Playa conditions for 2009?

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:07 pm

sailboat name seen in Portland: "WOFTAM"

Waste
Of
Fucking
Time
And
Money

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:07 pm

Port Townsend! I love Port Townsend! They host a fabulous Kinetic Sculpture Race every year on the first weekend of October.

http://www.ptkineticrace.org/

My team in the Dismal Bog at the Fairgrounds. Me in top hat.

The Port Townsend Magic Bus in the harbor.

How's this for thread drift?

penguin · Post by **penguin** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:09 pm

I dunno if it'd really be considered thread drift... under certain conditions I suppose it would be possible to sail on the playa...

Generic Anonymity · Post by **Generic Anonymity** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:47 am

Would that be with the requirement of a time machine?

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:18 am

penguin wrote:I dunno if it'd really be considered thread drift... under certain conditions I suppose it would be possible to sail on the playa...

This what you talking about Penguin?

If so, just be careful you don't fall overboard, your liable to become a snack

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:29 am

Three years ago, Camp Apokiliptika and Camp Herring held a contest of wits and art right here on E-Playa. Among the inventions was "Herring Time Travel Technology", and one of the ploys was to flood the Playa so herrings (the fish) could attend Burning Man. Terrific Photoshop work by both sides. It really was a taste of Burning Man art and theatrics, but on the cyberPlaya.

Don't know if it still exists in the archive here. 2006 under Theme Camps, I suspect.

penguin · Post by **penguin** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:39 am

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:20 pm

I expect weekly updates on current playa conditions and it's meaning for this years burn so that I can continue torturing myself with anticipation from now until then.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:45 am

LEVLHED wrote:I expect weekly updates on current playa conditions and it's meaning for this years burn so that I can continue torturing myself with anticipation from now until then.

spring on the playa is especially beautiful this year..........

ourania · Post by **ourania** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:01 am

Thanks Ygmir! See, now that's what I think of when I imagine the playa: vast expanses of GREEN. I knew the whole dust thing was a rumour to keep curious on-lookers away.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:09 am

I go for the wildlife viewing, there usually seems to be a good photo op.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:41 am

Hippys are not the only reason cow catchers are a requirement for registering Mutant Vehicles.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:19 am

My favorite attraction is going for a dip in the river right after a burn. I do it even after the minor burns. We are hot, and covered with smoke and ash... and then right into the river. Major treat!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:04 pm

Elliot wrote:
My favorite attraction is going for a dip in the river right after a burn. I do it even after the minor burns. We are hot, and covered with smoke and ash... and then right into the river. Major treat!

nothin' like a dip in the "playa Ganges" to wash the body and cleanse the soul................

I always watch for the bodies of the up-river folks, though. They bury their dead in the river........make nice rafts, and, attract crawdads and catfish, for, your dining pleasure.....

I saw some "River Xtians" downstream once.....dunking folks and yelling "praise Dog"........

not sure what that was about........

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:29 pm

Well, now you are getting alarmingly close to the Flying Unicycles and the Flaming Goats that I inadvertently revealed a hint about in an other thread.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:11 pm

Elliot wrote:
Well, now you are getting alarmingly close to the Flying Unicycles and the Flaming Goats that I inadvertently revealed a hint about in an other thread.

uh--oh........

will I be sent to the "castle Anthrax" for punishment?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:14 pm

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Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:35 pm

Well, since I'm with Kamp Apokiliptika this year, you should expect something more Orwellian. Revealing Burning Man Secrets is doubleplusungood. Have you been practicing your New Speak?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:13 pm

Karma · Post by **Karma** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:57 pm

No more thread drift. Playa conditions, anything recent ?

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:46 am

Not exactly Up To The Minute Breaking News...but I wandered over to Nevada in Google Maps (as I often do) and was surprised to find an updated (from when, I cannot say) image of the playa with BIG floodlike flowy bits and zero evidence of the former city layouts. First time that I've been unable to spot ANY trace of town, so I can only postulate that there has been some serious water moving around. Will it be a hard, flat surface by August? Since I might not have a bike out there for the first time, Murphy says that All Signs Point To YES.

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:23 pm

Fourth of Juplaya is generally our first opportunity for firsthand reports of playa condiditons, then they start coming in more often as DPW sets up and starts destroying the playa surface. We're months away from reliable evidentiary evidence.

Here's my goal for playa transportation if the surface sucks:

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(Skip the first 15 or 20 seconds)

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:01 pm

How cool it that!!!

I'd kill myself for sure on that thing.

JK

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:03 pm

jkisha wrote:How cool it that!!!

I'd kill myself for sure on that thing.

JK

hey!!
Karma, (above) said no more thread drift............you scoff-law...........

report for punishment............

*paging Torqemada, checkstand 3*

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:27 am

If it wasn't for thread drifts I could easily..............Oh crap....nevermind.

Now I remember !!!

chiefdanfox · Post by **chiefdanfox** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:43 pm

Karma wrote:No more thread drift. Playa conditions, anything recent ?

Howabout them Yankees?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:10 pm

How about Rick James, bitch!

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:39 am

Seems to me I read something in the paper recently about Lindsay Lohan

Karma · Post by **Karma** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:50 am

Ha ! Funny E-Playans. I forgot what board I was posting to ^_^

Daddy-O · Post by **Daddy-O** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:26 pm

I have heard that size does matter!