language virus theory origins and similarity to burning man

so this link will take you to some info on the original ws burroughs idea of the viral language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nova_Trilogy.

I was also thinking about the viral nature of burning man. I think that it is interesting, annoying and scary the way people use burning man as a label, a way of categorizing certain types of art or dress. for example, if people have a certain kind of hair and dance or play a certain type of music, they can be lumped in the bm category easily, when their original motivation, like the culture of bm itself, came from somewhere else. maybe it is a lazy way of forgetting or not admitting ones ignorance: I don't know where these people came from or how they got their ideas but I am too lazy to wonder about it so I will just label them as burners. it's a virus, I think, like bm itself, which infects and lives off its hosts, and I am mixing my metaphor.

I love bm don't get me wrong. just don't assume and overuse the label, please.

legendary pink dots and other stuff

saw the legendary pink dots at cafe du nord tonight: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Legendary+Pink+Dots

They were very good, reminding me of early pink floyd with syd barrett, but not crazy, combined with dj shadow and massive attack, who they probably influenced. the opening act was big city orchestra and they were good too, more avante garde.

a good day today of helping kate with her bike, a cool dahon ciao folding bike with a shimano internal shifting cartridge. very warm in the bay area today, thank you suvs. had fun painting with a friend's five year old daughter, very cute, and worked on my own stuff, more windows, using vinyl and other mediums. had an idea for a window covered in blue resin with just scratches in it, maybe other patches of color. tomorrow plan on meditating, running, bouldering, and reading ny times with coffee. some or all of that could happen. trying to keep up more on news these days. the idea of hillary as sec of state is interesting. not likely, I guess.

need to choose a project management class soon. if anyone has taken classes at PMI I could use some feedback on a couple. also looking at a life coach that I like but it's a bit pricey...