I'm a wannabe burner from Finland. I've dreamt about going for a few years now. This year the urge to get there has started to become overwhelming. I've watched tons of youtube videos of BM and read tons of BM related stuff I could find.
Who am I?
I'm 35 year old bloke from Finland. Married, three kids. I think I have a positive attitude on life. I always want to learn new things. Curiosity is everything for me. I'm interested in all sorts of nerdy stuff related to science and technology. I work with "the internet".
I am an atheist. I work too much and I need a break, haha. I don't see myself as an artistic person, which is one of the main reasons of wanting to come to BM. I think if you want to become a smarter person, it helps to surround yourself with smart people. Same goes with art, I suppose.Why do I want to be a part of BM?
At this stage of my life, I feel like I need to take a break of "life". I need to take a step to the unknown and hopefully become a better person in the process of doing so.
Someone on the ePlaya mentioned about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. I suppose I have the bottom part pretty well covered in my life. Now I need to try and climb up and see what's in there. Self-actualization: morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts?
Going to BM alone?
So far it looks like I will be going solo. My wife is NOT someone who'd enjoy a week of camping in a desert.
Who to camp with?
I'd really like to join a theme camp. Especially one that runs a bar.
I think alcohol is a great social lubricant. I'd really like to be a facilitator in making people meet each other and become friends. In the process, I'd like to make a lot of new friends for myself.
I will start looking for theme camps with bars for the 2015 burn. Any suggestions for awesome bars which are setting up for 2015?
For those of you who will be a running a camp with bar in 2015:
Please get in touch with me if you need more workforce (unless I contact you first)!
In addition to being awesome, here's what I can offer to your bar:
- I can put in multiple of hours of work every day
- I can serve drinks, gather moop, do whatever stuff needs to be done every day
- I can help to build & take down the bar (I've built a big house for my family so I have a lot of building experience, especially with wooden structures)
- I have no problem in lifting and carrying heavy stuff if needed
- I'm a pretty good cook and enjoy cooking for other people
- I can/will donate money for buying the booze to the bar
What I hope to receive from the camp I join (please comment if you think this is realistic!):
I'm flying over from Finland. This makes it pretty much impossible for me to haul in tons of stuff. This goes for everything from RV, cooking gear, bike etc. I really hope to share all of this "big stuff" with other people in the camp. Obviously I don't expect others to provide everything for me, free of charge. I'll be more than happy to pay my share of the RV rent, gas etc. I can only contribute with tons of time & effort and some money but not with a lot stuff. :/
So, yeah... there goes my lengthy "hello" to ePlaya!
Sadly I won't see BRC in 2014. I'll do my best to participate online. I'm now starting to prepare for 2015. Fingers crossed, I hope I'll find an awesome group of people to share camp in 2015.
See you in 2015!
/tumppi
