Leather Pride Weekend...
The good:
- Getting to see dayglodivine and catch up some at a roller derby bout up in CT on Friday night
- Gotham All Stars coming from behind to beat the Texecutioners in the last 10 minutes of the bout
- Getting to catch up, albeit briefly with blessedjess
- Spending a lot of time with the boy prancing around looking very cute
- Seeing a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time
- Snagging a set of camouflauge ankle restraints that match the wrist restraints I already have for the boy
- Getting a birthday gift a few days early from some very close friends that is just hands down one of the best things I've ever received, a fully customized double bladed ax for my Chango altar decked out in cowry shells, red and white beads and lots of other stuff. It was custom made for me in Brazil by some guy who hand makes a bunch of these items. It's absolutely stunning and I was a bit overwhelmed and surprised when I received it.
The bad:
- Bumping into a lot of people I'd don't care to ever see again
- Getting screached at twice at LPN by two people over things that were very stupid and killed some of my fun
- Not being able to fit into some of my clothes
While I won't go into details on item number 2 on the bad list, I will make note of 2 things that need to be learned from it: 1) Never, ever, ever under any circumstances change the stamp you are using at the front door for an event at any point. If the stamp that is to be used for the night is not up there, do not have people get stamped with whatever is currently there. If you do start stamping people in and the stamp that was intended to be used arrives, don't switch it and keep using the same stamp. This wouldn't be a problem if they allowed smoking indoors or all exits being final but if you're going to do reentry, you need to keep the stamp consistent in order to avoid having shift changes at the door for an event to cause grief. 2) If an area is supposed to be off limits that is a normal part of the venue, make sure it's clearly marked as off limits, is properly cordoned off and the person doing security near the area is fully aware of who is allowed in and who isn't. If this is not clear, people will wander into the area.
And some pointers for the uninitiated...if you are working a door, outright being a total C - U - N - T to someone who has been inside the venue for hours already and has been working most of the time is completely uncalled for and it pays to listen first before jumping to conclusions. Secondly, if you are in the area that isn't supposed to be open to the public, and someone else acting in a capacity of working at the event comes through, pull the stick out of your ass and inform the person nicely that while the area wasn't marked, it was off limits and allow them to exit rather than screaching like a total C - U - N - T at them as though their a complete idiot.
Yeah, after being burned quite a few times by helping out at events over the years, I'm done. I don't give a flying fuck if it's for charity, I've spent my time helping out and while many times it's lots of fun, people are getting to be fuckheaded enough that I don't want to participate in the first place.