Happy Third

On this day three years ago, I made my first-ever blog post, creatively titled "My First Blog" and in the second line, asked readers to "Please be gentle." At the time, I was preparing to perform at The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and started the blog as a way to chronicle my time there. I was pretty sure I was going to flake out once the festival was over. But here I am, still typing away and here you are reading it. So, thanks!

I Did It Again

Apparently I have nothing else to do, so I keep tinkering with my blog template. I really do like this setup though.

Dude, I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged by the brilliant and prolific Anne Elliott.

Rules:
1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

If you read my blog, you probably know enough crap about me already but here we go...

1. I'm allergic to Penicillin.
2. I hate sleeping in tents, but I don't mind sleeping on couches.
3. I'm most comfortable wearing either sneakers or platforms. Any other shoes are really hard for me to walk in.
4. I'm a klutz (see post below)
5. Despite that fact that I have never smoked an entire cigarette, except for a handful of drags in my pre-adolescent days, people I've known for years think I'm a smoker.
6. I eat a lot of carbs and have no guilt about it.
7. Sometimes Red Bull gives me a hangover.
8. I am often caught with lipstick on my teeth.

I Tag (If they feel like it):
Christine Hamm
Nichelle
Felicia Sullivan
Curly McDimple
Chris Hampton
Mary Phillips-Sandy
Zeebah
Alice

Red

I was bored with the white background so I switched to red. I like it, but I have to do something different with the header. Any suggestions?

Also, changed my myspace to a red background. A lady has to match.

Sunday Fun

I attended two really fun events yesterday. First was the GLBT Blogger Weenie Roast at Cattyshack. It was a truly heaping helping of queer goodness and I got to hang out with Uffish, Christine, and Zaedryn. I also met the afternoon's lovely organizer and super-blogger Curly McDimple. Ms. McDimple has a post up about the Weenie Roast complete with link to photos.

Then on to Nichelle's latest clothes swap which was another good time. I got rid of a lot of stuff and I scored a denim jacket (I'd just told a friend I wanted a new one), high heeled boots, a skirt and a top - a whole outfit!

This was a Clothes & Queers weekend.

Feet

I've been a bad blogger the last few weeks. I've probably been a bad blogger all along, but I've recently been lax about posting. I'm teetering between not much going on and being almost overwhelmed. Still looking for a job, booking PVC for the next three months, working on a short series of essays while I take a break from the memoir and preparing for a new project of sorts which I will announce when it's under way. And I must confess, despite my pledge to celibacy in the last post, I've been poking around on dating websites.

Also, feel like I have a bit of a summer cold/flu. Yuck.

I've been having shoe-related issues:

My feet were bleeding and throbbing with pain as I wore my semi-expensive black patent platform wedge heels to my friend's party a little while ago. I had purchased these shoes online back in December as a Christmas present for myself even though I knew they were a half size too small and I don't have a job. I'd actually never worn them out for an entire night, and after simply walking to the subway and changing trains, I could barely take it anymore. I stopped at a Strawberry and bought a different pair of black patent heels. Although they're my correct size and have a lower heel, the shoes are not platforms and are a lot harder to walk in. I don't know how women walk in stilettos.

A few weeks ago, I purchased cute low-top slip-on gray Converse sneakers when one of the cheap but comfortable platforms I was wearing literally fell apart while walking in Park Slope. I guess that's what happens when you buy strappy pleather shoes for $7.99. Anyway, the Converse are great and I think this may be my sneaker summer.

Then this past Monday, I realized as I was getting ready for my job interview that almost all my dressy shoes are open-toed, which are probably not appropriate footwear for the occasion. I didn't have time to buy new ones, so I chose what I thought were the least offensive pair to wear with my skirt suit. Luckily I had already removed the green toenail polish.

End shoe talk.

Mini-mini Update

I've been dealing with several personal and family issues for the past few days and haven't had much else to post about.

But I did watch Jesus Camp last night. It's a truly disturbing portrait of the mega-church mindset, almost unreal. Catholic school never looked so sane.

New Look for Spring

So, like I meant to write an actual post last night but I went into my template to fix one thing and wound up starting a redesign on the whole blog. There's still some stuff I want to change, but that will have to wait until later. It's pretty much the same layout as before with some slight differences. Change is good.

Brooklyn Bloggers

I'm quoted in the article, "Park Slope Blog Central" by Hector DeJean in The Park Slope Reader. You can read it online or pick up a copy. I love the PS Reader and they've been really kind to me, they interviewed me about ATOMIC a few years ago.