BURNING MAN...N-E-1 ever gone?,What the hell is it?.

[kneedownnate]

Crazy festival in the desert.  where people go to get away from normal society, money, and corporate sponsorships.  There are some good and bad parts to it.

I never saw any public sex, and I was looking for it cause i wanted to be a part of it. 


I saw lots of kids and families and all sorts of walks of life there.  not just for hippies.


alot of cool art in the desert.  I saw a 40' Tesla Coil.

Turns into a big town for a week, Kinda looks like barter town from mad max. 

nobody takes any money, you have to barter for things.  I found someone making grilled cheese sandwiches and ended up trading 2 jolly ranchers and a coke for one.  fun.

lots of fire at night.   Everything is alive and lit up.

during the day as your walking around people will casually squirt you with water guns, and you say thanks.  Cause its a 120deg.  (most people just chill in the day cause of the heat.)

it is a desert, bring materials and suplies to last for a week. plus build a make shift shanty, and any entertainment you want. 

Definatly an experience.

   

Wermy, I'm down if you wanna go next year

[Lady Di]

Ever been to the airport in Minneapolis?

   

[Lady Di]

Yes, the event is not cheap, I thought it was more then $250, but either way, it's not for your average joe slacker.
My sister says it as turned into as much a voyeristic event as it is a participant event, and that, to them, is one of the disappointing downfalls of it.
And I have heard tell of some quite um.. interesting.. .theme camps for the ...um... more uninhibited. Guess you just need to know where to look.

[Yota Up]

during the day as your walking around people will casually squirt you with water guns, and you say thanks.  Cause its a 120deg.

Every now and again, you'll hear of someone putting liquid acid into a squirt gun.  Depending on who you are, you may say thanks, or curl up like a baby and suck your thumb for 12 hours.

[Lady Di]

Every now and again, you'll hear of someone putting liquid acid into a squirt gun.  Depending on who you are, you may say thanks, or curl up like a baby and suck your thumb for 12 hours.

That is totally not cool! Fecking hippies, still think they're living in the 60's, but with lousier music.

[Wermz84]

Every now and again, you'll hear of someone putting liquid acid into a squirt gun.  Depending on who you are, you may say thanks, or curl up like a baby and suck your thumb for 12 hours.

That would absolutly be a Fawked up thing to do.  Dose somebody without their knowing it.    

Ever been to the airport in Minneapolis?

   I don't get it.  sorry.

Wermy, I'm down if you wanna go next year

only if we can go wheeling on the way there and back. 

[abnormaltoy]

   I don't get it.  sorry.

All the news lately has been about Sen. Craig...looking for companionship in the airport.

[Wermz84]

All the news lately has been about Sen. Craig...looking for companionship in the airport.

       ya I have been watching that.   didn't know where it happened though.  his press release was funny too.

[Lady Di]

   I don't get it.  sorry.

Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in a sting operation for soliciting gay sex in a certain Minneapolis airport men's room. It seems there are actually online directories of mens rooms around the country that are on the 'see and be seen' best places for gay sex solicitation.
So it was not EVERY mens room in the airport, but this one particular out of the way mens room.
And it seems there are certain things you are supposed to do to make someone in the stall next to you aware of your intentions.

[Wermz84]

[kneedownnate]

What, he just has a wide stance   I do the same at home, but if forced to use a public john I probably would be more reserved.

[abnormaltoy]

What, he just has a wide stance   I do the same at home, but if forced to use a public john I probably would be more reserved.

We men, unlike the females of our specie: don't converse or share toilet paper under the walls...unless Sen Craig has testicular elephantiasis how could he have a stance wide enough to force his feet under the stall?

[Lady Di]

and then there is the purported signal tapping of the foot.
The signs that you are 'seeking friendship' from what they are saying on the talking heads shows, are to reach your hand under the stall wall, (without asking if you can spare a square) something about putting the foot over there too, and I don't know if the 'intended' does the same, but there is also somthing about tapping the foot.

[abnormaltoy]

and then there is the purported signal tapping of the foot.
The signs that you are 'seeking friendship' from what they are saying on the talking heads shows, are to reach your hand under the stall wall, (without asking if you can spare a square) something about putting the foot over there too, and I don't know if the 'intended' does the same, but there is also somthing about tapping the foot.

I would think the tapping is the result of pinching a nerve when you stick your freakin' foot under the stall. If anyone were to "seek friendship" by sticking any part of their anatomy under the wall...I would just have an old-man-berserkathon and break off what ever it was that invaded my space.  is a sacred time.

[Yota Up]

That is totally not cool! Fecking hippies, still think they're living in the 60's, but with lousier music.

What a great post.  x100 on the music from back then compared to now.  Hilarious.
And yes, that would be totally uncool and things would turn physical if I was on the receiving end of such a thing.

That would absolutly be a floped up thing to do.  Dose somebody without their knowing it.    

Yup.  Sure is.  The CIA was the first to do this with the MK(Mind Control) Ultra project.

[Lady Di]

I would think the tapping is the result of pinching a nerve when you stick your freakin' foot under the stall. If anyone were to "seek friendship" by sticking any part of their anatomy under the wall...I would just have an old-man-berserkathon and break off what ever it was that invaded my space.  is a sacred time.

  OMG I could not imagine being on the recieving end of an advance, especially now that this has all come out.

[Lady Di]

I got this from my sister:

yeah, it was a pretty intense year, from the full lunar eclipse, the man burning twice, and a series of "condition alpha" dust storms, and rain as we were knocking down camp. it was very exhausting. we just got in late yesterday. the van is still packed with severely dusty gear. i took another day off work to get things back to normal around here.

the art car took a few days to get up and running, took some major string-pulling to get it approved for playa cruising, but it was rolling in time to get to trilo's Temple of Breaks party on wednesday. it was fun being able to cruise around at night an give people rides here and there. i got lots of video at the temple party. the rest of the week was a bit too dusty to being out the vid, but trilo took pics.

[crazywb]

I've been wanting to go to that for years  .  I have a customer that has gone every year for 5 years. You would not believe the pictures this guy has. I love strange people.

[Loosekannon]

Saw these guys yesterday on the way home from work. Guessing the were coming back from Burning Man because the bicycles in the trailer are decorated.  So I took some pics