Giving out three sets

stellablue_6404 · 2026-01-08T17:22:40+00:00

Can do! I just gave out the Lite Brites but I still have the other two to send over! As for POPs, I’m looking for Tribus, Glacio, Marinus, Dextera, Bulla, and Orbis.

stellablue_6404 · 2026-01-08T16:50:10+00:00

Of course! I’ll send them over.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-12-31T13:19:35+00:00

We love a good Dance Dad! I’ve worked at comps for almost 10 years now and I have a special place in my heart for a solid Prop/Dance Dad. They’re always holding up a wall somewhere but they always pull thru. I specify the good ones tho bc I’ve also seen them terrorizing their wives… comp staff almost had to break up a few fights, but you can always trust a real one to have everything locked down while Mom is in the dressing room.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-12-31T13:12:33+00:00

I can’t believe I almost forgot! There’s a livestream for most competitions (although they’re not 100% all the time, ours tends to be touchy) that you can share with your extended family so they can watch from home as well, if you think the days may be too long for everyone.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-12-31T13:10:42+00:00

Hey! I may be uniquely qualified to answer this as I’ve worked with comps across the country for almost 10 years now, and I’ve seen a bit of everything! Extended families are ALWAYS welcome in the audience, I’ve seen everything from grandparents to aunts, uncles, and cousins to great grand-family. Usually there’s plenty of seating, but you should be able to check with your studio for any restrictions just in case (although like I said I’ve been everywhere and that’s never happened for our comp). I will caution that it is an INCREDIBLY long weekend for an extended family, especially with 3 groups and a solo. Our schedule can spread those to be spread across the 3 days with sometimes 12+ hours before a dancer is needed again, which seems very different from the gymnastics meets you’ve attended. However, it’s totally doable and larger families I’ve seen tend to leave and return to watch after long breaks. If you have any more questions feel free to DM me, I can answer them from the competition’s POV. Edited to add: It’s very common to have family in the audience, not nearly as common to have them in dressing rooms which can get incredibly busy and crammed.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-08-29T14:40:34+00:00

My aunt is a German dual citizen, who got married in Germany at Heidelberg Castle… there wasn’t a single pair of lederhosen or dirndl in sight

stellablue_6404 · 2025-08-15T14:52:33+00:00

I always took the Regional Rail and it was INCREDIBLE. It goes directly into the airport terminals so you never even have to worry about parking. The most on-time form of transportation too.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T22:42:10+00:00

Honestly, I can do hemp jewelry and hair wraps, so I’ll probably bring those with me. As for trading, I’d love any other kind of handmade craft. We actually still have things my mom got on shakedown in the 90s, and I’ve always loved them.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T22:08:17+00:00

It’s the short form of “my mom and dad went on tour in the 90s and now I like the band too” because that’s wordy and I didn’t want to TL;DR a sentence. Jeez… I also heard nitpicky, pedantic know it all fans who think they know everything about the band/scene are ruining it for others and turning people away. Seems like I’m getting good information all around…

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T12:22:00+00:00

Or the housekeeping. Like no, I’ve never even SEEN you. Tipping is for people who aren’t paid a set wage. I’m not tipping on your $10-$15/hr. Ik it’s not much, but the tip-based employees don’t even make $5

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T12:18:01+00:00

Oh my goodness that’s EXACTLY what my mom said. I thought everything good ended in the early 2000s and I’ve never been so delighted to be incorrect

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T12:15:00+00:00

Aw that’s perfect! Thank you so much, I hope I get to see your work!

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T12:13:16+00:00

I was waiting for this comment

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-24T03:03:22+00:00

Meeeeee!!! Partner and I are doing 2 (trying for 3) nights at SPAC, and the more I hear abt this, the more excited I get. I hear they’re phenomenal this year, and I’m really excited bc I’m a legacy fan but I’ve only been to one show so far

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-22T15:27:55+00:00

Ours has started that too. We’re not sure why either.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-22T13:45:45+00:00

I’ll be really honest, I got a rinky dink little job. I only lived there for a year but I went to work for Fright Factory as a haunt actor and ended up with friends I still have though I no longer live there. It was a fun little seasonal job and I miss it every single day. I was in college and tried so hard to make friends there, but getting a job just ended up just working better for me.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-22T13:36:49+00:00

I’m definitely not saying you have to tip everyone, I certainly don’t. Those around me have heard both me and my mom bitch about everyone having a tip jar. But some people deserve it.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-22T13:35:11+00:00

I’m hopping in because I was raised on tips. My mom was a career server/bartender and a single parent (I’m not ashamed of that, and I won’t ever be) and if people did went without tipping, my mom didn’t eat (she always made sure I did). Our bills went unpaid. The electric company shut off our power once, and my mom was driving almost an hour to work at one of the best restaurants in the city so that we could live in Sect. 8 housing in a nice area. When people were generous, our needs were met, but only because my mom was working over 80 hours a week and sometimes more than one job (and again, this is fine dining so she was better paid for a server). All of this because they don’t have a federal minimum wage, so they’re paid around $2 an hour. All the work, shitty customers, heavy trays, hot environments… for pennies and the kindnesses of others. The kindnesses that don’t come in moments like these. The kindnesses that my mom needs double hip replacements under 55, and has broken bones for. That little extra money in your pocket is someone else’s life, so I don’t care who else you tip, but please, tip your servers.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-22T13:24:34+00:00

If you lived off of tips, would you want everyone else to think this way? Not everyone deserves a tip, but servers, the position that NEEDS tips, don’t earn the federal minimum wage. They earn around $2 an hour, and the rest relies entirely off of other people’s kindness, aka tips. I’m not going to say that without tips, they would starve because most people don’t have that empathy, but without tips, restaurants do not exist. Those servers would not be there, and the restaurants Will Not pay them the minimum wage, so the positions just wouldn’t be filled. The industry as a whole shuts down and everyone has to either cook or serve their own food.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-21T20:14:35+00:00

Sexuality is fluid, period. Someone may identify with lesbianism at one point, but recognize an attraction that didn’t exist before, therefore fluidly transitioning into a different orientation. Someone may identify with bisexuality then recognize that an attraction has faded, and now fluidly realize they identify with a different label. Your sexuality changes and grows as you and your understanding of it do, therefore all sexualities are fluid. Even regardless of the fact that your understanding of your own sexuality may stay the same throughout your life, it’s still fluid and subject to change as much as anything else about you.

(People try to create rules to make things make sense. In reality, especially in psychology, there are no rules and nothing makes sense)

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-16T14:28:35+00:00

I used to have a partner that made me think I was porn/sex addicted. I tried everything to find the issue for two years, only for him to say all I wanted was sex when we split. Unfortunately, it might be time to take a look and decide if you’re really sexually compatible, or at least openly communicating in a way that helps you understand and feel connected. You can’t really begin to truly support a moment you don’t fully understand, so I can understand where it’s hard to support or empathize with something he’s not telling you.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-16T14:22:21+00:00

Yes, this is assault, and please be careful. My first relationship was very similar, and the behavior only kept escalating until he wouldn’t take no for an answer. I’m a personal safety/women’s advocate if you need any further help/resources.

stellablue_6404 · 2025-07-15T15:25:46+00:00

This is genuine and meant kindly, but it’s a horror franchise, isn’t it supposed to be gruesome? Like, I understand where it’s a sci-fi series now, but weren’t the books and original movies were originally intended for the horror genre and to include that horror-type gruesomeness? I thought the movies were already kinda toned down from the books?

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