I enjoyed 95% of it...... Loved it and I'll be back!

portapotties on the playa, with a green light above them.

everyone i met, everyone i danced with, everyone i drank with, falling off the art car, getting gifted by a brazillion people, having my back photographed, all the clubs i went to, every single piece of art, all the moop i picked up, all the music i listened to, all the burns, all the shit blowing up, every single element nature brought to us, the glorious bone white playa, leonard cohens doppleganger on the early morning piano, everyone in center camp, all the people who bought me coffee, the bunnies, the animal control officers, the girl riding the zebra, the naked people, the girly girls, the domes, the acrobats, the quiet mornings, all the color, the full moon rising, dancing until dawn, sleeping three hours in 24, forgetting default life for a solid week, blessing my babys spirit farewell in the temple, watching our neighbors build their art car, all of my fantastically wonderful campmates, finding clean portapotties, not being judged, living the movie of my life.

I liked getting there and having plenty of room to set up our camp.
I liked the Bloody Mary Brunch thrown by Lamplighters (YOU GUYS ROCK).
I liked the dust storms on Thursday & Friday, whee!
I liked waking up earlyish on Saturday, packing up our crap, and leaving by noon. No traffic, no crazy night with everyone high, and we were home again safe in Berkeley by the time the Man burnt. Yay!

the thousand foot high mushroom cloud of flame.

I liked...

the lunar eclipse
our neighbors
The Lavender Lounge
Coffee Camp
Dance Dance Immolation
The Tsunami Stage at 4:00 & Esplanade
The Artists & Models camp
The Art (BigRigJig, etc...)
The dust storms (even if it did destroy my shade structure)

Yea, positive like passion ;-)

It was fantastic.

This huge art bus, or whatever the hell it was: I saw it from the deep playa and it was so long and cool looking that i had to go up closer and see it. I didn't have my bike so i was walking, and as i was walking I could see that it was trying to re-position itself, or park or whatever; people were trying to help the driver jockey around something, because it was LONG! Like if a bus was stretched, like a stretch limo bus. Like three busses long. it looked like an old tour bus from the forties or something. Damn, the more i looked at it the more i wanted to get up close and get on! It was backing up then moving forward; people were waving flashlights back and forth to help guide it into place. Damn but it looked great, a big long gray thing, backing up and going forward...

then I got up closer and it was just the portapotties at 10:00.

i loved every moment i experienced
from losing my virginity on arrival thru tearful exodus
and everything inbetween

experience
every
moment

I loved the complete-ness of it this year.

I love that we gave our selves one day to build, and it went up in one day. (not like the 3.5 day build, and then the 1.5 day rebuild of last year)

I loved spending time with my Diva.

I loved bikin around with my man.

I loved that I found the will out there to quit smoking, finally.

I loved that the storms came, and left behind some amazing evenings.

I loved Zanzibar for turning my beat around.

I loved our teabagging party.

I loved the Crude Awakening (pre-wasteful blast)

I loved the wasteful blast of Crude Awakening.

I loved the simplicity and reverence of the Man-base

I loved the black cut out of the phoenix on the face of the Man 2.0

I loved the sand traps on the playa, that always gave us a laugh

I loved our neighbors from Oregon, like family.

I loved, in true burner fashion, how "lot D" became a party, no getting depressed cause you can't get in there.

I loved how BMIR was touting Monday early afternoon as the time to leave, hour and a half they said, an it took 5 hours to get from BM to Gerlach.

And I'm sorry, but I loved taking an RV for the first time in 7 years. By the end of the week, my asthma wasn't killing me.

Mostly I loved it for grounding me again, and showing me that life is fun, and I've been too f'ing serious the last year.

I liked my camp mates.
I liked my theme camp, Spike's Vampire Bar.
I liked our neighbors, Mindshift Society.
I liked fizzball with DPW.
I liked Crappiccinos.
I liked ice and coffe
I liked when Paul Addis got arrested.
I liked Black Rock Diner giving me grilled cheese at 2:00 am.
I liked the lightsaber battle.
I liked the temple.
I liked my gas mask.
I liked my camper.
I liked all of the signs on the way in making fun of all the whiners.
I liked DJing for the first time.
I liked the Fire Opera at Spike's Inferno.
I liked White Trash day and Muses Rock and Roll Dive Bar.
I liked building and tearing down our theme camp.

I liked everything at the event. The only bad experiences I had were my own fault (except for one), and I will do my best to make ssure that doesn't happen again next year!

-Gabriel

How dare you!

I like you, Neon.

I liked our ghetto artcar.
I liked that I could pound my own rebar because the playa was soft enough.
I liked being a part of Dove & Josh's virgin burn.
I liked Absinthe Bar.
I liked my homemade utility belt.
I liked Sake Bar... I liked more that they were right on our street.
I liked that I saw the best Thunderdome match ever! Two guys fighting while suspended from back hooks... freakin awesome.
I liked Shiva Vista. I even liked spinning fire to 'Oops I did it again' and melting my shirt in the process.
I liked all the art that I saw, and I liked hearing about the art I didn't see.
I liked that the Man burned on Monday... but I didn't know I liked it until about Wednesday.
I liked PEX... then again, I always like those Philly folks. I think I liked seeing them shine most of all.
I liked Putt Putt Playa. And I liked being a special part of a wedding at Putt Putt Playa.
I liked dancing in the dust storm at the Deep End.
I liked my new cooler management process.
I liked gifting the perfect garment to Lory for Critical Tits.
I liked OOTATOO... the awesome bar my campmates set up.
I liked the virgins in our camp. I liked most of the virgins I met.
I liked that Glenn came home, and that he brought a great friend.
I liked that Janet came home, and I liked the spirit she brings to us.
I liked hearing Scully's laugh every morning.
I liked that almost my entire camp came together to burn OOTATOO.
I liked randomly running into PDF friends.
I liked the band we danced to after the Temple Burn... Kinectic Origins of Rhythm (KOR). And I liked that Janet danced.
I liked spinning fire to Frank Sinatra.
I liked that I didn't feel fat, even though I knew I was.
I liked this one guy, until I found out he was married. Then I liked the gal who made it clear he was married.
I liked climbing the scaffolding to dance on the esplanade.
I liked that I never felt unsafe.
I liked this years big playadipity moment... randomly running into Josh and Dove at the oil derrick at sunrise.
I liked the oil derrick mushroom cloud.
I liked the flying monkeys.
I liked the Arche Dream blacklight show at PEX, and I liked that my campmates got to see it.
I liked that Neon and Sage enjoyed Random Postcards so much. And I liked doing Random Postcards myself.
I liked hearing people call my name from a distance... it happened a few times and sorta freaked me out, in a good way.
I liked meeting and hanging with the folks from BrandUrAss.
I liked coming <this close> to meeting Cha Cha.
I liked seeing Marklars face again.
I liked the Goddess Gathering and all the amazing women I met there.
I liked painting Rebecca's nipples (it was Rebecca, right?)
I liked seeing Armadillo happy and seeing her eyes sparkle.
I liked the henna body painting I received, and all the other gifts shared at Iron Rose.
I liked when our artcar got stuck in the playa sand and everyone would jump off and push.

I liked a lotta things... thanks for the reminder Neon.

xoxo

The rainbow - who brought it?

I enjoyed the 1st burn...as controversial as it was....it's about time!

I enjoyed the dust storms...and how it brought our camp closer together.

There's so much to list...I enjoyed it ALL!


(ps...the gnomes brought the rainbows for the penguins)

I like seeing people take responsibility for their own experience. That seemed critical to enjoying BM, and it is something you exhibit here, along with many of the respondents.