There'll Be An Old Timer in the Hot Town, Later On

Yesterday I got my ticket for Los Angeles, the real point of no return for going to Burning Man. I will be going down to "LA" (I guess I can call it that now, or do I have to wait unitl I've actually been there?) via Alaska Airlines on Friday, August 22. My editor friend Joe will pick me up, we'll have a Saturday to stock up on last-minute items and explore, then we're going to one of the legendary Goth nights at a club (Bar Sinister). Sunday we head out for Nevada in Jo's friend's vehicle, overnight in Reno and set up in the desert midday Monday. Then ???, then we leave Sunday August 31, back in LA Monday night. Tuesday to sleep in and wash the dust off, then Joseph has a course to teach that night that I will catch (he joked he could bill me as a guest speaker on low-intensity conflict), then back to Victoria early on Wednesday September 3. Thursday I'm back at work!

I'm really looking forward to this trip - I haven't had a vacation where I've actually gone and done something other than sit inside and glower out the window and wank (usually not at the same time, though) since I went to Europe in 1989.