Lindsey 0 #26 June 12, 2004 I have to wonder how hippies in the Phish days resemble the hippies who followed the Dead when Phish was spelled fish....lol. That just struck me kind of funny. I was never a hippie myself though I went through a trendy hippie phase in the 80's, and followed the Dead around for a bit. But I always returned to the comfort of my air conditioned home. QuoteIn high school, people used to refer to me as The Queen of the Hippies. My best friend, Bryan, was The King of the Hippies. We used to follow Dead and Phish tour and dance around to drum circles. That's all changed now. But it's still part of who I am deep down inside. I am Garcia Rodriguez. I am here to drink your tequilla!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallfreak 0 #27 June 12, 2004 QuoteWe used to follow Dead I remember seeing the dead at the Fillmore West in Frisco, along with Strawberry Alarmclock and Moby Grape when they were local garage bands in 1964-65-66....does this count toward making me a hippie? FFF "Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRock 0 #28 June 13, 2004 Quote I'm a skydiver.... I like that answer.. and i like what someone said about there being a little hippy in all of us.. i deffinately see a lot "hippy qualities" in most skydivers. - and there's nothing wrong with that!! a lot of the hippy stuff is cool! like the others said, i take a shower everyday, have a decent job to pay for skydiving, ect... maybe the term here is corporate hippy?? the way i see it, i just work so i have enough $$ to enjoy life. and theres nothing wrong with grateful dead or phish! -Seth :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #29 June 13, 2004 Hippie is a word coined by the media in 1967. They're just one of the generational incarnations of the bohemian life. A lot of kids who have shaved heads, dreadlocks, or combination thereof would bristle at being called hippies nowadays, but they're continuing in the boho tradition. Lord Byron and Mary Shelley were free loving, dope smoking "hippies" of their day, as were the entire crowd of Pre-Raphaelite painters and their model/girlfriends. But yeah, I will admit to having been an alleged hippie thirty years ago, in college, and spent some time starving in a few actual communes. Aside from the hunger, the sheer boredom got to me and I was a little too fragile to tolerate much acid. I've still got a profound weakness for Grateful Dead music. Funny thing is though, when I really get into skydiving, I can't tolerate being around a bunch of stoned out, do nothing fuckin' hippies. They're unreliable and soooo self centered. Skydivers know how to trust and rely on each other. We have to be worth our word to each other. Hippies just don't get that. and they never will. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #30 June 14, 2004 I think many people have many different ideas of what hippies are. I like their carefree lifestyle, nothing to worry about. So many people go to work, come home, worry themselves to death all the time, too many things to take care of in this rushed life. Hippies "skip the system" in one of my friend's words. (who is trying HARD to be a hippie). Therefore, the term "corporate hippy" is contradicting IMO. As for the "betterment of today's society", why do we need to? Is life getting better over the millenia? Not much. I think you need to do whatever makes yourself happy, as long as you don't harm others, you're OK with me. --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #31 June 14, 2004 QuoteGoshdarn hippies piss me off. Hippie hater. BTW, im really not a hippie. but I had long hair once. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #32 June 14, 2004 QuoteQuoteGoshdarn hippies piss me off. Hippie hater. BTW, im really not a hippie. but I had long hair once. Took you long enough to respond. Been hittin the refer too much again? -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #33 June 14, 2004 what u talkin bout willis? I been sleepin and workin. damn hippie hater! you been partying too hard lately? Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elpeludo 0 #34 June 14, 2004 Quoteyes...once a hippie always a hippie...I guess. No,,Once a hippie,,now a skydiver. Skydiving is much more fun. As a hippie I only dreamed of reaching the sky, as a sjyduiver I found the sky. Thank you Evelyn!! On this tread; some folk got carried away..... but then again, certainly is good for all to voice themselves. good or bad. your post is comforting and bring's on good vibes From a local here in Moreno Valley. Blue skies to U and all your tribe. elpeludo aka.... mikee T. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cruzlite 0 #35 June 15, 2004 YES... & I hope ya don't like it !!!!!!!!!! D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 186 #36 June 15, 2004 My favorite saying is "Smoke a joint a day and..." uh, I forget the rest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRock 0 #37 June 15, 2004 QuoteMy favorite saying is "Smoke a joint a day and..." uh, I forget the rest. hahahahahahahahah... Cartman: Hippies.... HIPPIES.... They're everywhere... they wanna save the earth but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad... help.. -Seth :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyRock 0 #38 June 15, 2004 QuoteI think many people have many different ideas of what hippies are. I like their carefree lifestyle, nothing to worry about. So many people go to work, come home, worry themselves to death all the time, too many things to take care of in this rushed life. Hippies "skip the system" in one of my friend's words. (who is trying HARD to be a hippie). Therefore, the term "corporate hippy" is contradicting IMO. As for the "betterment of today's society", why do we need to? Is life getting better over the millenia? Not much. I think you need to do whatever makes yourself happy, as long as you don't harm others, you're OK with me. I know what you're saying.. the 'carefree lifesyle' is definately cool.. that's also where i see the skydiving lifestyle blending in... I don't mean corporate hippy the way you're thinking... you can't "skip the system" especially if you want to have $$ to afford to jump... so, you work around the system.. in the corporations, but nof OF the corporations.. you play the game to get by, but you don't buy into the whole rat race mentality. like i said, i think the skydiving culture has some hippy elements, but it's way cooler. -Seth :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #39 June 15, 2004 BOB RIVERS - O COME ALL YE GRATEFUL DEADHEADS O come, all ye Grateful, Deadheads to the concert. O come, Grateful Deadheads, And camp in the street. Bring rolling papers, Don't forget your sleeping bags. O come get us some floor seats, We've followed them for four weeks, O come get us some floor seats, To see the lord. O come, all ye hippies, Throwbacks to the Sixties. Paint flowers on your van, And don't wash your feet. Wear your bell-bottoms, And your tie-dye t-shirts. O come let us adore them, We've quit our day jobs for them, O come let us adore, them, Garcia's the lord hehehe mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
