I went exploring up Nile Creek the other day. The creek is in a small gorge and the water was down, so I could walk right up the creek bed, and I found a sweet pool and 20' waterfall. I was totally secluded. I laid naked in the sun again for a while, scoping out possible future excursions in my mapbook, then went for a quick swim.

That night I went to another outdoor party (ie - rave). It was the exact same location and setup as last time, but less people and more visuals. I stayed sober cuz I had to leave at 3:30 to go home and get some sleep for my 9am shift. I put in some time dancing, btu nevedr realyl got going. Heard some prety good house, but I find even really good house isn't really danceflooer material. I could be wrong though. Some decent dnb and breaks. Got to watch this really good dancer for a while, gonna try to steal a few moves. I did get to catch a glimpse one of the better records, which I hope will finally be the catalyst to my discovery of the elusive "party breaks". Dopamine is the artist, In Shallow and Hold You are two wicked tracks, especially the latter.

Last night, me and some girls from work went to the Parksville beach for the Canada Day fireworks. I didn't have high expectations. I expected a very mildly entertaining lightshow. It was just something social to do for the evening. Boy was I wrong. There must've been in the ballpark of 2500 people there. We got really stoned and walked around, running into all sorts of people that at least one of us knew. Then we heard this weird music, so we followed the noise into what may very well have been a separate dimension. A cartoon nexus, if you will. Let me set the scene. A family of 6, ma and pa and 4 daughters of various ages. All playing a different sized xylophone. The dad's was huge, bigger than a grand piano. And they were all dressed up in a strange style I can't possibly describe. And if I can't describe the style of clothing, I DEFINITELY can't describe the style of music. Wow. We were tripping balls, no doubt about it. I can imagine myself in ten years having strange flashbacks of this scene, and not knowing if it was a dream or not. Too strange. Shortly after, the fireworks started. I was hooked instantly. These weren't no Town of Golden fireworks. no no. More like Calgary Stampede fireworks. They musta gona on for 15 minutes and it was the kidn of thing you just laid back, shut up, and watched. I mean, start with the fact that it was a beautiful sunset over the water (WHY DIDN'T I BRING A CAMERA!?!?), with a lot of boats in the bay. But the colors, and the sparkling, and the smoke, and oh, it was a sight to behold. i was very impressed, thru and thru. I'll leave it at that. I can't imagine what the Symphony of Fire musta been like. What a trippy night....