what the heck is a bliss ninnie?

So what is it, or what are they. There is a buncha lingo, apparently, for various kinds of rainbow folks most of which is rather self-explantory, but I have been unable to figure out bliss-ninnie, though I do have some ideas.

a bliss ninnie (as I understand it) is someone who come to a gathering and doesn't do anything to help out, just kinda wanders around and digs the scene...

I stumbled on a rainbow dictionary kinda thing a bit ago, I'll post it when I find it again


----------> http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/info/glossary.html

viola

I do like Niman's book...Much of it is Right On...But I have wondered at which Alternate Dimentional Gatherings he did someof his research.

'Fuck You "A" Camp greeting used like "Hello." '
I have spent some time around A-Camp. Drank a few beers with my bros there...but I never heard this from A-Camp until after Niman published his book, and the USFS passed out photocopies of that glossary at the Gathering. ('97 Oregon, I think it was.) Since then, it has become annoyingly commonplace. Thanks, Mike, like, A-Camp really needed to find another way to be annoying.

Anyhoo, the topic...Blissninnies, Drainbows, and Rainbozos are closely related species, terribly difficult to differintiate in the field except by the most experienced observers...sort of like your Accipiters. You will regularly find your Blissninny sitting by the trail with his glass pipe tied by a string to a stick, "fishing for nuggets". You will never see him with an ax, saw, shovel, water jug, pack full of supplies, or anything else beneficial to the common good anywhere near his hands. But the Blisninny does no harm. Rainbozos and Drainbows, on the other hand, can sometimes be seen doing useful work, but they either require high maintenance, or are otherwise, in the long run, downright harmful to the whole.

I would not worry to much about being labeled a Blissninny, if I was new Gatherings. As long as you keep your ears, eyes, and mind, open, and are busy learning things, you are doing useful work. It took me a good three years or so to really find my niche. (It was not in a kitchen. And I have not left since.) And Paix, please note that a competent, and active, guitar opperator is not a Blissninny, even if she never digs a shitter, or brings one stick of kindling into camp. And, oh, yeah...Strings. Bring lots of replacement strings. Geetarists always seem to be offline for lack of strings, and this problem will probably persist until the Family Shamans perfect the String Regeneration Crystal...

lol, that's very good to know turnip, unfortuatley, I'm afraid I'm not too competent with the guitar, every time I play I think I should just stick to singing, lol. I'm not too sure I'm gonna bring my guitar either, unless somehow I vastly improve between now and then! I can definatly sing though, so perhaps I won't be completley useless when I'm not working in a kitchen!

if I do end up bringing my guitar, I will definatly bring a few extra packs of strings, but I think we gotta get some family working on a string repair crystal, that would be damn usefull!

Hey Paix! You can all definelty expect to see my guitar there this year. It'll be my first year but I think I will make a good addition to the 4ums camp. Hopefully there's some other musicians in the camp. Paix, you should sing for me! We can get a drum going and I can play some chords and you can let your beautiful voice fill the spice filled air! It will be excellent!

Well I'm definitely going to bring my guitar, even if I have only been at it for a couple of months. I don't expect to be making any nice music on it, but I'll be looking for folks willing to teach me a thing or to. I'll bring the tin whistle for making music.

oooh, I'll bring a kazoo!

I'll be the one with the empty 5-gallon water jug drum.

It really makes a nice sound, I swear!

Bee

Yup. This deffinitely ain't yer first rodeo, Bee. BTW, I play a recorder. When I get to be a rich hippie, I will play a Tenor recorder.

I have a recorder but I don't know how to play it. I'll probably bring that too. I've always wanted to have a jug band, is that kind of ever happen at gatherings. If it does I'll bring a washboard