I'll sleep when I'm dead

Last Thursday evening I got a call, very last minute, from this guy James that I'd met at a rave a few weeks prior. He was asking me to do a merch booth at a Hardcore/Psytrance called Dark Tendency rave the following night in Montreal. I've never done a booth in Montreal before, and even though it meant not going to a friend's birthday I jumped at the chance. After work I ran home (literally) while calling Matt and Zac and screaming gibberish with the words "rave" and "awesome". I spent about 8 hours in a flurry of fun fur, sewing a bunch of rave clothes to try and beef up my stock for the booth. I also made an amazing outfit for myself with a bunch of green funfur that I had at home. The theme of my outfit was Cat/Plant. Here's a photo of what it looked like:

After about 3 hours of sleep I went and worked a full, but very unfocused day, at my office job, then went to Dark Tendency to set up my booth.

The rave was a little weird because the turnout was much lower than expected. So it was a huge venue, gorgeously decorated, pumping with amazing sound, but not very full of people. Due to the low turnout I didn't manage to sell many of my things, but I did sell a couple items and I gave out some businesss cards. And even though the rave wasn't super populated and I brought a crapload of merch and only sold a few items, my outlook on the whole night stayed mind-blowingly positive. I mean, this was an opportunity that came completely out of nowhere, and it might open some doors for me in Montreal. Also, the fact that I spent the night with Matt definitely enhanced my mood.

After the rave I did manage to make it for the tail-end of my friend's birthday party. I stayed there for a few hours and by hte time I got home I was too far into the next day to look back. So basically I stayed awake forever last weekend, but it was a hell of a lot of fun.

So now I'm sitting on a mountain of rave gear, and this weekend I'll be doing a photoshoot with my crew so we can get it all up on the internet. It's like a great man once said, "when life give you lemons, you clone thos lemons, and then you get SUPER lemons."