9 mins! whey boy Tribe....

well i thought bolt was fast! wow! ah ent even get time to breathe, much less sign on to register. i ent understand tho...how could they do that? online registration only? so what about those without credit cards? not even so far- what about those poor souls without INTERNET access?

today i hear all kinda ting. who was trying to do the senvia thing from they office. you tryin to set up to register on their mobile phone. one friend of mine was actually cussin that she was going down to Tribe office/mas camp regardless and standup demanding that she be allowed to register...and it was all over in nine minutes...de collective thirty second steups that resounded across the island (or should that be the world??) rocked me to the bone.

i ent go lie eh; ah was well excited about Tribe. they always look good on de road and ah never hear ah masquerader complain yet. i kept in contact with the mas camp as much as i could. ah join dey facebook group. i wasnt able to get tix to the band launch in time, but thanks to Saucy blog, i see pics and ting. ah say nice. ah inside. den de tantana and questionable ting start...

i understand the pre-registration ting. the loyalists and dem must get first preference. ah ent vex for dat. i just didnt like de treatment ppl get. ppl start callin dey friend and makin arrangements to head to cascadia tuh camp out. then ah get de call "we registration push back". okay. for next day den. ah next call "registration is in de week". okay...now ah start tuh watch meh friends with dey tlc cards cokie eye. no phone call- txt message: "reg is wed. u cmin?". de cokie eye tun into a cut eye. WHAT? so when is my registration then? next wednesday? allyuh sure ah go get in african love bird? okay then. go ahead...needless to say, that didnt happen (first section to bite de dus) ah was real disappointed, but ah say okay...as long as ah get in de band to jump up wid de crew...silly silly me for having the audacity to hope...

ah tellin allyuh, meh foot was in de starting blocks @ 5:25pm. ah set up de page- ah had everyting ready to go. den bam, site gimme this "busy/unavailable" message. wtf? refresh. same ting. ah call de camp. busy tone. ah call again. no answer. ah reboot de machine. SOLD OUT. because is ah Mac and it expensive ah decide against pelting it on de ground...ah close de lid...and ah lean back in meh chair...an ah feel de hard, long steups rising from meh toe nail. because everybody hit it de same time, it sound like ah echo.

now, some ppl are saying that "Tribe had dey ppl" and "ah know ah wasnt going an get in" and "yuh see dat shyt? NEVER me again!" but, like ah say, ah cyah get vex. i was totally willing to spen meh money by dem. i still think that the treatment of the noobs was underhanded and stink (we had to fight up online with international traffic...ah mean, what did i really expect to happen?) and when i think about it, what chance did i have of gettin in a band that already cut down its membership? right?

congrads to all those that made it in. ah hope that allyuh have ah mash up time on de road. ah go see allyuh out dey. it still early man! so, on to plan B! there are still costumes out there, and, i still have meh money in meh pocket.