The person below me

[catinthefunnyhat]

No, but I took too many mushrooms one time and then, annoyed at someone I didn't like in my group, went into my tent to meditate. I spent the next two hours dead and in purgatory, and I had to solve a puzzle that involved arranging a sequence of seemingly-insignificant life events into the proper order. Get it right, and the result would be a comedy; I would spend eternity laughing. Get it wrong, and it would be a tragedy; I would spend eternity weeping. I kept getting it wrong, but every time was given another chance. That's the story from my perspective. From the perspective of my fellow campers (and the many, many families camping nearby), I spent those two hours half-naked in a tent, thrashing and screaming "Lies! I'm so sick of the lies! 5, 4, 3, 2, FUCK! Alexander Elementary School! Something in the drawer is unfolded! I'm so sorry officer, so sorry!" at the top of my lungs, over and over. We got evicted from the park the next morning (thank-you, compassionate rangers, for not calling LEOs and or EMTs), and I had nightmares and flashbacks for months. Yeah... that was many, many years ago. I've been much more careful with the choice and dosage of chemical mood-enhancers since then.

TPBM is surprised. S/he had always been told you can't get a bad trip on mushrooms.

[OregonRed]

You can have a bad trip on ANYTHING (reality included) if you're in the wrong head space when you start your adventure.

TPBM would never be caught in the wrong head space!

[jella]

caught, no.


TPBM always has a back up plan

[lazerfox]

Always. Even if the backup plan is to not have a backup plan.

TPBM is having playa dreams at night.

[theCryptofishist]

Nope, not dreaming. At least not that I remember.
TPBM feels sorry for the people on mental health meds that mess with the dreams.

[OregonRed]

I do indeed. You need to dream. If you don't sleep, you start dreaming when you're awake. They call these hallucinations. They are not generally recommended.

TPBM has lucid dreams.

[theCryptofishist]

If I do, it's news to me.
TPBM is a playa gourmet.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Little bit. Mostly my partner is. He's kind of a princess about his creature comforts, so he insists on making these fancy meals with our little cookstove. I think at least one night this year we'll be having a coconut-milk beef curry, and at least once a similar thing with veg instead of meat.

TPBM has found him/herself naked in public, not at Burning Man, and was rather embarrassed to discover that it was not a dream.

[theCryptofishist]

Luckily I was wearing a bathrobe. Seriously, people get dressed when there's a fire alarm?
TPBM got caught wearing ugly cloths...and thinks nudity might have been an improvement.

[Foxfur]

Virtually all of my clothes are, or at the very least tacky.
I spend a few hours each day walking around naked in the yard. Nothing like the feeling of the wind blowing blowing through my hairs...

TPBM wishes bacon Valium was sold OTC.

[lucky420]

delicious relaxation...sounds divine

TPBM is making something special tonight

[catinthefunnyhat]

I'm making... my apartment clean. That's special.

TPBM has a delicious recipe for homemade hot chocolate.

[Simon of the Playa]

yes it involves me ripping open a package and adding extra mini marshmellows.

tpbm wonders why the closer you get to leaving defaultia the more it tries to cling to you and get you to stay.....if you had no where to go it doesnt give a shit.

[catinthefunnyhat]

I don't have enough data to support or refute that hypothesis. I'll just have to attend a few more burns...

TPBM: Cinnamon or ginger?

[theCryptofishist]

ginger.
tpbm is relieved I didn't ask mary ann or ginger.

[catinthefunnyhat]

Having managed to live this many years without seeing a single episode of this show, I'd not have been able to give a very educated answer. But I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm "relieved" by that.

TPBM knows a manic pixie dream girl in real life.

[theCryptofishist]

No.
TPBM thinks that the song about the Edmund Fitzgerald is better than the song about the Titanic.

[catinthefunnyhat]

So, so, sooooo much better. Go Gordon!

TPBM feels emotionally manipulated when s/he cries in a shitty movie.

[burner von braun]

Yeah, pretty much ever since Ol' Yeller died

TPBM had a part in a film

[jella]

No but My horse and I were in a commercial once


TPBM can't seem to remember where the blinkies got stored from last year

[Elorrum]

stored? aren't they just everywhere you look this time of year?

tpbm is only bringing one flashlight this year.

[Simon of the Playa]

fuck that, i'm just gonna steal one off a dead hippie after the Dustpocalypse.

TPBM thinks "now thats RADICALLY self-reliant...."

[theCryptofishist]

cute. I bring too many and can't find one when I need one. So much more irritating that way.
What can I say, Simon, you're just living at a level I cannot achieve.
TPBM is still pissed off about the commons...

[catinthefunnyhat]

Is the loss of decorum in the Commons the cause or the result of the public disengaging themselves from their franchise?

TPBM is stocking up on school supplies.

[theCryptofishist]

No, I'm good from last year.
TPBM hates the (non-BRC) DMV.

[jella]

Honestly not lately..I had an appointment to get my license renewed, got to the dmv to see a 20 person line out front..I sighed and got in line and asked the next fellow if he had an appointment, he didn't..I decied to risk life and limb and go past the line and ask the clerk " should I be in that line if I have an appointment..." oh no here's a number, wait over there " ( 1 other person was there) got my numer called in 10 minutes renewed my license and had time to grab a bite and clock in on time

TPBM thinks I was reckless with my life

[theCryptofishist]

Why, what did you have to eat?
TPBM thinks that when a goat says something about reckless with his or her life, it's a good time to say: "Hey, at least you're not a human in a goat suit outside Ogden!"

[OregonRed]

I can't think of a single time I've said that... But I may use it in the future.

TPBM has a need for salted caramel.

[catinthefunnyhat]

At times, perhaps, but not often, and not now.
TPBM prefers caramelized onions to caramel candy.

[lazerfox]

Most of the time.

TPBM prefers chocolate to bacon but really would love chocolate covered bacon more than bacon covered chocolate