Waiting to Burn 5

Posted by Don Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:33:00 GMT

Its sunday night. Im not entirely sure when Kris is coming. It could be anytime between Sunday morning and Monday morning. I've got my stuff packed into two boxes plus water jugs.

My bleached hair is my 'costume' this year. I figure the first year I can absorb more and produce less. I have a book checked out for the time I am hiding from the sun in my tent.

I'm bringing a little LED kit and batteries that will also occupy my time. I might be able to tape it to my arm or the bicycle for night-time uniqueness. Also, none of this may matter as I might be content hanging out with new people the whole week. I'm concerned about noise and being able to sleep. There is a walk-in camp area that i might use if necessary but I'd like to stay with Kris. Kris is a 'ranger' this year and may be wrapped up with other rangers the whole time.

So, lots of unknows and the draw of amazing sights and experiences.

Sunday update: Kris is coming at 1pm. We're going to caravan with 'bluefish' and try and stay at the ranger's camp. Woot. Here we go.

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  1. Dave about 3 hours later:
    Yea, Burning man! We should have gone during the bicycle summer. have fun take good photos. (detailed inventory and what you wish you had taken (or not) with you please) Since you want to hack with your LED display I would highly endorse taking the http://www.amazon.com/Weller-ML500MP-Soldering-Ignition-refillable/dp/B000TDFT9U Weller butane soldering iron, I have even fixed my wifes broken glasses frame on the bus with mine. For Burning Man I would pack a whole canister of lighter refill butane(get it at any grocery store) to keep it full and play tinkerer for peoples broken gadgets too.
  2. mediaChick about 10 hours later:
    Have a blast!! (Leave your sword at home.)
  3. Don Park about 12 hours later:

    Dave: Yes we should have. That was the 1969/'summer of love' for the portland cafe geek scene. I soldered wire lengths onto 4 LEDs last night. Using a small clipper and a spool of wire I plan on doing all the connections with simple twists.

    mediaChick: thanks!

    bmir.org is "burningman information radio". there are live blogs and even a cam stream somewhere on the net.

    this blog is all manual HTML. put <p> tags in comments to get paragraph breaks.

  4. dave 2 days later:
    I love HTML!!
  5. dave 2 days later:
    No blink?!?!?!
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