really early

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:27 pm

Then we wonder that nobody understands us.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:49 pm

Tin Halo wrote:It's been a good day for you, ygmir... you got to stretch out a little from the usual "You want to Supersize that for only 99 cents?".

I do get bored with that.
I'm assuming your not belittling my employment status?

I suppose, it's better than saying: "don't let go now, you're hand will hit you in the chin"...........

here's your badge.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:13 pm

I have a job. I have decent writing skills. My spelling skills are shaky, thank goodness for spellcheck.
I also am interested in less formal styles of writing. Some of it I can date to childhood, reading advertising copy and noting that they had sentence fragments with capitals and periods. (I didn't phrase it that way, of course, I was a little prim, but not that stilted as a child!)
I view being on the boards as a good place to loosen certain rules of more formal writing. Of course, I can do the other, and find editors for input if it's that important. And I have a pretty good idea of when to "code shift."
On the other hand, I do have trouble with some of the simplified spelling and other shortcuts.
I think that right now we are going into a big shift in written communication. I don't think that everything is going away, spaces between words and capital/lower case differentiation for instance being far too useful.
I guess I have a bias towards being a descriptive grammarian, rather than a prescriptive one.

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:42 pm

weirdscience wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:You'll be fine, youngster. Don't mind the snark. It's the eplaya official sport.
I've noticed

yeah, you're getting harshed on.

Sad to see, as this is in the tips and tricks thread where we are supposed to offer help, then Snark. And yer new, young and eager. everything most of these Eplayans are not, so a bit of the ol sour grapes bit is to be expected.

Massage; bring a wide assortment of oils, and baby wipes (make some home made and save $) a mister (herbicide sprayer in Garden stores) is a good thing to have on hand to wipe down the table. Other fun things to add to a massage parlor is Latex body paints, Nail polish, and a foot washing station. throw in some tunes and and a Shade structure and you're set. of course you are looking to co-opt with others so being able to set up with them will share the burden of having to bring all of those Items solo.

Thanks in advance and I hope you make it to the playa, we need more people bringing things. bringing their skills.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:54 pm

knowmad wrote:
weirdscience wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:You'll be fine, youngster. Don't mind the snark. It's the eplaya official sport.
I've noticed
yeah, you're getting harshed on. Sad to see, as this is in the tips and tricks thread where we are supposed to offer help, then Snark. And yer new, young and eager. everything most of these Eplayans are not, so a bit of the ol sour grapes bit is to be expected.

Massage; bring a wide assortment of oils, and baby wipes (make some home made and save $) a mister (herbicide sprayer in Garden stores) is a good thing to have on hand to wipe down the table. Other fun things to add to a massage parlor is Latex body paints, Nail polish, and a foot washing station. throw in some tunes and and a Shade structure and you're set. of course you are looking to co-opt with others so being able to set up with them will share the burden of having to bring all of those Items solo.

Thanks in advance and I hope you make it to the playa, we need more people bringing things. bringing their skills.

see this is what i was looking for THANK YOU! i personally use a mister with 50 50 of lysol and water

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:02 pm

weirdscience wrote:
knowmad wrote:
weirdscience wrote: I've noticed
yeah, you're getting harshed on. Sad to see, as this is in the tips and tricks thread where we are supposed to offer help, then Snark. And yer new, young and eager. everything most of these Eplayans are not, so a bit of the ol sour grapes bit is to be expected.

Massage; bring a wide assortment of oils, and baby wipes (make some home made and save $) a mister (herbicide sprayer in Garden stores) is a good thing to have on hand to wipe down the table. Other fun things to add to a massage parlor is Latex body paints, Nail polish, and a foot washing station. throw in some tunes and and a Shade structure and you're set. of course you are looking to co-opt with others so being able to set up with them will share the burden of having to bring all of those Items solo.

Thanks in advance and I hope you make it to the playa, we need more people bringing things. bringing their skills.
see this is what i was looking for THANK YOU! i personally use a mister with 50 50 of lysol and water

Easy with the Lysol Water, I personally hate the stuff, and the Chemical company responsible for it. and I'm sure some other folk would feel similar. rubbing alcohol/Water and a bit of essences oil; lemon, mint and eucalyptus are nice, fresh zingy feel. rose water is also nice.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:04 pm

oooo just thought a mister with sum eucalyptus and lavander to disinfect and relax you when you get on the table

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:35 am

weirdscience wrote:oooo just thought a mister with sum eucalyptus and lavander to disinfect and relax you when you get on the table

Now you're in the groove. Aromatherapy is all the rage in the eplaya spas.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:38 pm

btw scratch the ride my brother decided that since he heard im going to the after burn and it has something to do with burning man his word were "im not gonna let you take my car to a fucking hippy fest " i kicked his ass and said ok shove your car in your ass

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:30 pm

lol tell your brother to lighten up...(that really pisses people off)

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:35 am

weirdscience wrote:btw scratch the ride my brother decided that since he heard im going to the after burn and it has something to do with burning man his word were "im not gonna let you take my car to a fucking hippy fest " i kicked his ass and said ok shove your car in your ass

That's very mature. May I reiterate my previous comment: "...keep working on those massage skills."

A massage in Lysol by someone with a temper problem sounds wonderful.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:06 am

lol i didn't technically kick his ass i said he needed to mature up and grow a pair then i also told him that he could shove his shitty neon into his ass lmfao

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:13 am

Neon? lolololololol.... oh oh.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:15 am

AntiM wrote:Neon? lolololololol.... oh oh.

Ya not a big loss lol

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:19 am

Old eplaya insider joke based on ancient history.

Enable the BBCode in your profile and your quotes will work.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:23 am

AntiM wrote:Old eplaya insider joke based on ancient history.

Enable the BBCode in your profile and your quotes will work.

i usually do i just forgot sorry i got home at 5:30 am from "chilling" with friends and i got up at 9:30 am so im not totally here

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:50 am

You don't have to do it post by post, you can do it once in your profile.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:09 am

thank you good sir i didn't know that

Post by **Sham** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:13 am

weirdscience wrote:thank you good sir i didn't know that

She's a ma'am! (or you can call her madam)

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:19 am

Shambala wrote:
weirdscience wrote:thank you good sir i didn't know that
She's a ma'am! (or you can call her madam)

AAAAHHHHHHH IM SORRY! don't hurt me *curls up * ma'am i ment ma'am

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:34 am

weirdscience wrote:
Shambala wrote:
weirdscience wrote:thank you good sir i didn't know that
She's a ma'am! (or you can call her madam)
AAAAHHHHHHH IM SORRY! don't hurt me *curls up * ma'am i ment ma'am

if Shambala is going to punish you, you'll be grabbing your ankles.....not curling up.

Post by **mdmf007** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:09 am

AntiM wrote:
Enable the BBCode in your profile and your quotes will work.

Thats also this mods biggest peeve- Enable your code, so I dont have to, and I only do it because your 6 quote thread makes no sense without it.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:11 am

mdmf007 wrote:
AntiM wrote:
Enable the BBCode in your profile and your quotes will work.
Thats also this mods biggest peeve- Enable your code, so I dont have to, and I only do it because your 6 quote thread makes no sense without it.

already set it up in my profile

Post by **Sham** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:40 pm

ygmir wrote:
weirdscience wrote:
Shambala wrote: She's a ma'am! (or you can call her madam)
AAAAHHHHHHH IM SORRY! don't hurt me *curls up * ma'am i ment ma'am
if Shambala is going to punish you, you'll be grabbing your ankles.....not curling up.

Hey yag, are you talking about my discipline paddle? That was just for YOU!

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:53 pm

Shambala wrote:
ygmir wrote:
weirdscience wrote: AAAAHHHHHHH IM SORRY! don't hurt me *curls up * ma'am i ment ma'am
if Shambala is going to punish you, you'll be grabbing your ankles.....not curling up.
Hey yag, are you talking about my discipline paddle? That was just for YOU!

Where is the picture?

Edit for ....wow, it appeared just when I posted...so is there a picture of the result pattern on the Yggs skin?

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:11 pm

weirdscience wrote:
Shambala wrote:
weirdscience wrote:thank you good sir i didn't know that
She's a ma'am! (or you can call her madam)
AAAAHHHHHHH IM SORRY! don't hurt me *curls up * ma'am i ment ma'am

Don't call me ma'am, I work for a living. Well, not so much. But ma'am makes me sound old and while I am technically oldish, I ain't going to listen to that from whippersnappers who drive their damn Neons on my lawn and ruin my grass. Put some pants on, hippie!

What was I saying? Oh, call me Auntie.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:19 pm

lmfao neons, whipersnappers, lawn .... im starting to love this place lol

Post by **Sham** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:19 pm

AntiM wrote:Don't call me ma'am, I work for a living.

Well then, wouldn't madam me more in line---Auntie?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:45 am

1. You don't need to belong to no steeeeenking camp.
2. Bone up on your camping skills. Start by going someplace fairly near civilization so you can run and get the crap you forgot. Then go someplace a bit removed from other folks, maybe the hill country in Georgia or something but it is getting late in the year now for that. Just practice camping. You might want to try going to something like Transformus in North Carolina. It is *sort* of like Burning Man but not exactly. Many of he people haven't ever been to the playa and they apparently seem to have ritualized certain aspects of what they believe happens out there. So take it with a grain of salt.
3. About 50% of the people at the event are first timers. Most of them survive the event, so will you.
4. Shade is your friend. It should be the first thing up, last thing down.
5. Yes, it gets hot, but it can also get cold.
6. Yes, it is a desert but it can also rain.
7. Be prepared for anything.
8. Don't volunteer for shit your first year. Explore. Decide if you want to come back or not. Meet people. Make friends. Collect ideas for next time.
9. Buy a Hudson sprayer and learn how to bathe with it.
10. That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

My burner friends will be able to get along in an earthquake or other natural disaster much better than most of my non-burner friends because we have the materials to make shelter that will stand up to the elements and can live without the creature comforts for a week or two. We can bathe with a Hudson sprayer. We have shade. We have large coolers that work for days. We can drive rebar.

Approach it like a wilderness camping trip with otter pops.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:38 pm

mdmf007 wrote:
AntiM wrote:
Enable the BBCode in your profile and your quotes will work.
Thats also this mods biggest peeve- Enable your code, so I dont have to, and I only do it because your 6 quote thread makes no sense without it.

IF you don't do it, mdmf won't let you post in his thread.