Behold, the Plaid Adder Mardi Gras mask!

[Plaid Adder]

As many of you know, Generic Other is organizing an auction to help DUers who have been wiped out by Hurricane Katrina. (Well, someone's got to.) Her idea was to have DUers make Mardi Gras masks and then auction them off. As I understand it, most of the people doing this have some artistic talent. I have very little, myself, and I also am not sure I know what a Mardi Gras mask is supposed to look like; but I had a great time building this thing anyway. It's called "Don't Tread On Me," and here's a picture of it:



Generic Other asked us to compose little statements explaining the 'concept' behind our masks, and this is what I came up with:

"This mask is entitled 'Don't Tread On Me.' As far as concept goes, all I can tell you is I went into it thinking two things: "snakes" and "plaid." Later I decided to incorporate the two triangles at either side (pink on the right temple, lavender on the left) to represent GBLT identity. If you want to be deep about it, you can look at the mask as the concrete materialization of the Plaid Adder persona: way too loud for everyday wear and a little rough around the edges."

I want to thank Generic Other for organizing this; I had a great time making this thing, whatever the results may indicate. I hope other people will post pics of their masks as they have them; I'm looking forward to seeing what the good ones look like!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[khashka]

1. Good job, girl

I love it. And it's very you :)

Khash.
(May I say at this point that I'm a major Plaid Adder fan?)

[Plaid Adder]

2. Aw, shucks

Well, I hope there's at least one other PA fan out there, so you can have a bidding war--cause ain't no one gonna bid on this for its looks alone!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[billyskank]

5. There is another PA fan out there

Me, silly! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Plaid Adder.......

Veeeeeerrrrrrrry coooooolllll indeed.....

Is that you inside? It looks like there's someone ....inside......

Or is it just an optical illusion?


Anyway I like it a lot...great job .........I sure miss your

writing...


Are you ever coming back? Even on an on and off basis? I hope you will......

Thank you for the great mask.......

[Plaid Adder]

4. Yes, that is me inside.

You can't really tell because the mask is too small for my head so I can't actually put my face into it, which makes the eyeholes look dark. Anyway.

I intend to come back at some point on an occasional basis, but unfortunately the day job has been making much larger demands on my time this year. Doing these columns takes up a lot of time and I'll probably never be able to do it on a weekly basis again, but I hope to get back to doing it on and off once things calm down in RL.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Well now that's good news!

I was afraid that YOU didn't want to come back......

RL issues are another matter altogether......

Writing as excellent as yours does take a lot of time...not that I'd know anything about excellent writing....

C ya .......

[billyskank]

7. Morning Peggy!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Morning Billy!

Well, actually it's probably late pm for you! Good to see you, my dear.....

I'm signing off ....past due for my breakfast, LOL!

I'll see you later, my dear.....Hope your day is good......

[Plaid Adder]

9. Well, I have to say the election set me back.

For a long time I just didn't feel like writing columns any more. Now I feel like I would probably enjoy it, I just don't have the time.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[ronnykmarshall]

10. I gotta work on mine this weekend.

It won't be as artistic as yours ..... but I'll make it festive.

[xmas74]

11. I love it!

I need to get some supplies soon and have my daughter work on hers. She's only five so it might be interesting to see the final outcome.

[Plaid Adder]

12. Don't let her eat the craft glue!

That stuff smells nasty.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[xmas74]

13. Not to worry-if it doesn't smell like candy she won't touch it!