This is becoming a bad habit.

[pimpinett]

Tired, but more hungry than tired at the moment and I love eating in the middle of the night - I should probably be thankful that I don't eat in my sleep. I had a friend who couldn't keep any food in the house, because she would sleepwalk to the kitchen and eat anything that was available, without waking up.

My ears are ringing and my feet hurt, too. I've had a really good evening, great live show as predicted, great dance floor too, apart from a couple of random guys who wouldn't stop trying to make eye contact, and as usual when I'm out on my own I had some interesting conversations with people I usually don't talk that much with, and some complete strangers too - note to self: dresses without acres of cleavage seem to make me more approachable to people who aren't hitting on me. Nice side effect.

As always after a good night out, I'm feeling a little warm and fuzzy with love for my local scene and this subculture. This doesn't always seem to apply to the culture in other countries, but in Sweden the EBM/industrial/synthpop scene as I know it is a very kind environment. There are assholes everywhere, of course, it's insular and probably very closed, perhaps even hostile to outsiders, but once you're in it is a very tolerant and well-meaning place to be.

The dress turned out all right - not great, but good enough to wear. I really don't understand how people can look at a garrison cap with the signalist pin in it and think stewardess, though - they really aren't that common in stewardess uniforms. If you ever have some time to kill, or  just really feel that you need to brush up on your knowledge of flight attendant uniforms, this is the place to go. Pretty hideous, much of it, but fun nonetheless, and I must admire the dedication of this guy.

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[volksjager.livejournal.com]

the Airline stewardess's on Icelndair are my personal fav.

[pimpinett.livejournal.com]

I have very mixed feelings about the Tyrolean Airways uniforms - love it and hate it in pretty equal amounts. The omly ones I like wholeheartedly are the few really old ones on the site, 1950's and earlier. The 40's and 50's Cathay ones are very cute, and the 50's KLM one. Air France's current uniform is rather nice, too.

[volksjager.livejournal.com]

He did you have kringla for christmas morning ?

[pimpinett.livejournal.com]

No, but I did have rice pudding for breakfast. :) Did you?

[volksjager.livejournal.com]

Yes, my mother makes them for the whole family.

[kvlt-kitty.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a fun time :).

I'm vaguely aware of large amounts of drama and bitching in my local scene, but I just ignore it and stick with my friends. Scene politics are depressing and so pointless. It's cool that yours is so kind and close :).

[pimpinett.livejournal.com]

There is a certain amount of that in the parts of the younger crowd here too, but only some of them and they are the theatrical kind who enjoy drama, anyway.

I think the scene here is the way it is in part because there's a very wide age span of active people in it - not at all limited to people in their late teens and early twenties. Many of the regulars are over thirty, some over forty, people with regular lives, several of them with spouses and kids too, who maintain a passion for the music and still identify with the culture. Many of us have known one another, been acquainted or at least seen one another in clubs and on live shows for ten years or more, so there's a great familiarity and the younger ones become part of it, too. The metal scene seems to be similar in that respect.