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Maker Faire
Jun. 1st, 2009 08:12 amIt was loud.
It was crowded.
My pictures do not do it justice.
I came home with a headache and tinnitus.
I really, REALLY don't enjoy things that belch great gouts of flame. 50 feet away is too bloody close.
Does anyone besides me think that steampunk jewelry made of clockwork parts that don't work is kinda stupid? This observation is not at all clouded by the fact that Jeff was using an exquisite vintage Waltham pocket watch. And not wearing goggles.
(No goggles.)
Does anyone who wasn't paying attention to the steam powered threshing machine on-site realize that the Age of Steam was dirty and noisy? A steampunk motorcycle should be at least as noisy as one with an internal combustion engine - and should have a side-car full of wood or coke to fuel it.
It's all fun and games until someone gets brained by a falling model rocket. Then it's really fun and games.
What the SCA really needs are camo nets. (Not!) And a Mercedes Penz. (Seriously - there was one with thousands of markers glued to the body.) And a LEGO replica of the Yamato, complete with waving Hinomaru flag and a pair LEGO Zeros parked on her deck. (Which has me scratching my head because I don't think she was a carrier.)
Just 'cause it has a monkey on the logo doesn't mean I'm going to drink it. Especially if they mis-spell "elixir."
Highlight of the day, when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
learnteach said he hopes to dance with me again some time - which has absolutely nothing to do with Maker Faire.
It was crowded.
My pictures do not do it justice.
I came home with a headache and tinnitus.
I really, REALLY don't enjoy things that belch great gouts of flame. 50 feet away is too bloody close.
Does anyone besides me think that steampunk jewelry made of clockwork parts that don't work is kinda stupid? This observation is not at all clouded by the fact that Jeff was using an exquisite vintage Waltham pocket watch. And not wearing goggles.
(No goggles.) Does anyone who wasn't paying attention to the steam powered threshing machine on-site realize that the Age of Steam was dirty and noisy? A steampunk motorcycle should be at least as noisy as one with an internal combustion engine - and should have a side-car full of wood or coke to fuel it.
It's all fun and games until someone gets brained by a falling model rocket. Then it's really fun and games.
What the SCA really needs are camo nets. (Not!) And a Mercedes Penz. (Seriously - there was one with thousands of markers glued to the body.) And a LEGO replica of the Yamato, complete with waving Hinomaru flag and a pair LEGO Zeros parked on her deck. (Which has me scratching my head because I don't think she was a carrier.)
Just 'cause it has a monkey on the logo doesn't mean I'm going to drink it. Especially if they mis-spell "elixir."
Highlight of the day, when
learnteach said he hopes to dance with me again some time - which has absolutely nothing to do with Maker Faire. 
