i remember when i first attended OCF, i was kind of irritated that macque and simon were getting us involved in YET ANOTHER “old boys'” network. i remember the first two or three years, thinking i was REALLY lucky to have gotten involved at this level.

it was REALLY hot… although it wasn’t NEARLY as hot as last year, it was still in the high-80s to high-90s fahrenheit. it made coming home to a cool, air-condioned(!) house REALLY amazing… it was also REALLY dusty, and, because of the fact that there wasn’t even a hint of dew, much less actual rain, everything that could, got clogged with dust. also, the ravenous hoards of mosquitoes were not as ravenous or hoard-like as they have been in the past, and i got a FEW bites, but not anywhere near as many as in previous years.

now, i’ve applied for elder status: it has been TWENTY YEARS of going to OCF every (FUCKING) year (except for 2020 and 2021, when nobody went to OCF because of COVID, and 2022, when my OCF was cancelled at the last possible moment because I GOT COVID 😒) — once again, i’m thinking that OCF may have served its purpose, and it may be time to investigate other avenues… i’m not going to say i won’t go, because there’s a good chance that, given the opportunity, i will, but… it’s VERY MUCH LIKE a hot, dusty, mosquito-ridden swamp slash huge, overcrowded hippie-mall… i was there for a week and i didn’t shower. 😒 i haven’t been to the ritz since COVID, and the health-care professional in our group (an acupuncturist) said that i was a smart hippie for avoiding it.

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