This will be my first year!

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:37 am

I am so excited to go this year. It seems like such an amazing experience. I currently have no camp but I have 2 possibilities. My boyfriend and his whole house is going with a theme camp again this year like they did last year and I hope to be apart of it.

A little bit about me :

My name is Melissa but I go by Squeak.
Why Squeak? Because well I squeak! xD
My favorite animal is a Dinosaur!
I am 19 years old.
I like in Washington State about an hour south of Seattle.
I am a college student and plan to major in Film/Theater and minor in Computer Science and Programming.

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:47 am

Welcome Squeak!
What theme camp is your boyfriend a part of?

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:55 am

[quote="illy dilly"]Welcome Squeak!
What theme camp is your boyfriend a part of?[/quote]

Its called Free Movement Zone it was a Pole Dancing camp.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:11 am

Pole Dancing makes people squeak unless they use some lubrication.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:31 am

[quote="Ugly Dougly"]Pole Dancing makes people squeak unless they use some lubrication. ;)[/quote]
Haha. >.<

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:32 am

Enable your BBCode and your quote function will work.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:35 am

AntiM wrote:Enable your BBCode and your quote function will work.

thanks >.< It should have already been enabled. I enabled it when I first signed up D:

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:05 pm

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

JK

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:27 pm

Welcome. Is your boyfriend helping you with planning. Has he forced you to read the survival guide time and time again?

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:39 pm

ragabashpup wrote:Welcome. Is your boyfriend helping you with planning. Has he forced you to read the survival guide time and time again?

Nope not yet xD .

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:56 pm

Okay read up there will be a quiz.
http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/
Also I am about 45 minutes up the road from you in Redmond..

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:27 pm

ragabashpup wrote:Okay read up there will be a quiz.
http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/
Also I am about 45 minutes up the road from you in Redmond..

Actually my boyfriend did send me that he also sent me something about burning man and relationships.
And really? That is awesome. I am usually in Seattle most of my time which is where my boy and his camp are from.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:30 pm

Cool just PM me if you want to try and get together sometime and ask me questions. I am full of information.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:36 pm

ragabashpup wrote:Cool just PM me if you want to try and get together sometime and ask me questions. I am full of information.

That would be awesome!

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:57 pm

Welcome squeakasaur

! I lived in SeaTac for awhile (about a mile from the airport). Seattle should have a decent Burner community, as well as BM friendly taverns/biz to hang out and chat for pre-compression to give ya an idea of mentalities. Dig it

epic_elite · Post by **epic_elite** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:30 pm

you like in Washington?

I like in Portland!

we're, like, neighbors

im sure you will live the event!

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:02 pm

epic_elite wrote:you like in Washington?

I like in Portland!

we're, like, neighbors

im sure you will live the event!

Haha Yeah yeah. I noticed that but it was too late to fix it. It is kinda weird that you have a time limit to change your posts.

epic_elite · Post by **epic_elite** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:27 pm

squeakasaur wrote:
epic_elite wrote: It is kinda weird that you have a time limit to change your posts.

srsly?

i've never explored that option.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:42 pm

epic_elite wrote:
squeakasaur wrote:
epic_elite wrote: It is kinda weird that you have a time limit to change your posts.
srsly?

i've never explored that option.

Yeah it is pretty stupid :/

motskyroonmatick · Post by **motskyroonmatick** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:17 pm

squeakasaur wrote:
epic_elite wrote:
squeakasaur wrote: srsly?

i've never explored that option.
Yeah it is pretty stupid :/

I think it is so people have to live with their remarks. It discourages nasty behavior that can be taken back and then denied. I think it works well for correcting errors and keeping things a little more in line around here.
Have a nice day.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:01 am

Welcome Squeak! Go with no expectations, and absorb all the weird shit! Have the time of your life!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:18 am

motskyroonmatick wrote:
squeakasaur wrote:
epic_elite wrote: Yeah it is pretty stupid :/
I think it is so people have to live with their remarks. It discourages nasty behavior that can be taken back and then denied. I think it works well for correcting errors and keeping things a little more in line around here.
Have a nice day. :)

Mots has it right. There was a lot of editing that went on at one time and this put a stop to it. Or at least slowed it way down. There are places where you have no editing time.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:49 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
motskyroonmatick wrote:
squeakasaur wrote: I think it is so people have to live with their remarks. It discourages nasty behavior that can be taken back and then denied. I think it works well for correcting errors and keeping things a little more in line around here.
Have a nice day.
Mots has it right. There was a lot of editing that went on at one time and this put a stop to it. Or at least slowed it way down. There are places where you have no editing time.

Its understandable just a little annoying thats all.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:18 pm

It's absolutely ridiculous, is what it is.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:06 pm

So I have been a little scared lately. I was accepted for the Burning Man scholarship ticket. And I was super excited and at the time I had a job where I was working for my dad. It didn't pay much but I would have been able to go to BM if I continued to work there through summer.
Well I lost that job. My father's boss' daughter quit her job and took mine. My dad had no control over it. She ended up only coming in one day and quiting. So I have been jobless now since February.
I have been hoping and hoping that I will figure something out. Once you get a scholarship ticket you can never apply again. So I was close to giving it up to someone else so that I would be able to apply next year. BUT! Today I had an interview and I now have a new job and will have more than enough money to go to BM. I am super happy

Now I have to just hope that BM will be worth all this. But I can already tell that will be. Doing the simple little things like getting a job and a permit are helping me to become more independent which is really important to me.
I am really excited to go to BM so many of my friends will be going this year. And a lot of them have never been either. So we will be like a big group of first timers

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:13 pm

My understanding is that if you can't go, and let them know early enough, they will give the scholarship ticket to another applicant and you can apply again another year.
You only get to use one scholarship ticket though.

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:15 pm

gyre wrote:My understanding is that if you can't go, and let them know early enough, they will give the scholarship ticket to another applicant and you can apply again another year.
You only get to use one scholarship ticket though.

Oh I know. That is why I was saying I was going to give it up so that I would be able to apply again some other year. c: But I don't have to do that now. Im so happy!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:17 pm

If you didn't edit that part, I totally missed it.

Glad you found a job you're happy with.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:54 pm

squeakasaur wrote: Doing the simple little things like getting a job and a permit are helping me to become more independent which is really important to me.

This is principle #4: Radical Self Reliance.

You're on your way!

squeakasaur · Post by **squeakasaur** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:35 pm

Elorrum wrote:
squeakasaur wrote: Doing the simple little things like getting a job and a permit are helping me to become more independent which is really important to me.
This is principle #4: Radical Self Reliance.

You're on your way!

c:

@Gyre: No i didn't edit it xD. You might have not understood what I was saying at first. I wrote it a little weird.

And Thanks c: