I am starting to freak out about the weekend in a very girly way. All of my clothes are cotton or denim. I have nothing sexy, gothy, exotic, or any combination of the above, and the idea of trying to shop for same fills me with fear.

Please! you are lovely, and will look terrific in whatever. I'd offer to loan you something, but I fear that any dress I have will be too long. Let me think on it. Also, consider a Buffistas shopping tour. They're fun!

On the what we will be doing in Seattle question, I still have the DVD of The Apple. Should I bring it along in case we get a chance for a watch and mock?

I am now also freaking out about what to wear in Seattle. Not the costume, since I think I have that covered with Aimee's help, but the other stuff.

If you want to return it to Netflix, Lee, I can always bring mine.

(blink)

Freaking out about what to wear? Good grief, nononono, don't do that. This is going to be fun!

Lyra, I'm not going to any parties in costume - OK, middle America would probably think I was, but honestly, it's the sort of thing I'd wear to a non-costume party. Just my black leather "corset for Kerry" over a black long sparkly mesh and beaded skirt, with high heels. Nic's going in costume - black leather pants, black corset over big shirt, as sort of Victorian pirate - but that's because he never gets to wear a costume and thinks it'll be fun. But mine's not a costume. I just wear leather a lot, since it's one of about four things used to make clothing that I'm not allergic to.

And I have corsetry, lots of it; a gamut of sizes, too. I brought a hell of a goodie bag to LA two years ago. Jess, let me check my closet. I'm not a vest person, but weirdly, I think I do have a leather one. I'm just not certain I still have it.

(edited for having spelled "s-h-i-r-t" juuuuust a skosh wrongly...)

OK, middle America would probably think I was, but honestly, it's the sort of thing I'd wear to a non-costume party. Just my black leather "corset for Kerry" over a black long sparkly mesh and beaded skirt

I do not have corsets, I do not have leather, I do not have beaded skirts. I do have a long swishy black skirt, but I'm not sure what I would wear with it.

I think I'll do some shopping this weekend, see what I can dig up. It's more about me wanting to play dress-up than about hating my clothes, really. But if anyone wants to bring anything extra along, or email me, I'm a size 16 or so.

Lyra, if you want me to bring a corset for fun, I probably have a few that would fit your size. And really, my costume is only different from what I'd wear every day because of the corset. The skirt, I'd wear anywhere.

I just dress like that, when I'm not in jeans. I wear leather to the supermarket.

Lyra, I won't be dressed up, because, as I occasionally angst about in Bitches, my current clothing budget is slim-to-nonexistent, and anything I buy has to be very, very, very practical.

Hey kids. It sounds like I'm going to miss a lot of fun in Seattle.

I'm here to ask where we are on the New Orleans info though. It's been very quiet and I really really really want to get these last decisions made about which hotel so that we can get the contracts pulled up and signed and lock in some good rates.

San Diego (Nov 29-Dec 3)

There is a whole guest room (okay the computer lives there too, but think of it as "also including broadband access"...) with your name on it...

t does a little dance

t (censored)

t gets down tonight

It has been offered billytea.

Huzzah! That just leaves Seattle, and possibly the drive from San Fran to L.A. (Though I can do that on my own.)