Post by fyrestorm on Jan 28, 2005 0:07:44 GMT -5
oooh... wow... so im feeling a little out of the loop...
first of all... thanks for makin the board trevor! i was finishing a paper in the library the other day and i got an e-mail that the board was going away and i got bummed... but... ive found my way here.
oh... for those of you who dont know me... im earl... better... or only known to most all'yall as genghis kahn. but annyways... im a little lost/confused and incredibly disconnected as to all of the drama thats been goin down (since ive gone home (chicago) and back to school). but i do know that people are getting upset and thats not cool. having never been to a medieval/ren faire (yes yes... i know...the shame) before working at GLMF, i had no idea about what i was getting into. i was (i guess i still am, kindof) fresh out of my first year of college... and when i got out of the car after an 8 hour drive... i thought i had made the biggest mistake of my life. i was living in the middle of the woods, in a creepy house with 13 other actors, in the middle of nowhere, without a car, and the most insane production team i had ever encountered. i thought that this place was doomed. for a very long while... i dreaded opening weekend like the plague.
but... the more i got to work with... (umm... apparently theyre referred to as TPTB) TPTB the more i was amazed at how fiercely dedicated they were to making the faire a better and more enjoyable place for the patrons. each and every one of them puts their blood sweat and tears into getting faire together... and they have probably been the hardest working production team i have had the honor to work beside. i know that first weekend was a little rough... things that were planned for didnt happen in time etc. etc.... but from the overall impression that i got by the time faire closed, was that people enjoyed themselves. hopefully ya'll had fun. hopefully i, at some point, did my job and was able to keep you entertained. i guess... what im trying to say is... i think everyone just needs to CHILL OUT. from the impression that im getting, everyone is really upset and is looking for ways to express their frustration. like it was said in another post/thread earlier... everyone is working towards the same goal... to make sure faire opens and to make it great for everyone. isnt the point for the whole faire to have fun?? a great man once told me... "if youre not having fun, you're not doing it right!"... and i think that is really good advice. as far as i can tell.. alot of people arent having fun... i mean, im not saying that we have to make a bonfire, roast some marshmallows and sing kum-bah-yah (even though that sounds like a lot of fun)... but... everyone is just a too unhappy for this to be good. yeah, i agree... losing the message board sucks (i am not a fan of it being gone at all)... but... c'est la vie... regardless of the facts about why its gone... its gone... and miraculously everyone has found a new place to dwell (again... thanks to trevor). for crying out loud... its just a messageboard. some people have been taking its demise like some sort of personal affrontery... and im having alot of trouble imagining TPTB sitting in front of their computers going "MUAHAHAHh!!!! now ::insert your id here:: has been smoted!!!!"
but annnyways... i guess what im trying to say is... things all happen for a reason and in the end, everything with work out. what possibly could have been the WORST summer of my life became, thanks to ALL of you... one of the best i have ever had or will ever have. and if the GLMF can take a pretentious "traditional theatre" snob/actor (this is in reference to me... for those of you who didnt catch on) and make him miss and care about faire so much that he writes an insanely long post talking about how much he loves it... theyve gotta be doing something right
much love,
earl
ps. if youre offended or upset by this post... you arent having fun!
pps. it seems a little absurd to me that genghis kahn is the one thats kindof/almost trying to make peace. i mean... if i were running the place id just pillage/burn/loot/rape the first person who complained... heheh ;D j/k~
ppps. (<---does anyone REALLY do that?!) i really do *heart* you all... so if you really are upset with this... just gimme an e-mail or drop me an IM... the last thing i want to do is make people upset!
first of all... thanks for makin the board trevor! i was finishing a paper in the library the other day and i got an e-mail that the board was going away and i got bummed... but... ive found my way here.
oh... for those of you who dont know me... im earl... better... or only known to most all'yall as genghis kahn. but annyways... im a little lost/confused and incredibly disconnected as to all of the drama thats been goin down (since ive gone home (chicago) and back to school). but i do know that people are getting upset and thats not cool. having never been to a medieval/ren faire (yes yes... i know...the shame) before working at GLMF, i had no idea about what i was getting into. i was (i guess i still am, kindof) fresh out of my first year of college... and when i got out of the car after an 8 hour drive... i thought i had made the biggest mistake of my life. i was living in the middle of the woods, in a creepy house with 13 other actors, in the middle of nowhere, without a car, and the most insane production team i had ever encountered. i thought that this place was doomed. for a very long while... i dreaded opening weekend like the plague.
but... the more i got to work with... (umm... apparently theyre referred to as TPTB) TPTB the more i was amazed at how fiercely dedicated they were to making the faire a better and more enjoyable place for the patrons. each and every one of them puts their blood sweat and tears into getting faire together... and they have probably been the hardest working production team i have had the honor to work beside. i know that first weekend was a little rough... things that were planned for didnt happen in time etc. etc.... but from the overall impression that i got by the time faire closed, was that people enjoyed themselves. hopefully ya'll had fun. hopefully i, at some point, did my job and was able to keep you entertained. i guess... what im trying to say is... i think everyone just needs to CHILL OUT. from the impression that im getting, everyone is really upset and is looking for ways to express their frustration. like it was said in another post/thread earlier... everyone is working towards the same goal... to make sure faire opens and to make it great for everyone. isnt the point for the whole faire to have fun?? a great man once told me... "if youre not having fun, you're not doing it right!"... and i think that is really good advice. as far as i can tell.. alot of people arent having fun... i mean, im not saying that we have to make a bonfire, roast some marshmallows and sing kum-bah-yah (even though that sounds like a lot of fun)... but... everyone is just a too unhappy for this to be good. yeah, i agree... losing the message board sucks (i am not a fan of it being gone at all)... but... c'est la vie... regardless of the facts about why its gone... its gone... and miraculously everyone has found a new place to dwell (again... thanks to trevor). for crying out loud... its just a messageboard. some people have been taking its demise like some sort of personal affrontery... and im having alot of trouble imagining TPTB sitting in front of their computers going "MUAHAHAHh!!!! now ::insert your id here:: has been smoted!!!!"
but annnyways... i guess what im trying to say is... things all happen for a reason and in the end, everything with work out. what possibly could have been the WORST summer of my life became, thanks to ALL of you... one of the best i have ever had or will ever have. and if the GLMF can take a pretentious "traditional theatre" snob/actor (this is in reference to me... for those of you who didnt catch on) and make him miss and care about faire so much that he writes an insanely long post talking about how much he loves it... theyve gotta be doing something right
much love,
earl
ps. if youre offended or upset by this post... you arent having fun!
pps. it seems a little absurd to me that genghis kahn is the one thats kindof/almost trying to make peace. i mean... if i were running the place id just pillage/burn/loot/rape the first person who complained... heheh ;D j/k~
ppps. (<---does anyone REALLY do that?!) i really do *heart* you all... so if you really are upset with this... just gimme an e-mail or drop me an IM... the last thing i want to do is make people upset!