Here I am backstage many hours before the masquerade at Convolution 2014, as yet unaware of how I am heading ever deeper behind the curtain.
I contemplate the consequences of saying yes.
Random comments overheard at Convolution 2014 this past weekend, stripped of their conversational context and written as a list in the order they floated by:
“I can set out the tablecloth once.”
“I’ve already cut you there, and you’re going to bleed out.”
“I’m back again. Again.”
“I’m on my way to the kinky panel. I’m a good sister.”
“I have trouble openings things anyway. Lace gloves don’t help.”
“I have a pen. Do you have a pen?”
“Thankfully, someone was hurt, so it was transferred off my desk.”
“I’m having so much bustle and ruffle envy right now.”
“Number one rule of costuming: go to the bathroom first.”
“We are going to do a video of me.”
“She has achieved cleavage!”
I spent the past three days at Convolution 2014, tabling, networking, and supporting friends and strangers in their writing, publishing, and costuming endeavors. I’m exhausted!
Here’s my reward: a charm bracelet from Springtime Creations, featuring the Tardis, K-9, a Cyberman head, a Dalek, Buzz Aldrin, and Maria’s head from Metropolis.
The Buzz Aldrin figure is a particularly meaningful find, because my nephew’s middle name is Aldrin (yep, in honor of Buzz).
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