Reunion

[ladyofthethread]

Went to my high school reunion last Saturday. It was nice seeing some people again and catching up since I hadn’t really kept in touch with anyone after high school. (One of my old classmates was telling me I should get on Facebook since everyone’s there but I’m paranoid and dislike using my real name online. >_>;)

I wore the Chinese dress I had made for D’s sister and got several compliments on it. ^_^ Some seemed really impressed that I’d made it. My freshman English teacher was saying I should go to FIT but I have no desire for another degree and it would be so impractical with my lack of drawing skills. Saw one of my old history teachers, too. I remember he used to call me “woman with rage.” I guess he thought I looked mad or something when he tried to call on me since I hated speaking in class and never said anything. >_>

Unfortunately, the restaurant got really crowded and I kind of had to lean over and shout into people’s ears to be heard over the music and the 100+ other people having conversations at the same time. And I got a bit wary walking around towards the end because there seemed to be quite a few spilled drinks.

An odd thing is I ran into another cosplayer there. o_o Didn’t remember him so we might have never had classes together. He told me he liked my dress and later asked if I cosplayed since I told a few people I made costumes as a hobby now. He said he only goes to Katsucon and Otakon and that he doesn’t hang around cosplay sites so I don’t think he’d seen any of my costume stuff before. Would have been a really weird coincidence if he had and recognized me by my cosplay name.

I guess it’s kind of funny that I went to a high school with such a nerdy reputation but didn’t get into anime and cosplay until later on. Back then, I was weird and did a lot of cross stitch, crochet, and the like. Helped with costumes for a few of the shows during junior and senior year but it was mainly buying/altering stuff and using what was already backstage; only some simple stuff was made from scratch.


Was going to write more but I have jury duty tomorrow so I need to pick out a book or two to bring along and get to bed.

Comments

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That's great that your reunion basically went well! ^^ But blurgh @ having to shout and finding spilled drinks everywhere. -___-; **can definitely relate to the shouting part, especially after that wedding reception.** That's neat that you found another cosplayer, though!

(I'm on Facebook, but I cheated and use a fake name. XD; As does someone else I know. I've already received two Friend requests from complete strangers, so I know I'd be really paranoid if I was using my real name....)

Good luck with jury duty!

[fleur-eternelle.livejournal.com]

Hi, I hope that it's ok that I friended you. I am a newbie Pet Shop fan, and I got to your LJ from psohdrabble (my writing lj there is la_balance). You have a great talent and you are an interesting person. Ahm...don't know what else to say :D

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the noise level at the reunion wasn't that great. Considering everyone's trying to catch up with people, we probably would have been better off without the music.

Fortunately, I didn't get picked; I would have been stuck there for 2 weeks if I were because it was for a grand jury. x_x;

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-) Sure, I don't mind people who share interests or fandoms friending me as long as they introduce themselves and let me know who they are. My entries are all public and focus mostly on hobby and fandom stuff anyway.

[thimbles.livejournal.com]

That's awesome that you had a good time at your reunion!

I'm with you in regards to Facebook and the like. I had a MySpace for a while since that's where my high school friends wanted to keep in touch, but it felt weird having that much information so readily available online for people I don't know to see.

I hope jury duty went well for you ^_^