what do people do during the day?

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Post by jella » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:49 am

scope out all the best massage camps....mmmmm massssages and margaritas best naps ever 8)
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Post by CapSmashy » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:34 am

Plan and execute an attack on neighboring camps with wild fire fighting water packs.
Go get some ice.
Clean and organize camp.
Try on silly hats.
Walk on stilts.
Lunch.
Explore.
Become a sky god.
Smoke a really good cigar while sipping on a mojito and speaking in an outrageous accent in the sky god smoking lounge.
Fly a kite from the sky god lounge and giggle as it crashes down into neighboring camps.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Fuck with neighboring camps by making bombastic accusations about their sexual proclivities through a megaphone from the safety of the sky god lounge.
Taunt happy fun ball.
Make people do stupid tricks for snow cones.
Make people do really stupid tricks for a frozen pina coloda at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Set off illegal pyrotechnic devices. In other people's camps. Run away.
Put a patch of astro turf in the street. Yell at people to "STAY THE FUCK OFF THE GRASS!"
Over dinner, complain that there's nothing to do.
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Post by klondike_bar » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:52 am

wake up
get the hell out of the tent, wondering "how the hell is it so hot at 8am"
go piss
eat something
change
pack your daily needs and wander out to search for more food (bacon preferred)
start some shit and run away
regroup and become best friends with your fellow shit-starters
do some good deeds to balance your shit-karma
drink some outrageous-looking chilled beverage
help out with cleaning/prepping at the lamplighters
be rewarded by the lamplighter's bar/lounge
eat some strange mushrooms that you just discovered tucked into your pocket when you were distracted
prep for nighttime celebrations
enjoy the end of yet another day in the best city on earth

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Post by gyre » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:22 pm

the toy sensation that's sweeping the nation!

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Still legal in 16 states. It's happy. It's fun. It's Happy Fun Ball!
Not legal for sale, use, distribution or discussion in California.


* Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
* Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
* Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
* Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
* Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
o itching
o vertigo
o dizziness
o tingling in extremities
o loss of balance or coordination
o slurred speech
o temporary blindness
o profuse sweating
o heart palpitations
* If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
* Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.
* When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
* Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
* Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Afghanistan and is being dropped by our warplanes on Pakistan.
* Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
* Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime warranty.

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Post by CapSmashy » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:38 am

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Happy Fun Ball!
Playawaste Raiders cordially invites you to suck it.

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Post by mdmf007 » Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:01 pm

Fire_Moose wrote:jerk off in yer tent all day
Cant you do that at home for free?

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daytime activites

Post by SoberMichelle » Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:22 am

I don't see it mentioned yet but there are a lot of classes available during the day. All kinds: environmental, massage instruction, rope tying, EFT, yoga, mental health, legal, physical/mental/spiritual/emotional healings, etc... LOTS more.. Check out the program. :)

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Post by CornStar » Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:51 pm

Shotgun Dusty Millers!
Who wants to do a Dunkaroo?!

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:58 pm

We got boffer-raided by the Alternative Energy Camp. Zounds, they had squirt guns, too! After the battle, and after we had caught our breath, and stopped laughing, we combined our considerable forces and raided Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. Nobody survived; it was fun.

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Post by epic_elite » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:00 pm

pound energy drinks all day until you realize that was a bad idea.
spend rest of day trying to recover from heat exaustion and dehydration.

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Post by LeChatNoir » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:22 pm

CapSmashy wrote:Plan and execute an attack on neighboring camps with wild fire fighting water packs.
Go get some ice.
Clean and organize camp.
Try on silly hats.
Walk on stilts.
Lunch.
Explore.
Become a sky god.
Smoke a really good cigar while sipping on a mojito and speaking in an outrageous accent in the sky god smoking lounge.
Fly a kite from the sky god lounge and giggle as it crashes down into neighboring camps.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Fuck with neighboring camps by making bombastic accusations about their sexual proclivities through a megaphone from the safety of the sky god lounge.
Taunt happy fun ball.
Make people do stupid tricks for snow cones.
Make people do really stupid tricks for a frozen pina coloda at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Set off illegal pyrotechnic devices. In other people's camps. Run away.
Put a patch of astro turf in the street. Yell at people to "STAY THE FUCK OFF THE GRASS!"
Over dinner, complain that there's nothing to do.
Note to self:

Visit sky god smoking lounge.
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Post by Captain Goddammit » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:55 am

Yeah I don't even smoke and I'm coming with you!
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Post by PavementBlues » Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:23 am

Spend entire day wearing a sarong and a foam sword searching for my mortal enemy:

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Seriously. I fought him twice in 2008 but have since been unable to find the dread beast, hearing naught but tales of woe at the havoc he hath wrought upon our city. Someday I shall find him, though...and on that day, my tongue shall taste the blood of sweet vengeance.

Anyone know the camp responsible for this abomination?

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Post by theCryptofishist » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:25 am

The Dragon was there in 08? I saw him last year and fell in love. I don't know what kind of information the DMV would release, but they know who built that.
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Post by curiousgnate » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:26 am

wake up whenever I do
go to the potty
back at camp drink two gatorades, and a water
eat three power bars
put on tutu
go to group shade and chill find someone to go on an adventure
soak cooling vest and go on said adventure
drink more water
soak cooling vest again
go get ice give ice guys a fabulous homemade gay porn lighter for a jump in the line.
hug ice for the walk back to camp
soak cooling vest and have a foot bath in cold cold water. eat spaghettios and cheese and crackers.
drink more water, and make a vodka gingerale with fresh ice. 1/2 n 1/2
go to Pink Mammoth and dance for a few hours to great house music
go back one block to camp soak vest, refill drinkie, back to pink mammoth for a couple more hours
uh oh, the sun is getting low in the sky, time to go back to camp for funkntacos dance with my friends as we eat vegan yummy tacos and harrass everyone coming down the street to dance and fill their bellies.
get ready to go out for the night.
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Post by CapSmashy » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:10 am

LeChatNoir wrote:Note to self:

Visit sky god smoking lounge.
Captain Goddammit wrote:
Yeah I don't even smoke and I'm coming with you!
Please do so, the Sky Gods will welcome you both with cold fruity drinks.
Playawaste Raiders cordially invites you to suck it.

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Post by Sail Man » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:14 pm

CapSmashy wrote:
LeChatNoir wrote:Note to self:

Visit sky god smoking lounge.
Captain Goddammit wrote:
Yeah I don't even smoke and I'm coming with you!
Please do so, the Sky Gods will welcome you both with cold fruity drinks.
After the requisite stupid pet tricks first :wink:


:lol:
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Post by Captain Goddammit » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:40 pm

I'll plan on mixing up a Brazilian cocktail similar to a mojita, a Caipirinha. You must try. Get some Cachaca (a Brazilian booze sort of similar to a rum) and some limes and some sugar.
Cut half a lime into chunks, mash it up in the bottom of a glass, put a few spoonfuls of sugar in, add the cachaca and ice.
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Post by ygmir » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:27 pm

Captain Goddammit wrote:I'll plan on mixing up a Brazilian cocktail similar to a mojita, a Caipirinha. You must try. Get some Cachaca (a Brazilian booze sort of similar to a rum) and some limes and some sugar.
Cut half a lime into chunks, mash it up in the bottom of a glass, put a few spoonfuls of sugar in, add the cachaca and ice.
why am I getting a totally non drink picture?...........
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Post by gyre » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:59 pm

Static?

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Post by mcdohmehome » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:06 am

LeChatNoir wrote:
CapSmashy wrote:Plan and execute an attack on neighboring camps with wild fire fighting water packs.
Go get some ice.
Clean and organize camp.
Try on silly hats.
Walk on stilts.
Lunch.
Explore.
Become a sky god.
Smoke a really good cigar while sipping on a mojito and speaking in an outrageous accent in the sky god smoking lounge.
Fly a kite from the sky god lounge and giggle as it crashes down into neighboring camps.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Fuck with neighboring camps by making bombastic accusations about their sexual proclivities through a megaphone from the safety of the sky god lounge.
Taunt happy fun ball.
Make people do stupid tricks for snow cones.
Make people do really stupid tricks for a frozen pina coloda at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Clean and organize camp. Again.
Set off illegal pyrotechnic devices. In other people's camps. Run away.
Put a patch of astro turf in the street. Yell at people to "STAY THE FUCK OFF THE GRASS!"
Over dinner, complain that there's nothing to do.
Note to self:

Visit sky god smoking lounge.
ditto! =)

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Post by fciron » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:18 am

theCryptofishist wrote:The Dragon was there in 08? I saw him last year and fell in love. I don't know what kind of information the DMV would release, but they know who built that.
Isn't that dragon pedal-powered? If so, the DMV won't know nuthin'. They would have to get the flame effects approved by the Artery though.

You just need to stop looting along the trail of destruction and make with the catching of your nemesis.
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:25 am

the same thing we do EVERY day, pinky.
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Post by ygmir » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:26 am

*lovin world conquest officianados*
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Post by rodiponer » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:23 am

These folks made the "Tin Pan Dragon":
http://www.kineticsculpturelab.com/2009_lab.htm

Click around on their site and I think there are more detailed construction photos.

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Post by jella » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:39 am

Thanks Rodiponer. Love the Octomom cycle :)
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Re: daytime activites

Post by epic_elite » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:33 pm

SoberMichelle wrote:I don't see it mentioned yet but there are a lot of classes available during the day. All kinds: environmental, massage instruction, rope tying, EFT, yoga, mental health, legal, physical/mental/spiritual/emotional healings, etc... LOTS more.. Check out the program. :)
do they have underwater basket weaving? that's a skill i've always wanted to explore.

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Re: daytime activites

Post by AntiM » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:40 pm

epic_elite wrote:
SoberMichelle wrote:I don't see it mentioned yet but there are a lot of classes available during the day. All kinds: environmental, massage instruction, rope tying, EFT, yoga, mental health, legal, physical/mental/spiritual/emotional healings, etc... LOTS more.. Check out the program. :)
do they have underwater basket weaving? that's a skill i've always wanted to explore.
I used to have a shirt saying I was a member of the Underwater Sky Diving Team.

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Post by Captain Goddammit » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:28 pm

I flunked out of Guitar Safety.
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Re: daytime activites

Post by epic_elite » Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:19 pm

AntiM wrote:
epic_elite wrote:
SoberMichelle wrote:I don't see it mentioned yet but there are a lot of classes available during the day. All kinds: environmental, massage instruction, rope tying, EFT, yoga, mental health, legal, physical/mental/spiritual/emotional healings, etc... LOTS more.. Check out the program. :)
do they have underwater basket weaving? that's a skill i've always wanted to explore.
I used to have a shirt saying I was a member of the Underwater Sky Diving Team.
i also wonder if these classes are accredited...

can i put them on my resume?

if i took a physical healing class... do i get a certificate that I could submit to the Oregon Board of Pharmacy for my Continuing Education hours?

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