The Final Frontier

It's been a while since the big night but I needed to give it a little time to settle in, not to mention some time to get caught up on life. Last Thursday was a busy day and when I finally got dressed to go, it was just another thing on my to do list. First, I ran around the office showing all my friends and taking some pictures. Here are a few of me doing regular office things:

The whole experience was so much more than I expected. One thing I didn't include in my blog post from the theater was I met this guy who wrote the book Captain Kirk's Guide to Women and he gave me a copy of his book! Maybe because I was one of the few females there, he also pointed me and my costume out to the rest of the theater and everyone was looking at me! I was a little embarrassed but isn't this the attention that I was hoping for after all of my hard work? It felt really good. Later, on my way back from the ladies' room, a rando kid asked to take a picture with me! This sparked the celebrity-like photos with my co-workers at the bar...

Now that it is all over, I can reflect on the experience. When I decided to make this dress I didn't think it would very difficult or even a big deal. It seemed like a fun little project and a cool story to talk about. I had high expectations of the my finished product so I am still not that impressed with myself because I know I could have done better (especially had I not stagnated on the sleeves for so long).

I would like to continue sewing, especially when I go shopping and I see simple skirts and dresses that would probably be easier than what I made. I'm also hoping to utilize my new sewing machine for Halloween costumes, 80's party costumes and Bay to Breakers Costumes! By next week I will be doing something else that will be my big story to tell but right now, this is my "so get this..."

News Clip

Here is the video of me on the news. My coworker, Tim Matta, taped it with his iPhone (I didn't even know they could do that...)

I'm on for about three seconds but it's still pretty awesome!

This is it!!

I am here, in the theater, in my awesome dress! I will tell the tale of finishing it later and post tons of pics but I AM HERE! I made it just in time to be taped for the news with two other people. Everyone is so friendly and happy and digging my outfit. I walked the line and there were a total of 4 of us dressed up. I am the only girl and only one in the new uniform, all others are in the old.

Listening in on people's conversations is so entertaining, for example: "For the past year I've been trying to stay alive so I can make it to this night". One guy stood on his chair to announce he was "proud of all of us". It was all worth it. Thank you everyone for your support through this process! I don't know if I could have done it without the support of all my awesome friends. Specifically, I would like to thank the following people for their dedication to this project (in alphabetical order): Cate, Evan, Kaite, Kevin and Max. You're the best!

BEST OFFER

It has come to my attention that I only know two cool people: Eric and Max as they are the only people who want to go to the movie with me. In all of the frantic commotion to get tickets I bought four and I have an extra. I have been trying to sell it on craigslist but I'm not really good at that sort of thing so I've been checking in all day to see the competition.

This afternoon, I found someone selling a ticket to tonight's show with John Cho! I emailed him and he never got back to me.

Later, I found an even better offer: I have two tickets to a pre-screening for Star Trek for tonight at 7:30. But unfortunately I couldn't make it, aghhhh. All you trekies must understand how..shitty this is..that i can't go lol. Anyways I will give the tickets for BEST OFFER OR FREE! Also add why you think you should have it! Best reason wins!

So I responded, with shaking hands: I should have these tickets because I am so obsesses with this movie! I am making an Uhura costume to wear to the movie (I pulled an all-nighter last night to have it in time for Thursday)! I am writing a blog about my costume adventures… http://sogetthisblog.blogspot.com/

I think I got to this person too late because I never heard back and I can't imagine anyone having a better reason than me. Or using more exclamation points! At least I still have Thursday.

The Whole Story

You may be wondering, much like my friend Trent, "what movie requires a homemade dress?"

That movie is Star Trek. I prefer Next Gen as a series but for movies, nothing beats the originals. My personal favorite is Star Trek IV where they go back in time because my family once made a trip to see the whale in the movie.

I've been looking forward to this movie for at least a year. It was originally going to be released in December 2008 and they pushed it back in order to avoid the competitive holiday season. If you ask me they should have released it because it would have whomped on every other movie but I'm a biased.

Since I was sooo excited for the movie, I wanted to do something to show that I wasn't just another movie-goer on opening night. Also, I know this movie is going to be HUGE and I need to set myself apart from all the new Star Trek fans (I would like to point out that I am not nor at any time have been a Trekkie). Obv I would be going to the earliest possible showing but I wasn't going to fly to Europe to watch it at an earlier time like we did for Star Wars. I decided to dress up as Uhura, the main (and only) female in Star Trek. I found the costume online at a number of sites but none were available. I assumed they were sold out so I started calling around to put in a back order.

Turns out the costume wasn't available yet! I began calling on a daily basis because no one knew when they would be getting it in. I rotated the retailers I called so I didn't seem super crazy. I built a relationship with one of them who gave me the phone number of the manufacturer. Yes! I called to see when it would come in and they said they had no idea. They didn't think it would be ready in time for the movie due to some issues with the factory. Super bummer. At that time, I made the decision to make the costume. I didn't have much time so I ordered my sewing machine that day and that's where the magic began.