Burning Man
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- scarabin0
don't do ecstasy in the beginning, wait till the last couple days. the hangover could bring down the rest of the week. earlier is best for acid
- scarabin0
don't bring a laptop. if you even look like you're working you will be browbeaten. you'll get dust in it and won't get a connection anyway.
go a step further like i do and don't even wear a watch. you don't have a bus to catch. if there's daylight, it's party time. if it's night, it's party time.
- +1 no watchDoktorDavid
- is browbeaten = to maddoged?sea_sea
- yeah, it's just frowned upon. people don't want to be reminded of their offices and workscarabin
- scarabin0
there's all kinds of useful info here:
- HunterGatherer0
Burning man... do you guys know this?
http://www.qompendium.com/index.…
- capn_ron0
So it looks like we will need to register at center camp and then figure out a good night to have a little qbn meeting out there.
- scarabin0
i was thinking about how this would work earlier today. seems like the best option would be to decide on a day and time to meet ahead of time, and to meet in the middle of center camp.
that way we don't have to worry about finding everyone's camps (i could barely even find my own until the last day), and while waiting we'll be entertained, hydrated, and shaded. once we meet up we can exchange camp addresses...
- scarabin0
this year i'm going to have hot showers
http://images.cabelas.com/is/ima…
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/e…
and a full kitchen!
- scarabin0
THEME CAMPS 2010
a list of some of the theme camps registered so far has just been released.
- scarabin0
'In such circumstances the mind is influenced through the body. Though your mouth glows, and your skin is parched, yet you feel no languor,- the effect of dry heat; your lungs are lightened, your sight brightens, your memory recovers its tone, and your spirits become exuberant. Your fancy and imagination are powerfully aroused, and the wildness and siblimity of the scenes around you, stir up all the energies in your soul, whether exertion, danger, or strife. Your morale improves; you become frank and cordial, hospitable and single-minded; the hypocritical politeness and the slavery of Civilization are left behind you. Your senses are quickened; they require no stimulants but air and exercise; in the desert spriritous liquors excite only disgust.
There is a keen enjoyment in mere animal existence. The sharp appetite disposes of the most indigestible food; the sand is softer than a bed of down, and the purity of the air suddenly puts flight a dire cohort of diseases.
Here Nature returns to Man, however unworthily he has treated her, and, believe me, when once your tastes have conformed to the tranquility of such travel, you will suffer real pain in returning to the turmoil of civilization. You will anticipate the bustle and confusion of artificial life, its luxuries and its false pleasures, with repugnance. Depressed in spirits, you will for a time after your return feel incapable of mental or bodily exertion. The air of the Cities will suffocate you, and the careworn and cadaverous countenances of citizens will haunt you like a vision of judgement.'
Source:
Personal journal entry of Richard Burton during his Pilgrimage to Meccah and Medinah circa 1853. From 'The Life of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton' by Isabel Burton, published in 1893 (via books.google.com).
- Ruffian0
Fuck off.
- capn_ron0
we need shade bad! we have nothing else in the works but our tents right now. Also looking for a utility trailer to lug a bunch of comfy stuff out. Getting really excited though.
- scarabin0
i have a 10'x10' first-up shade structure with a bent support piece that can be fixed with a splint and some zip ties. you're welcome to have it if you wanna pick it up in carson (near long beach).
http://images.bizrate.com/resize…
i was gonna fix it myself but got lazy and bought new ones