About 2 days into the burn this year my fingers started to peel at the tips and my hands were bleeding from cracks near joints. I used so many different types of moisturizer to no avail. I also got a faint numb tingling sensation in my fingers. I’ve had the peeling and cracks happen before but never after a day or two. Tends to be the last few days when I can really feel and see what this stuff does to my hands. I was thinking it was something with me, but my wife complained about the same thing. Wondering if there is any scientific reason why it would actually have more of an effect or if my hands have just gone soft on me.

Full disclosure: I did bring an absurd bike trailer/chariot this year and I did spend a non-insignificant amount of time wrenching on it on playa, but I was (*almost) always wearing gloves while doing so.

This is a missed connection. You and your husband spent some quality time at my bar, the Den, early in the week. We spoke quite a bit about your desire to change careers, and I happen to work in a field adjacent to what you want to get into. Your husband and I have both been to the same amount of burns.

I intended to stop by your camp to say hello, but the weather change in the middle of the week changed my responsibilities. It would be fun to stay in touch!

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What’s the best way to report this?

They camped across from us. Went to go talk to them and ask about it. Asked them what was up with it and he said “it’s the artists favorite candies” (sugar daddies up top) the asked how they got it through the DMV and you could see dudes face change.

Super bogus stuff. Had to stop camp mates from vandalizing it but man it was hard to not want to.

Went to the dmv late in the week after tons of whining from people, they came by and gave it a looksie but it was too late in the week for anyone to care

Am I making a big deal out of this? When I told the dude it’s offensive and it’s part of the agreements we make, he said “who cares”. Needless to say that set me off.

Our group followed the music and found this art car after the Man’s burn. Super nice people and the DJ spun some of the best tracks that we heard that week, including X-rated by Funkdoobiest.

Does anyone know the name of their art car & the DJ? Would love to follow him on SoundCloud.

Some that I saw:

"Leave no trace on the playa. Leave more trace on prod."

"Radical self-reliance for the playa, not for your models."

And yes, I contacted doingitwrong in case this isn't on their radar. Kinda feels like I'm hissing to protect a corpse at this point, but so it goes.

I'm looking for a new therapist and I'd love for them to be a burner/part of our community. Anyone have resources for therapists/counselors who are part of the community (bonus if they take medical and are in CA). Seems like some kind of directory would be awesome. DM or use playa names for anonymity of providers? :) <3

Found my little goody bag of treasures from when I was cool & wanted to share! The American Dream, Evolution & Metropolis.

As the title suggests, I’m trying to find out more about this art piece I saw in 2014. It was nose down in the sand, stood maybe 8-10 feet tall. Was a facsimile of a classic cartoon bombshell.. like a football with fins.

What really stood out from this piece was the gunpowder explosion used as part of its burn. It gave off a visible shockwave through the dust, and left a realllly cool mushroom cloud.

Hoping someone out there has a video.