I'm a russian burner living in philly, went in 2010 (double rainbow!!!) with quixote's cabaret club & bar (hello qccb! if any of you stop by here) for the first time. ok, technically i was dragged by my dear friend Diane of flaming lotus girls, but the experience entirely changed my life. Well, I suppose I'm exaggerating, but it was wicked cool :>. Couldn't go this year, last moment work, had to sell my ticket to some guy (at price:> ), blah blah blah. Went to a few local burns interim. It's not quite the same, and I awfully miss the playa. Some time, when you have just the right kind of mindset, you would walk on local delaware mud, at PDF, and, for a second, between all the noise and crazy people, you totally feel like you're back at black rock. The illusion will pass, and you're left with a tinge of sadness (not for long, there are adventures to be had in the now!). In other words, I'll be back next year (or else I'm getting smacking from multiple people at once.)
I'm hoping to connect with more east coast burners during next year, maybe do that whole "drive across america to the playa" thing. I'm probably going to do all that irl, since there's a fantastic burner community here, but I'll be stopping by the forum, asking questions, writing open ended rants to 35k people all at once :>
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