My new life’s ambition: to get into the SF Pride parade as some kind of drag queen’s lady-in-waiting
Like this one, say:
(I’m pretty sure the one on the right is biologically female, anyway.)
But obviously not as fabulous. As my father remarks, she makes me look kind of pale by comparison.
This guy kind of looks like he raided my room.
And to think, Kristin once called ME a peacock.
I was actually trying to get a full-frontal shot of this guy, but this is probably better.
Rainbow socks were VERY popular. I guess they’re easy to come by and can be worn on occasions other than Pride.
Of course, this dress bears some similarity to the one that I wore to Greg and Anna’s wedding…
I got a lot of pictures of people’s backs, but I just like how this one turned out.
Unfortunately, I got to the parade pretty late yesterday (probably around 1:30), and most of the super-good stuff happens early–it starts at 10:30. There are so many fabulous costumes everywhere, though, that I felt pretty satisfied. I don’t think I’ve been to a Pride event since I was 16 and went to the one in St. Louis, and SF raises the bar a smidge anyway. I love costumes–as my colleague Bob remarked, a large number of Pride attendees really seem like they’re cos-playing Second Life or something. Virtual avatars made flesh. Crazy wigs all over the place, which always makes me consider shaving my head and just starting a massive wig collection for everyday use. I already have plenty of rainbow-striped socks.
More verbal content coming at some point. I have been scouring the interwebs for vegetable lasagna recipes, because I am having dinner guests on Wednesday–lasagna is a dish that exists in infinite variations, even when you’re only looking at the vegetarian ones. Also, I really want to spell it “lasagne” but American English apparently does not agree with me. Perhaps if I use goat cheese it will be suave and European. I’ll let you know how it comes out.
June 25th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Wait, are you in San Francisco now? I’m moving there in March for film school! (though I’m sure you’ll have relocated to Newport News or the Moon by then)
And actually my girlfriend is moving there in about a month, if you know anyone who needs a roommate. She doesn’t take up much space and she knows a lot of terrible jokes.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
You think you looked pale? I would have disappeared into the background. (Actually, I kind of do that now, because I’ve been painting walls and am slightly coated in blue paint.)
I am about to blog some exciting news, by the way, but I can’t just now because I’m too painty to touch my camera.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I have totally thought about shaving my head and just having a massive wig collection. If I start balding, that is totally what I am doing. If I shaved my head, my relationship would have one too many bald people in it. You know.
June 25th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
which always makes me consider shaving my head and just starting a massive wig collection for everyday use.
I think about this all the time. What better way to go from awesome to appropriately professional in one easy move? (Of course, the only person I know who uses wigs in day-to-day wear says they do make them to fit over long hair, so I wouldn’t have to take the shaved head step if I didn’t want to do so.)
My mantra this weekend, while in St. Louis (though, unfortunately, not for Pride — I couldn’t even sneak away to see the parade!) was that one of these days I’m doing Pride in SF.
In one of the construction trade magazines I read, I saw some concrete things which reminded me of you.
The article, “Creative Countertops” has two concrete options which I thought you might like. The first is by Custom Design, USA (the top picture), with all the neat colors. The second is by Cutting Edge Decorative Concrete (the seventh picture) and they do glow in the dark concrete.
GLOW IN THE DARK CONCRETE!
I know what’s going in my house whenever I have one.
June 27th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
…as my colleague Bob remarked, a large number of Pride attendees really seem like they’re cos-playing Second Life or something.
I love it.