My ticket arrived in the mail on Friday! This is very exciting -- my first time attending -- and also a kick in the ass to start making preparations. I've decided to go solo, which is definitely intimidating (mainly due to an inherent lack of survival skills of any kind) but also liberating and a ch...

I hear you -- I'm also in LA and trying to figure out how to integrate myself into the local BM community. Feel free to drop me a line.

Only if I can call you Liesl.

Then I guess I can cancel my order on these:

Thanks :)

Thanks, I'll definitely take a look. My novel isn't about BM (although some of the philosophy behind it probably applies) and I won't be trying to hustle it on the playa -- I really am going for the experience. I only mention this to be clear that my intentions here are not commercial in nature, whi...

P.S. I don't know if I gave a proper introduction in my initial post so if anyone is interested, here are a few tidbits about me: I am 31; I'm from Chicago and live in LA. Moved here from NYC. I'm currently taking a year "off" to write a novel. Although terrifying in some ways (I'm using up all my s...

Thanks -- all very helpful.

I am officially committing to BM '08. There, I said it. And I mean it. Very excited (and somewhat overwhelmed -- I don't even own a tent. Or a sleeping bag. But I'll figure it out.) I'd love to bring some art for the playa but fear that a) my ambitions are bigger than my wallet and b) I have so many...