story: escalate.. (pt. 2)

....so it's about 1:00am, the shrooms are leveling out but the roll is starting, and the music is moving exactly where i want, trance and hardcore!! (yay hardcore!! have i mentioned how much i love it?? cuz i do..) and of course my body gets pulled into the dance.. no stoppin it now..


2:00am and c wants in.. no problem buddy.. here's some cash and get me another one while your at it.. i'm already havin a good time but hell, i have the whole weekend to recover, and this rarely happens for me so let's fucken go for it.. 10 minutes later happy pill number two and i'm on my way to a really good time.. dancin my fool head off and everything is awesome..


so i'm dancin and dancin and feelin awesome and for awhile been noticing a cute girl whose just been sitting against the wall (which was slopy and fucken great to sit and lean against) and so i figured i'd say hi..


'hi, i'm a sweaty mess but i was wondering if i could give you a hug anyway..'


i got a good hug and she gave me kandi!! (my first kandi, actually..)[yes really..] gave me one of her special ones too.. very cool.. sure wish i could remember her name [sue!!] but that's what i get for not writing this a month ago.. (i will update this if i remember.. and in case you're wondering i do remember d's friend, i just chose to omit her name..) of course she was dating one of the dj's so it went no further than a good hug and a short talk.. no complaints here tho..


back to dancin it out!! happy pills are goin good at this point and flyin' brian is rocken my world.. [this is where i 1st met brian.. still rocken me!!] my god he was good.. he gave me a cd after his set which i've been listening to every day since.. [yes, 9 mos later] fucking awesome.. go to his page and listen to it.. 's called freemation.. [actually u can get it in the music downloads section if u haven't already.. go do it!!]



so 4am rolls around (pun intended) and d is ready 2 go again.. he found a guy that's cuttin deals for 2 so i send him off with cash and this guy hits the third happy face for the night.. d and c split the other one and the party keeps rocken..


so there was another girl at the party that was very cute.. i told her so.. her name was jin.. she said i was a rockstar and her champion (and somethin i think was probly pretty damn sexy but i really couldn't hear much at that point so i just smiled real big) for dancin as long and hard as i had been.. she had been keepin up pretty well herself and i was fairly enthralled but of course she was also with one of the dj's.. bugger.. super cool girl tho.. le sigh.. [found out later she was brian's g/f.. oh the irony..]



around about 5 or so i borrowed some glow sticks which i honestly intended to give back but of course i got lost in the music and the roll and kept them.. felt a bit guilty about it but i think he understood.. thanks nice guy for takin' one for team head..


6am the music winds down to chillout/time to go music, the curtains drop off the windows and it's early morning grey.. very much that surreal grey that never burns off and it feels like you're in limbo all day.. my favorite kind of morning after that kind of experience.. i gave the last dj/one of the presenters a handshake and 'the nod' (see 'groove' and you'll understand), gave out a couple e-mail addresses and hugs and off we went..


we took a walk to d's house which is somewhere in astoria.. no idea where or how far we actually walked, but it was a great walk.. i think we were all grinnin' stupid and happy (i know i was still euphoric) and i took a few phone pics (a couple of which are up.. sure wish i had party pics tho..) and we adventured our way back to c's apt in midtown.. c and d crashed almost immediately but i was up until 1pm when i finally crashed and took a most excellent nap on c's couch.. best couch ever.. seriously right up there with the chinese food couch.. i might even call it one better.. and that was pretty much it..


i can't even begin to describe what this party meant to me.. it was exactly what i needed exactly when i needed it.. escalate was a life changing experience for me and i am so glad for it.. i honestly think it's what got me thru tech.. especially freemation (the mix i got in case you forgot).. i hope beyond hope i get to hang out with those two again and, while i don't expect to top escalate ever, we could definitely have more good times.. thanks again boys for one amazingly good adventure, and thanks to masterplan productions for throwing one hell of a good party..

as always, more to come..
plur..