jab jab for j'ouvert

so we never made it to the beach today, mostly because i had to renew my driver's license and, of course, we started late. but we took care of $ exchange and driver's license, and got real sno-cones and went to the 3canal show tonight (manwarren snuck me in. i love the word 'snuck'), which was brilliant. i loved it, except for it making me wish grims coulda been there to see it. but it was a great show, and tomorrow=beach, after kiddies carnival and before the insomnia fete (which, based on uwi splash, should be another beautiful night of hot music and debauchery).
splash was the best way to start this trip. i wine whole night (for those who may not know, wining is rhythmic pelvic gyration, often done such that it rubs against another person's pelvis, varying speed, direction and intensity with the music, mood and intentions of wining partners- americans should really learn to do this. good for so many ailments...) and the bands were tight. insomnia, through sunrise, should be even better.
skipped tonight's girlpower fete to make sure i can afford my insomnia ticket because the downside of the surprise visit is that i don't have advance tickets for anything and damage worse at the door. but insomnia will be worth missing one night's feteing.
come the wee hours of monday morn, i playing j'ouvert with my 3canal boys- yellow mud/body paint, and nudity- what's not to love? j'ouvert is actually my favourite part, more than pretty mas(querade). i love going out @ 3am, covering my mostly naked self with paint, wining (much wining- carnival is bacchanal) my way through the sunrise and much of the morning, only to go home, wash off, and come back out for monday mas, then fete whole monday night and come back out tuesday for pretty mas so i see costumes and all, then hit las lap until midnight ushers in ash wednesday, chasing the revels away.
and damien say he handling me for the down-the-islands ash wednesday fete after the world cup game, then tobago thursday, if i don't leave...i getting too excited thinking about it all. more after it happens, if i can write through my glee.
walk good.
ps: yeah, golightly, i know about the anniversary, but also keep hearing it might be a year or 2 off. truth be told though, i don't think it makes any difference because we already wine+fete as hard as we can every year, without the incentive of an anniversary...
have you been?