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Hello all,
Candy and I(Cornell) safely returned to San Francisco last night and we are still on our "high" from Trance Energy 2008, so you will have to excuse me if it gets a bit mushy(or PLUR-y). 
I think it's a testament to the wonderful people we met at our TA meet-up that Candy and I were eager to get back home to our computers to read the postings from all of you and write one ourselves. In that sense, we want to echo Tommy/Maggie's sentiment that "everyone was so respectful, outgoing, and friendly with meeting complete strangers". There is no question in my mind that the whole TE2008 experience was enhanced because of you guys. Everyone was generous in their own way -- Chris(from Naples), through his enthusiasm in the forum, really was the catalyst for me(and many of you) to make the trip; Tommy pointed me to a nice hotel which we enjoyed; Maggie comically reminded us that we are all still "American tourists", after all, with the "curler incident"; Mike(from C-bus) generously lent me his phone without any solicitation when I had to go fetch Candy; Brandon/Tiffany kept it real with the raver gear; Trevor/Rachel brought us back to our youth(first trip abroad in the first 6 mo. of dating... slow down, kids!); Paul, our newly-found Bay Area homey, took one for the team at Baba  ; Heather the transplant from D.C. who may have to take over as next year's TE host; John who was a late-comer to the TA meet-up(you're going to WMC, kid); Chris(Toronto) showing us how to party "sober"(and sharing pics with us later?); Meagan and the crew putting Buffalo on the party map; Rob dropping the knowledge about his previous TE experience; Riia graciously "putting up" with Tiesto's set just to hang out with us on the dance floor; and last but not least, Jordy, our fearless leader, organizing the meeting and essentially guaranteeing good times for all. I know I forgot a bunch of people but I'll end it here before I cave into temptation to buy tickets for Armin ONLY at Jaarbeurs next month. 
As someone alluded to earlier, I feel like the years of our partying has culminated in the party-to-end-all-parties that is Trance Energy. But it was even better because we had you guys with whom to enjoy.
I hope everyone made it back to their respective homes safely. I'm sure we'll keep in touch at least in the forums, and let the countdown for TE2009 begin!
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03.15 Simon Patterson [Avalon]
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I somehow still have a good chunk of money left over after getting back from Amsterdam so I'm probably gona buy my ticket today! YAY!!!!!! Tiesto for a 5th time!! Now I just have to find a WICKED cheap hotel/motel (just a place to sleep for a few hours haha). Looks like it will be a lot cheaper for me to drive. Driving 16 hours all on my lonesome may not be the funnest tho 
I will see you at Ultra Jordy! Not sure if Trev will be joining me as he doesn't get PTO and I do 
