Hello and Welcome... What's your name? Tell me about You...

The Fooley · Post by **The Fooley** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:34 am

Conas ata to! Gaelic for how are you!!!

reads like...'cunas ataw tu'

anyway... Eugene's the name, stemming from the magical mystical land of Ireland 'Eire'.... been hearing of the BM for years.... never had the oppurtunity to act until now... time and a place and all that... hooking up with my twin brother Brian... been 3 years since we sat sown to a pint of the oul black lather 'guinness'... really cant wait now, i have to add... taking two holidays..
1, leave from work...
2, leave from this world i'm working in...

slain go phoil. 'my friends i bid you farewell'

pixiecup · Post by **pixiecup** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:24 pm

I'm Pixiecup, aka Jess. I'm coming to Burning Man for my first time this year, and I'm coming alone. I'm a little nervous about it...mostly the "alone" part. I'll only be attending for 3.5 days.

I didn't find out I was camping alone until this morning.

Wow, this is disjointed. I keep sitting here and staring, wondering how to put into words who I am and why I'm coming to Burning Man.

Nice to meet you.

The Fooley · Post by **The Fooley** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:59 am

Wow, this is disjointed. I keep sitting here and staring, wondering how to put into words who I am and why I'm coming to Burning Man.

Simple... but on the flip side maybe not!! i think when we try to sum ourselves up in words it gets fuzzy slightly.. we all have a different perception of ourselves then others would do....here, wait a second.. where am i going with this???? freakin phychologist now am i??...

your going to experience the nrg, like myself.. just looks so interesting, im hooked on the idea this last 3 years, the idea that i'll be there. wicked!

if your tent gets to much for you, or to little, and the sand spiders have you scared shitless .... im sure we'll fit you in pixie....... you never know!!
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pixiecup · Post by **pixiecup** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:08 am

Please tell me you're kidding about the sand spiders!!! This is the first I've heard about them. They could be a deal-breaker!! LOL.

Thanks...I hope you have a wonderful time as well.

The Fooley · Post by **The Fooley** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:14 am

No sand spiders... well i reckon not anyway....
yeah you have fun to girl and hope all works out a o k...

later gater

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:44 pm

Oh hell...here I go. This will have to be short but sweet.

My name is pronounced like "Anita", except with a "D" in front, OK?

Last year was my first burn. I needed a life-altering experience to snap me out of a funk. I had lost my mate/lover/partner/best friend to cancer and had been grieving for 2 years. I found out about BM through a friend who said "BM changed her life".

Well, I was ready for a change, dammit. A BIG ONE.

I went by myself. Yep. Packed up. Drove from Sacramento, Calif., and met up with a theme camp called the Gypsy Witch Farm Camp. WONDERFUL people. My first day at BM I cried a lot. I never felt so free and loved and -- man, just too many feelings happened to me that day. I was overwhelmed. I stayed for 7 days, taking in all my eyes and heart and soul could absorb. I went topless, which was fun and free-ing. I ate peaches at sunset and wrote in my journal, smiling at how happy I finally was again. I was HOME....

And I didn't want to go back to the default world ever again....

Speaking of home...and my life.... In the mundane world, I work in the radiology department of one of the downtown hospitals here in SacTown. Last year I didn't have a job. I finally have my own apartment again. I am doing great. I have a wonderful 18 year old daughte who loves tattoos, piercings, punk rock music and our kitten "Oliver".

I still miss my partner (Gerry) , but I heard something wonderful last night. If I sit in the ashes of yesterday (the past), how is God in the Great Vault of Heaven going to be able to send me wonderful new good stuff for me to enjoy in my future? (Makes sense to me...)

This year I am staying at the Temple of the Oracles of BoobFoot with some more wonderful new friends. Come see us and get a boob reading.

Reubi will be having a clothing boutique there too.

I would love to meet you all.

Smiling (and excited),
Donita

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:32 pm

Hi. I'm Rian.

My longtime friend calls me gunpowder. Small package, big explosion.
Well, actually, i don't have a package 'cause i'm not male. And not planning on having a sex change, for that matter.

I'm taking over the world.

Yeah, i'm not good at these intros, damnnit. This feels like a 12 step. Not that i would know.

Yeah, so this is the dreaded sophomore year for me. I'm camping with AIR FLO, the most fabulous surlydrunkenbastards on the playa.

mamamedia · Post by **mamamedia** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:49 pm

I am new to all of this, having decided to go at the last minute. Don't worry, I will arrive prepared!

I've heard of something called "solo collective" - how will I find it once I arrive?

Thanks!

mamamedia · Post by **mamamedia** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:54 pm

allow me to introduce myself - Cathy, 41, single... this will be my first BM though have been hearing about it for years and have wanted to go but job prevented me in the past.

Currently I'm going through some sort of life transition... spent years in the tech industry and got burnt out, then spent a few years teaching high school and got REALLY burnt out. Now I'm not sure what's next. Really want to reconnect with art and be a part of this event - it resonates.

Hello everybody!!

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:00 pm

mamamedia wrote:I've heard of something called "solo collective" - how will I find it once I arrive?

No doubt Ivy will tell you more, but SoLoCo no longer exists in its original form. Moreover, they were never a "walk up and join" camp, to the best of my knowledge.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:08 pm

While the Solo Collective no longer exists, you really don't need it. Just pick a spot to camp that suits your fancy, get to know your neighbors, and BRC will embrace you in no time. I camped alone in 02 and I came in worried that I was going to be alone and bored. Boy was I wrong.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:29 pm

Tancorix wrote: I camped alone in 02 and I came in worried that I was going to be alone and bored. Boy was I wrong.

I did the same thing in '00. Say, anybody seen the Rabbi/Last Real Burner lately? I'm not worried yet...

Gothalot · Post by **Gothalot** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:43 am

pixiecup wrote:I'm Pixiecup, aka Jess. I'm coming to Burning Man for my first time this year, and I'm coming alone. I'm a little nervous about it...mostly the "alone" part. I'll only be attending for 3.5 days.

I didn't find out I was camping alone until this morning.

Wow, this is disjointed. I keep sitting here and staring, wondering how to put into words who I am and why I'm coming to Burning Man.

Nice to meet you.

I feel for ya hun. I am a second year burner, and Black Rock Gazette reporter/photographer. I will be camping alone this year as well. Bringing my trailer this time though so at least I'll be comfortable. I know a few people and some may be joining me but still going it on your own has this ring of doom untill you reach the gates, see the silly virgin burner toilets and say HEY I'm not ringing that bell this year, woo hoo!

Introduce yourself if you are feeling bold, my trailer is behind Media Mecca somewhere and next to the Gazette trailer in Center Camp. Always good to have a partner in crime to goof off with! I'll introduce you to a few of my Canadian fiends.

-cheers

-Gothalot

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:34 am

Donita wrote:Oh hell...here I go. This will have to be short but sweet.
My name is pronounced like "Anita", except with a "D" in front, OK?

Last year was my first burn. I needed a life-altering experience to snap me out of a funk. I had lost my mate/lover/partner/best friend to cancer and had been grieving for 2 years. I found out about BM through a friend who said "BM changed her life".

Well, I was ready for a change, dammit. A BIG ONE.

I went by myself. Yep. Packed up. Drove from Sacramento, Calif., and met up with a theme camp called the Gypsy Witch Farm Camp. WONDERFUL people. My first day at BM I cried a lot. I never felt so free and loved and -- man, just too many feelings happened to me that day. I was overwhelmed. I stayed for 7 days, taking in all my eyes and heart and soul could absorb. I went topless, which was fun and free-ing. I ate peaches at sunset and wrote in my journal, smiling at how happy I finally was again. I was HOME....

Donita--Good story. There's someone else in this forum who's wondering about going after the recent suicide of her mother. I'll try and alert her to this post.
Chukka

souldancer · Post by **souldancer** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:06 am

Hello everyone! I've been reading the eplaya for a week or so now, so I thought it was high time I introduced myelf. I'm Rachel, and I've lived in Reno for 5 years now. I've been wanting to go to Burning Man ever since 2000. I just never had the time/money/means to go until now! My birthday is next Tuesday (24th), our wedding anniversary next Thursday(26th), and my husbands (Fat SAM) birthday is next Friday(27th), so his mom got us tickets as birthday/anniversary gifts. How rad is that?? We never did go on a honeymoon after we got married, so we are considering this to be our honeymoon!

I am sooooo excited about Burning Man, I think I'm going to explode! Even though I have never been, I feel as if I belong there. I can't explain it, but then again, do I really need to? I'm sure I am not alone in this sentiment.

On a side note, I work at Trader Joe's, and we are about to put up two Burning Man displays, they are going to be so nice. I suggest everyone check it out!

Well, that's about it for now, I will see you on the playa!

Gothalot · Post by **Gothalot** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:12 am

AWESOME, Ill be cruising to TJ's on my way in. Please have them stock the Highland Park whisky for me

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:47 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:

Donita--Good story. There's someone else in this forum who's wondering about going after the recent suicide of her mother. I'll try and alert her to this post.
Chukka[/quote]

Yeah!! You're talking about ToolBetty!! I *do* hope her and I can meet this year...maybe share some peaches at sunset and have a couple swigs of tequila.

kiddo · Post by **kiddo** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:31 pm

What up all? Hello, my name is Kiddo and this year will be my fourth burn. My first was 2000 (the crazy rainy days), then 2001 and then I screwed up and missed the Floating World. But I made it out last year and I won't repeat my previous faux pas. I love Burning Man, and I love burners and the absolout life out on the playa. It's so close now that I'll just randomly start giggling for what seems like no reason to those around me. But you all know why...

(photographer by nature, burner for life)

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:03 pm

A big Hullllooooo and wavey to swampdog, Sensei (hey wait how long have you been here?), Rah-Rah, WildChyld, MissNev (don't thank me I'm just the messenger), Eugene (Fooley), Jess (Pixiecup), Donita, Cathy (Mamamedia), Rachel (Souldancer), and you to Kiddo. I Love you guys and welcome to the Eplaya I can already see you have settled in quite nicely.

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. -Khalil Gibran, The Prophet"

personally,
mr smith

SED · Post by **SED** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:30 pm

Hey y'all. SED here, aka HandyManSam. Been pretty absorbed by life's daily routine, but even within those confines, subtle harbingers of the Burn skitter and dance like tiny sparks from a huuuuuge fucking fire.

Let my son (20 months) play with the barbecue the other day and got some inkling about what it must be like to be a Ranger. "Poppa make more pire? Poppa make more pire?" (He can't say F yet)

Wife is encouraging me to have a great time and take a break from being Poppa. I'll do that, but we have another baby coming soon and I'll be looking for some venue to share that joy. We still need a good boy name if anyone wants to suggest. Love to hear about anyone else's kids, too.

Also looking forward to days spent in the present tense, going easy on my fellow mortals and meeting friends yet unmet.

Yippeee!

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:41 pm

" We still need a good boy name if anyone wants to suggest. "

Samual Christian XXX

or just plain Christian. It just seems like such an noble name. Don't you agree.

nom de pluminly,
mr smith

SED · Post by **SED** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:49 pm

Well, I hate to seem ingracious but we can't name him Samual because that's my name and it's against Jewish custom, and we can't name him Christian for pretty much the same reason.

But thanks!

SED · Post by **SED** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:50 pm

But hey, maybe we'll go with Triple X.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:56 pm

AHA! THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING!

I'm no good at names (Sensei? I mean, c'mon), but allow me to say 'Congratulations, Daddy!' And all the best to young Samuel Christian! WOW!

(Sorry for not introducing myself sooner, Rabbi. I was a chronic lurker for years. I'm all better now, thanks!)

kiddo · Post by **kiddo** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:26 pm

Congrats Sam, here's one I like. Never heard of anyone with it before... Azure. You know, like the blue? Just throwin' one out.

SED · Post by **SED** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:59 pm

Thanks, Kiddo. I'll put in the hopper with the rest. We named our first boy Finn, which was pretty far out for our conservative families. I will promise to suggest each name to my wife. She get's to decide, since both children will have my surname.

With that, I'm going invite everyone over to the Name My Kid thread. Now, back to Hello and Welcome.

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:47 am

Hey, I just got back from the Name your kid thread. Funny coincidence.

Anyways, welcome to all the new kids (on the eplaya at least). I'm Miki, and I live in Reno, and I look really good in a Girl Scout Uniform. Only 8 days till I leave! WooHoo!

congochris · Post by **congochris** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:16 am

Are you going to wear your Girl Scout Uniform to the meet and greet, or just bring the cookies instead?

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:25 pm

be the cookie, obie wan............

AirCooled · Post by **AirCooled** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:22 pm

Hi - My name is Greg. Unless fate throws me a curve ball, I won't be attending this year. 2 months ago, I had never heard of Burning Man until I was watching Reno 911 on the Comedy Channel. They mad a reference to it, but I had no idea what they were doing.

As a frequent flyer of the Craigslist, I started noticing more and more references to this Burning Man thing. This morning I googled it . . .

I wish I had searched it out long enough ago to make some plans. I think I discovered that I am missing a whole side of life that I had never before considered. I think I discovered a hole inside my life that I never realized. I have spent the last 17 years trying to escape what the first 17 years of my life turned me into. It is a hard thing to figure out that you might be a super-skeptical dickhead trying to flee from the ultra-conservative upbringing of the born again . . . Introspectively, these last few months, I think that I have learned that in my lifetime I have become a cold and calculating beast that has lost the ability to learn, love, laugh and feel. I have so protected myself from everything, to make sure nothing can hurt me, that I have essentially sealed my fate by suffocating my soul.

I find myself, now, cornered by the responsibilities of those things that others judge success by, unable to escape, cowering at my own fear of what people might think of me in my search for some sort of relief.

I am afraid that if I pursue this avenue, the life that I live - no, recognize to be the product of personal suppression - will blow apart and take with it every anchor that binds me to my imagined sanity. And that can be my greatest hope, too. I can't possibly be so egocentric to think that I am the only one who has faced this inner turmoil . . .

I am looking for some suggestions or support from the previously conflicted. How did you break away and find your freedom.

If you were to look at me, you would see one of considerable success.
If you were to look in me, you would see one of considerable instability and fear.

Help me find that next step - until then, I will see you in '05
Thanks for listening -

Greg

Hello and Welcome... What's your name? Tell me about You...

hi!!

Re: hi!!

sand SPIDERS?!

how do I find "solo collective"?

oh yeah, and...

Re: how do I find "solo collective"?

Re: hi!!

Hey kiddies

....Smells Like Teen Spirit...........

....... It's all just words, Man!...................

.....Little Grasshopper.....