It's 4am and slumber has no further use for me - so here I am, playing through the thoughts in my head as to what I intended to blog about almost 12 hours ago. Ah yes, carnival, more specifically liming at carnival time. To many people, carnival began with the official launch, to others it starts, or rather, is, the two days of bacchanaling on the road - for me carnival started somewhere around March or April when I heard the first song - "olay". I always enjoy the carnival season - I have a blast, it is my time of year to really fete the way I like to fete; I've heard many adjectives used to describe me at carnival time - all appropriate. At some point this season, I decided I would write about every event I attended, the people, the atmosphere - the vibe. But, between "getting good" and recoverying in time for the next lime, I scrapped that thought.
Every event has been more intense than the last - and even where there are occassional duds the lime is easily salvaged by just finding some spot with something going on and continue the lime. People take on a diffrent attitude to liming and to interacting with people at carnival time. Carnival brings seasonal friends; these are the people you don't see anywhere, anytime other than carnival - and there is something about those people that pulls you, and your lime, that fete, is all the better; because, these seasonal friends meet with a single purpose - to enjoy themselves and as we would say "get it good".
Carnival is a time for good friends, good music, good rum, good fun - carnival is just freaking good.
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