Burning Man Unicycle Ride

[onebadjesus]

Wow... Well I have been to the man twice Cat. I do enjoy it. I have had friends that have gone since 86 before it was in the Black Rock. I think it's getting too big for my tastes. However I have thought about going again. I think the casino's in Reno are worst especially when it comes to hot august nights. Well that place has become a hole. Hey John.... You still in the Sac area??? I saw a number on another post you had up, and I called it. No message machine just rings. Well I just moved back to cali from spending 8 years up in Seattle. So if you're ever in Midtown you should give me a buzz.

916-910-8837

Tommy

[unireed]

dude you shouldnt post a phone number publicly on the internet

[goldan]

Originally Posted by BurnerDave

Mscalisi, I don't have an early pass this year, but I will make my way there during the week.
I received this link yesterday. After the propane, the drugs, the naked tushies, and the spectacular videos of BM on youtube, this video may give people who haven't been, some insight into how BM makes you feel good.
http://vimeo.com/13775444

Burnerdave, THANKS, for the "gift" video, that so depicts the experience I wish and seek, to see, and share at burning man.I feel we are generally deprived of what is adequate consideration from fellow humans as a whole. And it is a bad habit to think so singularly.
But hope lives, Here's a great example;
When I work at the race track, Which is my labor of love,
I give of my time and my effort because it makes me feel good to see the face on the racers face when they can't start their bike 1 minute before the gate drops, after all that money and effort to get there, I see the struggle and drop my clipboard and help them get it started, the other racers are super glad becase now they can race "with" their friend. And especially the kids, moms, dads, grandparents, see that simple effort makes so many people happy. They say things like, no other official does that, THANKS. That's gifting. Seeing the effect of thinking of others before yourself is the double gift. And just like Unicyclists, Motorcycle racers are really good people.

___________________
my scene for "gifting";
www.fresnomotorcycleclub.com
www.arenacross.com

[GILD]

Originally Posted by goldan

Seeing the effect of thinking of others before yourself is the double gift.

Words to live by.

[mscalisi]

For those of you who missed this year, this 3 minute video gives a little taste of what Burning Mans 2010 was like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpwcSjOMWUo

Mildly NSFW

[BurnerDave]

It was a great time wasn't it!
My son was there for his first time and he loved it.
edit: Don't ya love Thunderdome!

[Catboy]

The Friday through Wednesday on the tail end of Burning Man was stressful to say the least. I help run the largest 24 hour recycling center outside of BLC and end up spending a good 40 hours of my own time sorting trash, recycling, bikes, food and leftover junk. I volunteered to work the midnight to 8am shifts and often ended up working well into the day beyond my shift, all while having to double back and do my regular job 8+ hours a day on the same days. At our location alone we raised about $3000 in donations for Black Rock Solar, received about 8 shopping carts full of usable food for the Northern Nevada Food Bank, and acquired nearly 80 bikes to be refurbished for the local Kiwanis program. It was a bit slower in the wee hours of the morning, which meant I did most of the sorting of trash and recyclables with one other person and we filled 3 massive containers with plastic, glass and metal. We were asking for $3 donations for each 55 gallon bag of trash, and it was no surprise that many couldn't pony up any cash for their trash, when they clearly spent at least 1000 bucks getting there. Thankfully we had enough rich hippy liberals overcompensate by donating lots of money. The burners are still filtering out of our city, too fried in the head and broke to make their way home, spreading their destructive alkali dust everywhere.

Burning Man, to say that a large portion(in the tens of thousands) of the people out there weren't using some sort of substance would be false. To say that it's an inconsequential excuse for many to indulge in massive consumerism and waste would be false(I found many many bags with drug paraphernalia and the like in them.)

Sure, you had a blast, and can cover up your drug use like the majority of those who attend, but just know that your poor behavior does not go unnoticed by all, nor is it inconsequential.

I got offered free tickets for next year, and I might attend. To do so would mean taking on the largest recycling project camp in the history of BLC, which I would love to do. I'm also an avid electronic musician, and would love to take my setup out there to blast some beats for people to dance to. I'll definitely need a giraffe with a fatty tire before then. Who knows, I may end up stuck in the desert with you dusty freaks after all, but only to lessen the destructive blow that you inflict upon the environment.

[Catboy]

P.S.

I know the Red and Blue LED stick people in your video, Mike. They're good friends of mine, I recently attended their proposal BBQ, and they're scheduled to be married next spring. They custom fabricated these LED sidecars for their bikes that are super rad, we now race them around our neigborhood.