Update overdue
Hello world....not that I have kept up here or on fb...but I figured a quick update may be in order. We are currently preping to go to May War in Potrero...and while we probably shouldnt be going with the ammount of work I have to do. I thought a change of scenery while sewing on hats might help the creative process along a bit. That said Im packing up as much of my work shop for the show as possible and draging it with. I'll be camping and working on hats making sure to secure my place in everyones mind as crazy. It wont be the first time I've made a hat while camping...it just will be the most hats i've made while camping.
That said next week is the big show and for those who dont know. Im headded off to vegas. Hopefully we will have some time this time go see a few of our most favorite people. Brian, Dusty, Cat, Dan, Sean and Sharron.....and perhaps even one or two more. We have a nice room off/on strip at some resort...if its as good as I hope it will help ease the stress. It had me at Jacuzzie tub so the rest of the room can suck as long as the tub is nice.
So about the show im vending at the Miss Exotic World compettition hosted by the Burlesque Hall of Fame. So its their annual Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend event. It's suppose to be huge and I hope I come home with a need to make more hats because I've sold most of my inventory. That would be ideal. Not sure if it will happen, and almost wasnt sure I could do this show. Things being tight this year have certainly made life very entertaining.
In home news we have a new room mate so we now have two. Its a learning experience for all of us. He's never lived with women and well...Paul/Trid hasnt really lived with a guy (Uncle Frank was very metro so we dont count him) since the Navy. Schellen hasn't lived with a Bachelor type since her late husband and well me...hum....never since Trid was pretty well broken in when I got him. Philo and Merkin are enjoying the new stuff that they have commandeered and have made sure that all of it smells like them. Apparently Merkin has chewed on the new roommates head at least once since he's been here...here has the bite marks to prove it.
In cat news...Ive been worried about Mr. Philo. He is of course 16 and unfortunately it comes with weight loss and bad smelling cat breath. I am doing my best not to hover and treat him as if he is on his death bed. Something he asures me everyday by going about his usual bid to take over the world. But he is my buddy and has been with me longer than anyone in this house...I know that unfortuantly he will at some point take a journey that I can't embark on as of yet and I am comming to terms that it wont be on my terms for when he takes that journey. For now my hope would be 4 years. If he has his way it will be 4 thousand.
Merkin of course has not changed at all in how she treats Mr. Philo and still proceeds to take it on herself to pounce on him and play chase whenever she sees fit. I think Philo realizes my concern and milks it knowing that I let him win when they argue..and he gets special treatment for food and choice spots as a result. Her Magisty isnt thrilled by that.
In other news since I have not wanted to have the depresssing stuff take over this post..but it still needs mention. A dear friend of ours just passed away and this news came about a week after my favorite Uncle and an Aunt (in the same week) on my fahters side died. Im feeling my mortality and it makes me feel small. What will be hard is that on June 25th they are having a wake for my friend....and well I will be there for him. However June 25th is perhaps for me the worst day to ever have things like that since its the anniversary of my fathers suicide. So on the 25th I will get up and for a moment I will go back in time in my head to being that 13 year old girl...and I will remember the person she was and how her life changed and the journey she took to become a person again...and then when it is over...I will gather all of the strength and love I have for my friend and his wife...and I will do what I have always done since that day so long ago...I will suck it up and be there for them and go on.
Till next time...I'll try not to be a stranger this time...but no guarantees I'll ever stop being strange.
That said next week is the big show and for those who dont know. Im headded off to vegas. Hopefully we will have some time this time go see a few of our most favorite people. Brian, Dusty, Cat, Dan, Sean and Sharron.....and perhaps even one or two more. We have a nice room off/on strip at some resort...if its as good as I hope it will help ease the stress. It had me at Jacuzzie tub so the rest of the room can suck as long as the tub is nice.
So about the show im vending at the Miss Exotic World compettition hosted by the Burlesque Hall of Fame. So its their annual Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend event. It's suppose to be huge and I hope I come home with a need to make more hats because I've sold most of my inventory. That would be ideal. Not sure if it will happen, and almost wasnt sure I could do this show. Things being tight this year have certainly made life very entertaining.
In home news we have a new room mate so we now have two. Its a learning experience for all of us. He's never lived with women and well...Paul/Trid hasnt really lived with a guy (Uncle Frank was very metro so we dont count him) since the Navy. Schellen hasn't lived with a Bachelor type since her late husband and well me...hum....never since Trid was pretty well broken in when I got him. Philo and Merkin are enjoying the new stuff that they have commandeered and have made sure that all of it smells like them. Apparently Merkin has chewed on the new roommates head at least once since he's been here...here has the bite marks to prove it.
In cat news...Ive been worried about Mr. Philo. He is of course 16 and unfortunately it comes with weight loss and bad smelling cat breath. I am doing my best not to hover and treat him as if he is on his death bed. Something he asures me everyday by going about his usual bid to take over the world. But he is my buddy and has been with me longer than anyone in this house...I know that unfortuantly he will at some point take a journey that I can't embark on as of yet and I am comming to terms that it wont be on my terms for when he takes that journey. For now my hope would be 4 years. If he has his way it will be 4 thousand.
Merkin of course has not changed at all in how she treats Mr. Philo and still proceeds to take it on herself to pounce on him and play chase whenever she sees fit. I think Philo realizes my concern and milks it knowing that I let him win when they argue..and he gets special treatment for food and choice spots as a result. Her Magisty isnt thrilled by that.
In other news since I have not wanted to have the depresssing stuff take over this post..but it still needs mention. A dear friend of ours just passed away and this news came about a week after my favorite Uncle and an Aunt (in the same week) on my fahters side died. Im feeling my mortality and it makes me feel small. What will be hard is that on June 25th they are having a wake for my friend....and well I will be there for him. However June 25th is perhaps for me the worst day to ever have things like that since its the anniversary of my fathers suicide. So on the 25th I will get up and for a moment I will go back in time in my head to being that 13 year old girl...and I will remember the person she was and how her life changed and the journey she took to become a person again...and then when it is over...I will gather all of the strength and love I have for my friend and his wife...and I will do what I have always done since that day so long ago...I will suck it up and be there for them and go on.
Till next time...I'll try not to be a stranger this time...but no guarantees I'll ever stop being strange.