Firefly highlights

[magid]

+ this year's bug was.... a mammoth, with enormous tusks
+ time to catch up with people I already knew (camping with a number of them)
+ meeting new people
+ hugs and massage
+ conversation ranging from gender politics to brain chemistry to tabletop gaming to Pennsic to creative projects to food (um, surprise :-) and more
+ steam bathing
+ fireflies at Firefly
+ trying new things
+ creative opportunities in the form of painting a mask (which walked off, unfortunately) and deconstructing T-shirts (one that Kaz found with my name spray-painted on it!)
+ enjoying the variable-colored lines of lights inside the Diode dome, both with and without glasses (even better without, actually)
+ so many art pieces that light up in the dark woods
+ backgammon with a dapper gentleman
+ feeding people
+ getting a set of lights for my tutu
+ compliments on my hats, tutu, and booze, all of which felt great
+ managing to schlep most of my things up and down the hill by myself (I'm feeling some muscles quite a lot today, though....)
+ watching a little towheaded girl delightedly play in the stream
+ enjoying one third of my camp's contributions quite a lot; the heavy metal was excellent
+ having a lot more musical range of options this year (best live music: a cellist playing during breakfast!)