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Despite, or perhaps because of the emotional low I'd sunk into Saturday morning, I ended up going to UBCon rather than staying and taking some me-time. We didn't really go for the whole Con. whitesnowrosere, amberrattus, ninepointsatyr, and friends were running a Vampire: The Dark Ages LARP. I'm not that good a LARPer, but I enjoy the storylines and like keeping in touch with our Buffalonian friends and acquaintences.

In the bustle I ended up with a character who was apt to interact rather frequently with a character who happened to be being played by mechanchaos' ex Sarah B. When I first realized that, I had a somewhat sinking feeling. As it turned out, though, that wasn't a detriment to my time there. As long as I could keep my nose an adequate distance from the malodorous nimbus that hovered around her, she was really rather affable.

The ego trip for me occurred after things were wrapping up. I'd changed back out of my costuming and into what I'd worn there. I had on a well-loved and deliberately torn and retorn black skirt layered over a plain, fading, black skirt. I wore my asian-dragon, black, thermal shirt, my worn and supple studded leather dog collar (courtesy of the wal-mart pet department), and my favorite assortment of rings. I was approached by a fellow who wanted to include me in pictures of gothic sorts of people. Apparently he's trying to get Hot Topic to sponsor his wedding. Part of his sponsorship proposal includes sending them pictures of as many gothic "current or potential Hot Topic shoppers" as he can to try to support his case.

While folks were still getting ready for the pictures, one of the other girls cheerfully asked if she could do makeup on me. Considering the crowd and considering that I was already feeling emotionally high from being asked to be in the pictures in the first place, I grinned and accepted. It's something of a thrill to put my trust in a relative stranger marking me knowing that I'd be photographed soon after. As it happened, I ended up wearing the statement "Sin is yummy!" across my face. I can certainly agree with the sentiment, and I summoned the self-confidence to wear it proudly.

Several of us even managed to persuade mechanchaos to join in playing dress-up for the camera. A couple borrowed items, some creative makeup, and a lipsticky kiss on the cheek from me later and he got in the pics too.

We capped off the evening by dropping by whitesnowrosere's and amberrattus' apartment to relax and hang out with ninepointsatyr, whitesnowrosere, amberrattus, and Pete. I couldn't help but grin when I noticed that the sky was past the intense blue that hails the morning by the time we left. We dropped off ninepointsatyr and Pete before getting on the road back home. Shortly afte 8am on our clocks (but that was without setting the clocks ahead) we headed to bed exhausted but otherwise content.

Still, the snow is getting me down a little. After my exercises but before my walk, I shovelled our driveway. It's extra exercise, yes, but I wish it wasn't snow that was bringing it about. I'm just thankful for my warm, waterproof, enormous snow boots that make sure I can still take my walks even if it's snowy out.

I hope the daffodils don't suffer from the cold.