Wicked Faire IV
Going to Wicked Faire this past weekend was probably one of the best decisions I've made in a while. When spookyhandle told me about WF, I thought it sounded awesome, but I didn't think I could go so I tried not to look at it too much. spookyhandle's post in her LJ begging crash space for me resulted in my being able to go, and I can't thank her enough.
I can think of few cons where I've enjoyed myself so thoroughly. Katsucon is great, and I always have fun, but I work the con. If I wasn't working and didn't love all the staff so much, I probably wouldn't go. Wicked Faire is different. I worked to get free admission, but I will not be doing so again next year, there's just too much stuff I want to see and do.
baronmind drove spookyhandle and I through the night up to NJ. I swear he's some sort of mutant super human, because there's no other explanation to how he could've driven 6 hours starting at 1 am, after a 2 hour nap. The drive was uneventful, we got to spookyhandle's friends' house a little before 7 and crashed out on their couch. After some errand running and food, we finally settled into the hotel around 4:00.
After settling in, I started to work security and didn't stop until midnight. Working security, while fun, is not something I will do again. I got to meet lots of people, but I barely got to spend any time with spookyhandle and baronmind, not to mention their awesome friends. Around 6, I left to take my stuff to my crash space. Silly me had not printed directions from the hotel to my crash space, so I got fairly lost, but eventually got there.
After stopping my security shift, I settled in for the viewing of REPO! The Genetic Opera, complete with shadowcast a la Rocky Horror. I'd never seen the movie before, and it was absofuckinglutely amazing. I still have the Zydrate Song stuck in my head and sang it all weekend. What was really great is that almost every time I would sing "And Zydrate comes in a little glass vial." someone else would sing the next lines. This was particularly awesome in the elevators. I have to own the movie and the soundtrack. Absolute must, no questions asked.
Stumbled back to Crash Space at 2 am, slept like the dead. Woke up, showered, got lost driving back to the hotel. Now, I didn't get lost because I couldn't find the hotel, oh no, I could see the fucking hotel, I just couldn't get to it because New Jersey is the land of No Left Turns. Now this is not like the irritating signs in downtown Richmond where it's done for traffic reasons or one-way streets, this is just that you are not allowed to make left hand turns, ever. To go left, or to make a U-turn, you have to turn right into what they call "Jug handles" but I like to call "let's fuck with the out-of state-drivers". The hotel was off of route 10, which I got onto from the highway. Now there were exits for Route 10 East and West, but you couldn't get to the hotel by taking either. The Route 10 E exit had you going the right direction, but it was about a mile past the hotel, so you had to find a jug handle to turn around and go west. Of course, you could only get to the hotel if you're going East, so you had to then travel 2 miles past the hotel, find another jug handle, and then turn around. Driving that morning made me want to kill people.
I worked a security shift until 3, and spent the rest of the day doing exactly what I wanted. Highlights of the day were:
spookyhandle's performance of adult fairy tales as Lilith Lore. It was absolutely awesome, I truly loved it. I especially liked how the fairy tales were adult, but not necessarily erotic.
The White Elephant Burlesque Society's (weburlesque.org) Candyland Brothel performance: This was probably my favorite event of the weekend. The performance was the absolute hottest thing I've ever seen. After the first girl's number, I spent the rest of the performance with my eyes glazed over in a state of tangible Sex. I say Sex and not horniness, b/c it was different than being horny. The acts were so deliciously sensual and erotic that to call the feeling something as simple as horny would be an insult. The whole room was charged with sex, it was quite a heady thing. I could go on and on about the performance, it was completely amazing. I decided that I wanted them for my Bachelor Party, so it's a good thing that spookyhandle knows most of them, lol.
Hanging out by the reg table: Not only did I succeed in getting a lot of people very drunk, I had an awesome time talking and flirting. The flirting was successful enough that I had to remind myself that I am afianced which was very good for my self-esteem. I had the most fun giving people nips of Tarantula out of my flask. It was so totally awesome to be able to carry my alcohol with me on my belt, I loved it.
I stayed out until about 4:15 Sunday morning b/c my crash space person didn't get home until 4:30. Fortunately I slept in until about 11:30 so I wasn't too exhausted. To my amazement, I wasn't hungover either. I fully expected to wake up hating life, but pleasantly didn't.
After running back to the Faire, I did some shopping, watched spookyhandle's performance again, and hung out for a bit with more WE Burlesque people before we got on the road. After leaving NJ, we went to one of baronmind's friend's house for dinner. We left there around 9 with baronmind driving again while spookyhandle and I slept. We slept for most of the way and arrived back in Richmond at about 1:45.
I got home around 2:15 and crawled into bed with my baby, the perfect end to an awesome weekend.
I can think of few cons where I've enjoyed myself so thoroughly. Katsucon is great, and I always have fun, but I work the con. If I wasn't working and didn't love all the staff so much, I probably wouldn't go. Wicked Faire is different. I worked to get free admission, but I will not be doing so again next year, there's just too much stuff I want to see and do.
baronmind drove spookyhandle and I through the night up to NJ. I swear he's some sort of mutant super human, because there's no other explanation to how he could've driven 6 hours starting at 1 am, after a 2 hour nap. The drive was uneventful, we got to spookyhandle's friends' house a little before 7 and crashed out on their couch. After some errand running and food, we finally settled into the hotel around 4:00.
After settling in, I started to work security and didn't stop until midnight. Working security, while fun, is not something I will do again. I got to meet lots of people, but I barely got to spend any time with spookyhandle and baronmind, not to mention their awesome friends. Around 6, I left to take my stuff to my crash space. Silly me had not printed directions from the hotel to my crash space, so I got fairly lost, but eventually got there.
After stopping my security shift, I settled in for the viewing of REPO! The Genetic Opera, complete with shadowcast a la Rocky Horror. I'd never seen the movie before, and it was absofuckinglutely amazing. I still have the Zydrate Song stuck in my head and sang it all weekend. What was really great is that almost every time I would sing "And Zydrate comes in a little glass vial." someone else would sing the next lines. This was particularly awesome in the elevators. I have to own the movie and the soundtrack. Absolute must, no questions asked.
Stumbled back to Crash Space at 2 am, slept like the dead. Woke up, showered, got lost driving back to the hotel. Now, I didn't get lost because I couldn't find the hotel, oh no, I could see the fucking hotel, I just couldn't get to it because New Jersey is the land of No Left Turns. Now this is not like the irritating signs in downtown Richmond where it's done for traffic reasons or one-way streets, this is just that you are not allowed to make left hand turns, ever. To go left, or to make a U-turn, you have to turn right into what they call "Jug handles" but I like to call "let's fuck with the out-of state-drivers". The hotel was off of route 10, which I got onto from the highway. Now there were exits for Route 10 East and West, but you couldn't get to the hotel by taking either. The Route 10 E exit had you going the right direction, but it was about a mile past the hotel, so you had to find a jug handle to turn around and go west. Of course, you could only get to the hotel if you're going East, so you had to then travel 2 miles past the hotel, find another jug handle, and then turn around. Driving that morning made me want to kill people.
I worked a security shift until 3, and spent the rest of the day doing exactly what I wanted. Highlights of the day were:
spookyhandle's performance of adult fairy tales as Lilith Lore. It was absolutely awesome, I truly loved it. I especially liked how the fairy tales were adult, but not necessarily erotic.
The White Elephant Burlesque Society's (weburlesque.org) Candyland Brothel performance: This was probably my favorite event of the weekend. The performance was the absolute hottest thing I've ever seen. After the first girl's number, I spent the rest of the performance with my eyes glazed over in a state of tangible Sex. I say Sex and not horniness, b/c it was different than being horny. The acts were so deliciously sensual and erotic that to call the feeling something as simple as horny would be an insult. The whole room was charged with sex, it was quite a heady thing. I could go on and on about the performance, it was completely amazing. I decided that I wanted them for my Bachelor Party, so it's a good thing that spookyhandle knows most of them, lol.
Hanging out by the reg table: Not only did I succeed in getting a lot of people very drunk, I had an awesome time talking and flirting. The flirting was successful enough that I had to remind myself that I am afianced which was very good for my self-esteem. I had the most fun giving people nips of Tarantula out of my flask. It was so totally awesome to be able to carry my alcohol with me on my belt, I loved it.
I stayed out until about 4:15 Sunday morning b/c my crash space person didn't get home until 4:30. Fortunately I slept in until about 11:30 so I wasn't too exhausted. To my amazement, I wasn't hungover either. I fully expected to wake up hating life, but pleasantly didn't.
After running back to the Faire, I did some shopping, watched spookyhandle's performance again, and hung out for a bit with more WE Burlesque people before we got on the road. After leaving NJ, we went to one of baronmind's friend's house for dinner. We left there around 9 with baronmind driving again while spookyhandle and I slept. We slept for most of the way and arrived back in Richmond at about 1:45.
I got home around 2:15 and crawled into bed with my baby, the perfect end to an awesome weekend.