Sunday, January 21, 2007

   Oh Fanfiction!
Don't you just love my new curse word? My friend Jamie and I came up with it while at work one day. We find it quite effective and devise many ways to use it...

But that's not the reasoning behind this post...Grr, bear with me, but I feel I have another rant coming...

I have decided not to through anymore cosplay parties where people come over and work on cosplays together. Why, you may ask? It's the simple fact that last night about 7 people were over at my house working on cosplay. The living room, kitchen and dining room were all completely trashed at the end of the night. But who ended up staying up until 4 am when everyone finished at 3 am cleaning it up? My roommate and I. Yes there was another person who helped pick up the scraps and throw them away, but Dual and I were left to scour the kitchen, do the dishes, sweep the dining room floor, vaccum the living room, and just in general pick up around our work areas.

And then, when we went to crawl into bed, exhausted, we found that our room (of which I had just picked up my side) was cluttered again with bags of stuff that didn't belong to us. I have never been more mortified in front of my housemates. And never have I seen such inconsiderate actions. When I go somewhere and I make a mess, I don't leave until I've helped clean up everything. And if someone makes me dinner, I help do the dishes and clean up the kitchen. Or at least offer.

Grr, fanfiction! I think my snapping point last night was when I looked at the dining room floor and discovered a light gray film over everything from my friend's Robin cosplay that she was working on. I said something about it, and what did she do? Say, "Oops, sorry! I guess my fabric sheds. Well, see you later!" and then promptly left. Which left me to sweep it up. I even got up this morning and clean even more! Good God, do parents not know how to teach their children to pick up after themselves anymore?

And then, I didn't even get to start sewing together Sister Kate because someone else decided to use the sewing machine all night on a cosplay that they don't need ready in any particular time...Avenly and I have to have Sister Kate and Esther ready in TWO WEEKS! Grr...

So, now you know. No more cosplay parties at my house where I have to supply dinner, snacks and supplies and no one helps clean up and only three people pitch in with funding dinner, snacks and supplies for everyone. I'm sick of it. I'm not everyone's mother. And though I may not keep my room clean, I sure as hell keep the common living spaces in my townhouse clean. Because trashing it and leaving it is just rude and disrespectful to the other seven girls that live in my townhouse and use that space as well.
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