In which PhysicsGirl goes to the prom...

We got in. Maybe we should dance before we get besieged, bedeviled, or beheaded or something.
--Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "The Prom"

Last Friday was my first year at Fake Prom, and sadly it would also be my last, unless someone takes it over. It was a tonne of fun. Prom without all the teenaged angst. No judgy-judgy. Awesome.

The theme this year was "Enchantment Under the Sea" and costumes are encouraged. We saw the Titanic, lobsters, mermaids, quite a few jelly-fish, several Aqua-men and Marty McFlys, and at least 20 Steve Zissous, as well as quite few people who just glammed up for the evening. I went for themed but pretty.

Yes, you do recognize the white dress of Dîner en Blanc. I said it was multi-use.

It was remarkably hard to find under-the-sea stuff at the dollar store, but I did get a big tub of foam stickers and some air-dry "Magic Clay," which dries kind of squishy. And very light. I wanted to make anchor earrings and starfish. I had no idea how to make anchors or starfish. Dilemma.

Solution? All hail Youtube! I found a wonderful anchor tutorial by this delightful young lady. I love how she says stuff like "you just shape it until you're happy with it..." just like on TV. Hee.

It's a really clear tutorial and my anchors turned out really well, if I do say so myself. I used Sharpie-coloured string for the rope and made a huge mess trying to glue it on with Modge Podge. There's a reason she uses clay for the rope in that tutorial.

There are a few starfish videos, but this one is the least annoying.

I wanted long-armed starfish.

I cut a seaweed belt out of my defunct deck tarp and stuck the foam fish on. I added some tulle leftover from the petticoat as a net. One theme, to go.

The DC looked super dapper, naturally. He got so many compliments on that jacket. Which he made. Bow before him.

Walking to the pre-party (because what would prom be without a pre-party), we got lots of smiles and a few ahoys. That was nothing to what we got walking home at the end of the evening.

The prom itself was so much fun, I didn't get many pictures. The DJs and band played prom hits from the 50s to the 90s, although there was no AC/DC. That was a bit disappointing. But it was great to be back at the Palais Royale.

And a good time was had by all. It seems weirdly appropriate to go to prom the week before school starts.

A few more pictures are here (click on the title and scroll to the picture shown):

From Toronto Bits of Heaven