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Welcome to the 2003 installment of PlayaChicken.com's Burning Man photodocumentation project. Inside you will find about 300 pictures that we brought back from the playa this year. Observant readers might think that 300 is somewhat less than years past, and they would be right. Outside of the Mobile Portrait Studio we didn't really take that many pictures this time. Why? Who knows.

The important thing, however, is that we had a world of fun with the Mobile Portrait Studio. Once they were pulled into the studio, participants had to portray either one of the Seven Deadly Sins or one of the Seven Dwarves. Afterwards, they were rewarded with a coveted PlayaChicken.com bandana and sent on their way.

But don't devote all your time to just looking at the pictures! Once again, the Playa Chicken roamed the vast city and brought back a notebook full of words, drawings and even some utter jibberish. She went to a lot of trouble to transcribe everything for you, so please be sure to check out her section as well.

Epilogue
Here's a part of what I wrote in the Epilogue for 2002:

We went to Burning Man for the seventh time. It was hot. We helped put together the village of Hushville, which held 200 people. We rolled around in the Motion Emotion Studio and snapped pictures of nearly 300 people, each being rewarded an exclusive PlayaChicken.com bandana for their efforts. We greeted. I wrote a daily column for the Gazette.  It was relatively dust-free. We saw a lot of old friends and made many new ones. We organized a run around the city that happened on three mornings. Did I mention that it was hot? Well, it was.

Guess what? If I took the time to write an Epilogue for 2003, it would read almost the exact same! Oh sure, it would have to say that it was our eighth trip, and that Hushville had 275 people this time, but most everything else still applies. I guess I should also mention that we debuted Kent & Betty Bundt, two very confused tourists from Wisconsin. If you saw them, you most certainly remember them.

What does this mean? It means it's time to shake things up a bit.

What's !!That!! Mean?
As you browse through the images, you'll see that some of the thumbnails have a bright red exclamation point ( ! ) on them. This signifies that this picture contains contains content that you might not want your boss to see you looking at... if you get my drift.

Yes, I realize that these markers will also serve as bright, shining beacons for the people who just want to see naked bodies. But that's OK. If they can go right to what they want, they won't waste my bandwidth by plowing through the 98% of images that don't show boobs.

Yes, the Images are Still Fat
Just like the last couple years, all images are 640x480 and they each weigh in around 75-100k. If that makes this site unfriendly for people on dialup connections, then I'm afraid that's the way it's Powered by Laughing Squidgonna be. Sneak into your neighbor's house later tonight and use their broadband connection.  All these fat images are served by by Laughing Squid, and I thank them.
Gizmos!
Once again, we're loaded with gizmos to make your visit to our site all the more special. Leave a comment next to a picture! Vote for your favorite image! Send a picture as a PlayaCard!