Playa Name: BearHug

Burns: 1995, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015

Home: Sunnyvale CA (near San Jose)

Past Camps: Camp-I-Am/Save-the-Man, ESD Station 9

Volunteering: Returning to my 5th year of doing Comms dispatch with ESD, Comms9060. I may do a shift or two at the Black Rock Bakery (if so, 3rd year), and of course will help out with Poly High Tea at least once during the week! But I'll be spending most of the burn showing my birgin triad partner BunnyBoy the wonders of Black Rock City. This Labor Day weekend is our 6 year anniversary!

Will happily trade platonic massages with folks, and always appreciate hugs. Bacon, sex, and safety are all great things, but I will do without the whiskey-- I much prefer absinthe! If you think you don't like absinthe, have you tried it properly louched? (1 part absinthe to 3 parts water)

Hobbies: Ham Radio (KF6NBZ), gardening, making stuff at TechShop (laser cutter, shopbot), reading sci-fi and urban fantasy, snorkeling, beading/jewelery-making, damage control for two insanely active year old kittens. I do project management in my day job, which is handy for being organized packing for the playa.

Why Burning Man? I loved it in 1995, but met my husband in 1996 and forgot about everything else for a few years, then rediscovered Burning Man. As someone who has spent time living in an RV wandering the USA, Burning Man feels like home. I love the people, the vehicles, the sense of complete acceptance. I feel 100% free to be myself in Black Rock City, which is a rare thing in my life.