3 Days to Burning Man
Just a thought from 22 August 2003 about
Burning Man.
Burning Man 1998. Year two of Fray Camp. We had 17 campers who I felt responsible for. I spent the whole time playing mom. In the end, I had an awful time, and it was all my fault.
Best moment by far was the sock puppets. We brought an assortment of old socks, some glue, pipe cleaners, and googley eyes. One afternoon we just sat down and made puppets. That part was planned.
What we didn't plan on was, as soon as you have a dozen people with sock puppets on their hands, everyone starts talking in squeaky voices and going nuts. We became the Sock Liberation Front and ran around the playa demanding that people liberate their socks. People took off their socks and threw them at us. At one point, I think we even stormed a radio station.
Wha?
This section is called Just a Thought. It's a blog where I post little pieces of what I'm thinking about at the moment. This page is an individual entry called “3 Days to Burning Man” that I wrote on 22 August 2003.
Before this, I wrote a little something called “The Road to Burning Man” on 21 August 2003. After this, I wrote “2 Days to Burning Man” on 23 August 2003.
BEFORE
The Road to Burning Man
My friend and Vogon once removed Ben Brown is on a pre-playa road trip, and he's posting to his site...
21 August 2003
AFTER
2 Days to Burning Man
I didn't go to Burning Man in 1999. I was just back from Europe and brought a nasty cold with...
23 August 2003
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