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When starting a new blog, I like to set up all the “possible” tags I may use over the years to come, and so I have them in the clickable drop down menu of my dashboard, I put them all on the first few posts of the blog – This is a very old post, copied from Star Log, to put my tags on this blog. The only thing this post contains is a list of every tag I have every used on Star Log. As each tag list can only contain 200 characters, there well be several of these posts, until all tags have been inserted into this blogs drop down feature. So, you can just ignore this post as it is only useful to me the blogger and not you the reader.

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>Bear & Cougar in Old Orchard Beach, Maine – (A Tweet Repost)

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  1. EelKat these animals are very angry and will likely kill the first human they meet – PLEASE STAY INSIDE AT NIGHT! Your lives may depend upon it!

  2. EelKatEelKat the wildlife that living in the 26 acres of 200 year old pines have found themselves suddenly homeless this week – they are not happy

  3. EelKatEelKat and YES – this IS downtown Old Orchard Beach I am talking about here – the same forest that houses 3 Ivory Bill Woodpeckers is NOW GONE!

  4. EelKatEelKat and is leaving behind HUGE cat tracks that dwarf the bear tracks – it is very likely an angry displaced cougar – DO NOT GO OUTSIDE AT NIGHT!

  5. EelKatEelKat also – an unidentified NEW PREDATOR has come forward – it shrieks at night like a woman being murdered, is heard high in the trees – and

  6. EelKatEelKat a territorial male that is slashing up trees – is a VERY ANGRY AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS bear – please use caution when walking on the Ross Rd!

  7. EelKatEelKat the addition of “bear trees” means that there is a territorial male in the area and he’s on the warpath looking for a new place to live

  8. EelKatEelKat they attacked a girl in 2007 under peaceful times – they are likely very dangerous now – due to the removal of their homes!

  9. EelKatEelKat BEWARE- IF YOU LIVE IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH – MAINE – these bear are dangerous and are now homeless! do not go out at night!

  10. EelKatEelKat apparently the mass clear cutting has displaced these 8 (or more?) giant predators and forced them into our yard

  11. EelKatEelKat 5 bear live in the woods – that fact has been known for 20 years; at least 2 wolverine are there as well – the cougar is a new discovery

  12. EelKatEelKat the sound of land movers has gotten closer each day – today we can now see them from the barn due to a sudden lack of trees

  13. EelKatEelKat the leg of a moose was found in the garden – shredded by an unknown animal – likely the wolverine

  14. EelKatEelKat there are now cat tracks measuring 6 inches across in the mud outside the barn – only cat that big is cougar

  15. EelKatEelKat something big – bigger than the wolverine – has been ripping boards off the barn wall and eating hens – there are now

  16. EelKatEelKat a bear family have been tearing walls off the barn, uprooting fruit bushes, and ransacking the grain bins all this past week

  17. EelKatEelKat for those who have not seen my tweets earlier this week – I’ll recap

  18. EelKatEelKat needless to say, I’m not happy about any of this – nor are the giant now homeless predators (bear and cougar) outside my barn

  19. EelKatEelKat the sudden lack of trees has pout the sun full blast in my shade garden :(

  20. EelKatEelKat tree cutters are dumping sand in Etiole’s Swamp and raising hell with our brook/water supply :(

  21. EelKatEelKat deer tracks everywhere – good thing the frost already killed the garden

  22. EelKatEelKat and raccoon have moved into the tent :(

  23. EelKatEelKat also why are there cougar tracks in the mud? YIKES!

  24. EelKatEelKat knows now why the sudden uprising of bear activity, some 20 acres of the Ross Forest was just clear cut sending the bear into our yard

Find Out More About My 2009 NaNoWriMo Project

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Editing and Drafts
Create a Fantasy Realm
Advice For NaNoWriters!
Creating Character Profiles
Are You A Renegade A Writer?
How To Become a Better Writer
The Top 5 Tools For NaNoWriMo
What Genre Is My Vampire Story?
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Improving your writing with what you read.
Have You Written Your Author’s Interview Yet?
How I Reached 50,000 in 30 Days and You Can Too!
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Bear & Cougar in Old Orchard Beach, Maine – (A Tweet Repost)

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  1. EelKat these animals are very angry and will likely kill the first human they meet – PLEASE STAY INSIDE AT NIGHT! Your lives may depend upon it!

  2. EelKatEelKat the wildlife that living in the 26 acres of 200 year old pines have found themselves suddenly homeless this week – they are not happy

  3. EelKatEelKat and YES – this IS downtown Old Orchard Beach I am talking about here – the same forest that houses 3 Ivory Bill Woodpeckers is NOW GONE!

  4. EelKatEelKat and is leaving behind HUGE cat tracks that dwarf the bear tracks – it is very likely an angry displaced cougar – DO NOT GO OUTSIDE AT NIGHT!

  5. EelKatEelKat also – an unidentified NEW PREDATOR has come forward – it shrieks at night like a woman being murdered, is heard high in the trees – and

  6. EelKatEelKat a territorial male that is slashing up trees – is a VERY ANGRY AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS bear – please use caution when walking on the Ross Rd!

  7. EelKatEelKat the addition of “bear trees” means that there is a territorial male in the area and he’s on the warpath looking for a new place to live

  8. EelKatEelKat they attacked a girl in 2007 under peaceful times – they are likely very dangerous now – due to the removal of their homes!

  9. EelKatEelKat BEWARE- IF YOU LIVE IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH – MAINE – these bear are dangerous and are now homeless! do not go out at night!

  10. EelKatEelKat apparently the mass clear cutting has displaced these 8 (or more?) giant predators and forced them into our yard

  11. EelKatEelKat 5 bear live in the woods – that fact has been known for 20 years; at least 2 wolverine are there as well – the cougar is a new discovery

  12. EelKatEelKat the sound of land movers has gotten closer each day – today we can now see them from the barn due to a sudden lack of trees

  13. EelKatEelKat the leg of a moose was found in the garden – shredded by an unknown animal – likely the wolverine

  14. EelKatEelKat there are now cat tracks measuring 6 inches across in the mud outside the barn – only cat that big is cougar

  15. EelKatEelKat something big – bigger than the wolverine – has been ripping boards off the barn wall and eating hens – there are now

  16. EelKatEelKat a bear family have been tearing walls off the barn, uprooting fruit bushes, and ransacking the grain bins all this past week

  17. EelKatEelKat for those who have not seen my tweets earlier this week – I’ll recap

  18. EelKatEelKat needless to say, I’m not happy about any of this – nor are the giant now homeless predators (bear and cougar) outside my barn

  19. EelKatEelKat the sudden lack of trees has pout the sun full blast in my shade garden :(

  20. EelKatEelKat tree cutters are dumping sand in Etiole’s Swamp and raising hell with our brook/water supply :(

  21. EelKatEelKat deer tracks everywhere – good thing the frost already killed the garden

  22. EelKatEelKat and raccoon have moved into the tent :(

  23. EelKatEelKat also why are there cougar tracks in the mud? YIKES!

  24. EelKatEelKat knows now why the sudden uprising of bear activity, some 20 acres of the Ross Forest was just clear cut sending the bear into our yard

Find Out More About My 2009 NaNoWriMo Project

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

———-
Editing and Drafts
Create a Fantasy Realm
Advice For NaNoWriters!
Creating Character Profiles
Are You A Renegade A Writer?
How To Become a Better Writer
The Top 5 Tools For NaNoWriMo
What Genre Is My Vampire Story?
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Improving your writing with what you read.
Have You Written Your Author’s Interview Yet?
How I Reached 50,000 in 30 Days and You Can Too!
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What are Familiars?

A Familiar is a being who possesses magic powers and psychic abilities and uses those powers to aid a Witch in witchcraft. Their are two common types of Familiars: Spirit Familiars and Animal Familiars. Both are very different from each other.

Spirit Familiars are none human beings, often with demi-god like abilities. Angels, Faeries, Aliens, Poltergeists, Demons, and Ghosts are all types of Spirit Familiars.

Spirit Familiars are often possessive, obsessive, irrational, temperamental beings with quick tempers, wild mood swings, and prone to throwing tantrums if everything is not exactly as they expect it to be (thus resulting in poltergeist activities). They commonly take a liking to certain objects (often old houses) or people (often young children, esp girls) and become fiercely protective of any object or being they have claimed as “theirs”.

Spirit Familiars are extremely powerful and very dangerous, often possessing the ability to throw heavy objects, start fires, cause electrical storms and tornadoes (even indoors), and draining power out of electronics causing cars to stall, radios to go static and other such events.

These highly emotional beings are very kind and loving towards those they protect, but can quickly turn deadly towards anyone who harms their ward.

Spirit Familiars are extremely rare. They are beings from other realms whom have crossed the hedge between their world and ours and are now trapped here in our world, unable to return home to theirs.

Animal Familiars, are animals which posses strong positive auras and psychic abilities, which affect the energy auras of those around them. These animals are often attracted to humans who also posses strong positive auras, which results in most Witches having one or more Animal Familiars as pets.

Cats (esp black cats) are said to posses the strongest auras, resulting in cats being the most common of all Animal Familiars. Dogs, horses, and birds are the other most commonly seen Animal Familiars.

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What are Familiars?

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A Familiar is a being who possesses magic powers and psychic abilities and uses those powers to aid a Witch in witchcraft. Their are two common types of Familiars: Spirit Familiars and Animal Familiars. Both are very different from each other.

Spirit Familiars are none human beings, often with demi-god like abilities. Angels, Faeries, Aliens, Poltergeists, Demons, and Ghosts are all types of Spirit Familiars.

Spirit Familiars are often possessive, obsessive, irrational, temperamental beings with quick tempers, wild mood swings, and prone to throwing tantrums if everything is not exactly as they expect it to be (thus resulting in poltergeist activities). They commonly take a liking to certain objects (often old houses) or people (often young children, esp girls) and become fiercely protective of any object or being they have claimed as “theirs”.

Spirit Familiars are extremely powerful and very dangerous, often possessing the ability to throw heavy objects, start fires, cause electrical storms and tornadoes (even indoors), and draining power out of electronics causing cars to stall, radios to go static and other such events.

These highly emotional beings are very kind and loving towards those they protect, but can quickly turn deadly towards anyone who harms their ward.

Spirit Familiars are extremely rare. They are beings from other realms whom have crossed the hedge between their world and ours and are now trapped here in our world, unable to return home to theirs.

Animal Familiars, are animals which posses strong positive auras and psychic abilities, which affect the energy auras of those around them. These animals are often attracted to humans who also posses strong positive auras, which results in most Witches having one or more Animal Familiars as pets.

Cats (esp black cats) are said to posses the strongest auras, resulting in cats being the most common of all Animal Familiars. Dogs, horses, and birds are the other most commonly seen Animal Familiars.

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Frogs Rule! (pink) Mugs by eelkat

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*I Love Phookas!*
Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts
Custom Designed Postage Stamps
Gifts for Peacock Lovers
Framed Art for Childrens Rooms
Best Gifts for Cat Lovers
Best Gifts for Dog Lovers
Best Sci-Fi Video Showcase
Zazzle vs CafePress

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

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Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Want to read more? Check out my Squidoo Lenses:

Ekography: EelKats Lensography and be sure to find out about
My Lord Sesshomaru Costume!

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Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

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Who Are You REALLY?

Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Who Are You REALLY?

Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Thank You Kitty. . .Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

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Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!.
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Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!
.

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Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

pawpawpawpawpaw

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

pawpawpawpawpaw

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

pawpawpawpawpaw

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

pawpawpawpawpaw

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

black birdfall leaves centerblack bird

Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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Blingo

Who Are You REALLY?

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Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:

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>Who Are You REALLY?

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black birdfall leaves centerblack bird

Another question found on CosPlay.com, asked:

    [QUOTE=DarknessSummit] Who are you when ur “not cosplaying”? what kind of person are you, what social group are u, what clothes do u wear, random hobbies, things like that…[/QUOTE]

I am a writer, editor, publisher, artist, doll maker, animal rights activist, costume maker, make-up artist, sale representative, and fashion designer.

I write in the Gothic, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. My works include a horror series, and it’s spin-offs. Some of my other writing habits include children’s stories, comic books, and the dark retellings of classic folk lore & fairy tales. I am the owner of The Twighlight Manor Press.

I live on a farm, which is the headquarters for The Pidgie Fund, where we take in roosters and feral cats, and other animals in need of a home. I’m currently caring for 70+ roosters and hens, 14 cats, and 1 dog, but the animals here change over time and have in the past included horses, goats, ducks, squirrels, turtles, wild birds, and just about every type of domestic animal you could name.

I also do gardening, both flowers and veggies.

I live on a farm, in the forest, on the beach. I am very in touch with nature. I spend more time with animals and trees than I do with humans. Me and my dog spend hours each week on the beach collecting shells.

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

When I go out in public, usually it’s to one of the five local libraries, where I practically live. I am a complete and total bookworm, and own a private library with a collection of more than 10,000 books and over 7,000 comic books, and still I end up at the public libraries doing research for my writing, mostly because I just love being in a library surrounded by all those books!

I dream about opening my own Gothic fashion shop; Gothic~Lolita~CosPlay Clothen Store, that has yet to be built. Everything is still in the planning stages.

As for what I wear: I change from CosPlay to Glam to Gothic to Lolita to Punk to Renaissance depending on my current mood. I’ve been one or the other since the early 1980′s, and often a mixture of all at once. Most people who see me call me “Goth”, but I don’t really think I fit in with the overall Goth look, but whatever. I prefer the term historical reenactor myself.

One of the dangers of being a Goth-CosPlay-type person in an area where no one but you is a Goth-CosPlay-type person, is that every time you set a foot outside, people gawk at you and start asking the silliest stupid dang questions. Like:

Are you promoting a play for the local theater?

Are you on the way to a costume party?

Is there a Renaissance Fair nearby?

Are you a circus clown?

OMG! It’s a Harry Potter fan!

Are you a witch?

. . .and my personal favorite:

What the hell planet did you drop off of?!?

yea . . .okay . . . whatever.

So what prompts these non-ending string of questions everywhere I go? My cloths.

CosPlay is my life. I have never been to a Con, but that hasn’t stopped me from wearing “costumes“, though technically these are not costumes as they are my actual street cloths or garb and therefor I do not call them costumes because I do not think of them as costumes. I do not own any “normal” non-costume “street cloths”. What you see me wearing as CosPlay type things IS the way I dress when I’m not CosPlaying, because for me, this is not about “playing”. My CosPlay can more correctly be termed as “historical reenactment of fantasy costumes“.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, kimono, ethnic costumes, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and also stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

Whenever I go out in public, my conversations with strangers sounds something like this:

I was dressing like Jem, before Jem was invented.

I love anything made of velvet!

I don’t like pants: won’t wear them, won’t own them.

I the 1980′s I wore min-skirts, but as the years have gone by, my dresses and skirts got longer; today my hems sweep the floor and they often have trains. I have one dress that has 7 yards of fabric on the skirt alone, it can be worn with or without hoops.

No, what I’m wearing is not a costume.

Yes, I dress like this every day, all day long, even around the house, when working in the garden, and when shoveling manure out of the barn. Yes I am a farmer. Yes I do dress like this while doing farm work.

No, I don’t own any “normal” clothes.

No, I can’t tell you where I bought them, because I didn’t buy them, I sewed them.

No, I can’t tell you where to buy the pattern, I didn’t buy a pattern I made the pattern. I’ve been sewing since I was 6 years old when I made my first doll. I made my first ball-gown at age 12. At age 16 I graduated from a 2 year course in fashion design & merchandising. I’ve spent most of my life studying fashion history and the art of recreating historical clothen from the Gothic periods (1300 – 1500 & 1850 – 1930), and those are the clothes I thus wear.

No I already told you this is not a costume, these are my regular cloths, I don’t care if you think this is a costume, it is not, please stop asking me if it is.

I don’t like people who think I’m wearing a costume even after been told that I am not.

Yes, I know this looks like a Willy Wonka costume, yes, Johnny Depp inspired it. Yes, I do wear a top hat everywhere I go. No, I repeat this is not a costume.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru’s costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it daily as part of my street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

No, I’m not crazy, I just hate that Halloween only comes once a year so now I live every day like it was Halloween.

No, THIS . . . IS . . . NOT . . . A . . . COSTUME . . . I already told you, I always dress like this. I’ve been dressing like this for the last 20 years. Please stop making me repeat myself.

I have had that conversation so many times now it’s burned in my brain.

I think the funniest thing is that I am constantly asked for my ID….“You got to be over 18 . . .” yadda, yadda, yadda

Than I whip out my ID… “Is this real? Wait, you’re really THAT old? . . .but . . .but . . your cloths…. I thought you were a teenager! I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize… it’s just that your cloths… I thought…”

Honey, I haven’t been a teenager for 20 years! But thank you for thinking I was one, it’s not every day some one my age gets mistaken for a teenager… will, with me it is, but for other folks my age . . .

Well, that’s me. And as you can tell, I really like to write . . . a lot! LOL!

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Ask Yourself These Questions

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As my usual habit would find me doing, I was once again surfing the pages of Squidoo today where I found an interesting lens called Go With The Flow vs. Be In Your Flow . One section of that lens, asks the readers to answer a list of questions, which I have copied here to my blog so that I might answer them and do my usual ramble and rant as I do so. Here are the questions and my answers to them.

1. What would you like to spend most of your time doing?

Being creative: writing, sewing, drawing, painting, taking care of animals. I would really love to open a dress shop, for Goth wear and CosPlay costumes, cause I love creating stuff like that. Creating this and taking care of animals are the two thinks in life that make me the most happy, and so those are the two things I would like to do 24 hours a day, none stop.

2. What do you do, that while you are engaged in it, you feel energized and are enveloped in feelings that bring you peace, joy, comfort, and energy?

Well, I think this question was pretty much answered with my last answer to the first question.

3. What are you hoping to be able to do ‘when you have the time?’

Not so much when I have the time as when I have the money: two things, one to open a dress shop and two to have a place to live where I can fill my home with lots of feral cats that need someone to love them.

4. What do you think about doing when you notice that there will be time available at some point in the future?

Usually doing this creative, especially thinking: “Oh! I have time to finish that story I started back than but didn’t get finished yet.”

5. What are you doing when you feel that time is flying by?

Usually waiting. Waiting in the doctors office, waiting in the car to get from point a to point b, etc. When I’m waiting like that I get so frustrated, because I can feel all that time rushing past me and I’m not able to be using in in a more productive way. I hate to have to be in a position where I am not able to be doing something “worthwhile”.

6. What do you think about first thing in the morning or during brief moments of peace during your day?

How are my cats doing?

I wonder if Buddy’s feeling well enough to got to the beach today? (Buddy is my 13 year old dog with arthritis who loves to walk on the beach, but can’t always make a trip that long anymore.)

I hope my little brothers are doing okay.

I must get busy on this ot that project and get it done soon.

7. When you were a child, what activity did you enjoy the most?

Writing short stories, dressing up in fancy stuff, spending time with my cat and dog, and drawing pictures.

8. When you were a child, did you have a favorite game?

Yes, it was Clue and it’s still my favorite game. I also love(d) Yatzee.

9. What was your favorite song, your favorite book, or favorite creative activity?

At very young about age 4, my fave song was the Itsy-Bisty-Spider and BINGO, while my fave books were “Green Eggs and Ham”, “A Great Day For Up”, “Hand Hand Fingers Thumb”, “Kiss Me I’m Vulture”, “Me Too Iguana”, and “Inside Outside Upside Down”, and those books still rank among my fave even today. My favorite creative activity was to draw everything and anything.

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