Hunting High & Low at D-Edge

[dotinthesky]

It was 80s night yesterday at D-Edge. We thought we'd be surrounded by lesbians since the flyer showed a dark-haired lady smoking a cigar; we thought that most of my friends would come because there was obviously nothing better to do in this city of 20 million people. Henrique & I were the first people to arrive. We sat across the street waiting for the club to open, drinking coffee from a Jabba the Hut lookalike lady. A young guy called Jacques ("my father named me after Jacques Cousteau because he is a biologist") from Porto Alegre joined us and we talked about which night was best for 80s music (he seemed to know a lot about São Paulo's gay nights, despite being straight.)

Inside, the dancefloor remained empty until a Depeche Mode song came on (Enjoy the Silence?). From then on, until 4am, we didn't stray too far from our dancing squares, nor did we need to fight for space (it never got full.) Henrique was immediatly hit on by a gay guy (the perils of going out with Henrique -- all the boys and girls flirt with him and the rest of us are left feeling like middle-aged ugly ducklings), and even Jacques asked me with a nervous laugh if we were a couple. At one point, I took a large and smelly dump, which must have been upsetting for the girl who went into the cabin afterwards to snort coke. Henrique couldn't let go of his bowels like me, so he spent the whole night leaving me alone to go fart in the corner.

I drank a vodka & redbull that left me jittery and down in one corner for a good half-hour. Out of nowhere, a friend of Henrique's showed up with her sister and brother-in-law; they had just come from the inauguration of another nightclub (which we might visit on Friday.) She was incredibly lovely and we shouted a lot at each other on the dancefloor. The music took a dark turn into dodgy techno territory and so we decided to split. We gave Jacques a car lift to the nearest metro station then drove home listening to A-ha.

Comments

[pixxers.livejournal.com]

*rolls around, dying of laughter*

Man, I really love A-ha. And the moral of this story? Cocaine is bad for you.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

People who use cocaine around me always suffer, fact. ;-)

I've begun to spread the word about A-ha goodness. Many people in Brasil had forgotten, but now they see the light again.

[steer.livejournal.com]

We sat across the street, drinking coffee from a Jabba the Hut lookalike lady.

I hate it when they run out of cups.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

She had a good supply; she was even placing one plastic cup inside another before pouring the coffee.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Heh... sorry, I was just being weird at you for no good reason. When I read "We sat across the street, drinking coffee from a Jabba the Hut lookalike lady." I thought "Drinking from a lady? Were there no cups to drink from?"

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I refuse to write well in English while in Brasil! :-)

[steer.livejournal.com]

Heh... I refuse to write portuguese at all. :-)

Anyway, I'm sure there are people on my friends list who would like drinking coffee out of a large woman. Indeed I can think of one for whom that would be in his top ten fantasies.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Can you tell me who? I'm good at keeping secrets. ;-)

[steer.livejournal.com]

I'm good at keeping secrets.

So am I. :-)

[stevek.livejournal.com]

At one point, I took a large and smelly dump

Thank you for sharing that, my day is now complete! ;-)

Sounds like you're having a good time out there.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I was wondering who would mention the smelly dump first. Poo always gets a reaction on LJ. ;-)

[stevek.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I ought to spice up my LJ with poo related comments to glean a reaction from my FList? ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I say give it a go!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I remember that photo of D-Edge from last year! Glad you enjoyed yourself, despite being left alone periodically by the tootinacious Henrique. Stick it to the cokeheads! good job, Ol.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I always have a good time there, no matter what.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I want to go someday!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medium_/]

Good to hear you're having a good time ... and two thumbs up for the large and smelly dump. ;p

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

♥

[psyfi.livejournal.com]

That sounds fun. Wow! Vodka and Redbull was my favourite at Loft. Most of us would order a jug of vodka and redbull (we got 2 since it's buy one get one free deal we got)and walk around Loft with a jug in our hand. Another jug would be left on the table at one corner. hmmm....those were the days....

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

What happened to the Loft? Did it get closed down?

[psyfi.livejournal.com]

No, it's still there, but the crowd is not the same anymore. Cover charge was imposed a few months ago, and so, many friends don't go there anymore. And no more buy one get one free deal anymore. Since then, many rich kids go there to have like a massive kissing orgy on the dancefloor. Music sucks coz Twilight Action Girl start playing music those kids wanna listen. No more indie, eltro clash shit. Frustrating, really. We still drop by whenever we're somewhere around there since we're on the permanent list to hop in without paying cover charge, but we end up going down to Zouk and pay for the cover charge instead. At least, the crowd there is still the same.

Sao Paulo sounds like a great place to party.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Zouk in Singapore? If yes, I can't believe that place still exists! I used to go there when i lived in Singapore in 1992.

[psyfi.livejournal.com]

Zouk, yes, it still exists in Singapore, and now they've opened one in KL too. That's where we go sometimes...:)

[msanthropist.livejournal.com]

You make me laugh and laugh and laugh....great way to begin my day here in the Land of Mundania...thanx Ollie!!!!!!!!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

No worries. I hope i can always make you laugh! :-D

Passeios

[(Anonymous)]

Olá Oliver, resolvi tentar escrever aqui, vms ver se consigo, hem?! Só não vai dar para ser em inglês! Vou deixar um recadinho ao invés de um comentário, espero que não seja um problema. Bom, só queria dizer que gostei muito do seu blog e de vc tb! Olha só, meu convite continua valendo, mesmo estando cheia de coisas para fazer, se vc quiser ir passear por São Paulo me liga que será um prazer, ok? Um beijo grande, Flávia

Re: Passeios

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Adorei que voce deixou um comentario, e que gostou do meu blog! Bom, hoje estou indo me encontrar com o Bruno enquanto o Henrique vai na festa da Biologia, mas talvez a gente te de uma ligada ok? Beijos.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding me you are at Av Washington Luiz? We are SO close :) I mean, it may be not that close... after all, that's a long avenue. Anyway, I'm nearby.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Voce mora na Av Washington Luiz tambem? Que legal... se bobear, ja passamos de carro perto um do outro, etc. Olha, gostei bastante de ter conversado com voce! Seu sotaque me lembrou bastante de um outro amigo meu de Sampa, o Renato. Te ligo talvez hoje a noite se formos fazer algo legal.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

também gostei de ter falado com você Ollie! :)
eu não moro na Washington Luiz, mas numa rua paralela a ela... do aeroporto de congonhas pra cá é no sentido bairro. espero sua ligaão amanhã se for fazer algo.
abraço