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Scenes from Burning Man

Yes, we're back! Covered in dust, our skin cracking from the dry weather, and exhausted from all the work that goes into creating a home in the desert. We unloaded the truck just last night for all our personal things, but still today, 4 very generous and dedicated men of our camp have to put all our communal stuff in storage, return the mountain of water jugs we used, and wash our truck from top to bottom.

This year our camp rocked and a core group of people put in much time and energy. Thank you! We had quite a few newbies too and they were awesome in taking up dish duty, tidying up our "living room" and making sure our camp ran well.

I brought my cellphone, hoping I could moblog at least once from Black Rock City. Dav brought his laptop and we tried connecting to the wifi there, but were unsuccessful. So here are my cell phone pics.

They show a snippet of Dav and my huge tent (yes, it was definitely a bonus to have all our stuff in our tent and to be able to stand up inside) and parts of our communal camp (living room, newly added hammock, Dav's dome). Then there are pics of central camp. I find the message board quite fascinating and took some pics of examples too. Wonder what all those messages led to.

This year, Dav and I did some volunteering. We collated papers (in an air-conditioned trailer so that was actually more like a nice break for us) and we did the city's lamp lighting. We washed and prepped 100s of lamps, Dav carried the lamps, and I was a support person who relit lamps and passed lamps to be lifted to the super high wooden lamp posts. It was very dusty at the time, so I protected myself with my bug goggles and dust mask. And see my life-saving camel pack water pipe thingy sticking out by my neck?

Oh yeah, there are more pics from our other camp folks posted on our Campalicious site.

Just stopped for gas...

And look what we found. Fellow burners in a very fishy car!

And we're off!

After filling a 24 ft. truck with our camp stuff, we are ready for a week plus in the desert!

The ultimate vacation!

As most people know, I love Burning Man. I met Dav at Burning Man and the whole world made sense. Today, we leave for Black Rock City. Although I was nervous trying to get work done and barely had time to feel excited, now I'm giddy with anticipation as we pack the huge truck to return to the magical playa. I will be unplugged so I will be totally immersed in Black Rock City life (wish I could moblog, but part of the attraction is being so detached from everyday society).

As promised when I posted about my giraffe outfit, here are pics of my other 2 outfits that I created with a friend. The secret fabulous designer is Maria de Fatima Callou , or as I know her, Eme.

The first rather bizarre gaudy costume is Fussy Mussy. Dav called me Fussy Mussy one day when I was fussing about how a plant was getting too much light. I'm sure he called that to poke at me, but something in my brain perked up and thought, "geez. I am fussy mussy! I shall own that name and prance around making a fuss out of everything! How fun!" And thus she was born. I can't explain accurately, but imagine a colorful but cranky 80 year old who does whatever she pleases because she can: wear weird colors, pretend she's a queen, be pushy, whatever. Now imagine here 50 years earlier. And there you go. I am sure to have fun playing my fussy mussy role : )

The next one is an outer space, fun, disco queen outfit. I do feel like I'm from the future when wearing that.

Anyhow, gotta go and help pack the truck.

I'll try and moblog, but won't give much text as we'll be busy!!

See you in 10 days!

2 more reasons why I love Dav

• Not only does he feed my kitties their snack everyday at dusk, but he tore off the label of the particular kind they seem to like and put it on the fridge so I could buy accordingly. I've been forgetting and sometimes get the brands they don't like by mistake. And the cats are very clear about their tastes. But it tickles me to see how thoughtful Dav is.
  

• He did a batch of laundry and was afraid he'd ruin my undies and delicate wear if he put them in the dryer. So he picked them out and hung them on a futon frame we have temporarily up against the wall. Now that is thoughtful!

Thank you sweetie! I love you.

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This was posted entirely by my pet Tara-chan. He's more of a copy-cat (bunny) at the moment, and I'm wondering if it's because I'm not writing in Japanese. He obviously doesn't get the concept of spacing! It'll be a bit more of a pain, but I think when I come back from Burning Man, I will post bi-lingually and see if little Tara-chan can then do a bit better.

- Leaving this so you can see Tara-chan's mischief.

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We have diversity and personality here at Six Apart. We all have varying styles of talking, walking, joking, eating, thinking, and yes, even working. That's why it's so fun!

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Adobe Bookstore

Looking for a book? Try this place on 16th in the Mission. Cozy chairs, shelves of books and stacks of yet to be placed books, an old juke box that I think is way out of commission, and a friendly but sleepy cat to boot!

Can you tell where we are?

In SF...And how quickly the clouds roll in!

Waiting for lunch

Dav's friend, Bert, is visiting from NY. We're at China Basin, by the bay and some big boats, basking in the sun until our food arrives.