Rejected Burning Man 2007 Project Ideas

[foxgrrl]

[Non-]Spontaneous Combustion—

The other day, I think as Nyah was trying to bite me or something, she mentioned that she wanted to spontaneously combust... but then after a minute she said that it couldn't really be spontaneous combustion, because she had previously stated her intention to do so — the combustion would have been too planned out to be spontaneous. She asked me if it would be possible to calculate when a big pile of hay would spontaneously combust; we could bring a bunch of hay with us to Burning Man next year, and time things just right for it to set itself on fire sometime during the week.

Killer Bees—

On my first day at Burning Man this year, I was hanging out with Nicole (nicoletbn I think) — a really awesome girl I had just met — and she had expressed surprise at seeing a dragonfly, or bee within the previous few days. And I said that the bees were probably here visiting the lush vegetation out on the playa; And next year I should bring some bee hives... and wasps. We could replace the dust storms here with giant clouds of killer bees! Or maybe just fill a tent with some, as an art project.

Frying Man—

Nyah was talking about building a dome with a (hidden) upstairs floor, so that people could hide in the ceiling, and the drop down on the people below - unawares. It sounded like a very lost-boys thing to do. I forgot the intermediate thoughts that lead to me conceiving of "Frying Man" — something about a floor/room with slippery sides, that people couldn't get out of.
"Frying Man": people would climb into a giant greased frying pan, where a giant magnifying lens would focus the suns rays onto them.

Nyah didn't want to come up with any new bad ideas for projects, after I had told her that I wanted to make a LiveJournal post about it. She found it absurd to have a conversation, solely for the purpose to be able to tell other people about some cool conversation you had had with someone else. (So now, of course I have to tell everyone about this.)

What are your bad ideas for Burning Man 2007?

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[trema-slo.livejournal.com]

Ok. so if it's a bad idea to have a conversation just to be able to post it, what we have is a case of non-participation. For instance, and you can let N know I said this, I had an idea that I would write a sociology paper on all of the comments I've received from People At Work before and after I went to Burning Man. I think it would be hella interesting.

Now, I didn't just come up with that for something to do. It strikes me as appropriate to share the off the wall and the common place. After all, wtf else is there to do?

Dream.