Comments on: Back from San Jose

By: Sunfell

Sunfell — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:52:30 +0000

Snark is good for the soul. Besides, having seen enough WTF was he/she -thinking- cossies at SF conventions, I expect that Pagan cons are just as entertaining.

One of these days, I will go to a Pantheacon. I’ve been invited as a guest, but haven’t had the money to actualy go to one. I’ll be the one who looks like a boring old TechMage, clothed in 21st Century Magus splendor: blue jeans, Sketchers and a ThinkGeek t-shirt. And I’ll be singing my Reconnecting Chant:

“Where’s the WiFi?”

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:25:44 +0000

Hey, if I can’t snark I don’t want to be part of your revolution. Besides, the Gods judge all the time, where have you been?

By: Berkana

Berkana — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:09:09 +0000

Nice blog, very snide, indeed…..however, it would seem your first blog regarding PCon would be about PCon, not worrying about Christopher Guest, or how someone was dressed….who the hell cares about how someone is dressed? And Christopher Guest makes fun of everyone, so, why bother to even worry? Seems you would have posted about PCon itself - getting “dressed up” for pagans is a natural thing…..after all, most wear robes, and carry swords, staffs, etc for ritual, be it public or private…it’s what we do….would have liked to hear your twist on the gathering rather than you making judgements on people by the way they dress…..my Gods/dess’s don’t judge, why should you?

By: Hermgirl

Hermgirl — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:24:16 +0000

I would so love to see a Christopher Guest treatment of the psychic fair/pagan convention world.

By: He'er

He'er — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:12:43 +0000

Can I ask if this Pirate was Sade the artist? If so, he’s been walking around like this for over ten years, and its a part of his aristry. I really don’t think we should be as intolerant as to care how other people dress. Embracing ourselves, no matter how bizarre it might seem to others, is what draws me to being Pagan in the first place. The idea that I might not be judged because of how I dress, is extremely important to me. Its what is on the inside, the intent, the connection with oneself that matters more. Its saddens me to see all these blogs talking down about this one person.

By: Lyra

Lyra — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:02:00 +0000

You forgot about your whining, grumpy children, Anne.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:23:05 +0000

SnarkCrow wrote: (and I accidentally deleted the comment)

“Actually, the Captain Sparrow guy looks *best* in that outfit. In street clothes he just looks… off. He’s a local, nuts but an OK guy for all of that.”

Oh, that’s hilarious!

And Brighde, I’m with you on the Renaissance garb. I don’t have a problem with seeing it at the con because let’s face it, a nice cleavage is a nice cleavage. But I don’t actually own any of it even though it’s pretty comfortable to wear, because I do feel it is overdone in general. I like wearing it at the RenFaire, though.

I remember hearing Stevie Nicks interviewed recently about women performers today, and her comment was to the effect of, “why are they going for such form-hugging, revealing clothes? Don’t they know they’re going to look ridiculous in their fifties and sixties? I’m so glad I chose the diaphanous look when I was their age - it’s so much more forgiving!”

By: Brighde

Brighde — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:45:24 +0000

Well, Oak, I’m way too fond of playing dress-up—of any era, real or fantasy—to rule out the medieval garb. Even my mundane life is gradually yielding to what my mother always called my “weird get-ups.” Today I wore my tiara to work. The medieval range of stuff has two great advantages: it flows and swooshes nicely, or if one chooses the RenFaire bodice versions, it enhances the cleavage. I usually opt for the flowing stuff (magick dresses, yay!) because it floats so beautifully over the sags and ripples of my happily aging self. I’m sort of sorry I didn’t go to Pcon this year, but the delights of a 3-day weekend all to myself (with cats, novels and paintbrushes) totally trumped the communal bliss. But next year again, for sure!

By: Reya Mellicker

Reya Mellicker — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:00:02 +0000

At least the wizard person has a place where he can go and walk around dressed like that without worrying about getting arrested. What a great post, Anne!

By: deborah oak

deborah oak — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:13:52 +0000

Perfect, Anne, perfect. My fashion peeve is the overabundance of Medieval garb. Why do we pagans have to constantly invoke the dark ages? Why? We sure don’t need to have Christopher Guest satire us…that’s for sure…we do it so well ourselves…who’d know the difference? Look at the pic on the wildhunt blog…it looks like a still from one of Guest’s movies. I particularly am in favor of your snide self…especially in it’s overt form! More, please!