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There were two sold-out screenings of HUMP! 5 at Portland's Cinema 21 last night and there are two more sold-out screenings tonight. It was Portland's first ever HUMP! and—just like two weeks ago at On the Boards in Seattle—audiences laughed, gasped, cried, cheered as for Violet Uprising, The Password, Cyclust, Sex Moves 102, Citizen Came, Our Ruinous Love, ET2, and all the other films in HUMP. But Portland's audiences did one thing Seattle audiences couldn't do: knock back a drink during the show. In Oregon adults are allowed to enjoy more than once vice at a time—you can have a drink and watch porn or strippers down here—because Oregon treats adults like adults.

We're going to count Portland's votes tomorrow afternoon and we'll be announcing the winners of HUMP! 5—the two $2000 grand prizes along with the second- and third-place prizes—in the print editions of the Stranger and the Portland Mercury this week.