Noah Flower ([info]noahflower) wrote,
@ 2006-06-13 20:58:00
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Headed to the playa!
Got my ticket. I'm going.

It was an impulse buy, really. I'd been waffling for quite some time, following a period of not wanting to go at all. But then I realized that quite a few people that I like are going, and then yesterday I had lunch with the guy who created the Colossus last year and the Temple of Gravity the year before that. We got along famously -- he's another young, smart, entrepreneurial spirit -- and I came back to the office filled with certainty that the playa was the place for me to be this summer.

All kinds of questions in my head now. Who'll end up coming? I wonder if I could camp with False Profit? What kind of costumery could I put together? How many newbies can I rope in? (I think some people from capoeira might come.) What parts of the playa can I explore this year that I've left as yet untouched? (Now *there's* an interesting list...)



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[info]margho
2006-06-14 05:29 pm UTC (link)
What is the playa?

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"the playa"
[info]noahflower
2006-06-14 05:31 pm UTC (link)
Sorry 'bout that -- "the playa" is short for "Burning Man." It's kind of like talking about "house" and "home" -- the playa is where the event happens.

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[info]mattyofg
2006-06-15 02:15 am UTC (link)
I'm a little jealous. I'd be more jealous, but I think my agoraphobia would leave me catatonic. I've only heard good things though. You'll have to give us some of the highlights!

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[info]noahflower
2006-06-15 04:57 am UTC (link)
Agoraphobia? Yeah, unless you were looking to cure yourself of it, I wouldn't recommend going out to the desert. Because it's practically designed to scare the shit out of you. It's perfectly flat, for as far as the eye can see, like being on the ocean except ringed with mountains. I've never beeen a more open space except for being on top of a mountain.

And have no fear... I'll be writing up a storm when I get back, and taking tons of photos. (Though I do have figure out how to protect my camera from being eaten by the alkali playa-dust.) It's a fucking awesome time. Nothing better.

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[info]alecsandyr
2006-06-15 01:21 pm UTC (link)
It's naked time! :-P

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