My 9th(?) Burning man was the standard mix of unbelievably awesome, magical, utterly exhausting and (occasionally) sharply alienating. The art was stunning, the weather was unusually pleasant, and I got to see lots of people I love from around the world. This year I spent a lot more time wandering on my own, and the highlights of my event were ( Read more... )

I spent a much needed (and dreaded) day doing budgeting and financial cleanup for Burning Seed. I help run festivals out of love, but it's not the 2.5 hour budget meetings that I love, that's for damn sure >.< It's not how I wanted to spend a beautiful day, but I'm hoping tomorrow will be just as nice ( Read more... )

Soooo… It’s been a big year already, and I’m not sure where to start. Will and I are splitting, and he is moving to SF at the end of the month to pursue his music career and personal development. He doesn’t have a visa that allows him to stay for more than 6 months at the moment, but doors tend to open in his presence, so who knows what will ( Read more... )

Yesterday's plane was delayed by an hour. I was dead on my feet by the time I arrived, and stood by the luggage carosel in a stupor, watching the identical black luggage go by and wondering why mine wasn't acid green. Much has changed in SF in the last 3 years, and many streets I once knew intimately now look only vaguely familiar ( Read more... )

Seth Wescott won the gold! his sister is a friend of mine and stayed at our house in Thailand; we're part of the same community in SF. I haven't met Seth, but Sarah talks fondly of him and was sooo excited when she was leaving for Turin. It's so weird to be one degree removed from a gold medalist. I mean, it's totally conceivable (if I were in ( Read more... )

Burning Man is nothing if not all about the celebration of life, the illumination of spirit and the glittery determination of the human soul to find raw joy in the world no matter what, to redefine community and break out of normal modes of thought and to openly thwart the demons of uptight neo-conservative sexless dogma, with drinks. To not only ( Read more... )