Acen and the like

[lintsister]

Well, 2010 marked a return to Acen for me since 2007. I was more than apprehensive given the shitty time I had that year, but it was Nick's 30th birthday and that only comes around once so I decided to go. Paul came too, so that was a much added bonus. Left on Thursday morning, went to Rob's, sat in horrible traffic on Telegraph, finally met up

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[adobogirl]

i don't dislike you, but then i'm not in the loop either lol. i haven't been to acen since um, 05?? that's the last time our group had the hotel parties. nice costume tho. how long it take you to make? i can see how much your sewing skills have come. makes me want to break out my machine ha.

[lintsister]

The costume took me longer than it should have. I worked on it off and on from about the end of March till a few days before I left. It wasn't a difficult costume, but I had to modify just about every pattern and make a mock-up of it beforehand to make sure it looked right, so it was almost like making two costumes. Not to mention all the gold trim around the edge had to be made by hand. x.x

As far as the loop is concerned, I'm a friend of convenience. Sure, people will say hi and make small talk, but really only if it's in a time that suits them. The moment something better comes along I'm all but forgotten. From what I've heard, it's mostly perpetuated by one or two people, hence why I made the kool-aid reference. Whether or not it has any truth to it I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if it was.

[adobogirl]

Mock up and everything? Wow, that's love right there. Have you thought about opening up an Etsy.com store? I mean you're pretty bad ass, seriously.

And yes, I agree a lot of people are like that. I call those guys "social climbers." I remember in grade school I'd be one of the first people to greet the new kid but as soon as someone 'better' came along I was dropped. Eh, whatever. At least you're not being phased by it.

As I see it, if you got your core group, it's all good. :D

[lintsister]

I've thought about doing commissions, but each costume is so time consuming that I don't know if I'd want to do it for people I don't know. Plus there's always the "not giving credit where credit is due" aspect that bugs me.

Haha social climbers. I like that term. I really shouldn't have lumped everyone into that category since there are a select few that do make a point and honestly want to talk to me, but there are others that are blatantly obvious about it.