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i really enjoy this event. this year was fun too.
but i hate going to events and not working (ie making money or something)
so this year, instead of working for HW, i was running the Vex show.
the last event i went to for fun, i ended up bailing on earlier.
anyhoo, summary of my weekend...
woke up early in athens on sat am to catch my flight to Dusseldorf. (i skipped out on the friday events).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
world_of_rubber picked me up at the airport! (nice since i usually take the DB to the HBF in Essen then a quick taxi to the hotel. He showed me the 1500 balloons i'd be blowing up for the Vex show. Luckily, there was a machine to help out. (Luckily HE was there the entire weekend to help out everyone above and beyond!) Checked in at the hotel to find kippiepoo in the room a bit tired from the previous evening ;)
Picked up the clothes from Vex and started getting ready to see models for fittings and to let them hear the music. I got the model list and rehearsal times from Nikki. Three rehearsal times set for VexClothing but I figured we'd only need one. Wow! All the shows at about 15 models a piece. We only had 7.
i hung out downstairs and hit the bar for a few shots of JD and food, then went upstairs to take a nap which ended up lasting into the evening. HaraldW called to say they were checked in and to come to their room for a party. i said sure. i ended up passing out again.
Sunday was more hanging out, waiting for models, and then the one rehearsal i wanted to do in order to give the models a completely free monday before the event. I told the models to be downstairs at 10 to 5 since the MudiaArt is only a short distance away and i organized transpo for all of us. (again happy we were only 7). waited for 2 of the models to come downstairs around 45 minutes late.
Of course, the rehearsals ended up being late as well. instead of sitting around for 2 hours, i gave them the option of staying or doing the rehearsal on monday. we left the venue. I also spoke to naminia (stage manager) who told me there was no net for our balloon drop and the man running the venue who said that there was no way to handle my request. so no balloon drop.
For the Sunday dinner party, I ended up going to Indian food with Harlad Wilfer,mistress_sandra, world_of_rubber, & Marcus. We were later joined by LouisAMF, Hazmat, punkythecat and jwilkins. maximsphotos, ulorin_vex and rootofsilence too showed up after but since we finished eating, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the party.
had an ok time. mostly hung out with sandra and harald. sawtatsu_otoko but didn't catch his show with anna and nicole. chatted a bit with steve english (i just saw my full page ad for DeMask). saw a BUNCH of people, too many to list! left early to go back to the hotel and pass out and get ready for the next day.
Monday: i gave a call time of 2pm for the rehearsal. it was actually at 2h30. we didnt get to the venue until almost 3pm. Things were late there again and i really dont understand why if the first group is late, then the others have to suffer for it. you kick them off the stage and go on in a timely manner. in anycase, all the models were present by the time we got on stage. did 2 runs of the show (about 16 minutes total) then we headed back to the hotel.
gave the models a call time of 10pm to be at the venue. naminia told us we had to be ready to queue up at the staging area at 11pm for the first block of shows. a little stressed because 2 of the girls showed up 20 minutes before we were supposed to be ready. GAAAAAHHHH. of course, emily had to be on first with paul nathan so we had to get her dressed in a rush outside (one of the shows before us was shifted at the last minute to the 2nd block which gave us 10 minutes less to get her ready to go). it all went well enough though and we made it on time with no big delay. got fotos snapped, then got the models undressed and the clothes back in the bag. no one got to wear their stuff afterwards because i wanted the pieces intact when i handed them over to Jean Bardot in the am to take with her.
this year i stuck around and drank a bunch o proseco with sandra and who knows who else. ran around in the dungeon area and saw a bunch of people having fun in the dungeon. some torturing, some drinking, some otherstuff i wont mention and there wont be photos of in order to protect the innocent. left before the others though, since i had to do more work still.
in the am, hit breakfast early. the Mercure Hotel in Essen has the best breakfast spread. too bad the food the rest of the day suffers. i saw miguel who asked me why there was no balloon drop because there was a net, and the means to hoist it. hmm. great communication going on there with me and the stage manager. she never told me any thing monday when i saw her. oh well.
ran upstais to pack and was insanely jealous ofkippiepoo who got to snooze while dizzy self packed. ran downstairs to meet up with Harald and Sandra for our drive to Vienna.
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There is nothing i hate more than someone else wasting my time. and then, on top of that, knowing that the other models are having to wait as well since they actually decided to show up on time.
now i get to write to Laura/Vex to give her my report of all the compliments and complaints. then another note to the models that were in my show.
next year: the HW show!
but i hate going to events and not working (ie making money or something)
so this year, instead of working for HW, i was running the Vex show.
the last event i went to for fun, i ended up bailing on earlier.
anyhoo, summary of my weekend...
woke up early in athens on sat am to catch my flight to Dusseldorf. (i skipped out on the friday events).
world_of_rubber picked me up at the airport! (nice since i usually take the DB to the HBF in Essen then a quick taxi to the hotel. He showed me the 1500 balloons i'd be blowing up for the Vex show. Luckily, there was a machine to help out. (Luckily HE was there the entire weekend to help out everyone above and beyond!) Checked in at the hotel to find kippiepoo in the room a bit tired from the previous evening ;)Picked up the clothes from Vex and started getting ready to see models for fittings and to let them hear the music. I got the model list and rehearsal times from Nikki. Three rehearsal times set for VexClothing but I figured we'd only need one. Wow! All the shows at about 15 models a piece. We only had 7.
i hung out downstairs and hit the bar for a few shots of JD and food, then went upstairs to take a nap which ended up lasting into the evening. HaraldW called to say they were checked in and to come to their room for a party. i said sure. i ended up passing out again.
Sunday was more hanging out, waiting for models, and then the one rehearsal i wanted to do in order to give the models a completely free monday before the event. I told the models to be downstairs at 10 to 5 since the MudiaArt is only a short distance away and i organized transpo for all of us. (again happy we were only 7). waited for 2 of the models to come downstairs around 45 minutes late.
Of course, the rehearsals ended up being late as well. instead of sitting around for 2 hours, i gave them the option of staying or doing the rehearsal on monday. we left the venue. I also spoke to naminia (stage manager) who told me there was no net for our balloon drop and the man running the venue who said that there was no way to handle my request. so no balloon drop.
For the Sunday dinner party, I ended up going to Indian food with Harlad Wilfer,
mistress_sandra, world_of_rubber, & Marcus. We were later joined by LouisAMF, Hazmat, punkythecat and jwilkins. maximsphotos, ulorin_vex and rootofsilence too showed up after but since we finished eating, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the party.had an ok time. mostly hung out with sandra and harald. saw
tatsu_otoko but didn't catch his show with anna and nicole. chatted a bit with steve english (i just saw my full page ad for DeMask). saw a BUNCH of people, too many to list! left early to go back to the hotel and pass out and get ready for the next day.Monday: i gave a call time of 2pm for the rehearsal. it was actually at 2h30. we didnt get to the venue until almost 3pm. Things were late there again and i really dont understand why if the first group is late, then the others have to suffer for it. you kick them off the stage and go on in a timely manner. in anycase, all the models were present by the time we got on stage. did 2 runs of the show (about 16 minutes total) then we headed back to the hotel.
gave the models a call time of 10pm to be at the venue. naminia told us we had to be ready to queue up at the staging area at 11pm for the first block of shows. a little stressed because 2 of the girls showed up 20 minutes before we were supposed to be ready. GAAAAAHHHH. of course, emily had to be on first with paul nathan so we had to get her dressed in a rush outside (one of the shows before us was shifted at the last minute to the 2nd block which gave us 10 minutes less to get her ready to go). it all went well enough though and we made it on time with no big delay. got fotos snapped, then got the models undressed and the clothes back in the bag. no one got to wear their stuff afterwards because i wanted the pieces intact when i handed them over to Jean Bardot in the am to take with her.
this year i stuck around and drank a bunch o proseco with sandra and who knows who else. ran around in the dungeon area and saw a bunch of people having fun in the dungeon. some torturing, some drinking, some otherstuff i wont mention and there wont be photos of in order to protect the innocent. left before the others though, since i had to do more work still.
in the am, hit breakfast early. the Mercure Hotel in Essen has the best breakfast spread. too bad the food the rest of the day suffers. i saw miguel who asked me why there was no balloon drop because there was a net, and the means to hoist it. hmm. great communication going on there with me and the stage manager. she never told me any thing monday when i saw her. oh well.
ran upstais to pack and was insanely jealous of
kippiepoo who got to snooze while dizzy self packed. ran downstairs to meet up with Harald and Sandra for our drive to Vienna. ---
There is nothing i hate more than someone else wasting my time. and then, on top of that, knowing that the other models are having to wait as well since they actually decided to show up on time.
now i get to write to Laura/Vex to give her my report of all the compliments and complaints. then another note to the models that were in my show.
next year: the HW show!
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