Yeah, WTF? I really don't get it.
I may not go next year.

after thinking on it a bit, i am guessing the point was to try to curb the blind haters and remind people that (current) government and country are not necessarily the same thing. "america sucks" isn't a valid statement, really. there's lots of great shit here. we have beautiful natural features, created jazz, blues, rock n roll, and (depending on who you ask) punk, and the pioneering spirit isn't necessarily bad, it just has been at times in the past :)

be that as it may, however, i'm still not really feeling it. it might be the year to take off. it would be fun if we could still all do *something* though for a week together, even if it's not burning man. i hear renting an island is surprisingly affordable...

oh wow, i thought this was a hoax when someone posted about it yesterday. terrible. so terrible. you'd think the BORG would have learned to stop with the political art-themes after this year. guess we'll have to burn the man down early again.
at least they'll have flags from 200+ countries and the american one won't be any larger, but still, why the AMERICAN dream? barf.

fortunately the art themes don't really mean that much to me. i mean, do you really notice that much of a difference from year to year with different themes? The Green Man was a well intentioned and terribly executed political agenda masquerading as an art theme. Burning Man is about the least green thing you could attend. and i think a lot of the participants are already pretty aware of environmental issues. so you're preaching to the choir boys.
so basically, a year's art theme isn't a factor in my decision to go to the playa or not. even if it is a shitty shitty idea.

Yuk! I was already thinking about taking the year off, and this theme isn't taling me out of it. I would really like to get together with the crew, regardless. Steve and I are working on a house in the Mammoth area for a SD/SF snow trip of sorts sometime this winter. I am up for anything, it's just fun to get together with you good people when ever we can.