so i'm kinda sorta wanting to do this for all the wrong reasons

so most people know what steampunk is.  and by know i mean they have heard about it in some way, shape or form.  i don't know a lot about the back story myself, or any of the writings, stories, beliefs, religious systems, deities, or deep rooted political uprisings* that may or may not be involved with the genera itself.  i don't really know if the people involved have like secret meetings, form clubs together, or just randomly yell at each other on line.  what i do know is that these people go to conventions.  and when they do, holly hell do they go all out!  so basically, i want to join steampunk.   and the only reason is because of the costumes.  like seriously, some of these things are amazing!  the crazy detail and oddity that gets put into each character to make them unique is just ridiculously appealing to me.  just the jewelry alone is mindbogglingly intricate and i want to own almost every piece i have seen.  and any costume where it is ok for me to wear a corset, fancy boots, and have more than one type of flask as an accessory is a good costume.  apparently there is even a pirate subcategory, which makes this all the more appealing.  and the guys dress up too!  and honestly, a lot of them are pretty hot (or at least my version of hot, which based on my relationship history is nerdy, skrony white boys, glasses optional).  and the fact that they are nerdy enough to go to a convention dressed up, well that alone is about enough to pull them into a dark corner and....yeah we'll leave that undiscussed.  but back on track now.  i really, really, really want to start doing this.  you should all know about my love of costumes by now.  and if the costume is awesome enough or the group is nerdy enough, i'm all over that like white on rice.  now how do i get started?

source unknown.  but check out the guys on the left.  and the one in the top hot, the level of nerd there is enough to totally push me over the edge.  the guy who looks like he should be in the jungle book? not so much.

*any or all of these things could be a figment of my imagination.  like i said, i don't know.  i haven't even read the page that i linked to.  but hey, it's wikipedia.  they wouldn't lie to you, right?