Call me Dragonflai. I'm 25 and female. I live in Colorado, though I recently got off the road - I had been traveling the country working at various Renaissance Faires. Now I'm unemployed.
Working the Faire put me in contact with various forms of Steampunkery, and I worked for a shop I shall not name which sells, among other things, spring steel-boned Victorianesque corsets, and wound up with a black overbust. I had always thought I would hate Victorian clothing, but after wearing the corset to work 2 days/week, 10-12 hours/day for 6 weeks and finding I could breathe well enough to sing, sit, stand, pick things up off the ground, and even (barely) eat in it, I fell in love.
(To anyone who is now considering looking up this vendor to work for them, be aware that they are a terror of an employer.
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Also, a friend introduced me to Leviathan (juvenile, but adorable) by Scott Westerfield, and I had seen Steamboy (the anime) some time ago. I soon became obsessed, and bought about 60 carved shell cameos on eBay (by the way, if you ever need one, PM me
) and several clocks to make into Steampunk jewelry. I also scoured the 'net for the perfect pair of low-cost goggles, and wound up buying a pair of the famous "German goggles" from Georg-Schmerler. I recently attended a costume party as a Fae Fancier, with a lace net and several other pieces of useful fae-catching equipment, and plan to keep up that theme. I posted pics in the dress-up thread.
Though I have dabbled in punk/goth culture, I am first and foremost a geek. I can only really learn the ins and outs of a culture/subculture by studying it scientifically, and know social niceties only by rote memorization, so pardon me if I do something that offends, and please correct me gently so that I know what to do differently next time. Also, don't expect me to know the names of songs, bands, singers, politicians, historical figures, people I've recently met, people I've known for years...I'm very bad with names. ^_^;
I hope to get to know all you wonderful people and explore your unique corner of the time-space continuum!
