I do not have my ears on

Yesterday was the first day in several that I spent as a regular human. Friday, Saturday, and most of Sunday I had on a costume and Vulcan ears. I was supposed to be a Vulcan on Thursday as well, but there was a scheduling mix up and I ended up being dressed as a human Starfleet science officer instead. Even on Wednesday I spent almost two hours as a Vulcan.

But I am done with that for a bit. It was fun, but it is good to be able to relax now.

This was my first experience with using spirit gum. It really wasn't a big deal. I wonder why I resisted it for so long?

Maybe I had spirit gum confused with surgical glue?

Anyway, having spirit gum hold proper Vulcan ears on was considerably more comfortable than other things I have done in the past (though possibly some of the other things looked just as good or better). So it is good that I have them now and have had some practice getting them on by myself, and I can do it again if something like this happens again.

I was disappointed with the way I looked.

Not that the ears themselves looked bad or that the costume looked bad, just I looked bad. Sunday, after it was all over, my husband took some pictures of me in the ears and costume. And I just had no idea I looked that bad. I just don't look that good anymore, and I especially don't look good when I'm not smiling, and for the most part Vulcans do not smile.

I looked horrible.

You might think that I would have noticed this when I was looking in the mirror to put the ears on. Well, we don't quite see what we look like in the mirror, we see a mirror image that we get used to looking at. To see exactly what everyone else sees, we either need a second mirror or a photograph. And somehow seeing myself other than in the mirror always bothers me a bit, but Sunday seemed especially bad.

Anyway, no one seemed bothered by my appearance except me. But I will have to seriously rethink being a Vulcan or wearing any other costumes that require me to stop smiling.