Buring Man Moments!

These are when you say, "oh my god did you just see that" or when something unigue/special happened.


azzah
prescott
 cammie
 

- cammie
Minickoy Boy
Jerome
Aaron
2007, 08, 09 

-Aaron
Psytek
Tempe
Albie
Does crying like a baby my first year riding my bike down gate road reading the poetry signs count ? It just some amazing stuff, I felt, well, touched.

 

-Albie
Prudence
Ali
 

-Ali
The Sauce
Santa Cruz, CA
Antaeres
 

-Antaeres
Apple
Albuquerque, NM
Apple
 

-Apple
Aurora
Scottsdale
Aurora
 

-Aurora
ISMIST
Tucson
bill
 

-bill
Mild Bill
Tucson
Bill
Attended since 93 in spirit. Attended 06: first year: health outreach, but no art or other projects except geodesic shade. 07 got married there, genuine fake disco floor, the "Love to Bone" icon was printed on the back of our wedding invite: there was no name at this time... Alison was just into Osteology... so she chose a stamp of a heart with a bone though it, doing the condom thing "love to bone" made sense, so the name stuck. Also all of our best friends and family were there even though they were all virgin burners and they loved it. 08: first theme camp, dance floor came back incarnated into the center of a "dance pod" which was a 35 foot tall inflato dome driven by air pressure, major technical problems (power and blower failures) major stress: "Welcome to Theme Camp Land." Had a great last half of the week. There was also that night on the bus :) that got us out of freak out mode and into enjoying ourselves despite the technical difficulties.

 

-Bill
B Rad
Another Planet
Brad
 

-Brad
Life
Tucson
Brian
 

-Brian

Phoenix
Brittney
Just the one year.. Number 2, here I come..

One great moment, was being re-united with my roomie/boyfriend after being apart for 3 months, and having a big movie-kiss in the middle of a white-out, next to the Virgin bell. Felt so good to finally be there after all the trouble we had on our journey there.
 

-Brittney
Buster
Scottsdale
Buster
 

-Buster
Princess Pinwheel
Tucson
Candace
 

-Candace
windpipe
Tucson
Chad
1994: amazed, dazzled, loved it
1995: a bit disenchanted with the growing pains of the event
2000: amazed again, came back without judgment
2001: same as above
2002: same as above
2003: ditto
2005: even better yet, but thought I might not return nonetheless...
2007: we'll see, but I'm not worried about it at all!
 

-Chad
carl
phoenix
Chris
2007 rainbow was utterly amazing. Things just worked out magically the whole trip. Some one would say they were hungry, and then seconds later someone came by offereing free spagetti. Or when i was craving a beer, seconds later we stumbled upon an almost full 12er of "dude" beer. Simply amazing. 

-Chris
Chrizzle
az
christ
 

-christ
hermione
Phoenix
corinne
2 years so far. i don't have words to describe what i've seen. you should probably just ask me sometime. i'll try to sum it all up for you. 

-corinne
KT Kate
Cottonwood
Cow Trailer Kate
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Getting that unexpected gift when you need it most. Mine were a dust mask and a drink of water from 2 total stangers, unasked in the worst dust storm I have ever been caught out in.

Meeting wonderful people who I would never otherwise meet.
 

-Cow Trailer Kate
Dr Germ
Glendale
Da Germ
 

-Da Germ
wmd
Prescott
dan
 

-dan
Judah
Phoenix
Darryl
2007 

-Darryl
Diesel
Another Planet
Diesel
 

-Diesel
VeryBadSanta
Mesa
Don
 

-Don
corey
glendale
dorey
 

-dorey
Epic
Prescott
Epic
BM 06 - Man writes on the temple "three weeks left to live, and I'm spending one of them at Burning Man." The Waffle burns.

BM 07 - The man burns early.

BM 08 - I decided to just sleep through the man burning because well let's just say I needed the sleep, and I've done it before. I enjoy the temple burn much more anyway. THEN I get home and my hard core Republican, conservative, baptist parents are like "How was the burn? We watched the man burn on T.V. Saturday night"! Can you believe that! It was on current T.V. Scary when MY parents saw the burn and I missed it. Scary indeed.
 

-Epic
Blu
Tucson
Erin
Last year was majestic as I watched the sun coming up from camp. The air was crisp and cool and the city was just waking up/going to sleep. Little glimmers of color and pops of sound systems all around. It was peaceful and I felt like I was home at last.  

-Erin
Frank O'Bear
Phoenix
Frank
When I realized how intensely I was rolling during the Paul Oakenfuld spin at Opulent Temple!

The Oil Rig Explosion!!!
I cried like a baby at the Temple Burn!
 

-Frank
PUUUMA
Phoenix
Gayle
 

-Gayle
fancy geoff
Phoenix
Geoff
 

-Geoff
Dog Bite
Tucson
GiGi-D
2003: sitting on a sofa with a Bunny a Bannana, a clown having drinks in a dust storm while a pirate ship went by with a marching band... seriously

2004: standing on an art car hood spinning fire while we drove across the playa

2005:dancing on the Space wench while the flower came down and kissed it

2006: finding my self with Nation playing a piano while I sang backed up by a full band on the esplanade

2007:Monday night wandering across deep playa with our friends Trilo and Pani and saying "did they turn the man out for the eclipse? I can't see the man" (he had burned and we didn't even notice)
 

-GiGi-D
BuilderG
Another Planet
Gordy
2001, '02, '03, '04, '06 

-Gordy
grover
Another Planet
grover
99-> 

-grover
Space Vixen
Tucson
Hazel Meade
 

-Hazel Meade
Speedbump
Phoenix
Ian
 

-Ian
James
Mesa
James
None :-( 

-James
Jana Banana
Prescott
Jana
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 

-Jana
JM
Arcosanti
Jeffrey
 

-Jeffrey
Jenn
Mesa
Jenn
 

-Jenn
Theda
Phoenix
Jenna
Four years, 2004-2007. 

-Jenna
Jet Lag!
Chandler
Jet Lag!
2007 will be 11th Burn 

-Jet Lag!
23
Phoenix
joanna
98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 05

family tradition
 

-joanna
Joe
Tempe
Joe
 

-Joe
Hot Candy
Flagstaff
John
 

-John

Josh
72' 

-Josh
Julz
Gilbert
Julie
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 

-Julie
Workinonit
Tucson
Justin
2006 - It was a spiritual journey for me. A reawakening of my soul. I found myself again after a tramatic few months prior. It was a critical time of healing for me. Looking forward to attending this year in one of the best times of my life! Ready to share, participate, and enjoy! 

-Justin
Kinfinity
Tucson
K8
 

-K8
BOB
Tempe
Karine
 

-Karine
Karma
Tempe
Karma
I have only gone once, that was 2008. I missed 2009, but i will be there next year! see you AZ burners at Decomp & Toast! 

-Karma
Kat
Mesa
Kat
 

-Kat
Valkyrie
Lake Havasu City
Kate, Valkyrie or Victorian
 

-Kate, Valkyrie or Victorian
Amazon
Tucson
Kay
 

-Kay
clamoring
Kayobi
 

-Kayobi
Kel
Scottsdale
Kelly
BM06 - Terra Nova
BM07 - Deviant Playground (the impromptu scream-fest in the dome that prompted all male members of camp to come running is particularly memorable)
 

-Kelly
Petra
Scottsdale
Kelly
 

-Kelly
Kismet
Boonies beyond Flagstaff
Kizmit
2002-2008

Too many moments....
 

-Kizmit
Knotch
Elfrida
Knotch
2008 - Woke up and found the shape of my head perfectly outlined with at least a quarter inch of dust all over and around my pillow. The rest of everything inside the tent was covered with dust so thick you couldn't tell what color anything was... simply playa.
My "oh my god thought?" .... the playa is so f'ing cool!

2009 - Early entry and late exit gave me my moments this year. To watch the city appear and then vanish was it. Oh, and maybe most of the time in between also. PP is an awesome camp. Thanks PP.
 

-Knotch
james
accra
kojo
................. 

-kojo
jewel
Another Planet
kris
 

-kris
Flaiir
Kristin
 

-Kristin

Mesa
Kristy
 

-Kristy
L.
Tucson
L
 

-L
Blaster, or Hey you!
Phoenix
Lance
 

-Lance
Convinced (By Boobies)
Mesa, AZ
Levi
 

-Levi
Raunch Cowboy
Scottsdale
Lewis
2004, 2005, and again this year in 2007 (skipped last year to get settled in our new house) 

-Lewis
Ariez
Mesa
Lindsay
 

-Lindsay
sundog
Scottsdale
Lisa
Complete virgin, but will be there next year! 

-Lisa
Das Bus aka Mayor GKOTU
Bullhead City
Lora
2001 - 2006

 

-Lora
Portia
Madeline
 

-Madeline
Mandylion
Phoenix
Mandy
2007, 2008 

-Mandy
Marshmello
Phoenix
Marsha
 

-Marsha
Mary
Tucson
Mary
 

-Mary

Glendale
Michelle
 

-Michelle
Naked Mike
Mesa
Naked Mike
2000-present. 

-Naked Mike
nils
Another Planet
nils
 

-nils
Pam
Mesa
Pam
2001 - first year - everything I could imagine was seen in the first hour and THEN it began. More than I could imagine.

2002 - my first temple burn - who could possibly go home before THIS. Partiers have the Man and Burn night, spiritualist have the Temple.

2003 - camped on the Pyramid Scheme (125 yards of material! but what a fun project).

2004 - camped with Cafe Camp - probably my best year to this point. Things just fell together.

2005 - didn't go. My trip to S. Africa had just been too much to process.

2006 - ready to go, but blood clots said "no"

2007 - went back after a couple of years off, it was good. More settled into being their on my terms.

2008 - we'll see --- maybe the best is yet to come. Check back in with me in September.



 

-Pam
BIG PHREEKY
Los Angles
PAUL
 

-PAUL
Elusive Fire Moose
scottsdale
Poje
 

-Poje
Dandelion
Another Planet
Ranger
 

-Ranger
Renae
Phoenix
Renae
 

-Renae
RJ
El Mirage
RJ
 

-RJ
mr. mom
Tucson
robert
2005 - Kissing a cute girl at jub jub
2006 - laughing on the danger couch
2007 - watching the sunrise from atop Crude Awakening and being able to visualize the immense lake 100,000 years ago.
2008 - being ecstatic to see the Red & Blue lights of Nevada Hwy Patrol pull up behind our blowout outside Empire at 1:00 AM.
 

-robert
Mr. God
Prescott
Royce
1999
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
 

-Royce
Runout
Tucson
runny
96-05 took some time off and thinking about dust again. 

-runny
Sarah
Tucson
Sarah
06,07, and 08.

2008 Rocked!
 

-Sarah
Scarlet
I travel around. In Australia at the moment
Scarlet
 

-Scarlet
Doom Doom Doom (SAK)
Tempe
Scott
2006, 2007, 2008 

-Scott
Scotto
Phoenix
Scotto
 

-Scotto
Shadow
Elfrida
Shadow
2008 

-Shadow
Conchita
Tucson
Shelleytini
2006 2007, 2008, 200000000000000000000000000 

-Shelleytini
nonstr8
Tucson
Sparkles
 

-Sparkles
Steve
Scottsdale
Steve
2001, plus many other Burner parties and events, like Naked Mike's Rebar Bender in 2008, the first Rebar Bender I went to in 2001, GiGi and Nation's wedding last weekend. More to come. 

-Steve
Town Crier
not in AZ anymore
TC
 

-TC
Serpico
Gilbert
Tim
 

-Tim
TommyB
Prescott like Biskit
TommyB
One of the most beautiful sunrises I've ever seen was out on the playa, 6:00 and trash fence. All was peaceful and crystal clear. The sky was a shade of crimson so vibrant it almost hurt my eyes. The calmness and beauty of the moment was truly intoxicating
 

-TommyB
Trae
south of nowhere
Trae
 

-Trae
Laetor
Chandler
Trey
1999, 2001, 2008.

All burns were outstanding. However, I have to say that the temple burn in 2001 left me shattered, rebuilt and speechless. That was some year.

I also enjoyed climbing all 14 stories of Babylon in 2008 and observing the sunrise Friday morning with about 100 other souls. Good times.
 

-Trey
Monkey
Scottsdale
Troy
Oh, wow, there are so many burning man moments, where I had to stop and say "this is just too amazing!!!". Here's one; a straight friend of mine went to Burning man and a woman he didn't know asked if he would wear her sequence thong and he said sure, (not right away, grin) then she said to my friend "you keep it, it looks better on you" so as we were biking around on the playa, and is in front of me, I have my friend in a woman's thong; I almost wrecked my bike trying not to laugh so hard looking at this thong on my friends ass, well what you could see of the thong anyway. (big grin) 

-Troy
Verbal
Phoenix
Verbal
2005 - Temple Burn - it was a time of great significance for me, and I'll never forget it. I was completely in the moment - and the moment was beautiful.

2007- I picked three things I was DEFINITELY going to do, and I didn't do any of them...and I didn't care.
What I DID do was visit Pee Funnel Camp, and get my very own pee funnel. This was quite possibly the best decision I ever made in my life.

2009 - The Year of The Awesome! 'nuff said.
 

-Verbal
azviv
Phoenix
Viv
 

-Viv
The Zizzo
Chandler
Zizzo Zizzo Zizzo Zizzo...endl;
 

-Zizzo Zizzo Zizzo Zizzo...endl;


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