Last night I dreamed that I was at Burning Man. I have no idea if it was an accurate dream, since I've never been there before.

Anders and I arrived on the playa with a large group of people. JessRocket immediately took off to find an adventure. I was thirsty. All we had was bottles of beer, which were delicious, but I remembered that in our haste and eagerness to get to the playa, we had totally neglected to stop and stock up on food or water. And seemed totally unconcerned, but I felt b... read more

Coming down from a great, relaxing weekend...Tuesdays are tough because it's not quite the middle of the week, and is therefore too early to start looking forward to the weekend. I exist in the spaces between Monday morning and Friday afternoon; I do my living on the weekends. So to keep myself feeling positive, I assigned myself homework last night: think of three things that make me really happy. These three things cannot be connected with my move to Philly, because then they would just mak... read more

The most concrete step yet in my plot to escape New York has been taken! Today at work I told my boss that I will be leaving at the end of May. I can't imagine that it's any coincidence of fate that the playa goggles I ordered arrived today as well. I held them in my hands and thought, "the time is now!"

So plans begin to take shape...in talking with Rocket and Anders, the departure date has been settled upon, playa costumes have begun to materialize, and now I have nothing to hide from my... read more