Didn't know about that, thanks!

Anybody? Bueller?

My g/f and I are in need of storage space on someone's truck, about 80 cu.ft (roughly 4.5' x 4.5' x 4.5'), and we're happy to pay you for your trouble. Here's a packing list of what we think we're going to need hauled (plus rough size figures in cu.ft.): - carport (large tent-like shade structure), ...

This feels like a ridiculous attempt, but what the hell. I'm trying to locate a girl I met one year ago at the premier of the "Voyage in Utopia" BM documentary in the Castro (more specifically, at the after party at Cafe Flore). Her name is Morgan and she's a seamstress in the SF Bay area. Ring anyo...

Just looked at the blog, sounds awesome. I'm game.

That sounds pretty much like what I'm expecting to do, gyre, thanks for the input. I'll probably get involved to some degree before the event (here in SF), but mostly I expect my trip to be an experiment in experimenting.

Oh, wait - scratch that. I was thinking electronic music, but I just realized that my guitar would probably also fall into the "no" category, and I definitely want the option of playing that while I relax in my camp. I appreciate the suggestion, though.

I could do that - I'm definitely a "silence preferred" sleeper and don't anticipate playing any music out loud. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.

Great, thanks for the reply, Toolmaker. I think I'm going to submit myself as a volunteer and help out with one or more infrastructure-related jobs but probably not be in a camp per se. I'll save the all-community thing for next year and see which approach I like better.

This will also be my first BM, and I'm really looking forward to it. I spent most of yesterday watching "Beyond Black Rock", scouring the BM site for info and taking a litany of notes. What I'm wondering is this: Would it be crazy or common for a first-timer like me to go to BM without joining a gro...