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I wasn't going to sign up to post one single message, so I'm posting under hers
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Damn...
that's the first thing i can think of.
See, I hadn't been to a party in almost ten years....since 95 or 96 (new years in fact)....had become extremely disillusioned by the fact that the scene in philly seemed to be basically a "how many different chems can i ingest in this time" race.....so i gave up on it.....All I'd been looking for was something to do, a place to have some fun and maybe meet cool people...and that just didn't happen for me really....
Flash forward 9 years or so...
I meet this wonderful, loving kind woman whom i start falling more and more in love with....she's into going to parties, and I'm kind of rolling my eyes a bit at first because I had some pretty negative impressions.....but I learned quick that the scene had changed somewhat....in some places anyway...
She started talking about this wonderful party that happened regularly in toronto, telling me i should really go sometime.
I resisted. Old conceptions die hard, y'know.
So finally the time came that the very last hulla was happening....and jenn bought me a ticket.
I was a bit nervous about all this, trusting her to be making the right decisions, but apprehensive because honestly I don't really dig on too much dance music per se....

but holy crap....am i glad i went.
From getting in on friday and meeting some very wonderful people for dinner (kate and mike and elijah) to the preparty bowling craziness (five pin is killer)...then to mickey flynns and then back to the hotel....crazy fun loving ravers in tow.....jordan, james, will and kyle....you guys are nuts....to run ins with hotel security and fire alarms.....
it got kind of hazy at that point....lack of sleep was kicking in....

saturday was a hell of a lot of fun....met up with an old friend of mine from school....went to the park for a good long time.....then dinner at everest, which was delicious even though our waitress was perpetually confused.....

but shit...this is about the party itself......

I have never ever ever ever been in a space with that much positivity, love and pure joy before....I was very impressed. I'm not the biggest fan of much of the music found at raves....but the vibe was so right....so on...that I really wasn't listening to the music anymore....i wasn't processing it with my brain...i felt it in my heart and in my soul....I was so happy for all the other people who were so happy to be there and happy i was there and happy!
People were off the wall....the temps kept climbing but everyone was smiling...I shared water and had water shared with me....got bracelets from people, traded a few that i had made (first time for that) and got more anyway.....I felt part of a very tight community pretty quickly.....

It was refreshing....very refreshing...I really felt a very pure vibe of love...of fun....

My main problem though is that I'm really really bad with names.....so I'll try to just bust a roll call of all the wonderful people i met....and if i forget to mention you it's not me being mean....but I was just blown away....

the friday night crew knows who they are.
but vanessa and her friends, and dennis who made it up there by the skin of his teeth, and my good friend mtroy who had to leave early, (thanks for the ticket kyle....he really did appreciate it) and all the random people who asked me to take pics....and carrie who i ran into a few times, and kate and mike and going up on stage with jenn and being able to thank chris frolic for putting on something that changed my girlfriend's life (and mine now) ...and......I dunno...it's really hard to separate the great time i had into individual experiences.....not one thing made this great.....everything made it great.....I'm trying to remember who gave me my first bracelet that night and i can't so i feel bad....but hey i have the bracelet right?

My biggest thanks goes to my babers....jenn...or kandeegirl2, or jersey jenn, or however she may be known.....I love you more than anything, and I'll always support you in what you do, and those times I was down on raves/ravers/parties was based on past experiences of irresponsibility and immaturity....but you showed me that the purity of the scene is still there, and was alive and well at hullabaloo.....I felt part of the family even if i was a newbie....and that rocks.....

This was a once in a lifetime experience for me.....I danced like a crazy fool, gave hugs to people, kisses to my girlfriend and smiled all frickin' night.

so thank you to the frolics for doing this....thanks to the crew at hulla for all that love in the air.....and yeah.

and i'm out. and happy hullabaloo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks.

=janic=

July 12th, 2005, 05:50 PM	#53
kandeegirl2 Sweetness and Light Mod Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: jerzee :) again Photos: 29 Journal Entries: 3	kandeegirl2's boyfriend has thoughts. ========================================================= I wasn't going to sign up to post one single message, so I'm posting under hers ========================================================= Damn... that's the first thing i can think of. See, I hadn't been to a party in almost ten years....since 95 or 96 (new years in fact)....had become extremely disillusioned by the fact that the scene in philly seemed to be basically a "how many different chems can i ingest in this time" race.....so i gave up on it.....All I'd been looking for was something to do, a place to have some fun and maybe meet cool people...and that just didn't happen for me really.... Flash forward 9 years or so... I meet this wonderful, loving kind woman whom i start falling more and more in love with....she's into going to parties, and I'm kind of rolling my eyes a bit at first because I had some pretty negative impressions.....but I learned quick that the scene had changed somewhat....in some places anyway... She started talking about this wonderful party that happened regularly in toronto, telling me i should really go sometime. I resisted. Old conceptions die hard, y'know. So finally the time came that the very last hulla was happening....and jenn bought me a ticket. I was a bit nervous about all this, trusting her to be making the right decisions, but apprehensive because honestly I don't really dig on too much dance music per se.... but holy crap....am i glad i went. From getting in on friday and meeting some very wonderful people for dinner (kate and mike and elijah) to the preparty bowling craziness (five pin is killer)...then to mickey flynns and then back to the hotel....crazy fun loving ravers in tow.....jordan, james, will and kyle....you guys are nuts....to run ins with hotel security and fire alarms..... it got kind of hazy at that point....lack of sleep was kicking in.... saturday was a hell of a lot of fun....met up with an old friend of mine from school....went to the park for a good long time.....then dinner at everest, which was delicious even though our waitress was perpetually confused..... but shit...this is about the party itself...... I have never ever ever ever been in a space with that much positivity, love and pure joy before....I was very impressed. I'm not the biggest fan of much of the music found at raves....but the vibe was so right....so on...that I really wasn't listening to the music anymore....i wasn't processing it with my brain...i felt it in my heart and in my soul....I was so happy for all the other people who were so happy to be there and happy i was there and happy! People were off the wall....the temps kept climbing but everyone was smiling...I shared water and had water shared with me....got bracelets from people, traded a few that i had made (first time for that) and got more anyway.....I felt part of a very tight community pretty quickly..... It was refreshing....very refreshing...I really felt a very pure vibe of love...of fun.... My main problem though is that I'm really really bad with names.....so I'll try to just bust a roll call of all the wonderful people i met....and if i forget to mention you it's not me being mean....but I was just blown away.... the friday night crew knows who they are. but vanessa and her friends, and dennis who made it up there by the skin of his teeth, and my good friend mtroy who had to leave early, (thanks for the ticket kyle....he really did appreciate it) and all the random people who asked me to take pics....and carrie who i ran into a few times, and kate and mike and going up on stage with jenn and being able to thank chris frolic for putting on something that changed my girlfriend's life (and mine now) ...and......I dunno...it's really hard to separate the great time i had into individual experiences.....not one thing made this great.....everything made it great.....I'm trying to remember who gave me my first bracelet that night and i can't so i feel bad....but hey i have the bracelet right? My biggest thanks goes to my babers....jenn...or kandeegirl2, or jersey jenn, or however she may be known.....I love you more than anything, and I'll always support you in what you do, and those times I was down on raves/ravers/parties was based on past experiences of irresponsibility and immaturity....but you showed me that the purity of the scene is still there, and was alive and well at hullabaloo.....I felt part of the family even if i was a newbie....and that rocks..... This was a once in a lifetime experience for me.....I danced like a crazy fool, gave hugs to people, kisses to my girlfriend and smiled all frickin' night. so thank you to the frolics for doing this....thanks to the crew at hulla for all that love in the air.....and yeah. and i'm out. and happy hullabaloo!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks. =janic= __________________ Definition of love: the ability to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.