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And attending the Guthrie, and celebrating my birthday, and playing keyboards and singing in Pigeons From Hell.

The are the white fake leather Go-Go boots (not sure it is proper to capitalize or hyphenate “Go-Go” but I think these boots deserve both) that I will wear as part of my costume when I am the High Priestess in “Babel’s in Arms,” part of the upcoming (VERY upcoming, less than two weeks away) collection of One-Acts presented by Applause Community Theatre. Get your tickets now! http://dreamlandarts.com/festival-of-one-act-plays/! You don’t want to miss these magical boots on stage!!!

And I almost didn’t get these boots! Why oh why not? Well, I was trying to be practical and sensible. After all, I only need them for about 5 minutes during a performance, so it seemed a little extravagant. I had other boots that would have worked, or I could have tried scouring thrift stores so I wouldn’t have to support the Evil Empire of Amazon.

But…but…they were only $20 and I knew I would wear them in many circumstances beyond my High Priestess duties. And who am I kidding, I buy stuff from Amazon all the time. So even though I almost waited too long to order them, they came the day of our Pigeons From Hell gig and I got to wear them and feel sassy.

Applause is a mighty but small (and broke) theatre company, so I like to provide my own costumes whenever possible. It saves the company a little cheddar, and gives me the challenge of repurposing something from my wardrobe and/or the excuse of buying something for myself like the aforementioned awesome Go-Go boots. (But hey, donations welcome so we can costume other actors: https://www.act-mn.org/donate).

I don’t believe in Fate or Destiny, but if did these boots would be mine.

A nostalgic and confused aside…I have a dim memory of having boots like this once that WERE vintage…Jennifer Linse Bichanich, did I get to borrow your sister’s white Go-Go boots at some time?

And our other bird-themed band Pigeons From Hell does a kick-ass cover of “These Boots are Made for Walking.” (NO, I stilll do not believe it Destiny! Well played, though).

Not sure if these boots are made for librarianship yet…stay tuned!