I'm Sam, from the East Bay in CA. I've been burning since 2008; I had figured I wouldn't be able to make it this year because of finances, but I finally decided to screw that, and I'm gonna try my hardest to scrape together enough to get a ticket and go home again. It's worth a shot, right?
I'm hooking up with the forums and the EB Regional in the hope of finding more Burners to hang out with. I've gone through a lot of life changes in the last six months, and what I've found at the end of reinventing myself is that the part of me that's strongest, the label that fits me better than any of the others, is Burner. I've tried hanging out with gamers and queers and fandom, trying to find a group of people that I can really identify and relax with in my new self, and I don't fit in with any of them. I want to be with people who Get It, who accept others no matter what they're like (as long as they're cool and kind), and who inspire me to do awesome things I wouldn't have thought to do before. I've never felt part of a tribe as much as I have on the playa, and I want to find some of that in the default world.
I love all you nutty people, and I hope to see you out there... Next year for sure, if I don't make it this year.
--Sam
