We're All Mad Here

With the end of this year's Comic Convention in San Diego, I can't help but hear this quote over and over in my head.  "We're all mad here." And according to the rest of the world, we are!  

Before I moved to Los Angeles, the idea of wearing a costume was strictly reserved for being on set or for Halloween.  Themed parties would come once in a while but nothing that was ever a big deal.  I swear to you, now I have something to wear a costume to monthly if not weekly...and it's AWESOME!  

And on top of that, people out here are so creative!  I love that most people don't just buy costumes out of the shops or online, they make them.  And they look amazing.  That's one of the things that is so exciting about ComiCon!  You not only expect the costumes are going to look amazing but if you choose to dress up too, you better be on point!   

Unfortunately I was unable to go to ComiCon this year but I have an awesome X-23 ready for next year!  I should probably start making my Avengers one now...

Most of my costume dressing comes from my birthday parties.  I play Princess Merida (yes complete with accent), Queen Elsa and of course, my beloved Alice for Princess Parties.  And yeah, the little girls I go to visit have a lot of money and are way more blessed than me, but it's so amazing seeing their eyes light up when they realize that the Queen of Arendelle flew all the way to say hi for their special day.  

But again, this is nothing out of the ordinary!  It's like, you know that kid that you leave alone with 3 crayons and she (or he) turns out this amazing, 50 colored drawing of the Northern Lights?  This city is full of them!  Creativity thrives out here.  It's not just a hobby though, it's a lifestyle.

When I get bored, I create.  Even if it's just coloring in a coloring book, I have to make something.  And that's what filmmakers do.  A lot of you have seen the parody I made with my friends of Game of Thrones...that's what we do.  We pick up a camera, vigorously write out a script that makes sense and tells a feasible story and we shoot it...for the world to see.  And it's so thrilling!  Yeah, you get feedback from some people that think it looks stupid or they could have done it better, but they watched it.  They don't know me and they still watched it!!

So I guess that's my point this time...we are all mad here.  And that's ok.  Because we are all dying to show you our crazy so that you can watch it and say, wow, that person is creepy, or she's funny or what is wrong with that guy!  We don't want to be normal.  Normal is weird here...