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Notes from underground: Psylebrating good times

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Psylebration Part 3

I eased back into things slowly after our vacation, visiting LA to see my brother and his family and then San Diego to meet a Facebook friend and hang out with D, who was launching PrivacyActivism’s graphic novel Networked: Carabella on the Run at ComiCon.  How cool is that?  By the end of July, it was back to full speed ahead.  We’re making great progress on Tales from the Net, I’m really excited about the innovation work I’m doing volunteering with NWEN, and I’ve been meeting some incredibly interesting people online and off.

Sounds like a good time to psylebrate!  It’s a birthday bash for Dr. Spook, so should be lots of fun.

And with the summer wrapping up and the year almost exactly 2/3 over, it’s a fine opportunity to see how I’m doing on my New Years’ Resolutions.

So tonight, and the rest of the weekend, I’ll be choosing desire over fear, trusting my intuition, trying not to analyze things too much, falling through the limitations of intelligence into pure and simple creativity, and bringing inner ecstasy back into my consciousness.

– A blue moon and an embarrassement of riches, December 31 2009

My specific resolutions included improving work/life balance; bringing more art, beauty, fun and seduction into my life; and spending more time and energy with the people I care about … and not to pat myself on the head too much or anything, I think I’ve made good progress on all of the above.

Work/life balance has gotten consistently better as I shifted to advisors’ mode with Qworky and then survived CFP.  Thus far at least I’ve managed to avoid over-committing, and made an effort to keep my priorities straight: Tales from the Net, a few hours a week volunteering, and not adding other new projects.   Of course that means that there are some exciting things I don’t have enough time for … oh well; such is life.   My Mom told me to practice saying no, and D and my therapist both said “you should listen to your Mom about this”.  Who am I to argue?

Moving down the list: great new artwork from J Kovach in Seattle and Madeleine Bodisco Alexander in the SF Bay Area, beautiful jewelry by John Flynn of Hawi, a cool exhibit at LACMA with my brother and nephew, a chunk of work on my novel-in-progress g0ddesses.net, zip-lining, wine-tasting, snorkeling, great paella … y’know, I think I’m doing okay with art, beauty, and fun.   And speaking of goddesses, on the seduction front, all I can say is “wow”.

As for spending more time with the people I like, well, yeah, I’ve been doing this both online and off with friends old and new.  If you’re reading this, you know who you are :-)    I enjoy every moment we spend together (although wish it were more), I’m crazy about you, and am looking forward to more!

So yeah.  Time to psylebrate. I heart psytrance.

jon

Jon Pincus bought some hot pink earplugs and is ready for the weekend!!!!!

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2 responses to “Notes from underground: Psylebrating good times”

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    jon

    and the UV-active topcoat on my nails is looking mighty good too :-)

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  2. jon Avatar
    jon

    It was a great night, with a very happy crowd. My nails got rave reviews: under black light enough of the fuschia base showed through the white topcoat that they were a lovely pink. My rainbow earring also got noticed 🙂

    I danced pretty much non-stop for about five hours [making sure to have plenty of water of course]. There were plenty of great dancers as well as a ridiculous number of very attractive women. The dance floor never got too crowded and at times was open enough that people were doing poi, flagging (ableit with very small flags), and breakdancing. Great sets from Sausee and Witchdokta, and the dubstep room upstairs was apparently rocking. Dubstep’s not my thing musically but it’s a good complement to the psytrance and it’s cool to see the scenes cross over.

    It’s interesting to compare-and-contrast with six years ago, when we saw Astral Projection at <<<thump>>> on Barnevald. Space 550 aka “the Barn” was a much larger venue with a huge main floor, so the energy was much much more intense. The lights were much lower, and there were a lot more glow sticks and Cyberdog outfits. There was a separate chill room where I spent many happy hours relaxing (although since I was in a nonstop-dancing mood last night I probably wouldn’t have hung out there anyhow) and an upstairs to perch and watch the happenings. Ah well. Like Klubstitute, Product and Spundae in the 1990s, there are aspects of the scene back then that I really miss.

    Still, last night’s vibe was equally great, just in a different way. It was much more a house party that was too big to hold in a house so they got a venue. Nobody gets rich from a party like Psylebration but everybody has a wonderful time. There was a lot of “oh hi, how great to see you!” going on, and people getting their pictures taken together, a crowd of people who run into each other regularly. The feel on the dance floor was a lot like at the benefit Spook did back in 2004 for D’s Burning Man camp SkyShowCamp or the Warmth party that got busted earlier this year. The video screen at the Gingerbread House is huge, and Geomagnetic.tv’s video loops create a very different feel.

    It’s the vibe, the crowd, and the music that really matter to me, and last night they were all great. What a wonderful time … and this morning I woke up (late) with that wonderful “day after” feel and the sun is out. I heart psytrance.

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