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While at the <a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LaughingSquid<\/a> Post-SXSW Drinkup on March 27th, I met a guy who was very involved in Burning Man. I&#8217;m not going to reveal his identity or what he does there but it&#8217;s pretty cool stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Beale introduces me to the coolest people. You want to meet some awesome people and you&#8217;re not a weirdo, hang out with Scott. Anyway, Scott introduced us and I told the guy how I had just moved to SF and that I was going to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/burningman.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Man<\/a> one of these days. The <a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.burningman.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a> can get as expensive as $300 so I had been putting it off for a while. I wanted to go in 2008 but having just moved to San Francisco made it challenging to go on such short notice. This year, I&#8217;m just too busy but the $300 admission also kept it on the back burner.<\/p>\n<p>The next day a friend messaged me and said that the guy I met wanted to give me a pass. A free pass to Burning Man 2009 and they needed my mailing address. Wow. I asked how I could thank them and they said, &#8220;just volunteer&#8221; and I agreed.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to Burning Man 2009 which takes place August 31st-September 7th. I&#8217;ll probably be going for 3-5 days due to work and the fact that 8 days in the desert might be too much for a 1st timer. I&#8217;m going to volunteer to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burningman.com\/on_the_playa\/infrastructure\/brc_rangers.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranger<\/a>. Here is the description of a ranger:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Black Rock Rangers are the core infrastructure for the community during the event. Their strength comes from the diversity of backgrounds and experiences; they are communicators, medics, firefighters and concerned citizens. Rangers are the mediators of public safety and providers of information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think this role will suit me just fine. I need some additional advice though. I&#8217;ve began reading the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burningman.com\/first_timers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First Timers Guide<\/a>&#8221; and trying to learn all I can about the event. I want to team up with people. I&#8217;m not interested in doing an art piece or doing some massive operation. My goal is to agree to volunteer, ensure I have some friends who I&#8217;ll be camping with and then enjoy Burning Man with an open mind.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t have a car so I&#8217;ll need a ride. Maybe we can all go in on a small camper \/ RV together? I guess I need to get some camping gear? All of this is a complete mystery to me so any advice you have please contact me and if you&#8217;re going and live in San Francisco, I&#8217;m ready to meet up to start planning things. Let&#8217;s keep it small, simple and cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I received some good news from a new friend and I&#8217;m very lucky to have some really cool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"category-life","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-2X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":789,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2010\/02\/02\/im-thankful-for-my-friends\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 I&#8217;m Thankful For my Friends&#8230;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been holed up for a few months now. 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