YOU KNOW YOUR A RAVER WHEN
? The total amount of sleep you get on weekends is the sum of how many times you've blinked since Friday night.
? You grin like a dumbass whenever you see a comercial for "E News"
? You navigate your way around the city by using 24h petrol-stations as landmarks.
? You can't pass a warehouse, big open field, barn, airplane hanger, phone booth, etc without getting that far off look in your eye and saying "Wow, what a great place for a rave!"
? You're willing to spend $30 on a ticket for an event you might not even get into, $50 for something that might be asprin, but you're not willing to part with $2 for a bottle of water.
? You have sleeping patterns that would kill normal human beings.
? Almost every letter of the alphabet has a different meaning to you.
? You forget about your dream of becoming a Doctor and start to wonder what it would be like to be a cartoon character...
? You are dead against drinking alcohol, but will snort horse-tranquillizers without any prompting needed.
? You wallpaper your room with old fliers.
? All your friends have names like Gee Whiz, Marko, Fenix and hyper...etc...
? You've got a huge pile of dead glow-sticks in your room which you can't throw out because of 'sentimental value'.
? You don't own a watch, and if you do its either edible or able to hide drugs inside.
? You lose 10 lbs in one night and the last thing you think about the next morning is food.
? You can live for an entire weekend out of your backpack.
? You think perhaps Bill Gates was thinking of something else when he designed the Internet Explorer logo...
? You're happy when there's a recession because it means more empty warehouses.
? You've got so much glowing shit in your room that you can't sleep because of the brightness.
? You've been close friends with someone for weeks without actually knowing their first names.
? You get home and you've got absolutly nothing that you can talk to your parents about from your weekend.
? You automatically migrate towards anything florescent because you think it might be someone with a glow stick.
? You buy clothes based on texture, and whether they are reflective in the dark.
? You don't give a flying fuck what you look like any more and just dance, dance, dance...
? You can stand in front of a 12,000 watt speaker for an hour and be loving every minute of it.
? You won't spend any money on things you need, but if someone at a party needs $5 , you'll give it to them.
? You can wear out a pair of shoes in only a few days.
? You can't carry out normal day to day activities without having little lights to play with.
? You have a one-track mind, and it goes Beep-Beep-Boom-Boom-Beep-Beep-Boom (or... oountz, ountz, doof, doof, ountz, ountz, doof, doof!)
? You carry enough flashy electronic-things in your bag to light a small city.
? When you are driving your car home you feel like you're in a video game.
? You start to think of lollipops as a seperate food group.
? Chewing gum becomes a necessity.
? Random tripping is the best way to describe your weekend (or indeed your life)
? You start coveting all of your dad's old 1977 polyester sweatsuits.
? The mere mention of a 3 digit number with a "0" in the middle of it causes you to drool uncontrollably.
? The odometer of your car increases in big chunks over the weekend.
? You have to fight back the urge to beat the hell out everyone who thinks raves are like the club scene in Basic Instinct.
? You can keep a straight face when you tell people "really, not that many people are on anything....i'm serious!"
? Food, water, air, Vick's...all are about of equal importance.
? You are no longer just a raver...but a promoter, vendor, DJ, etc...
? You have trouble naming 5 friends who are not pierced SOMEWHERE.
? When you see Capn Crunch 4 times in one week!
? You not only notice that household appliances like washing machines can generate a funky beat, you also argue about whether it's tribal or trance.
? You know where to buy glowsticks at 11pm.
? When shopping you just buy clothes that will feel cool on Ecstasy.
? While you were out dancing your mom was up all night because you stole your baby brothers binky.
? You can talk to your friends for hours about drugs and never once say an actual drug's name.
? You've ever watched a rave report on Inside Edition and saw yourself. (hasn't everyone? :)
? You know where to get a back-up generator at 2 a.m.
? You've asked for every Friday and Saturday off of work for "religious reasons."
? When your parents ask where you were the night before you honestly don't know.
? You bust out glow sticks at your senior prom.
