*I'm gonna post all the pictures at the bottom in a separate post, So if you want to see them and not read the story (would love if you read it though ) Then look down at the bottom.*
Hi there! Well, I'm sorry in advance for how long this is going to be (and any typos that I may have missed and didn't fix), Because I know I'm gonna write a lot. But In this story i'm going to write about how I went to metrocons Rave July 23rd & How I felt about going to a rave I've been waiting for since I was 12 to go to. & I had actually been waiting about 8/9 months to go to this one in particular. And I'm gonna starts with how I very first *kinda* found out about it...
It all started in October last year when I saw this...
When I saw that I was happy, hopeful & sad. And I actually at first DIDN'T want him to come to Tampa at all... :O Now before you ask me why the hell I wouldn't want S3RL in my city, It's because of me not being 18 yet, And I was under the impression that the rave was going to be 18+ so I really hoped he would go to Dallas instead.
Fast forward 4 months later when I saw him say he was coming to Tampa on July 23rd in February.
I was so sad, I was really sad because I figured it was 18+ so for the next 5 minutes I was really sad, Until I clicked the link to the metrocon page that he included in the post & saw that it said METROCON IS AN ALL AGES EVENT! (Yes it said it in all caps) and I ran to my mom and showed her! And she pretty much instantly said I could go because me & my mom are best friends, and I talk to her a LOT about raves, PLUR & DJ S3RL so she knows very well how much it means to me. The only problem was talking my dad into it. But my mom handled that one for me.
So for the next 5/6 months I mentally prepared myself because to be honest, I was REALLY nervous about it for multiple reasons.
I was nervous because I figured i'd freak out when I saw DJ S3RL
I was nervous that I'd be too scared to talk to other ravers and trade Kandi with them & hug them (I wanted to hug people and trade SO bad but I was really nervous about doing it simply because I had never done it before)
And I was nervous that people wouldn't actually be as nice, happy & positive as I heard that they were (I'm so glad that they were )
And then I got me a pair of adorable pink fluffies/leg warmers and glowsticks & over 4000 beads and learned to make Kandi & I actually learned to make cuffs so far and I'm gonna learn to do masks soon! and perlers too. And I also learned the Kandi handshake and forced my sisters to do it with me over and over again so I'd know what to do. XD
And the months just rolled by, and finally the day was the day I was supposed to go, To go and complete my dream to not only go to my first rave, But to meet DJ S3RL as well. And I'm not even kidding when I say I literally thought about the rave every single day leading up the it. No joke. At LEAST once a day but it was usually more. XD
On the way to the place I felt like a couldn't breathe (even though I could breathe just fine) and my stomach had the worst butterflies i've ever had in my entire life. And the 20 minute drive was awful because of the butterflies and me feeling like I couldn't breathe, So it was pretty terrible. But besides that It was alright. :3
Then we parked and me, my mom & my dad walked the little distance it was to the building where the rave was and walked up the insane amount of stairs to get up top into the 3rd story were the rave was. And by the time we got to the entrance I heard the booming music and saw the wide open doors leading up to it, And we got there at about 12:30 AM or so, So the doors were open and we didn't have to wait or anything like that.
We got my bag checked and about a minute later we walked into the rave and oh my god, It was the best thing I've ever seen before. The lights, The music that was so loud that I literally couldn't even hear myself talk and the fact that I felt the vibrations in my arms, legs chest and every other part of my body just made me feel so happy that it wasn't funny
Hi there! Well, I'm sorry in advance for how long this is going to be (and any typos that I may have missed and didn't fix), Because I know I'm gonna write a lot. But In this story i'm going to write about how I went to metrocons Rave July 23rd & How I felt about going to a rave I've been waiting for since I was 12 to go to. & I had actually been waiting about 8/9 months to go to this one in particular. And I'm gonna starts with how I very first *kinda* found out about it...
It all started in October last year when I saw this...
*gasp* wait is it the MetroCon in Tampa or Dallas?
When I saw that I was happy, hopeful & sad. And I actually at first DIDN'T want him to come to Tampa at all... :O Now before you ask me why the hell I wouldn't want S3RL in my city, It's because of me not being 18 yet, And I was under the impression that the rave was going to be 18+ so I really hoped he would go to Dallas instead.
Fast forward 4 months later when I saw him say he was coming to Tampa on July 23rd in February.
I was so sad, I was really sad because I figured it was 18+ so for the next 5 minutes I was really sad, Until I clicked the link to the metrocon page that he included in the post & saw that it said METROCON IS AN ALL AGES EVENT! (Yes it said it in all caps) and I ran to my mom and showed her! And she pretty much instantly said I could go because me & my mom are best friends, and I talk to her a LOT about raves, PLUR & DJ S3RL so she knows very well how much it means to me. The only problem was talking my dad into it. But my mom handled that one for me.
So for the next 5/6 months I mentally prepared myself because to be honest, I was REALLY nervous about it for multiple reasons.
I was nervous because I figured i'd freak out when I saw DJ S3RL
I was nervous that I'd be too scared to talk to other ravers and trade Kandi with them & hug them (I wanted to hug people and trade SO bad but I was really nervous about doing it simply because I had never done it before)
And I was nervous that people wouldn't actually be as nice, happy & positive as I heard that they were (I'm so glad that they were )
And then I got me a pair of adorable pink fluffies/leg warmers and glowsticks & over 4000 beads and learned to make Kandi & I actually learned to make cuffs so far and I'm gonna learn to do masks soon! and perlers too. And I also learned the Kandi handshake and forced my sisters to do it with me over and over again so I'd know what to do. XD
And the months just rolled by, and finally the day was the day I was supposed to go, To go and complete my dream to not only go to my first rave, But to meet DJ S3RL as well. And I'm not even kidding when I say I literally thought about the rave every single day leading up the it. No joke. At LEAST once a day but it was usually more. XD
On the way to the place I felt like a couldn't breathe (even though I could breathe just fine) and my stomach had the worst butterflies i've ever had in my entire life. And the 20 minute drive was awful because of the butterflies and me feeling like I couldn't breathe, So it was pretty terrible. But besides that It was alright. :3
Then we parked and me, my mom & my dad walked the little distance it was to the building where the rave was and walked up the insane amount of stairs to get up top into the 3rd story were the rave was. And by the time we got to the entrance I heard the booming music and saw the wide open doors leading up to it, And we got there at about 12:30 AM or so, So the doors were open and we didn't have to wait or anything like that.
We got my bag checked and about a minute later we walked into the rave and oh my god, It was the best thing I've ever seen before. The lights, The music that was so loud that I literally couldn't even hear myself talk and the fact that I felt the vibrations in my arms, legs chest and every other part of my body just made me feel so happy that it wasn't funny
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