October 16, 2007
Burning Portland
Sitting in the airport lounge at Sea-Tac, and I wanted to get this update out before I fly off. A thick smell of kerosene - jet fuel - just washed through the place, and it brought home that I'm flying again, this time three weeks in Copenhagen.
It'll be good to see Denmark again, and especially good to see Cecilie, but must admit I've been so busy lately I haven't had time to get mentally prepared for this trip. Still a lot of work needed to get the apartment in Seattle together, and flying off now feels like I'm leaving something undone.
Back here in November.
I drove down to Portland the weekend before last to visit my old friend Samantha & her boyfriend Ian. The night I arrived they took me to an all-night warehouse party thrown by the local Burning Man crowd. (Cheers guys, it was the kind of party I haven't seen for a long time)!
UV lights and music. Art & DIY industrial design everywhere, a post-apocalyptic fashion show (only this one pic from my crummy phonecam came out, but you get the idea). In the other room they were doing suspensions, pushing hooks through peoples' backs, lifting them up into the air and swinging them around. And there were tug of war games where they hooked two or four people together so they could try to pull each other off the floorspace. They looked like they were having a lot of fun. Adrenaline junkies.
It was a young crowd and I'm just so happy to see that the torch is still burning out there. I've never gone to Burning Man, and Sam was telling me again how much I've been missing out. Must look at the calendar, see if there's a way I can pull it off.
Thanks again guys, I needed that.
Posted by case at October 16, 2007 05:02 PM