Costumes Galore

So, it is time to choose the costume for TNT Carnival 2K8. And some very good sports--and carnival veterans--gave me the the opportunity to choose the costume for their little group headed to TNT Carnival 2K8. But, I declined. Why? Because...I'm a DIVA in training!! No, seriously.

I'm not really comfortable having the group conform to my choice for the group for a couple of reasons. I have a lot to catch up on financially. Though my desire is to go to Carnival, I am really not completely certain it is entirely feasible for this coming year. I'm just making moves 'as if' and seeing how things unfold while I assess my priorities.

Second, I am...shall we say...finicky...choosy...picky...especially when it comes to colors I wear. I was once prepared to tell the cousin I was raised with that I would not be her bridesmaid because of a color (Beige?) and style issue with the dress (Ugly!). I was spared from doing this when she disowned and disinvited her mother's entire family--with the exception of my grandmother--the year before the wedding...A narrow escape!

I almost didn't wear the dress I wore to a recent wedding because of the overabundance of yellow (never wear the stuff) and gold (banished) and olive (GASP! The horror!) in it. This is despite the fact that it had one of my favorite colors, fuchsia, prominently displayed. After I purchased it, I was tempted to have a strip of fuchsia fabric sewn onto the top of the bodice so that the best color would be closest to my face. Alas, no time.

As such, I must confess that next year, when the next carnival virgin comes along...I will not be conforming to her choice of costume unless I think it flatters me exquisitely. (In other words, this vain bitch does not wear anything that is unflattering anywhere near a camera if she can help it.) So... it really wouldn't be fair for me to take advantage of this tradition this year knowing that I will absolutely not reciprocate unless it serves me. My grandmother would be proud to know that I have finally inherited some of her vanity. (Trust me, she has plenty to spare!)

Lastly...I have traded my fantasies of being a Las Vegas Showgirl (yes, with feathers), a Broadway dancer (mostly Fosse a la Chicago and All That Jazz ), and Burlesque Performer (a la Pussy Kat Dolls) for Carnival F.H.O. ism.

(That is Frontline High-maintenance Over-achiever, a term coined by 'PrettiDolli,' a Saucy Trini Blog Reader. It is Diva-dom at it's best. This can only be topped by being a Two Section F.H.O. or Two Band F.H.O. And the ultimate dream is to one day be the I.F.H.O. or F.H.O. in INDIVIDUAL costume.)

I have a long road and I am behind in my training. As such, I must start as I mean to go on. The F.H.O.--and the Backline F.H.O.s in Training--can not allow her costume choices to be dictated by others. Mais non! The F.H.O. seeks her passion... and to hell with her friends. So, I cannot choose for you. Because.... no one will ever choose for me!!! (LOL!!! No, seriously... >: )

LMFAO!!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!

Really, my philosophy is that everyone should choose whatever costume will look and feel wonderful on them!! Embrace the individual fabulous-ness in each of you and play your characters with abandon. It would be out of character for me to advocate for anything but individual choice.

Hopefully I'll be there in my signature turquoise with lavendar, of course, luring sailors with my siren song with the rest of the sea nymphs.

(Probably without wings because sea nymphs don't have wings! And those particular baby wings make the thing look a lil young...not like a FHO in training at all. And I might jook out a man eye when he come to tief a wine!)

Hopefully, this vain bitch's curveless bust will not shrink to AA cup by January and this Fabulous Bald Head Girl's headpiece doesn't blow away like her hat usually does. Flat Bottom Girl will definitely be in thong or booty shorts bc she can't fill the bikini!!!

See you on the road, folks!!

P.S. I will HAVE to do something about all that green (Gasp!) on my costume.

Please refer to Prettidolli's Ten Commandments of F.H.O. ism http://saucytrini.blogspot.com/2006/09/ten-commandments-of-frontline-hoism.html ) and the amendments to said document, http://saucytrini.blogspot.com/2007/08/ho-itis-is-spreading.html