Burning Man 2005 officially started this morning at 12:01am. San Francisco was full of RVs, trucks, and trailers all weekend. And I was preparing, shopping, and packing all weekend as well. I head up to Black Rock City with Doug and Claudia on Tuesday night. (We’ll probably arrive at the city around 2am. Ugh.). If you’re wondering what Burning Man is, check out the website. It’s difficult to explain, but isn’t “just a bunch of hippies in the desert”, which seems to be the common conception.

Some of our usual group decided to skip this year and focus their energy on next year, so the rest of us glommed onto another camp - The Pizza Sluts. We’ll be making pizzas every day in solar ovens. Once the pizza is ready, we throw a dart at the map of the city and then deliver the pizza wherever the dart lands. It’s a brilliant idea and the Sluts are an amazing bunch of people (mostly from Davis and San Francisco). There’s nothing like having a fresh, hot pizza arrive in your camp, topped with fresh vegetables when it’s Friday, and you’re out of fresh food!

If you’re going to be there, come say hello. We’re at 3:50 and Fetish. I’ll post pictures and stories after I get back.