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Post by CelticWench on Jul 31, 2007 14:32:30 GMT -5
, Dillasandra. I'm not cast....but I'm not really a patron any more, either.....since I've spent most of my summer helping a friend/vendor. It DOES make the shire seem both smaller (I see the same patch of it every day) and larger (I know there is more that I can't see!) at the same time. Because of that, I think I especially treasure the moments when I get to "play" -- be it with a passing cast member or a patron. And I love seeing everyone's pics, but at the same time it makes me a bit wistful for the fact that I didn't get to see any of the fun in person. Right now, though, faire is still a wonderful escape for me. Even working there doesn't feel quite like the work I do the rest of the time. But I know that may eventually change. And if and when that time comes, I'll still love faire -- I just might have to love "Faire That Was" instead of submersing myself in "Faire That Is" quite so much. (Heck, I've got a few job apps out right now that would take me away from this area, and then what would I do?? ) Since 2001, GLMF has been a comfy place for me. Every year there have been moments of magic and wonderful people. I will always treasure them all, forever.
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Post by Kayla Marie on Jul 31, 2007 21:31:11 GMT -5
That was all very touching. And I agree, we should cherish every moment that we have at GLMF. It is a shame that it doesn't last long enough and it does go by so fast, but at least it's there for 6 weeks and not 5. Everyone has basically become one huge family. Even if we don't all know each other. And it is true. Once you become a vendor the faire does lose some magic. And trust me I know this because it does suck being stuck in a tent for the whole day. Especially me still being young. Luckily there are two adults now working the booth that I'm in, which happens to be Fairie Tails. Now I can go out and play, not having to worry about my mom being at the booth alone. It isn't fair that vendors have to be stuck in one spot all weekend, but I guess we get ourselves into it. Even if we don't want it. But I think that no matter how much magic we think faire has lost it's still there. It just has become hidden under the boredom we happen to have. And Dillasandra I hope everything gets better for you. And for everyone else I hope your lives stay great and happy. But do know that there will be ups and downs to your life. Even if you don't want it. Trust me I know how it feels. This past weekend wasn't the best for me and I still feel it right now. Even though it is two days later. But I am getting better, so your problems will too! Anywho I think it's time for me to stop rambling and get some sleep. I love everyone even though I don't know them all. And I hope to see happy, smiley faces next weekend!!
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Post by Dillasandra on Aug 1, 2007 19:22:11 GMT -5
Thanks, guys, for the kind words, and for sticking up for me! What Dreamer failed to note was that I didn't say that Faire had lost it's magic, just that it had lost it's magic FOR ME. That's just life, and at the moment can't be helped.
I DO very much appreciate you saying, Trevor, that the Grove still has it's magic. I work very hard ( We ALL do ) to try and keep it that way. I love to make people laugh, and it's almost TOO easy there! ( Can't understand why so many people would find a crazy woman with a giant baby pickle so funny....! ;D )
And no matter what the future holds, I'll forever treasure a decade's worth of wonderful, laugh-out-loud, and yeah, magic memories. The people, especially. Yes, we ARE all a strange sort of family...that's ever been one of the things I've loved best.
I particularly liked the way you phrased it, Celtic Wench....don't know about the Faires-To-Be, or even the Faire-That-Is, but I'll always have the Faire-That-Was..........................................
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Post by Magda on Aug 7, 2007 22:45:56 GMT -5
I know that being part of faire can be just as brutal as it is fulfilling; I find that a little more true every day I'm part of it. There are days when I wake up that I feel nauseated about spending another day in the soul-sucking heat (or worse, the mind-bending chill), with sore feet, gritty eyes, little-to-no sleep and feeling disgusting from head to toe. However, I would never have fallen in love with it the way I have without the faceless (and to some extent, nameless) hundreds who have come before and poured their hearts and souls into making that little patch of forest a magic kingdom where misfits like me finally find home. Without the ones who loved it before, who still love it, and are just discovering it, it would not be what it is, and the magic would not exsist for anyone.
So thank you to everyone who has touched this faire, who has left their mark on it, who has loved it and hated it, and more importantly, lived it, and thereby given it life. Without the ones that came before, it would not be what it is.
For better or worse, it is my home. And someday, even I will not return. But I know that my love will add to it, and that little presence, that little gift, will be exactly what some other misfit needs, and the magic will be born again anew.
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Post by Grace O'Malley (Sarah) on Aug 8, 2007 12:21:28 GMT -5
This season's really been something. They all are, of course, but this one's had a different air about it than my previous years. Somehow.
I just had word today that my loans went through for my postgrad studies in England. This was pretty iffy earlier, but now it looks like I will be in Norwich, UK next year. I'll graduate in July 2009 and won't be back at all in the interim. So this is my last season in the near-foreseeable future.
It takes a real something for us all to know that what we'll miss is this plae that leaves us sore everywhere, smelling like foot, absolutely filthy, broke, and emotional. But I will, next year. It's still not certain, but I'm already missing you all preemptively.
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Post by Dillasandra on Aug 8, 2007 13:22:04 GMT -5
Charlotte......PERFECT!!!!
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Post by Poison Ivy on Aug 8, 2007 14:21:55 GMT -5
Hey Wick!! We'll miss you too, but....... CONGRATULATIONS!!! You GO girl! I think it's great that you're getting to do something like that. And don't worry......Faire will be here when you come back. We'll see to it.
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Post by Lady Catharine on Aug 8, 2007 14:53:56 GMT -5
Wick, Best Of luck-what a fantastic opportunity to be over the water in the UK! **hugs*** LC. Yes Faire , will be still be here when you get back home-now don;'t start talkin' funny like them there englies!
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 8, 2007 18:00:11 GMT -5
Good luck on your trip, you will be miss,but all ways in are harts. have fun, you will do OK. Hank Bunnie
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Post by Dillasandra on Aug 8, 2007 18:09:30 GMT -5
I'm SOOOOOO jealous!!! Always wanted to see the U.K.! Good luck, have a blast, and find out for us just exactlly what the REAL Scotsmen wear under their kilts......................... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Lady Catharine on Aug 9, 2007 8:16:11 GMT -5
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