raves
...re will be a cartoon character on it, or smiley faces and aliens. Now, I could do a whole paper on fashion. There are four classes of people grouped by what they wear not how much money you have or what kind of car you drive. The most common class is the “Candy Ravers” they are always female and have short hair that’s usually in barrettes or pigtails. They’re also usually carrying around stuffed animals, or sucking on lollipops or pacifiers. They wear glitter all over their bodies and stickers on each cheek. They’ll sport a shirt with childhood heroes such as my little pony, care bears, strawberry shortcake etc. The next class knows as the Hip-Hop Boys are usually pared up w/ Candy Ravers. Hip Hop boys are in fat pants and head to toe Adidas Logos. Occasionally you will see them wearing bug eyed glasses with suspenders. The 3rd of many rave classes is the Gwen Stefani class. They are always girls and are wearing crop tops or anything that will bare their belly. They wear track pants, or swish pants and are sporting every piercing known to man and more. Gwen Stefani’s match is the Club Ravers. These males dress in wife beaters; tube socks up to their knees, and very roomy cargo or army pants. They will have a tight shirt or no shirt and every club Ravers' boxers WILL always be exposed. They will have spiky hair usually with frosted tips and they wear either a visor, or no hat at all. Regardless of these 4 classes (out of many) the rave scene will include snow hats; electronic colored wigs, 5-inch platforms and everyone will have glow sticks in their mouths. The main thing to remember when you dress for a rave is; Are you comfortable? This is the way I dress to go out. The sneakers, baggy pants to be sure that I can move my legs correctly to the beat. In my opinion the less you where up top the better off you are because once you get started you can bet that you'll sweat up a storm and if you’re a girl it's not called perspiration anymore it's called sweat and your armpits show it. So as you can see it is very hard to stick out at a rave. From the time you walk into the door, to the time you walk out the door, reality is non-existent. You believe that sure, tomorrow I will work on my homework. And Monday I will go to school, but right now, right now I’m going to play. A rave is a culture of escape. A rave is a culture where diversity comes to a halt. Where race, gender, age, sexual preference and everything else that our society focuses so much on, just fades into the background. A raver once said, “I was on my way to a rave with some friends when they got stuck in standstill traffic. All of the sudden 30 Ravers or so on their way to the party got out of their cars, turned on music, and danced in the middle of the interstate. Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. P.L.U.R. is the Raver code that, if everyone lived by, the world would be infinitely better than it is today. This phrase is commonly thrown around at a rave. TAZ. Temporary autonomous zone, meaning a zone that is there temporarily that’s self-governed. TAZ is an event that continually rises up. Wild, but gentle, a seducer, not a rapist, and a smuggler rather than a pirate. But even with the harmony and peace, there is a downside: Drugs. You cannot separate a rave from drug use. It’s impossible. Ecstasy is the popular one. There is also Crystal Meth, which is the dirtiest most addictive drug going, also very popular. The next bad one is GHB, more commonly know to the public as the date rape drug. Special K is very popular among the eastern crowd, and that's pain and simple a horse tranq...