I second the jealousy on the Moroni gown. I re-read the making-of diary the other day when in need of inspiration!

I'm pretty sure I won't meet half the people on my LJ; you're actually one of the closest to me, being in Chicago. I'm a Michigander--in the general vicinity of Grand Rapids, now, but I used to live in the very SW corner of Michigan, nestled in by St. Joe/Benton Harbor and all those other little tiny towns hardly anybody's ever heard of. :)