it may be someone's Burning Man Camp you're funding!
This is the time of year people start throwing benefit parties to raise money for their mobile fuckstation, their bacon artcar, their airstream dildo beer circus, and hydraulic poi parade. I hate to sound like a Republican, but why should the rest of us pay for their pathetic vacation?

It's hard being in the position to deny some of your best friends what they've been salivating for all year, enough cash to get their furry ass-less chapped ass and all their beer to the Playa...but be strong! Friends don't let friends go to Burning Man. Or at least they don't give 'em the money to get there.

Instead, throw your money at your favorite political candidate, preschool, non-profit environmental organization, Tibetan Rights campaign or homeless shelter. If you really want to go to the party, spend your money on cocaine and then sneak in. Then at least you'll have some good fun watching the freakshow.

It's going to be a long, hard spring and summer having to hold our breath through all the squirming and squealing anticipation of this year's Burn. I'm already starting to overhear plans for the "best camp ever", and i may need some dramamine to get through it. I want to get out , dance and socialize as much as the next person...but i'm as willing to park my ass at home on a Saturday night as i am to boycott Chinese products right now. I know i won't stop them from raging in all their dusty glory, but i don't want to pay them to do it.

Be smart, party safely.