Weekend: Steampunk, Wicked Faire and very little sleep

I went to the Wicked Faire for the first time this weekend. Of course, I worked up to the last possible minute on Friday, writing, revising and recording podcasts (still need to post them), and stopped waaaay too late. That meant no planning, no clue about what to wear and no weekend prep at all. Just making my week's goals took all my focus and energy...

But, when we did arrive late on Friday night, it was the beginning of a wonderful time. I loved the great variety of people and interests represented, and finally got to see "Repo: The Genetic Opera". Giles was wonderful as the Repo Man.

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In the end, I discovered Steampunk style---gorgeous, historical, creative and blessed with a complete lack of attitude. I was fascinated by the creativity of the Steampunk costumes I saw at the Faire. I'd like to learn more about about this movement and do some reading in the literary arm of the genre.

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Unbelievably, in an act of sheer non-coincidence, I re-met lunarbitch, an old friend of my brother's. She was really wonderful and it was a delight to see her again. We didn't figure out that we had met before until the last few hours of the last day of the Faire. I hope to interact with her more in the future.

I have concluded that Jeff Mach's Wicked Faire is a very, very good thing.

Wicked Faire micro mini

very similar to the skirt my love bought me, and from the same vendor:



No images of the remarkable Kung Fu bustle were available at this site, but the needle-wise, alternative-minded and crafty among you should check out this remarkable book list. Look, especially, at the book on knitting items for the boudoir:

http://store.corsetmaking.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CMS&Category_Code=DBBV&AFFIL=DB

These are by far the most indulgent purchases we have made in many, many months. Now, I return to my regularly scheduled program of putting almost all extra dollars towards debt elimination, emergency fund expansion and investment.

But yes, it was worth it. :)