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Dec. 9th, 2014 07:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotDon't think I'm going in to the museum today - I made a promise to myself after Thanksgiving that if it's at all possible I'm not going to drive in predicted bad weather this winter, even if the forecast says there's to be little accumulation or it's supposed to be warm enough that it won't be icy, etc. Just not taking the chance anymore. But when I go back, I think I'm going to rephotograph all/most of the hanging garments, because I learned a lot from my photography lesson - I want to hang up another sheet as an umbrella and point the magnesium light at that, and move the stand away from the backdrop so the shadow's not so bad.
How did I do yesterday? Well, I used my partially-finished Civil War bodice as a base to make the paper pattern for my bridesmaid dress, so that's good, I need to cut it out in muslin and baste it together now. Not so much Pinterest editing, I have a ton of pins. Finished the blog post, although it's a bit dry ... I always have this problem, I want to be chatty but I guess it feels like if I'm informally talking about inaccuracies I just sound picky and bratty, so I go extra academic to keep from being accused of caring too much.
It's kind of weird, isn't it? I just put it into words to myself while I was commenting on a FB post about Michelle Dockery's inaccurate corset in Downton Abbey. If someone points out that a costume is inaccurate or poorly fitting or whatever, people will jump at any chance to defend it - maybe they just like wearing vintage clothing, maybe they had it specially made to suit their tastes, maybe it's actually stylish and you just don't know, maybe this example I found that's actually a special case for X reason isn't really a special case, maybe this modern standard I've applied holds true for back then ... The person who pointed it out gets told they don't understand that appealing to modern standards of beauty is obviously the most important aspect of costuming any production, that they're a snob, don't have imagination, aren't as smart as they think they are, and so on. It's weird to me that even a question or remark about accuracy with no value judgment attached is seen as a bigger deal than the overdefensive reaction.
Which sounds defensive in and of itself, I know, but I don't tend to get people being really defensive at me, it's honestly an issue of what I've seen around.
Yesterday we found out that one of the PT clerks at the library is leaving, so I wrote a letter and sent my resumé in. My chances are very very good, so whatever happens I'm getting out of Hannaford, which is good. Mom thinks I should keep both jobs, as I average about 15hrs in the bakery and this job is for 15hrs, but I disagree - I do two 5hr shifts at the museum, 15hrs at the library probably means three 5hr shifts, which would confine me to two days at Hannaford in which I would work 7-8hr shifts. I did a seven-day work week my first year and summer in grad school, and it was awful. Even if most of my workdays are low-stress and 5hrs, it's just too much.
How did I do yesterday? Well, I used my partially-finished Civil War bodice as a base to make the paper pattern for my bridesmaid dress, so that's good, I need to cut it out in muslin and baste it together now. Not so much Pinterest editing, I have a ton of pins. Finished the blog post, although it's a bit dry ... I always have this problem, I want to be chatty but I guess it feels like if I'm informally talking about inaccuracies I just sound picky and bratty, so I go extra academic to keep from being accused of caring too much.
It's kind of weird, isn't it? I just put it into words to myself while I was commenting on a FB post about Michelle Dockery's inaccurate corset in Downton Abbey. If someone points out that a costume is inaccurate or poorly fitting or whatever, people will jump at any chance to defend it - maybe they just like wearing vintage clothing, maybe they had it specially made to suit their tastes, maybe it's actually stylish and you just don't know, maybe this example I found that's actually a special case for X reason isn't really a special case, maybe this modern standard I've applied holds true for back then ... The person who pointed it out gets told they don't understand that appealing to modern standards of beauty is obviously the most important aspect of costuming any production, that they're a snob, don't have imagination, aren't as smart as they think they are, and so on. It's weird to me that even a question or remark about accuracy with no value judgment attached is seen as a bigger deal than the overdefensive reaction.
Which sounds defensive in and of itself, I know, but I don't tend to get people being really defensive at me, it's honestly an issue of what I've seen around.
Yesterday we found out that one of the PT clerks at the library is leaving, so I wrote a letter and sent my resumé in. My chances are very very good, so whatever happens I'm getting out of Hannaford, which is good. Mom thinks I should keep both jobs, as I average about 15hrs in the bakery and this job is for 15hrs, but I disagree - I do two 5hr shifts at the museum, 15hrs at the library probably means three 5hr shifts, which would confine me to two days at Hannaford in which I would work 7-8hr shifts. I did a seven-day work week my first year and summer in grad school, and it was awful. Even if most of my workdays are low-stress and 5hrs, it's just too much.
