diff -r 07ed878c847b -r 8c4032265c8c qmsk/net/lib/event2/event.pyx
--- a/qmsk/net/lib/event2/event.pyx	Sat Sep 26 23:38:02 2009 +0300
+++ b/qmsk/net/lib/event2/event.pyx	Sat Sep 26 23:51:31 2009 +0300
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 cdef class event :
 
     def __init__ (self, event_base base not None, lib.evutil_socket_t fd, short events) :
+        # hold on to our event_base
+        self.base = base
+
         # we don't hold a self-reference yet
         self.alive = False