 pm

[quote="bx1"][quote="Jeseabell"][quote="djnormanj"]Mmm... Bacon! I met a lot of people at my camp every time I started cooking bacon in the past![/quote]

I hear through the grape vine Bacon is a big deal at Burning Man. Is this just because it is one of the easiest meats to keep and cook there?[/quote]

Have you ever had bacon at Burning Man? HAVE YOU!? IT'S FUCKING EXHILARATING![/quote]

NO I HAVEN'T!!!! I hope to find out how awesome it is or isn't this year.
I am so excited I could poop myself!
Seriously though I have been waiting so long I am almost obsessed with it

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:17 pm

Jeseabell wrote:I am so excited I could poop myself!

I don't recommend doing that.

By the way, when you post, there's a little box under the one that you're typing. "uncheck" all of the boxes and the quotes will show up right. You can also change this in your profile as default setting.

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:17 pm

Jeseabell wrote:
djnormanj wrote:Mmm... Bacon! I met a lot of people at my camp every time I started cooking bacon in the past!
I hear through the grape vine Bacon is a big deal at Burning Man. Is this just because it is one of the easiest meats to keep and cook there?

It's a big deal because it's BACON! Its delicious, sizzling aroma drifts across the playa luring in fellow bacon addicts.

I'll bring the beats and the bacon, you bring the booty shaken!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:35 pm

Also, bacon is a little bit of a running joke, with people kidding about using bacon as currency and building art out of it. It is the old "secret handshake" thing.

Same with PBR. Most earthlings will not understand what you mean if you just suddenly say "PBR". But most burners will promptly hand you a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer out of the nearest ice chest.

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:05 pm

Da Mule wrote:
Jeseabell wrote:I am so excited I could poop myself!
I don't recommend doing that.

By the way, when you post, there's a little box under the one that you're typing. "uncheck" all of the boxes and the quotes will show up right. You can also change this in your profile as default setting.

oh this one?

thanks

bx1 · Post by **bx1** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:42 pm

Elliot wrote:
Also, bacon is a little bit of a running joke, with people kidding about using bacon as currency and building art out of it. It is the old "secret handshake" thing.

Same with PBR. Most earthlings will not understand what you mean if you just suddenly say "PBR". But most burners will promptly hand you a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer out of the nearest ice chest.

You're revealing too many of our secret, scandalous ways! shhhhh

Post by **Sham** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:36 pm

Elliot wrote:
Also, bacon is a little bit of a running joke, with people kidding about using bacon as currency and building art out of it. It is the old "secret handshake" thing.

Same with PBR. Most earthlings will not understand what you mean if you just suddenly say "PBR". But most burners will promptly hand you a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer out of the nearest ice chest.

What the hell else are you going to reveal about our secret underground world? Why don't you spill your guts about the cowboy hat!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:02 pm

Sowwy!

But I'll never never ever ever say a word about the cranberry juice in the baby bottle. Honest. Not a word. Ever.

Nor the flying unicycles. Some things require a lot more of people than just sipping PBR while.... (shhhhhhhhh

Wasn't there a movie about a guy who could never tell a lie? Or never tell the truth? I'm one of those guys.

Honest, no secret stuff. Move along folks. Nothing to see here. Do not read The DaVinci Code. Nothing like that here. Move along please. Nothing to see here.

Post by **Sham** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:54 pm

Just tell the nice people that you were delarious. Tell them you were on drugs or something. Tell them this was some big mistake and you may have been dropped on your head as a baby.

As far as flying unicycles, well, there is some truth to that!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:14 pm

Great photoshoping job with that picture! Even with a magnifying glass I can find no sign of what's really inside that archway. Looks totally like there is just normal Playa behind it. This particular secret should be safe.

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:33 pm

Elliot wrote:
Great photoshoping job with that picture! Even with a magnifying glass I can find no sign of what's really inside that archway. Looks totally like there is just normal Playa behind it. This particular secret should be safe.

Seriously, there's nothing behind that archway!
Shhh... Don't tell anyone but I'm just on the other side of that archway. You just can't see me though!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:30 pm

I thought it was a mirror.

Post by **Sham** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:02 am

Elliot wrote:there is just normal Playa behind it.

I have never heard the words "normal & playa" used in the same sentence before! It sounds like one of them oximorons---cleaning suff for stupid people!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:46 am

Did he just call me a moron?

(Oxymoron, like "deafening silence" or "fast snail")

Yes, allthough the effect is similar to a Klingon Cloaking Device, of course it is actually done with mirrors. It should be safe and fair to admit that. And it looks flawless when you walk by it. But the weird thing is that the effect depends a great deal on how the human brain perceives the signals the eyeballs send it, and the effect does not come thru in photographs. Some light is lost in each stage of mirrors; the camera shows this quite clearly, and the brain is not fooled because it is looking at a small "specimen" and not the entire overwhelming BRC scene. That's why the photo had to be recreated in Photoshop.

As for what the mirrors hide... well I learned my lesson. Buahahah!

Jeseabell · Post by **Jeseabell** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:04 pm

You guys crack me up

The more and more excited I get I realize I might be a bit obsessed. I don't want my over excitement to ruin it for me. I imagine it will be much more then I imagine both in hardships and awesomeness. oh how do I stop from ruining it for myself??? or is that even possible?

djnormanj · Post by **djnormanj** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:23 pm

Jeseabell wrote:You guys crack me up

The more and more excited I get I realize I might be a bit obsessed. I don't want my over excitement to ruin it for me. I imagine it will be much more then I imagine both in hardships and awesomeness. oh how do I stop from ruining it for myself??? or is that even possible?

Quick! Run to the cupboard and grab a bag of flour! Now rub that all over your body, in your hair, in your eyes, and sniff a little up your nose! It may not be playa but it should ease the obsession for a while. Next year, you'll have some real playa for the fix.

Post by **Sham** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:24 am

Jeseabell wrote:You guys crack me up

The more and more excited I get I realize I might be a bit obsessed. I don't want my over excitement to ruin it for me. I imagine it will be much more then I imagine both in hardships and awesomeness. oh how do I stop from ruining it for myself??? or is that even possible?

First, turn the heat in your home up to 90 degrees, then go around with a hammer and break things. Next, throw out a third of your clothes and rip others. Now, open a vacuum cleaner bag and empty the contents on the kitchen table and turn fan on it full blast into your face.
If possible, try not to sleep for several days, stay drunk and play your music full blast so all your neighbors can enjoy it too!

WELCOME HOME!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:49 am

Jeseabell wrote:You guys crack me up

Why else would we be here?

All right, to help curb your paralyzing excitement, I'll reveal what happens behind the first set of mirrors. First you will be blindfolded. That will make you concentrate on your hearing, and you may hear screams in the distance. Then you will probably smell the goats. I really cannot tell you more.