Okay, back now.

[valis2]

The show sucked.

It wasn't epic suckitude, just mediocre suckitude. I did take in some money, after all. Not enough to make anywhere near a profit, or even break even, but at least I went home with something in my pocket.

Just when I think I have this industry figured out, it laughs in my face yet again. The sad thing is, I'm signed up for three more shows with this promoter. Two of them are in different areas of the country, but one of them is in the exact same location, and I'm already despairing about the failage.

Best interaction of the show:

Crazy woman, wearing three layers of rather incongruous clothing, including a rather soiled Cubs jacket: HELLO! (said very loudly and enthusiastically)
Me: Hi.
Crazy woman (even more loudly): JUST LOOKING!
Me: *hasn't asked if she was interested in anything--this happens to be one of my biggest pet peeves* Great.
Crazy woman: I need something for my daughter's wedding!
Me: Okay.
Crazy woman: JUST LOOKING!
Me: Er...okay.
Crazy woman: I really need something for my daughter's wedding.
Me: Well, I have plenty of stuff to choose from.
Crazy woman: I need something pink.
Me: I have pink things. *notices that she has about 24395862398 bags on each arm*
Crazy woman: blah blah blah wedding blah blah *finally picks out things*
Me: That will be $2.17.
Crazy woman: *pays*
Me: *hands bag to her*
Crazy woman: *pulls out disposable camera* I'M TAKING PITCHURS OF THE BOOTHS!!!
Me: *normally would not give permission, but, as it's clear that none of this pictures will be identifiable as anything but giant blurs, says nothing*
Crazy woman: *takes picture of one side of my booth--with a customer standing there, blocking most of the view* I LIKE TO TAKE PITCHURS OF THE [X]!
Me: But I don't have any [X] at my booth. At all.
Crazy woman: *takes picture of the other side of my booth* OH NOES I RUN OUT OF FILUM!
Me: That's too bad.
Crazy woman: *tries to put the disposable camera in one of the bags, ends up looking like a cat being sprayed with Silly String as she flails about, getting tangled in the bags*
Me: *facepalm*

Comments

[artystone.livejournal.com]

LOL so it wasn't a total loss then!

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

XD I think I want a video of this.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was definitely worth the two dollars. Cheapest entertainment I've ever bought!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, so do I! *laughs and laughs*

*sends squid!lurve*

[(Anonymous)]

Hi! Got the save the date card, and I wanted to make sure you guys knew I'd be there even with L gone. He leaves in 7 days. Sob. I'm getting really emotional, and it doesn't help that work is making me want to quit right now. Sorry the show was a disappointment. Maybe different customers will come to the next one. :)

I am a dork

[gypsyjolie.livejournal.com]

oops!

Also, I'm surprised that you aren't being vocal about the new LJ policies re: fanfic and fanart. Wejust closed the audiobook community I was so very fond of due to copywright issues. Will you stick with LJ or bugger off to one of your other journals?

Re: I am a dork

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Hi! Got the save the date card, and I wanted to make sure you guys knew I'd be there even with L gone.

Oh, I'm so glad you'll be coming out, that's absolutely wonderful.

He leaves in 7 days. Sob. I'm getting really emotional, and it doesn't help that work is making me want to quit right now.

I can't even imagine what it will be like--I'm so sorry, sweetie. My heart goes out to both of you. *giant hugs*

Sorry the show was a disappointment. Maybe different customers will come to the next one. :)

Aw, you're really sweet--thank you for the hopes. I appreciate them very much.

Also, I'm surprised that you aren't being vocal about the new LJ policies re: fanfic and fanart. Wejust closed the audiobook community I was so very fond of due to copywright issues. Will you stick with LJ or bugger off to one of your other journals?

Y'know, I'm feeling very sad about this entire thing. However, what has always been first and foremost is that I have people on my LJ who have no inkling of what's going on because they are bloggers, and they're not into fandom. Because I have people on my flist who wouldn't necessarily need to leave LJ, I've pretty much resigned myself to staying, and I've started monitoring the three journaling services that I use instead. I hate having such a fragmented fandom existence, but it's the only way to keep up with things.

HP seems to be fading. I think that there is quite a lot of fic still being written, but I feel like the lurking audience has diminished, somehow. I'm not certain. I do plan on finishing tLS, and I hope that a few people will be around to check it out, but other than that, I'm just not certain. I'm still blogging, but it isn't the same as it was--I was just looking at older entries, and I was astonished at how many comments I used to get on my entries.

Anyway, the journal I'd be most likely to use would be my IJ (http://valis2.insanejournal.com/profile), I think. I have a permanent account there, as well.

I miss you, sweetie. *giant hugs*

[pandora-nervosa.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're back!

::hugs::

OMG, don't you love the general public? Always entertaining. I'll get she has 26 cats at home, too. And lots of Royal Doulton figurines.

Great, now I'm going to get emailed by cat lovers and Royal Doulton people. Hey, I have a Snape figurine that's Royal Doulton. Don't hate!

I've also owned cats, so there...lol.

Ian has missed you. He says Happy St. Paddy's Day on the comm!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

OMG, don't you love the general public? Always entertaining. I'll get she has 26 cats at home, too. And lots of Royal Doulton figurines.

I'll tell you one thing she has for certain--crappy hair dye that she hasn't opened recently. She had the Skunk Lady hairdo from hell.

*giant hugs*

I've seen Ian--and the recent pictures of his...ahem...suspicious bulge shamrock definitely raised my eyebrows. That man is made of hawt.

[pandora-nervosa.livejournal.com]

Gods, I need to dye my hair also. I've got a lot of grey showing and it's just not attractive. However, grey does blend in better with blond than it does with purple. I'm so low-maintenance now, it's pathetic. Just. No. Energy.

He is made of hawt. I'm thinking of writing some Desmond porn just to get it out of my system. Because I have a lot of Desmond porn in my system.

Oh, speaking of porn (and when am I not?) I rec'd a fic the other day on my journal called "The Infiltration" which is a Udre Belicoff fic (Ian played this character in Hitman) and it is fucking on fire with the hot. D/s themes, bondage and an all-around good plot. Love the characters, the tension...just fab! You should totally check it out.

Here's my pimp post with links to the fic when you have time.. There are some punctuation errors and some misspells but I forgive these as it's her 2nd story and all. Besides, I copied it into word and corrected everything...lol. Because I'm really anal like that. But I really love the story. It rather owns my soul at the moment.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Gods, I need to dye my hair also. I've got a lot of grey showing and it's just not attractive. However, grey does blend in better with blond than it does with purple. I'm so low-maintenance now, it's pathetic. Just. No. Energy.

She had dyed her hair a very, very dark brown. Maybe more like black. You know how really crappy black dye looks...matte? Her hair looked like that. It was a tangled rat's nest, and it looked desperately unhealthy. *shudders*

Ooh, thanks for the links. I'm a bit behind with LJ at the moment--I came back to skip?=270, ugh. So I'm still wading through. *giant hugs*

[tjwritter.livejournal.com]

First of all, I don't know what you're selling...but 2$...really? What do you sell for 2 dollars!! Up those prices baby!

Second...that is hysterical...there is one of those crazy ladies at every art show isn't there?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! Yeah, I am the Queen of Cheap Stuff. I'm selling closeouts, y'see.

And as far as crazy ladies--THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. NO LIE.