Arisia Tales, Vol. II: Do the BIM
Jan. 20th, 2009 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slipjig3I had all sorts of grand plans for Arisia that I ended up scrapping. I'd wanted, for example, to set up an Arisia Prosperity Box—a small box filled with various gewgaws like buttons and BPAL imps and little toys and stuff, with a sign on it saying, "If you want anything in here, feel free to take it, but you must replace it with something someone else might like to have. Then pass this box on to someone else." Didn't happen due to pre-Con time-suck, although I may dust the idea off next year.
The one plan that did pan out, though, was the BIM marks. A BIM mark, for those just tuning in, is a reference to the cinematic masterpiece (for some values of "masterpiece") The Apple. It's basically a small, shiny triangular sticker worn by citizens of THE FUTURE (i.e. 1994) to show their solidarity with Boogalow International Music. No, it doesn't make sense. No, neither does the rest of the movie. You can see the general effect in some pictures here.
Well. I popped into the local fabrics and crafts store last week, and made off with several sheets of prismatic sticker paper from their scrapbooking section (on sale!), which I snipped into a bunch of little equilateral trangles. The plan was to distribute them at Arisia to anyone who didn't duck fast enough, and see what happened.
The results: Only a few people wore them on their person.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wired_lizard was brave enough to wear it on her face as is proper, as did ultra_lilac, I think; one person wore it on her hand, and one or two went the cleavage route, which was quite fetching. Some people refused to accept the mark altogether—mostly folks who had seen the movie who weren't ultra_lilac (who not only loved it but pulled me aside on Sunday to compare notes on other movies that need watchin'). But plenty of BIM marks got handed out and ended up in various and sundry places of interest, such as:
* a Con badge or two
* Mr. Grabby the Squid (more on him later)
* The Official Replacement Balloon ofshadesong's party (ditto)
Lessons learned:
1) Don't use scrapbooking-grade sticker paper for skin-contact purposes. Folks found out damned quickly that the stuff itches like whoa.
2) Under ideal conditions, BIM marks do, indeed, migrate. [/cryptic]
3) Do not underestimate the power of the BIM.
4)yuki_onna's Palimpsest temporary tattoos are way cooler.
By the way, I've got some of that sticker paper left. Anybody want one?
The one plan that did pan out, though, was the BIM marks. A BIM mark, for those just tuning in, is a reference to the cinematic masterpiece (for some values of "masterpiece") The Apple. It's basically a small, shiny triangular sticker worn by citizens of THE FUTURE (i.e. 1994) to show their solidarity with Boogalow International Music. No, it doesn't make sense. No, neither does the rest of the movie. You can see the general effect in some pictures here.
Well. I popped into the local fabrics and crafts store last week, and made off with several sheets of prismatic sticker paper from their scrapbooking section (on sale!), which I snipped into a bunch of little equilateral trangles. The plan was to distribute them at Arisia to anyone who didn't duck fast enough, and see what happened.
The results: Only a few people wore them on their person.
wired_lizard was brave enough to wear it on her face as is proper, as did ultra_lilac, I think; one person wore it on her hand, and one or two went the cleavage route, which was quite fetching. Some people refused to accept the mark altogether—mostly folks who had seen the movie who weren't ultra_lilac (who not only loved it but pulled me aside on Sunday to compare notes on other movies that need watchin'). But plenty of BIM marks got handed out and ended up in various and sundry places of interest, such as:* a Con badge or two
* Mr. Grabby the Squid (more on him later)
* The Official Replacement Balloon of
shadesong's party (ditto)Lessons learned:
1) Don't use scrapbooking-grade sticker paper for skin-contact purposes. Folks found out damned quickly that the stuff itches like whoa.
2) Under ideal conditions, BIM marks do, indeed, migrate. [/cryptic]
3) Do not underestimate the power of the BIM.
4)
yuki_onna's Palimpsest temporary tattoos are way cooler.By the way, I've got some of that sticker paper left. Anybody want one?
