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
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An alternative is to work with an act. White Elephant performers and tech get free admission, for example. We're usually not hurting for tech (our shows being relatively simple, prop-wise), but you'd be more than welcome on the crew for any shows we're not overstaffed at. I mean, assuming you don't wanna prance onstage in a state of undress, which would also be awesome. ;) You'd have to be onhand for the shows and for call, but it probably gives you much more free time than working security.
...I could see the fucking hotel, I just couldn't get to it because New Jersey is the land of No Left Turns.
You're right; we do it just to make outsiders angry.
You'll note also that our traffic patterns, constant offramps, jughandles, nested highway signs, toll plazas, and heavy traffic density are calculated to make you feel frantic and aggressive, while our no-self-serve gas stations force you to sit and wait until an attendant gets around to serving you. We do this to jerk you around, so that you can never settle into any particular state of mind.
We also make no distinction between "liquor" and "wine and beer", meaning that if you want a drink, you have to go to an actual liquor store. We do this to encourage you to go with hard liquor whenever possible.
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Frantic and aggressive is a perfect description of my state of mind, lol. You should have seen me when we stopped for gas on Friday, I was so confused and irritated that I had to wait for my gas. Something that takes me 5 minutes took twice as much time, and I didn't particularly like handing my card over and not being able to watch the person while they swiped it.
In VA you can buy wine and beer anywhere, but you have to buy liquor from the ABC (alcoholic beverage control) stores run by the state. This means that there is no competition in liguor prices, Ever. We also have the lovely law that says you're not allowed to be just a bar, you have to serve food which makes up something like 20% of your sales. This means that most of our bartneders are crabby b/c not only are they serving drinks, they're also making food.
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It's a bit of a secret, but White Elephant actually embraces a wide variety of body types. If you could pull together a creative and decently executed act, I'm sure you'd be welcome to perform at an event. Feel free to drop Genevieve and George a line; they're used to coordinating via email and video when necessary. As for tech, just let me know if you'd like to go to an event we're gonna be at (Willow Shannon may be going to the Rochester Erotic Art Festival with us, for example), and I'll see if we have space on the crew. If there's room for another comped techie, I'd be more than happy to sign you up.
Tech for White Elephant is relatively simple (90% of it is setup and "pick up the clothes and props after a number"), and we usually cover all the responsibilities during call, while the performers are getting their acts together. No prior rehearsals necessary.
In VA you can buy wine and beer anywhere, but you have to buy liquor from the ABC (alcoholic beverage control) stores run by the state. This means that there is no competition in liguor prices, Ever.
A buddy of mine lives in Pennsylvania where, if I understand correctly, wine, beer, and liquor _all_ have to be bought from state stores (there may be an exemption for breweries and vinyards). For a beer fanatic like him, that's a huge issue, as the state stores have very little non-mainstream selection.
I just want a state that combines NJ's liquor laws with PA's gun laws. Is that really too much to ask? ;)
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I'll be working with Willow to try and get up to the erotic arts festival. My father-in-law lives in Rochester so we might not even need to worry about a hotel room. So yes, I'd be interested in teching for that.
I think I would be a very sad person if I didn't have non-mainstream beer. Fortunately we have a bunch of good beer places here.
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