I really should be used to not being able to attend things or afford things. I spent most of my life living hundreds or thousands of miles from the events my friends were going to, be it a con or a gathering. I did not have time in high school for a conventional job, so I didn't go to too many things because I always wanted to save my minimal money for cinema tickets or travel. But somehow, I still get upset every time. IMATS was today. The International Make-Up Artist Trade Show is something I have always wanted to go to. There are panels from professional make-up artists, massive discounts on brands I'd love to try, but cannot afford and just loads of people who are interested in learning about make-up, which is a field to commonly patronised in my common environments. It was, however, £40. I have £40, but I do not care to part with it in favour of, you know, food for the next few weeks. I spent ages going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to just shell out the money on something I'd wanted for ages and in the end, decided that I just couldn't do it.
I don't know why I am writing this. I guess it's just a way of telling all of the people who are constantly telling me how jealous they are that I get to go to loads of things or that I live in London, that I still have to pick and chose my battles. Money sucks, man. Until then, I will watch videos from previous IMATS and patiently await the day when I'm ridiculously rich and can go to everything. (Speaking of picking my battles, I will very likely be at Vidcon this year, but no way will I be at LeakyCon. Just putting that out there.) (Also, to the person who commented on my last post saying how lucky I was to live near the National Gallery and MoMA, um, the MoMA is in New York City. Which is thousands of miles away from London. And I'm not really 'lucky' to live in London, because I worked VERY hard to get here. Just wanted to clear that up. :) )
Train journeys this year: 4.
Flights this year: 1.
Flights this year: 1.
Videos posted this year: 8, but I'm exporting a new one right now for kayleyscloset.
5 comments:
I live in London. I actually am one of the ones lucky to live in London, because I just grew up here, so I've got less reason to moan than you, but it still pains me that I can't go to VidCon or LeakyCon until at least '13 or '14. *sends love* <3
I totally know how you feel. I can never go to all the really awesome cons and gatherings because of travel or money. I am, however, going to vidcon this year! I'm super excited because it's a lot closer to me than a lot of other stuff. Hope to see you there!
By the 'lucky to live relatively close' comment, the keyword there was relatively- in that you, a) live in the Northern hemisphere and b) don't have to shell out 3 grand for a flight to NY or London. So yeah, lucky in that sense. I wasn't using lucky to undermine your efforts. It was more that, at least there are opportunities that can be missed. Where I am in the world, those opportunities are too geographically distant to even be a possibility.
Since you have a beauty channel you could probably get a press pass for IMATS next year(if you are still in London). According the sprinkleofglitter/Louise they give them out quite readily. Perhaps next year you can achieve that desire to visit IMATS. I'd love to go but the price puts me off too.
It's occurred to me that you're one of the few YouTube people I follow (and I mostly just follow nerdfighter/DFTBA-ish folks) who doesn't hawk music, or half-baked District Lines t-shirts.
Thanks for that, but I'm sure you could make some spare pocket money if you did.
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