Burning Man

[amberica]

I'm getting more excited now about going. I am SURE that I am more than a little naive about a lot of the things I am going to encounter/experience/do/learn. I don't feel foolish though. I am enthusiastic about nearly everything having to do with it right now. I know I can afford this trip now (financially) and there is nothing else I am really truly worried about. Sure, I like to kinda know what is going on, what the plan is, but it looks like no one seems to know what the plan is, so that's ok. One way or another, even if it's just me and Jon, this is going to happen in ONE MONTH. My first time. I like the Geodesic structures, but Jon seems less than enthused. Or else he's just too tired to talk about that. Or else he has his own ideas that I'm trampling all over... :-o Gosh I hope not! I better just wait this out and see what we come up with. I'm not scared. I know things will go fine no matter what.

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[nicotinequeen.livejournal.com]

so what did you think?

[amberica.livejournal.com]

What did I think.... that's a loaded question. I have been hard at work composing what is going to be a rather lengthy essay on what I think/feel about the whole thing. I don't know if it's normal or not, but every day that has passed since we left BRC, it has soaked in a little more and my impression keeps changing.

The one thing I can say straight out, though, is something a friend from Oregon who is a past burner said to me (he did not go this year, but was camping in the area at the time). He said that he had always thought of the Playa as a place of personal cleansing and purification, which is kind of what I wanted it to be for me, too... and it was really a little disenchanting to see the amount of drugs and alcohol and "Spring Break" type bars that I saw. I knew all that would be there, but I had hoped to encounter more people who were of that mindset too... Maybe it just takes longer to find them than I had. A week is not a very long time to explore a city of over 35.5k! Part of me just gave up - had a few beers in resignation... and yet, I still think there is a chance that I would go back again, try again to find what I know must be there if I can look a little more.

But who am I to say? Hell, this thing is growing like mad, and it shows no signs of slowing down from the numbers I've seen. Chances are it will get more and more like a standard city, with all the bullshit that goes along with it. Then again... what is life without hope?

Gah. I should really get back to work on the full reaction I'm trying to do here. I will try to post it either here or else on another domain to be announced later.

On a somewhat different note, one of the BEST parts for me was visiting with neighbors, meeting new people, and the AMAZING people I got to share a campsite with. It was SUPER cool meeting you - you are one of the more awesome chicks I've met in several years and I hope we can hang out again once I move down there. Thank you.