Rejected Burning Man 2007 Project Ideas

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[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?

Comments

bad ideas for burning man

[trema-slo.livejournal.com]

Bad ideas for burning man are good. It helps at least this writer to clear out some of the fearful thoughts that I might actually slip into that pan, or be scared to death by someone dropping on my head or at my feet. True, unlikely. But I've found a good way to avoid nightmares is to daydream them instead. You can quote me to N about this. More bad ideas are a good idea.

Alright, I'll try one. I was thinking of a lemonade bath but giving away the lemonade for people to drink. True recycling what do you think?

good bad idea

[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.

bad idea

[trema-slo.livejournal.com]

god, you know, I think I could do this all day.

[reo-the-eagle.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm putting my horrible ideas into practice *hopefully*.
1.)An 80s camp, with switching from metal, to punk, to acid house... etc.
2.) Doing the Night of the Burn on fire. =)
3.) Push over good idea and bad ideas on random people while I'm walking around in a skeleton suit!

Bad Ideas for Burning Man

[idea-fairy.livejournal.com]

How about a bunch of slapstick firefighters, sort of analogous to the Keystone Kops, trying to put out the burning man but of course not succeeding at anything more than getting each other (and some spectators) all wet, falling off of ladders (if they're good enough stunt people to do it without hurting themselves), squirting whipped cream and such out of fire extinguishers, and so on. Maybe they also have a wacky fire engine to arrive at the scene in.

Maybe also have Sherlock Holmes or Maxwell Smart or some cartoon detective as an arson investigator.

Or is this all something that zillions of people have thought of and done already?

What will the Moon phase be at next year's event? If it's anywhere near full, have something powered by lunar cells.

I think solar cells will put out a tiny (but non-zero) amount of power by moonlight, so figure out how much power you can get that way, and power some kind of microwatt electronic thing or something with it.

The point is to have something that technically works but is so impractical as to be funny.

Political statement: If the Powers That Be are still downplaying solar energy and pushing increased oil consumption, go them one better. Have a gas (or diesel) generator feeding a searchlight shining at the sun. Put up signs about how it's to make up for any depletion of sunlight caused by people using solar power.

One last thought: Put up a Suggestion Box.

[tlttlotd.livejournal.com]

Crop circles.

[oygevalte.livejournal.com]

Paid parking.