Having a great time at Burning Man 2 September 2010

It’s hot, it’s dusty, and the world is awash with the delightfully improbable. There are so many bizarre, magical things afoot that it’s hard to describe, really. But I’ll do my best.

So for starters, one of our campmates was run over by a roving 30 foot electric pink teddy bear that breathes fire and has an enormous fully operational crane right where –

Hang on. Aren’t you at Burning Man right now?
Yes. I am. Stop interrupting.

And isn’t Burning Man completely off the grid?
Yes. It is. Would you kindly bugger off? I’m in the middle of a very serious post designed to increase the visibility of my band and maybe get some record sales off the ground.

You mean like the one where you tried to impress everyone by demonstrating your ability to use Latin, kind of?
Yes. No! Look, just…what do you want?

I’m just saying, if you’re so distantly off the grid in the middle of a sandstorm, how are you managing to post this snarky, self-referential blog entry? And why isn’t there more dust on it?
I…fine. This is one of those posts that I wrote almost two weeks ago, and I set it to be automatically added to the blog while I was away.

And you’re ashamed and you promise not to do it again?
And I’m ashamed and promise not to do it again, probably.

That will have to do. Okay, now sign off with something witty.
No, you sign off with something witty.

I just did.
Jerk.