August 22, 2005

Going to Burning Man? ?

I'll be in the Shantytown theme camp with a friend who has been before and a fellow-newbie. Where will you be?

posted by yentruoc 19 years ago
  • Keep an eye out for the evil clown.
  • I did not need to hear that. Clowns are scary enough already.
  • I've had a number of friends go. Gay and straight. They all said they had a good time and would do it again and have encouraged me to go. Pros: One of the main benefits I have heard about attending (both gay and straight) is to get laid by some strange. Can other monkeys confirm this? Also, lots of drugs are consumed and mucho silliness ensues. Cons: It's also god-damn hot the whole god-damn time. And you don't have a lot of places you can shower/cool off. Sunburn. Grit in your laptop. So, if I was gonna save my dimes and do just one American bacchanalia, should I do Burning Man or head on down to Marti Gras? I hear that the one to go to isn't New Orleans, but Key West. Whatdayathink?
  • Bunch o' god-damn hippies. Get a job. And a haircut.
  • Go to Key West. It's enchancted. I've had two different people in my life go there for vacation, and then move there permanently within 6 months. Very gay friendly. Wild chickens. I don't know much about their Mardi Gras, but its got to be better than NO. New Orleans is a great place to visit any other time than Mardi Gras, which is like a giant frat party reeking of vomit. Unless you know locals and can get into private events.
  • Commercialized pseudo-hippie bullshit. Wouldn't go near Burning Man if you paid me.
  • I always find it shocking that the whole world knows of Burning Man.
  • Koko, your response was kind of vauge. How do you really feel about Burning Man?
  • I've had a number of friends go. Me too, both older then 21 and younger.
  • *waves dismissively in the general direction of Burning Man*
  • Nah, never really saw the appeal of Burning Man.
  • Edward Woodward's in it, right?
  • Isn't it kind of a corporate thing now, as in you gotta buy tickets and stuff? You gotta pay to bring in your camp and haul it out (good for the environment), but at the same time all the folks doing the themed camps are kinda providing their own entertainment (cheaper for the promoters.) Who is making the money off this thing? I'd propose a bunch of smaller, less corporate and more manageable events all over the globe.
  • Lol, kitfisto! I like the idea of burning man, but I'd like to have it in my backyard. Minus all the dumb stuff.
  • I'm not cool enough for Burning Man.
  • A full 1/3 of my coworkers are burners, and the office gets very quiet at the beginning of every September. One of the guys was telling me about it, and he said that everyone he knows who has gone has had a life-changing experience. I kind of like my life as it is...
  • Playa-hatas!
  • Heh. Burning Man. That's soooooooooooo 1991...
  • ...but I do wish that I could have been at this Burning Man... Mahalo.
  • Everyone talks about how you need to think about water when prepping for Burning Man. Water, water, water. But DO NOT go to the playa without enough drugs. Otherwise, you get to the second or third day, or whatever, and run out of drugs, and suddenly you realize that you're in the middle of a fucking desert with a bunch of druggies. Instant bummer.
  • Squid - yes, Burning Man has been selling tickets for a while now, and they're pretty darned pricey.
  • One of the main benefits I have heard about attending (both gay and straight) is to get laid by some strange[sic]. Can other monkeys confirm this? Also, lots of drugs are consumed and mucho silliness ensues. Same reasoning I used to convince myself to go to college after highschool. Turned out to be true.
  • [Sick]
  • The word "strange" wasn't a typo. It's a term friends and I have used for years to describe a person that you will have sex with who as of yet, is unknown to you, i.e. a sexual partner for anonymous sex, as in "I’m gonna get me some strange."
  • Hopefully the sentence doesn't ends in "...disease".
  • [While you are at Burning Man I'll be] ...not tongue-kissing a sweaty Java programmer in clown makeup named “Shanti”... This embodies everything I have ever heard about Burning Man. I knew a guy in his seventies that went every year and spent the entire time naked. He was very, very tanned. And I don't think you'd need drugs either; the sun and heat would probably give me the same effect.
  • I'd propose a bunch of smaller, less corporate and more manageable events all over the globe. Public Dreams Society
  • I'll be in the 3:00 plaza with Borrachos y Bicicletas. Monekys: drop by!
  • Come to Evolve, it's (relatively) small, it's fun, and I'll be there.
  • Hi scarabic!
  • No way I'm going to Burning Man; it's on the same fucking weekend as Lollapalooza!
  • woohoo moneyjane! I was just thinking of you after seeing a shirt that said "homefucking is ruining callgirls". and to bring this back on topic, I've never understood the appeal of Burning Man. Mardi Gras in Key West does sound nice.
  • Can't make it, I'm going to Working Man again this year.
  • I hear they have good showers.
  • Ironically enough, one is burned by having to go to Working Man. And preparing for Burning Man is a lot of work. Coinky-dink? Yes. Entirely.
  • Fes, celebrate in your own way by setting one of your coworkers on fire. That's what I'm going to do.
  • A superior idea! I will add into this my love for the movie Scarface and, subsequently, celebrate Burning Mang.
  • What, no love for Running Man?
  • I always find myself uncontrollably identifying with Richard Dawson.
  • Who loves Fes, and who(m) does Fes love?
  • Fes, you should head out to the playa and get yourself good and naked, then go up to people and say, in that Pacino-as-Scarface accent, "Say hello to my little friend!"
  • *sidles up to Fes* Hey Dawson! How's the creek?
  • "homefucking is ruining callgirls" Yowza! Patita! I must get one custom made, as well as "Turns Out Pimping *Is* Easy!" and "My Straight-dar Sucks; Help a Bitch Out", lest I never get laid agin in my supergay neighbourhood :)
  • More info: I now know that I will be at Shantytown at 4:30 and Gestalt, which should mean something when I get there.
  • Scarabic - I'll try to stop by and say hi. Given the state of my bicycle, it's likely that it'll be more !ayudame! than hi. But at least my bike is furry and colorful now. Form over function I always say. Or have said. Just now.
  • Here are a few pics that dashiv took of the mini-monkey/mefi meetup that took place at Burning Man. It was great fun, and I'm going to try to go again next year.
  • My jealousy knows no bounds. *sigh*
  • *sigh*
  • Pfft, not high or naked. I thought that's what it's all about.
  • any monkeys going playaside this year? I'll be in Fandango village at 8 o'clock & Coral Reef. look for Bourbon Jihad, I'll be the one trying to make men wear panties :D
  • MonkeyFilter: high and/or naked.
  • I *so* want to go... a bunch of friends are going (one is cooking food for BM tonight, and I'm headed over there in a bit to help her eat extra casserole that she's not taking). Alas, it's the week before school starts and I have to be in mandatory meetings that Thursday and Friday. I am planning on going the following year, if I can make it work with the teaching schedule.
  • Just take it easy on the techno, kids.
  • don't worry DJmrmedusa will be spinning the cool brazilian jazz n electronica vibe all week :)
  • I'll be in sushilovecake at 7:30 & Desert this year.
  • I'll be there, disguised as quidnunc in disguise and introducing myself as "Dave".
  • the monkey thing was REALLY COOL. I am just back, still dirty. this was a crazy year, hottest of 9 I have experienced, extra dusty, gorgeous at night. I was camped with some of the people who build the man, so the monday night arson was particularly impactful. we were watching the eclipse when we noticed the fire. serious drama... I'll post some pics some time, if any one wants to see pics of naked, dirty hippies in the middle o' nowhere acting crazy :P
  • naked, dirty hippies in the middle o' nowhere acting crazy Oh, who wouldn't!
  • Oh, who wouldn't! Real patriots, that's who!
  • Monday morning ... I looked out the window ... shocked by the sight of a '60s psychedelic painted bus. ... the contraption attached to the rear ... turned out to be a collection of rubber anatomically correct private parts. I'll let your imagination roam from there. SHE WAS SHOCKED!! Shocked. Just ... shocked. First, I laughed, and then I thought about how little this woman must have in her life if this type of thing SHOCKED her. Then she has the gall to ride down the road with her $50,000 Hummer/pickup/SUV drivin' buddys and talk about the hippies disregard for the environment. It was right on the tip of my tongue to call this stupid git a four-lettter anatomically correct female private part, but your GramMa's tries hard to be a laaay-dee. Then I got down to the part about her and her warmongering buddies driving around the country, wasting gas while taking the uplifting message that we are WINNING the war in Iraq to the peepulz. Stupid cunt. *GramMa tosses laaay-dee out the windowz Geez, you idiot, wake up. Even the intelligent Republicans know we aren't winning this damn thing. Then there's you and the rest of 'em. If you want to support our boys, then BRING 'EM HOME! *picks up cane, starts wacking shins and elbows, poking at anatomically correct body parts
  • I went in '95 or '96; my boyfriend's band was booked. That was the last year but one that art cars were allowed (a peripheral member of my lover's band was killed in a motorcycle accident the next year, which had to do with a subsequent ban on cars). A bit of research tells me that there were maybe 5 thousand participants when I went, and this year there are 47 thousand. The thought of being around 47 thousand people sorta appalls me, but I live in Los Angeles, and therefore can't talk. We had a fine enough time. There was a huge thunderstorm in the middle of things, which made the earth smell like fish. It is an ancient seabed, isn't it? I found some dude to race me around the desert on his motorcycle ("FASTER!!") and walked back barefoot through some art project involving light sticks stuck in the sand. I wasn't even on drugs. We didn't stick around to see the man burn; we were happy to leave a day early with my muddy, stinky dog, and had a bad engine meltdown halfway back to San Francisco. I'm glad to have gone, and am glad not to go back.
  • H Dawg, that last link was pure comedy gold. Gracias.
  • "give peace through strength a chance" OW oh man i think i pulled something . . . ssssss . . ooooh . . .
  • Hommy: That's amazing!! *zooms in close, sees Medusa mooning satellite camara That's enough of that, young lady!!
  • /waves to GramMa!!
  • This time, I'll be with Where's Waldo? Camp and we'll have a giant Waldo for the satellite map!