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Burning issues

I'm torn on the Burning Man question. I undeniably want to go BUT:

Cons:

  1. Will cost me >$300 in now-money ($500 total) for airfare back to LA
  2. Inconveniencing people to pick up/drop off/drive down/camp with, etc.
  3. Fifteen days to figure out all the logistics, including getting my hair braided, tent, food, water, crap clothes, etc.
  4. Leave my grandmother alone for a week (betray family trust)
  5. It spans the first of the month which means I'll have to haul tail as soon as I land to get work done
  6. Traveling right now is apparently...inconvenient (no, I'm not worried about being blown up; I'm worried about being bored)
  7. Possible emotional issues/awkwardness with Simon
  8. Will worry my mother

Pros:

  1. Hang out with all the LA folks that I didn't spend nearly enough time with
  2. Real vacation - haven't had one of those since this time last year (and barely took even a day off in that span)
  3. Satisfy my curiosity on one lingering relationshp matter
  4. Probably the only time so many LA folks will be together in such a nifty environment
  5. Something new - get to see what BM is all about
  6. Don't know if it would be remotely feasible next year; this year I'm (relatively) unencumbered
  7. Feel like everyone will have fun without me (and I'll miss out...again)
  8. It's Burning Man...how cool is that?

I don't know. It was one thing to miss it because I was headed to NZ. It's another to miss it because I'm knitting in a darkening kitchen in a house smelling of mothballs and lavender in a city I don't love. The real vacation motivation is also pretty high on the list; I took literally one day off work between September of last year and the day I quit, and that day was spent sitting around Brigham and Women's waiting for Simon to get his neck looked at (which is pretty much the exact opposite of my idea of a good time), and I've been bouncing between various extreme-high-stress situations since then.

So I guess the bottom line is I want to go. Whether I *should* go or *can* go is another question.

I wish something were simple.

Posted by Fuzzbean on August 13, 2006 9:15 AM |

Comments

Burning Man hasn't been cool for at least 30 years. Maybe 50. I don't know. Either way, it's not worth going to even if they throw in the body painting kit and the sheets of ecstacy for free.

(Sheets of ecstacy? Is that right? Damn kids and your newfangled drugs. When I was your age, all we had was dirt Mexican weed. It was only $12 a pound, but you needed to smoke that much just to get a mild headache. Get off my lawn!)

You're in a new city, and there's lots you could be doing. For one, you could go visit the bean sculpture. How apt is that?


Posted by: Painted Raver Asshat | August 14, 2006 2:05 AM

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