Zig Zag's intro

ZigZag · Post by **ZigZag** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:29 pm

When I started being active on E-Playa some time ago, I felt so at home, I just sort of moved in without telling much about me so it seems I should rectify that.

Like many before me, Burning Man has been a calling waiting for opportunity. I remember last year streaming the live feed to my computer at work and to my TV at home knowing soon, my time was coming. They say the playa provides when you are truly ready and now those two forces have come together.

There are so many things that are attracting me to the desert, not the least of which I was born in New Mexico and miss dry desert climates now that I am a permanent fixture in the exact opposite climate of Minnesota. Not that the playa is the same a New Mexico or Texas desert, just that high and dry altitudes are not foreign to me nor is camping in the wilderness. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness is so cut off they don't allow motors in, on or even over that area.

I love art, especially big art and I love the 10 principles and how a community can thrive on them. I love adventure and exploring new places and different aspects of myself but most of all I love trying new things outside my comfort zone. I work for a small, family owned advertising and marketing agency by trade, I teach and practice yoga for fun, I am a woodworker and a painter for expression. I am 19 years sober after a pretty hard bout with alcoholism, I love people, opera, writing, bicycling, snowstorms, and I live in a 125 year old farmhouse on 3 wooded acres just North of Minneapolis.

That's the high level stuff and just to prove I am a real person and not just an avatar, here I am with my new heart shaped mirror sunglasses bought just for Burning Man!! I can't wait to meet you all face to face at the M&G!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:21 pm

Hi and welcome!!

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 5:31 am

Hi Zig-Zag. Welcome to ePlaya. You look EXACTLY like your avatar. Can't wait to hug you.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:20 am

Hola! Nice try put a face to a name. When I first started posting to eplaya I didn't introduce myself either. I just wanted to slip in and hope no one noticed. I can be shy like that...

Drawingablank · Post by **Drawingablank** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:48 am

Welcome.

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:08 pm

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

Post by **Savannah** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:36 pm

lucky420 wrote:Hola! Nice try put a face to a name. When I first started posting to eplaya I didn't introduce myself either. I just wanted to slip in and hope no one noticed. I can be shy like that...

I did the same thing.

Official Welcome, ZigZag! You are so familiar by now, 'cause of that avatar; good to have some more backstory, and 80% of your face to your name.

. . . I still do terribly at recongizing people anyway; most people are names + writing styles to me, 'cause so few of us use recognizeable pictures.

When I meet someone I'm all, " . . . you have a face?!?! Why, this is MARVELOUS."

19 years sober is a huge amount of time, so I doubt you need my suggestions, but if by any chance you want to chat with sober people out there:

http://burningman.org/event/preparation ... ety/sober/

ZigZag · Post by **ZigZag** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:21 pm

Savannah wrote: Official Welcome, ZigZag! You are so familiar by now, 'cause of that avatar; good to have some more backstory, and 80% of your face to your name. . . . I still do terribly at recongizing people anyway; most people are names + writing styles to me, 'cause so few of us use recognizeable pictures. When I meet someone I'm all, " . . . you have a face?!?! Why, this is MARVELOUS."

19 years sober is a huge amount of time, so I doubt you need my suggestions, but if by any chance you want to chat with sober people out there:

http://burningman.org/event/preparation ... ety/sober/

Thank you Savannah. I appreciate this. I have had concerns about my sobriety (that's whats kept me sober this long, is being constantly aware) and connected on Facebook with Anonymous Village and Run Free. I also made some connections with some sober burners here in the Twin Cities. I decided to camp solo this year so I had the safety of my own camp to retreat to but know know where to turn if I don't feel safe. My biggest worry has been getting dosed with something without my knowledge so I plan to be diligent about carrying plenty of my own water so I never have to depend on others for that.

Looking forward to meeting you!

FLAMINGO 1955 · Post by **FLAMINGO 1955** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:02 pm

HI THERE ZIG ZAG,
I TOO AM FROM MINNESOTA, AND AM COMING FOR MY FIRST TIME. I ALSO
AM SOBER 14 YEARS AND WILL BE CAMPING AT THE ANONYMOUS VILLAGE. PERHAPS YOU WOULD CARE TO COME FOR COFFEE AND CELEBRATE FINALLY MAKING IT TO THE PLAYA.

ZigZag · Post by **ZigZag** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:41 am

FLAMINGO 1955 wrote:HI THERE ZIG ZAG,
I TOO AM FROM MINNESOTA, AND AM COMING FOR MY FIRST TIME. I ALSO
AM SOBER 14 YEARS AND WILL BE CAMPING AT THE ANONYMOUS VILLAGE. PERHAPS YOU WOULD CARE TO COME FOR COFFEE AND CELEBRATE FINALLY MAKING IT TO THE PLAYA.

I will pan a visit to AV to look you up!!

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:17 am

WELCOME!!

FLAMINGO 1955 · Post by **FLAMINGO 1955** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:32 pm

HEY ZIG ZAG,
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. LOOK FOR THE RESIN SASQUATCH ALL BLINGED
OUT AND WEARING FLIRTY LITTLE DANCE SKIRT. HIS NAME IS FRANK. SHADE AND COFFEE ARE ON ME.

ZigZag · Post by **ZigZag** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:33 am

FLAMINGO 1955 wrote:HEY ZIG ZAG,
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. LOOK FOR THE RESIN SASQUATCH ALL BLINGED
OUT AND WEARING FLIRTY LITTLE DANCE SKIRT. HIS NAME IS FRANK. SHADE AND COFFEE ARE ON ME.

That has meaning on so many levels. We'll have to meet so I can explain!

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