December 6, 2009

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Last night’s steampunk ball was a blast and a half. The venue was superb (a regional history museum packed with 19th century tech exhibits), the event was very well attended, and everyone (from the museum and bar staff to the attendees) was outstandingly pleasant.

At ten o’clock I got up to read, and I read for half an hour, which — on this particular occasion — was a bit tricky. The lights were fairly low, I had two adult beverages under my belt (so to speak), and due to a major case of vanity I was wearing my contacts (side effect: excessive farsightedness). But despite my intermittent coughing, squinting, and place-losing, everyone was polite and nobody threw anything at me. Win!

I didn’t take any pictures, mostly because I was too busy running around trying to see everything. Several people got pictures of me, though (often with Caitlin, who looked smokin’); so when and if those turn up, I’ll link them here.

Anyway. Many, many thanks to the folks at the exhibition, for inviting me and for having me at their wonderful evening.

I’m not going to overgeneralize and gush about All Steampunk Events Everywhere, for I can only speak from my own experience. But this having been said, all the steampunk events that I, personally, have attended have been warm, happy, playful affairs — wherein everybody seemed delighted to be present. Maybe it’s the general influence of 19th century “high tea” manners; maybe it’s the glee of an absinthe bar; maybe it’s the feeling of an emerging community finally beginning to gel … I don’t know. But so far, so good. I’m proud to be part of this scene, and I hope that I can contribute to its continued awesomeness in some small fashion.

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2 Responses to “December 6, 2009”

  1. erika
    December 7th, 2009 @ 1:25 am

    Question – I know it was hosted by the CSPC and I know what the CSPC events are like, so was this adult in the way that CSPC can be adult, or was it just that there was alcohol?

  2. Cherie
    December 7th, 2009 @ 9:58 am

    There was alcohol, but no other adult activity on hand as far as I could tell :)

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