Thursday, October 15, 2015

Nocturnal Wonderland 20th Anniversary: September 4-6, 2015

How do I begin, with the rave that tops anything I have been to up until now. This was a 3 day rave that changed my whole view of things. I went into this rave to expecting to run into as many people as I did. But for one sure thing I was going to meet up with Jesse (Gizmo), to say hi and rage together for a minute. That's jumping ahead tho. To start I drive down with Sahar thursday night around 10:30pm on Sept. 3rd. We get to LA around 3am, crash at Sahar's aunts house get up a little later in the day and head to our hotel. We check in and get ready to head out to the venue. In our rave outfits and Kandi we call an Uber and get taken to the venue dropped off fairly close and head to the entrance lines. We make it through and I get a Snapchat message from Gizmo telling me where he's waiting and where he is at. We start heading over to the meeting spot. Mind you its a lot harder to find someone at these events than you might think. Yet, I found Gizmo and gave him the Kandi I made him and then was introduced to all his friends he was with, Sahar right by my side. We were on the move to the next stage listening to the music and having a blast. Moved around to another stage danced enjoying everything the event had to offer. It was only a couple hours in and Jesse went with some of his friends to a different stage when I ran into another one of my friends unexpectedly. Thomas. Said our hellos and went our separate ways. Wasn't until a few moments later that Sahar and I ran into him again. This time when we ran into each other we had a weird connection that brought us together. So he introduced me to all his friends, both of which become really cool friends (Anthony: the one in the picture on top, the bottom in the middle hands extended & Gil: not pictured). Anthony would later become one of my better friends, although from a distance. So when the final set came to start, Armin Van Buren, we were just enjoying the visuals from the stage and danced together, Thomas and I.
Day 2 was a whole different ballpark the music played that day was more intense. Meaning faster paced and had so much more energy with more people in the crowds. Getting the whole #squad together made everything much better. Dancing, messing around, just enjoying everything. Day 3 was the same and then some got to spend a weekend with a great new group of people. Wouldn't change a thing for the world. Had a blast that day. Memorable for-sure wouldn't change a thing.

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