Well maybe it is not a funny story…. Maybe it is just a nostalgic ramble that one writes on a Friday the 13th afternoon. Maybe this will turn into a poem. I can remember back in 05 when I first found out about opel. I was kind of new to the bay area and looking for something burner like to do. I was on the Jack Rabbit mailing list and heard about a fundraiser for some theme camp at the DNA lounge…. It was something that had a Starwars theme. And I danced my ass off for the first time in years… I had more fun than I expected and wanted more… “hell I might even go to Burning Man again” I thought.

On my way out of the club I had a chat with a young guy who had one of those reverse Mohawks (like the hair the front man for Prodigy had). I asked where I could find out about more events like this… and he directed me to tribe.

So then I hooked into opel and found so many events for many fringe things in the bay area. I was stoked! I remember when this tribe was filled with lots of funny back and forth with so many talented DJs and when I met Gina and helped with the garage sale. I remember Gina telling me that her brother pegged me as “The quirky guy on tribe” Oh and I remember having a crush on DJ Goldi Lox… I remember many nights going out to the clubs alone and dancing and loving the music. And I remember going to burning man in 06… And I remember some sad things about this artists chick that was not that into me and I remember my knees going bad at the decompression… and not being able to run anymore and not really wanting to dance anymore and kind of a going on a bum trip… gaining wait and feeling blue.

And then this year and last as I have kind of shunned the nightlife and spent many nights walking the beach drunk and alone in Princeton Harbor, one night a couple weeks ago I met her. And she is like almost 40 and talks about how she likes to go clubbing in the city.

Well shit! I don’t know what I am writing here… I am moving into the city this weekend and it is odd that I just met this hot girl (with a shit load of issues) who is into me and goes to the parties and clubs… the kind I would got to 2 years ago… before my knees went bad and I started hitting the bottle.

Anyway I feel as if I am on an upwards swing… just like the stock market is this week. And I feel like tribe and opel is a part of the cycle I am completing in some way. And heck once I lose some of this weight I just might show up at one of your events… The girl I met on the beach was saying how the event last Saturday was extraordinary!!