Trifter

On August 23, 2008 i made my venture out to a mysterious place of wonder and art. Burning Man is Held in the Nevada desert just 90 miles north of Reno in a dried up ancient salt lake bed which is reffered to as the Playa. Tickets run for about $200-$300 depending on when you get it. The event runs for 8 days straight and on the Saturday of the event which is about 2 days before it ends, a 40 foot tall wooden man is burned in celebration. From that very first day it begins, you witness a few small camps plotted around slowly evolve into an enormous, glowing, densely populated city, also known as Black Rock City. In that entire time you must rely on yourself, your camp, and the city as a whole for survival. Everything to do at the event is hosted by regular people who attend it just like me. Many people have bars, some have clubs, there are theatres, circuses, bowling alleys, hookah bars, tea huts, roller disco, body painting, fire dances, hitching rides on trippy art cars, exploring the desert to see what random and artistic things you may discover. There is an unlimited amount of activities to choose from with all kinds of music constantly Playing all around you. Oh ya and did i forget to mention that after u drive through the entrance that everything at the event for the whole week is FREE!! The whole city has its own kind of economic system called a gifting community. Everything is given for free to people without expecting anything in return. It is universally expected that each individual person give back to the community in some way. A good example is that my camp has a public bar. If we serve someone a drink, for all we know that person might own the night club a few blocks down. so everything comes full circle and it works out very nicely for the city. I still remember walking down the Esplanade (the main street of burning man) in 100+ degree heat and hearing the most beautiful thing i could imagine at that time, “would you like a watermelon vodka snow cone?”. Sometimes even the little things of Burning Man make it just that much more magical. I could go on and on about the event but to be perfectly honest it would just result in me writing an entire book. The only way to really put it into perspective is to buy a ticket, pack up and make your own journey to the playa. I know ill be making it my yearly vacation and i Hope to see you on the Playa!

P.S. This year will be my 2nd year and on the night the man burns also happens to be my 21st birthday (September 5 2009)! i know it’ll be a night to remember….er at least what ill be able to remember. hahaha. If you plan on going come find me and celebrate my birthday with me at the Mystikal Misfit Camp. Buring Man 2009 is scheduled to run from August 31 2009 – September 7 2009