fantasy faire

so because i've been so excited, i've been dropping the news about the fact that i am one of the many performers in fantasy faire on second life this year. it's been a big deal for me as it's one of the biggest events of the year, the other two being second life's birthday party and the rock your rack event in october.

i felt- i feel, really, like it's such a big deal because it kind of is one. but it also seems like at least one person has gotten the wrong idea about how this all came to be. so lemme pull back the curtain, and reveal how this small fry ended up a part of this amazing craziness.

what i did?

i made a friend. her name is shayna, and i ended up mostly talking to her because she had moulin rouge tags on at divine sadism one day, and it clicked suddenly that that was why her name was so familiar to me. we chat for a while, and the fantasy faire comes up as a topic.

she's a dancer, has been for three years and mentioned that she's doing it this year. i don't actually remember how, but the subject of me being a DJ came up, and she asked me if i wanted to do it with her. i said i was interested, but for what she wanted i would likely need training.

next thing i know, my name is on her application and i get the invite to the group that's reserved for performers, bloggers, merchants, and the staff. i didn't know how to react at the time. it didn't feel real. it still doesn't feel real. my name, my user name anyways, is listed on the official website in the credits. thousands of people are looking at that, and they're seeing me.

it's beyond my comprehension, really. who knew that making a friend would lead to all of this?

i mean yeah, i'm the backup DJ for the moonbeam dancers, but i'm still there. i'm a part of this. i'm one of the people who is going to help raise lindens to donate to relay for life. it's insane, really. i mean, i've done charity events before as part of the purple man group, but this is different.

i'm not crooning over the radio waves as a DJ on a station, all fancy and professional and awesome. i'm pretty sure i mentioned how i feel about being a small fry in it's not about the linden, but the full, honest disclosure is i'm not being paid for this. not a single linden is going to me, it's all going to the charity organization.

i don't remember the parameters exactly, but it's going to i think a clinic or something like that in kenya so we're going to help out with that. which is really cool.

but the one thing that's bothering me is the level of saltiness over this. it's not like i went "yeah i'm a DJ so you should totally let me join you in this thing" and did some schmoozing all sneaky-like to land this gig. it was a complete fluke, i swear. i had no idea i was going to be put on shayna's application, let alone listed on the website like a fancy pants professional who knows what they're doing.

the application deadline was also like march 15th or something, i don't remember. i only barely glanced over the notecard before choking over my name. and honestly, i kind of hope i don't end up spinning because the amount of anxiety is unreal. i've had to have kingston and parzival talk me down a couple times now, and it hasn't even started yet.

but yeah, um fantasy faire opens the 19th and it runs until the 29th. the troupe i'm with, moonbeam dancers, they perform the 24th, 25th, 27th, and 28th. i don't remember what time off the top of my head, but i'll send out notifications about it in my little fan club group on second life.