Euphoria 2016 / why I go to burns / new housemate feeds me, helps clean & tidy, & crafts with me!

[belenen]

icon: "burn baby burn (a photo of me silhouetted dancing in front of the effigy fire at my first burn)"
I went to Euphoria and camped with Topaz, Kylei, Heather, Brian, and Hope. It was a mix of pleasant and irritating, leaning a little to the irritating side. The best bits were sitting around the fire talking with people, smoking hookah with

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[meri_sielu]

You're so lucky to have found a room mate you get on with so well, it's so important to find someone that respects and compliments the sancity of your sacred space. I am notoriously difficult to live with when it comes to roommates, I do my share of housework and never cause trouble but I need a large amount of solo time to recharge my batteries and a lot of people in the past who have lived with me didn't respect that. Scoob is perfect and even with the slightly changed dynamic to our relationship the fact that he is the perfect roommate and one of my best friends hasn't changed and that's part of why I didn't want to kick him out when everyone else said I should, why I didn't and I am glad that he's still here. <3

[belenen]

I really am so lucky! I also need a lot of solo time and luckily so does my new housemate, so we can avoid each other without anyone getting their feelings hurt.

[ragnarok_08]

Glad that the housemates have been great :)

[belenen]

me too! yay!

[call_me_katya]

I've never been to a burn, only festivals where the main focus is music, but Electric Picnic [the only one I've camped at] is described as a boutique festival with a strong leaning towards culture and arts as well as music. For example, there's an area called 'Mindfield' which hosts political and ecological discussions, talks by writers and science experiments, to name a few things. You would think the campers would therefore be considerate but nope, people will party all night in the campsite [rather than assigned party areas, which are many]. I have returned to my tent to find someone urinating on it [ample toilets are provided], and when I called them on this, they continued until they had finish. I'm pretty sure people have urinated on my tent while I was in it, because laziness. The litter is always incredible. It's distressing leaving the final morning, when people take their tents away and I see how much litter has been left. BUT I'm glad for the good times you had there

[raidingparty]

I seriously haven't gotten used to the litter left behind by hippie gatherings. I'm picking up wrappers and cups and thinking, "Aren't we supposed to know better than this?" and eventually give up and leave the rest.

[belenen]

I do appreciate the people who volunteer to pick up after everyone else, but it is fucking depressing that they have to.

[belenen]

why on earth would people pee on your tent when they could just PEE ON THE GROUND? If you're gonna be lazy, at least don't be mean on top of it! aaaaghgghhgh

[wantedonvoyage]

Do you have a favorite kind? I like Airstreams but they're too heavy; I don't want to have to drive something capable of towing that. So we picked out one called an A-Liner. Still top heavy for my current ride, but at least achievable someday.

[belenen]

no, I have never gotten to the point of actually shopping for one -- the cost has always been far away more than I could afford. I'd want one that was an actual motorhome though, rather than a trailer that I'd have to have a tow vehicle for.

[call_me_katya]

Yep! I'm a realist, and I know that when a lot of tents are close together and someone has to get out of their tent to pee in the middle of the night they will just go to the closest possible space [especially if the night time temperature drop is low and to find a toilet would be cold] but even though the tents are closely packed, ground is still there! And I usually camp quite close to toilets anyway as I usually need to go in the middle of the night. Stand-up males seem to seek an upright surface instead of pointing to the ground, which would explain why they use tents, but fuck, it's mean! And the person in this story was female-bodied, sitting down to pee, still using my tent. Argh!