Euphoric Tingles

Íts been a whole month... planning.. working.. running around all over the place.. facing one problem after another..
Trying to make a difference.. planning our DevMeet.. it hasnt been a piece of cake.. none of us wud dare to say such a thing, but we continued to push ourselves for that special night.. working for a better cause... The last few days becoming somewhat of a blur combined with lack of sleep, lack of food and lack of free time.. everything is on auto pilot now.. living off tea and coffee for nearly a week ( never knew it were possible ) making sure each detail is ready.. making sure all paintings are here and set.. and then finally its here.. THE BIG NIGHT... Going to Chai & Ba early in the day to help set things up.. then running to work b4 the night... i went to work in a daze.. thinking of whats to come and if it will be great.. hoping and praying it all goes well and we atleast survive...
7:15... class is over.. time to fix my make up and run down to the car... lots of hugs of support from friends before i leave and then I'm off..
Here we are.. squeek and I.. driving down the road to our destination, we have some quick nervous small talk, some words of encouragement to each other... i keep telling myself.. (out loud) BREATHE.. JUST BREATHE!! some more words of encouragement.. and a high five coz we made it this far. We pull up to the place for a split second my heart stops and i hold my breathe before getting out of the car...

and the night begins....

for the next four hours.. we mingled with artists, shared our photos or paintings and talked about what ever came to mind.. crowds everywhere.. ppl coming and going.. squeezing through one crowd after another trying to get from here to there.. smiling at everyone and passing on hopes that theyre enjoying their time... occasionally running into my partners in crime.. and we pass each other a smile, a pat on the back or a tight squeeze of the shoulder.. saying to ourselves.. we did it :)
as the night goes by.. I feel myself and see the rest of the team slowly burning out.. i can see we are all physically and mentally xhausted... yet still enjoying and mingling with ppl. i think to myself ( we're almost there guys.. almost.. hold on a bit longer.. )

12:00 am closing time... one last picture to be taken for the magazine of us.. the founders with Ziad our angel of a sponsor :)
we are all happy.. We give each other warm hugs at the door and bid farewell..

Coming home last night in the car feeling so hyped at the xcitement of Jeddah Urban Artists first Meet... and the whole success of it.. for a bit i thought i cudnt sleep for a lifetime even if i tried...
talking the whole way home.. feeling great..
I get home.. change.. and lay in bed... telling myself i MUST atleast TRY to sleep..
2 mins later... I'm out cold.

I wake up with a smile on my face.. thinking.. We did it! we were a success!
the WHOLE night was about ART ART and MORE ART!! amazing pics and amazing ppl. the conversations and comments from one person to another was about art... sharing ideas, thoughts and technique. ppl laughed.. ppl smoked.. the music played and everyone was smiling :D yay!
it was ALL worth the trouble... but the trip there was as rough as it cud come..
yes.. the event was a success.. the night went xtremely well considering we arent even event organizers.. lol..
what makes it the best?? that we did it together..

~Squeeko (abdullah) for your ideas, your silly jokes and sense of humor, ur full support, ur ways with words to get me to say yes after being upset over somthin that happend AND ur cute squeekiness.

=Sonic-BooM (fayiz) you've been an angel all the way too.. all the printing, designs, the running around every where and especially for putting up with my mood swings and yet still amazingly continue being the pleasant person that you are!

~lil-souma (asmaa) for being the glue to hold us all together.. the president of the group.. and for pushing it all to be the event it was.. I know it has been very hard on you.. thank u for being the sweetheart that u are.
you guys are angels..


Our Sponsor... Ziad.. who has done NOTHING but try to help make things as easy as possible and make it all go smoothly.. giving his support and trust..

I love you guys.. and it wudnt have been worth it if it werent for you to help me through!

thanks to everyone who gave us the time to attend our event.. :)

SPONSOR!

SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!! *jumps up and down all excited*
Breathe breathe breathe... *feeling light headed* oh god i think I'm hyperventilating!!

OK... so a few friends and i have been trying to organize a "devmeet" where artists/ deviants from deviantart in Jeddah all get together and support each others art, get connected and try to make a difference.. we've been at this for a few weeks now tryin to think of ideas and such... we werent doin bad but we werent doin great either.

anywho.. so I'm at work yesterday and get a call from on of the guys telling me that they have found a SPONSOR for the event.. and that we are all goin to meet up at "second cup" at coral mall and meet the sponsors.. EEEEK... talk about a blood rush.. i quickly agreed and asked to be picked up from work.

We get there and we wait impatiently.. ( we are originally two guys and two girls but poor souma cudnt make it *hugs souma* so i was stuck with the boys)

they two guys ( YOUNG GUYS ) working for a fairly new advertising co here in Jeddah but well known internationally TBWA... they are looking for new and talented artists.. ppl with potential.. ppl who think outside of the conventional box.. god i know so many ppl who wud be so awesome.. and they ( the sponsors ) wud totally love. *crosses fingers for them*

there is soooo much that needs to be done.. i have so much work to do...
i stayed up all night.. thinking of ideas... brainstorming.. i was totally xhausted but cudnt sleep...
i wanted to wake up today and get busy with things.. but i duno.. I'm feeling a bit under my standards today.. i think I'm comin down with the flu! *gasp* i hope not.. i dont have time to get sick.. not now..

hmmm.... I'm afraid the perfectionist in me will fight its way thru and I'm gona become over stressed with this whole xhibition..
i need to design a t-shirt... or come up with a better souvenir to give to our guests.. somthing unconventional.. somthin diff.. somthin that ppl will say wow.. thats such a cool idea.
I MUST come up with a cool slogan.. a cool line that represents who we are and what we do...
* jeddah deviants... setting new boundaries
* jeddah deviants... have no limits
* jeddah deviants... resisting conventionality :S lol
* jeddah deviants... give a new meaning to being devious.
* jeddah deviants... ........ ......

i need to design a banner for the xhibit..
i need to come up with things for the new site ( account on DA ) that fifi launched last night..

god.. there is too much thinking being done.. I'm gona have a meltdown XD

I'm feeling very xcited and getting sick at the same time... lol..i never knew it were possible.
i'll keep updates on whats goin on.

i gotta get somthin to eat.. I'm startin to feel dizzy and i havent eaten since yesterday lunch!! and its almost lunch time again! *gasps and faints*

hehe :D