a good problem to have

It looks as if Burning Man is returning to the playa next year. Because I don't live in the Bay Area and I'd like to, you know, stay employed, that means I'm faced with a choice: Burning Man, which is the week that ends on Labor day, or the Folsom Street Fair, which is the last weekend-and-a-few-days-prior in September.

Pro Burning Man:

• I will have not been there in four years, which is the longest I've been away from the playa since '07.
• Beautiful landscape. I miss it.
• Camp Beaverton is gearing up. They have a retreat in early February, and I'll be able to Zoom in.
• I've been plotting my revenge against the Burn itself for messing me up physically and emotionally in '18.
• I have a funny feeling that I may want to see it again before it's gone, for any of several kinds of gone.
• Anything can happen and it usually does.

Pro Folsom:

• I have multiple people who want to spend time with me down there.
• Beautiful kinky people. I miss them.
• It's way more comfortable, let's face it.
• Certain... activities are certain to happen. To me.

I have to make up my mind relatively soon because Burning Man tickets typically go on sale in January. Booking lodging in San Francisco for Folsom should probably happen at about the same time, if I'm honest.