Inferno and cold nip nips
What a time at Inferno,
This was my first time at the Electric Ballroom... well lets start at the beginning...
It was agreed with bodphrah and latin_vampire that we would meet at 11pm at Camden tube station. Its good to have these guys out cause they always make me laugh when I'm with them and I always have a good time. A text at 9:50pm informed me what I already knew which was that they were gonna be late... (Well I know Bods always on time so it could only have been Latin, Only to now be told it was Bod who was running late so apologies to Latin) So, enduring the usual stares I get at my pink and white hair, I make it to Camden at 11:10 to be hailed by the Religious guys asking me to repent... then in the next breath I get the Inferno guy with his flyer's. It was amusing to see some people shy away from the Inferno guy only to join the que at the Electric Ballroom, They obviously wanted to pay £7 rather than £5. ;o)
The time races on and as it turned to 11:20 I decide to join the que on my little lonesome as its £5 before 11:30. So, I gets in line and pay my £5 and get searched (not knowing one of the bouncers has his eye on me) and go and sit down near the cloakroom to wait for the boys.
After a short while uvpaladin finds me and tells me to come to the bar rather than wait here for the boys. Kelly, Libby, and a few others who's names I don't know or can't remember but I recognise from SC are there and I say my hello's and get my drink. I didn't realise how big the Electric Ballroom would be and was quite happy about the large dance floor. Also the Bar in a hexagon shape (though I may have the wrong word cause to be honest I didn't count how many sides the bar had) is a wonderful idea and it tickled my fancy alot.
The boys arrive after 12 midnight (after they were waiting for me and got into a convo with the religious guys I snuck past earlier!!) I spied one of them in the cloakroom que. After coats and bag were put away we got to some serious dancing. Paladin had started his set and serious dancing we sure did! (I wish I'd brought my sticks with me, but still too nervous. I'll try them out at SC on 20th)I seriously needed to cool down after that so I went to the cloakroom area to cool down. After that I went back to the dance floor area and just hung at the side.
While hanging at the side I saw a Bouncer slowly approach me. I was thinking "what the bloody hell have I done!" He walks right up and says to me "you look so pure" (or was it natural? I cant remember the exact word now) and I said really? He said "yes you have no piercings even your ears are not pierced" I said yeah thats right. He then said "My name is Anthony" and asked for my name which I gave. He then asked where I was from (this is a question I get all the time and if I answer Essex people get the asshole with me! What they mean is where are my roots) so I said that my parents are from Barbados to which he said that he was from Nigeria. He then informed me that he had been watching me from the moment I arrived and that he would like to get to know me better. i.e. meet up, date, then make lurrrvve (ok, so you know I was in a panic!) I said a lot of people want to get to know me better. Then I told a lie!!! I said to him you see that guy over there that's my boyfriend. He asked was I happy and I looked him dead in the eye and said we were very happy. (now that I can lie and look ya straight in the eye, that no one is gonna know whether i'm telling the truth or lying.. not a good thing for me to learn... or place on a LJ (stupid cow!)and ya know I'm gonna roast in the big inferno in the ground don't ya! lol) He then said ok and asked me to take care and I said goodbye. I then scooted over to my pretend boyfriend and danced with him. (I'd like to thank Bod for unknowingly becoming my pretend boyfriend for all of 20mins or so! ha ha ha ta mate)
Now while dancing with Bod, Paladin came over with Bods coat at which point Bod asked what the time was and I said 3am so we then started to hang around for Latin only to discover 10 mins later from Paladin that he had already left.... left with my coat, my Dad keys and lighter! (thanks mate, good job I had my flat keys on me) So Bod and I left and made our way to Trafalgar via chatting to (oh bugger, I've forgotten his name!!!) getting a phone call from Latin telling me he has my coat (no shit sherlock) and telling him I want it back by sat evening, going to kebab shop (I only wanted two saveloys) and walking to the bus stop.
Get to Trafalgar only then remembering that I should have got off earlier as I need the N25 to get to Ilford (by that time I am regretting not going to the loo at the Electric Ballroom) so Bod kindly walks me back to Tottenham Court road and waits until the Bus comes. (ta again mate) I gets on the bus and I tell ya I didn't realise that my old patch Tower Hamlets has shitty roads! (by this time I really wanted to go to the loo and feeling all the bumps the bus made really brought it home!) I gets to Ilford and I have a 5 min walk to the cab office to take me to my flat.(Now I am bursting. Squat I hear you say and I tell you now I have never squatted in my life!!! I ain't about to learn now!)
So, I gets to my flat (4 doors to get into my flat) and I stupidly make 3 phone calls, 3 missed calls I made trying to find out if Bod was on his way to Brighton or not (no thinking he would have it on silent while listen to his mp3!)and then I make my way to the first door. This is where I made my BIG mistake. Post was on the floor for me.... so I bend.... and pick it up... only for my bladder to say HURRY UP YA BITCH! so I rush to the next door and open to rush up the stairs.... STAIRS!!! 2 flights of the mofo's!!!!!! and get to the last door only to remember I locked the bathroom door!!!! I had to rush to my bedroom to get the key and its funny the impression the sound of a key makes to my Bladder cause the jangling of the key was saying to my bladder GO FOR IT, LET IT ALL FLOW OUT! (Sorry to the squeamish girlie's reading this)and by the time I opened the door and got busy just as I got to the loo, my bladder got busy before me! This was at 5:43am by the time I got into bed it was 7:00am (after having a bath that is), but I was sooo cold that the last time I saw on my phone was 10:30am. Only for my bladder to wake me up at 14:00!($*^&%£"&*$*&£!!!) I must remember NOT to drink Cider anymore at clubs, just stick to Spirits!!
So that was my first Electric Ballroom - Inferno experience 1 of many to come I hope.... and to end this, I will leave a famous quote (with a few amended by me)
"To be or not to be (without my coat), --that is the question:--
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer (from chap nips)
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (jammy git :o) )
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles (and not make it to the loo on time after traveling for 2:30 hours bursting to go),
And by opposing end them? (and get my coat back eventually)"
Peace people
Ragette (and what I consider to be my first "Proper" LJ!)
This was my first time at the Electric Ballroom... well lets start at the beginning...
It was agreed with bodphrah and latin_vampire that we would meet at 11pm at Camden tube station. Its good to have these guys out cause they always make me laugh when I'm with them and I always have a good time. A text at 9:50pm informed me what I already knew which was that they were gonna be late... (Well I know Bods always on time so it could only have been Latin, Only to now be told it was Bod who was running late so apologies to Latin) So, enduring the usual stares I get at my pink and white hair, I make it to Camden at 11:10 to be hailed by the Religious guys asking me to repent... then in the next breath I get the Inferno guy with his flyer's. It was amusing to see some people shy away from the Inferno guy only to join the que at the Electric Ballroom, They obviously wanted to pay £7 rather than £5. ;o)
The time races on and as it turned to 11:20 I decide to join the que on my little lonesome as its £5 before 11:30. So, I gets in line and pay my £5 and get searched (not knowing one of the bouncers has his eye on me) and go and sit down near the cloakroom to wait for the boys.
After a short while uvpaladin finds me and tells me to come to the bar rather than wait here for the boys. Kelly, Libby, and a few others who's names I don't know or can't remember but I recognise from SC are there and I say my hello's and get my drink. I didn't realise how big the Electric Ballroom would be and was quite happy about the large dance floor. Also the Bar in a hexagon shape (though I may have the wrong word cause to be honest I didn't count how many sides the bar had) is a wonderful idea and it tickled my fancy alot.
The boys arrive after 12 midnight (after they were waiting for me and got into a convo with the religious guys I snuck past earlier!!) I spied one of them in the cloakroom que. After coats and bag were put away we got to some serious dancing. Paladin had started his set and serious dancing we sure did! (I wish I'd brought my sticks with me, but still too nervous. I'll try them out at SC on 20th)I seriously needed to cool down after that so I went to the cloakroom area to cool down. After that I went back to the dance floor area and just hung at the side.
While hanging at the side I saw a Bouncer slowly approach me. I was thinking "what the bloody hell have I done!" He walks right up and says to me "you look so pure" (or was it natural? I cant remember the exact word now) and I said really? He said "yes you have no piercings even your ears are not pierced" I said yeah thats right. He then said "My name is Anthony" and asked for my name which I gave. He then asked where I was from (this is a question I get all the time and if I answer Essex people get the asshole with me! What they mean is where are my roots) so I said that my parents are from Barbados to which he said that he was from Nigeria. He then informed me that he had been watching me from the moment I arrived and that he would like to get to know me better. i.e. meet up, date, then make lurrrvve (ok, so you know I was in a panic!) I said a lot of people want to get to know me better. Then I told a lie!!! I said to him you see that guy over there that's my boyfriend. He asked was I happy and I looked him dead in the eye and said we were very happy. (now that I can lie and look ya straight in the eye, that no one is gonna know whether i'm telling the truth or lying.. not a good thing for me to learn... or place on a LJ (stupid cow!)and ya know I'm gonna roast in the big inferno in the ground don't ya! lol) He then said ok and asked me to take care and I said goodbye. I then scooted over to my pretend boyfriend and danced with him. (I'd like to thank Bod for unknowingly becoming my pretend boyfriend for all of 20mins or so! ha ha ha ta mate)
Now while dancing with Bod, Paladin came over with Bods coat at which point Bod asked what the time was and I said 3am so we then started to hang around for Latin only to discover 10 mins later from Paladin that he had already left.... left with my coat, my Dad keys and lighter! (thanks mate, good job I had my flat keys on me) So Bod and I left and made our way to Trafalgar via chatting to (oh bugger, I've forgotten his name!!!) getting a phone call from Latin telling me he has my coat (no shit sherlock) and telling him I want it back by sat evening, going to kebab shop (I only wanted two saveloys) and walking to the bus stop.
Get to Trafalgar only then remembering that I should have got off earlier as I need the N25 to get to Ilford (by that time I am regretting not going to the loo at the Electric Ballroom) so Bod kindly walks me back to Tottenham Court road and waits until the Bus comes. (ta again mate) I gets on the bus and I tell ya I didn't realise that my old patch Tower Hamlets has shitty roads! (by this time I really wanted to go to the loo and feeling all the bumps the bus made really brought it home!) I gets to Ilford and I have a 5 min walk to the cab office to take me to my flat.(Now I am bursting. Squat I hear you say and I tell you now I have never squatted in my life!!! I ain't about to learn now!)
So, I gets to my flat (4 doors to get into my flat) and I stupidly make 3 phone calls, 3 missed calls I made trying to find out if Bod was on his way to Brighton or not (no thinking he would have it on silent while listen to his mp3!)and then I make my way to the first door. This is where I made my BIG mistake. Post was on the floor for me.... so I bend.... and pick it up... only for my bladder to say HURRY UP YA BITCH! so I rush to the next door and open to rush up the stairs.... STAIRS!!! 2 flights of the mofo's!!!!!! and get to the last door only to remember I locked the bathroom door!!!! I had to rush to my bedroom to get the key and its funny the impression the sound of a key makes to my Bladder cause the jangling of the key was saying to my bladder GO FOR IT, LET IT ALL FLOW OUT! (Sorry to the squeamish girlie's reading this)and by the time I opened the door and got busy just as I got to the loo, my bladder got busy before me! This was at 5:43am by the time I got into bed it was 7:00am (after having a bath that is), but I was sooo cold that the last time I saw on my phone was 10:30am. Only for my bladder to wake me up at 14:00!($*^&%£"&*$*&£!!!) I must remember NOT to drink Cider anymore at clubs, just stick to Spirits!!
So that was my first Electric Ballroom - Inferno experience 1 of many to come I hope.... and to end this, I will leave a famous quote (with a few amended by me)
"To be or not to be (without my coat), --that is the question:--
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer (from chap nips)
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (jammy git :o) )
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles (and not make it to the loo on time after traveling for 2:30 hours bursting to go),
And by opposing end them? (and get my coat back eventually)"
Peace people
Ragette (and what I consider to be my first "Proper" LJ!)