Where Would You Be If It Hadn't Been For Burning Man/
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Where Would You Be If It Hadn't Been For Burning Man/
With the exception of those of us on meds, we're all feeling anxious about BM ticket sales and the lottery. It's a natural thing. Breathe deeply; find your center. and all that stuff....
Are some of us feeling entitled to entry into Burning Man every year? If there were no Burning Man, would some of us have no life at all?
I'm curious, free association here, what would you imagine your life would be like if Burning Man had never existed? Would you be resigned to a drab, bleak existence, or would you have come up with something equally brilliant on your own????
Are some of us feeling entitled to entry into Burning Man every year? If there were no Burning Man, would some of us have no life at all?
I'm curious, free association here, what would you imagine your life would be like if Burning Man had never existed? Would you be resigned to a drab, bleak existence, or would you have come up with something equally brilliant on your own????
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i woulda been a contender.
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i coulda been somebody
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One of these years I intend to climb Mt. Hood.
I also do distance cycling. One of these summers I'm liable to bike down the west coast. This will probably lead to me biking across the US at some point.
I also do distance cycling. One of these summers I'm liable to bike down the west coast. This will probably lead to me biking across the US at some point.
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I had a nice big swimming pool in the back yard, and filled it in because it was getting in the way of my planning for Burning Man. When I would get home in September, the closing would always be too much work after 8 days on the playa--so the pool went.
I used to take real vacations, in hotels with hot running water and restaurants. I have only photographs to remember those days!
I used to take real vacations, in hotels with hot running water and restaurants. I have only photographs to remember those days!
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Shambala wrote:I have only photographs to remember those days!
oh.. you dont pick through the burned ashes for mementos on all of your vacations?
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Nipple wrote:I also do distance cycling. One of these summers I'm liable to bike down the west coast. This will probably lead to me biking across the US at some point.
Don't feel bad about taking the train or the dog back home. Biking upwind is overrated, plus you don't have the distinct charm of smelling your own farts.
Amazing desert structures & stuff: http://sites.google.com/site/potatotrap/
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lemur wrote:Shambala wrote:I have only photographs to remember those days!
oh.. you dont pick through the burned ashes for mementos on all of your vacations?
Well, at least he doesn't have any crappy plastic necklaces--hey, he could go to Rio and do Mardi Gras there...
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Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Bob wrote:
Don't feel bad about taking the train or the dog back home. Biking upwind is overrated, plus you don't have the distinct charm of smelling your own farts.
Better than my riding partner's... After a day of eating various carbo-goo science foods there's a distinct advantage to doing a pull at the front of the line.
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Considering that I survived the first 58 years of my life without Burning Man, I reckon I could survive the next 58 years without.
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Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me

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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
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Woulda, shoulda, coulda. Burning Man helped me change my life in some meaningful ways, but I don't know that I wouldn't have found some other way to make them. I knew I wasn't content with the world I was living in, and would have continued looking for ways to affect a positive change. I probably would still be living in LA, though.
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Well, I would have a lot more money and less bizarre camping infrastructure... maybe.
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if it wasnt for burning man ...every time a bouncy kids air inflated gym blows away.. i wouldnt think "they shoulda staked that down better..."
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Listening to Rush Limbagh and watching FOX news...... Without ever meeting the lovely Piney and all you fuckin yahoos.........
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When did you people first start expecting Burning Man to change your life, and not the other way around? I started going because my friends kept bugging me about doing a "shower" that turned out to be the best naked mud pit ever, and never looked back.
Occupy this.

Occupy this.

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So, now that there are no longer naked mud pits, where do you go to get your ... whatever ... on?
I'm thinking of the Big Island, seeing the volcanoes from helicopter and close-up, plus spear fishing.

I'm thinking of the Big Island, seeing the volcanoes from helicopter and close-up, plus spear fishing.
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If I had not gone to Burning Man..
My kids would not be trying to take my lic. and put me in a rest home
My kids would not be trying to take my lic. and put me in a rest home
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If it wasn't for Burning Man, I would be wasting time on another fourm.
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if not for going to Burning Man,
I'd probably still be doing my "work" in Belarus, and, probably been caught and hung, by now......
no, wait, I mean I'd be vacationing at Club Med.
ETA: did I say that backwards?
I'd probably still be doing my "work" in Belarus, and, probably been caught and hung, by now......
no, wait, I mean I'd be vacationing at Club Med.
ETA: did I say that backwards?
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I don't think I've ever had the expectation that Burning Man was going to change my life. As I prepared for that first burn, people kept telling that it would, but I think I did a pretty good job of keeping expectations in check. For me, that first trip to the desert was more of an affirmation than it was anything else. It affirmed things that I'd suspected, and that damned near anything really was possible.
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trilobyte wrote:I don't think I've ever had the expectation that Burning Man was going to change my life. As I prepared for that first burn, people kept telling that it would, but I think I did a pretty good job of keeping expectations in check. For me, that first trip to the desert was more of an affirmation than it was anything else. It affirmed things that I'd suspected, and that damned near anything really was possible.
I''ll put it this way, Trilly baby.
If Burning Man disappeared overnight, would you still have a life?
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He has a girlfriend! Me, I'd have to go back to wailing about my legs and my husband 24/7/52.
Speaking of which, these whiners. They don't know what real suffering is...
Speaking of which, these whiners. They don't know what real suffering is...
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Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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theCryptofishist wrote:Speaking of which, these whiners. They don't know what real suffering is...

In my world there's only legible and more legible.
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theCryptofishist wrote:Speaking of which, these whiners. They don't know what real suffering is...
First world problems. There are people all over the world fighting for basic necessities and here's everyone whining about a ticket they are most probably going to get.
In my world there's only legible and more legible.
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HEY... the people in Africa who can't get medications because local drug lords control and steal at will from the shipping routes are TOTALLY welcome to get into the ticket lotteries, just like everyone else.
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Nipple wrote:HEY... the people in Africa who can't get medications because local drug lords control and steal at will from the shipping routes are TOTALLY welcome to get into the ticket lotteries, just like everyone else.
I told them they could, but they said we were too whiney.
In my world there's only legible and more legible.
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wh..sh wrote:Nipple wrote:HEY... the people in Africa who can't get medications because local drug lords control and steal at will from the shipping routes are TOTALLY welcome to get into the ticket lotteries, just like everyone else.
I told them they could, but they said we were too whiney.
Alright, I'm officially in love with Wh...sh, now.
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"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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theCryptofishist wrote:wh..sh wrote:Nipple wrote:HEY... the people in Africa who can't get medications because local drug lords control and steal at will from the shipping routes are TOTALLY welcome to get into the ticket lotteries, just like everyone else.
I told them they could, but they said we were too whiney.
Alright, I'm officially in love with Wh...sh, now.

Seriously, I love you guys. I don't know about BM, but ePlaya certainly feels very homely to me.
In my world there's only legible and more legible.
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theCryptofishist wrote:He has a girlfriend! Me, I'd have to go back to wailing about my legs and my husband 24/7/52.
Speaking of which, these whiners. They don't know what real suffering is...
Counting my blessings.
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