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Ok, I definitely need to get a new bodice on Saturday. Thanks a bunch for digging yours out, roaming, but they didn't fit. They WERE very cute, though!

Maybe I'll make a new skirt at some point too, since mine is kinda half-assed. Well, it covers my WHOLE ass. In fact, it could probably cover several people's asses at once. But it's rather poorly made (by me, which is why). Still, it'll do for the time being.

I wonder if I should wear my corset over my chemise on Saturday until I find a new bodice? That way I could change very easily, anywhere really, without having to remove a bra. Ja. I think I will do that thing. And will bring my bodice belt along with me.

Yay for faire season!

A rant on age

I've seen so many people post personal ads or write me e-mails on personals sites where they describe themselves as "a young [insert age here]," or as "[insert age here] but young at heart," or as "[insert age here], but everyone thinks I'm younger when they see me."

I hope to god that no matter what age I am, I always have the balls to state it without this kind of half-assed apology. Why should anyone feel the need to qualify their age like that? It's like saying, "Hi, I weigh [insert weight here] but I'm pretty anyway!" It's bullshit. Whatever age you are, if people automatically decide that means you're a fogey, well, screw 'em. Whatever weight you are, if someone decides that automatically means you must be ugly, the hell with 'em. I do have an age range within which I'm comfortable dating, but that's because I want to date people who are roughly in the same stage of life that I am. It just makes things fit better. It doesn't mean I think people older than that can't be attractive (hello? Viggo Mortensen and Johnny Depp are BOTH outside that age range!) or cool (see previous parenthetical statement).

If you put qualifiers on your age, it just says to me, "I need to convince MYSELF that I'm still attractive and cool at this age, because I don't really believe it."

Tell me something real about yourself. Let me know what fascinates you, what you like, what you don't like, what you do with your time. That will tell me if you're cool or not. And if you post a picture of yourself, I can reach my own opinion on whether or not I find you physically attractive, without your assuring me of your youthful looks.

And when I'm your age, Mr. "Young At Heart", I won't tell you how young I look or act. I'll (hopefully) let other people say it about me, the way I do about my 60-but-looks-about-45 mom. :)