foxgrrl | Rejected Burning Man 2007 Project Ideas

[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.)