DEZ. 20. i dance until the sun comes up and then i drive home squinting like a vampire with a job. PLUR is not a slogan on a bracelet it is an actual instruction. Peace Love Unity Respect. if you're at a party and someone's having a bad time, YOU go sit with them. that's the deal. that's the whole culture. everything else is just lights. MY KANDI: i make it during history class and at red lights (safely) (mostly). i have 40+ singles and 6 cuffs. i trade at every event. if you want one just ask, seriously, that is literally the point of them. WHAT I BRING TO AN EVENT: water, gum, extra hair ties, a granola bar for whoever forgot to eat, and glowsticks for the kid standing by themselves at the back looking terrified. that kid was me in 2002. MUSIC: trance, happy hardcore, breaks, whatever DJ Warhead is playing at 3am when he stops caring about the crowd and just plays for himself. that's the best set of the night, always. things i will not tolerate: people who don't hydrate, guys who touch you without asking, dudes who talk through the whole set about how the DJ is "mid." be nice. drink water. dance like nobody's filming because in 2005 nobody is.

Paul van Dyk. the girl in the pink furry boots at the Nov 12 party who gave me her cuff and vanished — I still have it, I want to give you something back