palmistry and face paint

the glitterguts dance punk circus was awesome. i'm super-proud of eric and sarah for organizing all the performances and vendors, especially at such a major venue. everyone came out in clown-goth-weirdo regalia and spirits were high. once again, remote viewer project scored excellent real estate, and money was made. (vintage clothes make more money, but you have the expense of having paid for the clothes at some point, whereas requesting donations for a service has virtually no overhead. cheiromancy is as much a performance as anything intuitive.)

going blue, photo credit to kyra

hanging with sarah -- ms. glitterguts!

cass and shua

kyra and cassandra painted faces, also asking only a donation. there may have been a pro bono aspect to their labors, but the kids were lining up. i heard requests for "sith lord" and "david bowie," as well as "tiger." dave, below, got done up with clown brows. 'shua came along for the ride, sketching anyone who sat down for two minutes. to create an ambience, i brought along tord boontje lamps, tinsel, and an estrella i found in mexico.

dave

not dorky enough to go vulcan

these are a few pictures from the crazy slew up on glitterguts website. if you go there, you can see all the burlesque clowns, punk tacos, and riverboat bandleaders. for some reason, half the bodies in attendance wore rabbit ears.

the outfit was glittery oxfords, striped stockings, sequined upson downes shorts, black tank, flood-damaged jacket from morphine generation, vintage bralette, several pounds of vintage jewelry, and a sweet lilac wig, crowned with beads and silk flowers. and then i stole Shua's aviators.

with eric lab rat -- mr. glitterguts himself! <3

besides from looking really COOL, it turns out i'm pretty decent at palmistry. patrons gave me high-fives, hugged me, and told me previous chirologists had given them the same readings. it's a really strange feeling to tell a complete stranger about themselves, based only on the lines in their left and right hands. it was useful to look at the left hand (the subconscious) first, and then compare that to the right hand (the conscious). despite everything that symmetry intends for the human body, the formations are really different, and you can use that to account for some of the disparity between emotion and action. it is something that i definitely want to study more -- i felt myself getting better at it over the evening, even going so far as to give Advice. whoa.

i'm sort of hoping that lab rat doesn't book any major events for march, because there are other projects to which i'd like to devote my energy. at the same time, it's unlikely that i'd accomplish anything as engaging without the fire he sets under me. it's a major privilege to be one of his buddies -- and be able to share the opportunity with my own posse.