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By 606 (Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 11:59:07 PM EST) (all tags)
STORM Hard House Rave, The Warehouse, Calgary
Sun. Feb 17, 2008

A statistical breakdown.



HuSies: 3 (me, R343L, misslake)
Alcohol available: far too much
Drugs available: not nearly enough

DJs: 7
Kickdrum hits (approx): 81,600
Songs recognized: 1 (Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up)

Asians in muscle shirts standing around like they are in some kind of drug gang: 44
...wearing sunglasses: 1

Really old asian men dancing way harder than you ever could: 4

Bored looking wives of asian men dancing way harder than you ever could: 3

17 year old girls with fake IDs and outfits from American Apparel utterly self-conscious and failing to dance: 8
...asking me where they can find e: 1
...acting like they own the place with dresses made of silver sequins wearing red lipstick and a beret but, still, failing to dance: 1

18 year old guys hitting on girls with outfits from American Apparel: 3
...taking pictures for their Facebook/MySpace: 3

East european kids so drunk all they can do is stand at the front of the stage and point at the DJ: 1

Irate punk-rock cheerleaders on acid annoyed by people not dancing: 1

Punk rock 18 year olds: 2
...piercings: 9

People most likely on coke wanting to fight: 2

People entering a bathroom stall all at once and coming out moments later extremely happy: 5

Percent of people who are actually there to dance:
...at midnight: 20%
...at 1 AM: 30%
...at 2 AM: 44%

Records covered in spilled beer and Rev energy drink found by misslake and kept by me: 1

Water consumed (approx): 3 litres

Ears ringing: 2

Satisfaction: 85%. Pretty good rave.

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