Best burningman memories

seeing some of the posts on tribe, i experienced so much more than i even imagined

seeing jess. not knowing if she was even going, and then not only was she there, but in nuk family, right across from where i was going to be camping!!!! the amazing reunion. she was standing outside her tent topless, running to her, jumping up and down, having her tie a ribbon around my neck and taking a picture

the pool adventure. setting off to find it, and then being told it's private. well, wait.... if you can offer us something....
what do you need? among other things were a list of drugs. one of my friends needs some bodywork...one of my group had a pot brownie, and butterfly offered reiki treatments. so we sit down in front of a guy lying down. call his name. he sits up in a total daze and stares at us, totally oblivious. we ask him if he would like a massage. he looks at us as if we were speaking chinese. finally he lies down, and i massage his back, bernie his feet, my friend butterfly does reiki, was someone else rubs lotion on his feet. that earned us a trip to the pool, were most everyone was naked. there were a bunch of alligator floats. the water was cold!! sitting in a cold pool in the middle of a very hot desert day with not a care in the world, while we 'should've been working'. trying to fit on a big alligator w/ bernie. me topless. how amazing

sitting w/ oceana. drawing the wisdom card and the significence of HOME. hearing the story of her love interest who came to bman right after having a stroke. having an impromtu pasta party at nuk fam.

falling asleep on one of the couches at the powerlounge
jumping up and down on the mattresses and fuzzies at the powerlounge
and falling asleep on a big bean bag chair under my fur coat looking up at the lights and the circus tent. how relaxing

'shoes off hippies'

the big ferris wheel looking thing w/ 3 peddlers on the playa

riding to get ice from artica w/ crabby, maggie and alyssa
seeing a guy wearing a huge stuffed animal on his back

center camp. sitting by the healing drum circle after the emotional temple experience
tantric yoga, spinners, a guy coming up out of nowhere to set up a massage table
the layers of couches watching a stage show
the green man- painted head to toe in primary green, naked, wearing only an open green robe
hair colored as well
the lady dancing w/ the snake
topless women wandering around
the guy playing a clarinet
coming back and seeing a violin and trombone
breaking into 'oh when the saints' in the middle of the drum circle
the 10 yr old girl, topless spinning in the middle of center camp

lynn and her costume prep
andrew licking jen's pit
me kissing nik's bald head, while leaning over in my furry chaps

the dust storm w/ ro that came up just as impromtu as the bar in the middle of nowhere, complete w/ barstools
meeting the guy wearing nothing but blue and red silk turbins and 2 prince albert rings
hanging at the bar , w/ goggles and masks, drinking through the dust storm

the art cars
the kitty
the vagina
ridding in the snuffeloffagus
the red crab w/ spikes
the phone booth, called 'mobile phone', zipping around
the cupcakes
the purple hat car w/ big undulating glowy sticks where i watched the man burn
the fireworks over the man

glow stick- necklaces and bracelets walking by looking surreal

ringing the bell, yelling 'i am not a virgin'

ro's spear

feeling up ro's cute friend and vice versa. and then trading places with her. he smelled sooo good

the big man on stilts
the black light glowy van- sooo cool

bawling my eyes out at the temple
twice
seeing the note to the cat that said, 'i love you. i miss you. see you over the rainbow. wait for me'
starting to loose it, and then hearing my name and turning to a huge hug from earnest where i lost it
then getting sweet kisses from a little gray healing dog

the esplanade
scary at night with bikes whizzing by. trying to not run over people and bikes

asking for directions at the post office and then turning around to a white out

dicky
the phone booth where you picked up the phone and spoke to god
i picked it up, expecting it to be a recorded message. a girl answered. live. 'hello, this is god'. i stumbled. umm...
this is god? 'yes'. 'you suck'. oh, okay. so i freaked out and hung up and walked away. the phone started ringing. freaked out even more, i left.