Coming Down
Morning!
Well, strictly speaking "afternoon" but seeing as I've only just got up, it still feels like morning.
I did try to get up at a reasonable hour today. I even got out of bed at 9.00AM and had a bath. Then exhaustion took over, it's been about 5 days since I had a decent night's sleep, so I crashed again.
Feel better now, so glad I booked Monday off as an extra day of holiday to recover!
So yeeeeeah. Um. I expect some people are expecting me to write about Sparkle. I don't have much to say about it really. It was a great night out clubbing with a lot of trannies on Canal Street. With other stuff too. The fashion show was a hoot. All in all not the debacle it could have been if Kim Angel wasn't such an excellent organiser. Which is a slight shame, because I could have used "The Sparkle Debacle" as a headline which I thought of ages ago. :)
My friend Sophie, who's not the biggest fan of tranny scene events in the world, summed it up excellently: "it feels a bit like a work's do."
I knew exactly what she meant. It was like one of those big trade bashes they have where all the Allied Widget manufacturers get together with conferences and keynote speeches during the day, which are really just a pretense for a huge piss-up in the evening. The people at those things don't really have much in common other than selling widgets, and the international widget trade wouldn't collapse if the event never happened, but after a few beers no-one seems to care.
I didn't have much in common with most of the people at Sparkle, and I don't think it really had any huge effect on the public perception of t*girls, but I still had a great time, and so did Sophie and the rest of my friends.
Which is the main thing. :-)
Well, strictly speaking "afternoon" but seeing as I've only just got up, it still feels like morning.
I did try to get up at a reasonable hour today. I even got out of bed at 9.00AM and had a bath. Then exhaustion took over, it's been about 5 days since I had a decent night's sleep, so I crashed again.
Feel better now, so glad I booked Monday off as an extra day of holiday to recover!
So yeeeeeah. Um. I expect some people are expecting me to write about Sparkle. I don't have much to say about it really. It was a great night out clubbing with a lot of trannies on Canal Street. With other stuff too. The fashion show was a hoot. All in all not the debacle it could have been if Kim Angel wasn't such an excellent organiser. Which is a slight shame, because I could have used "The Sparkle Debacle" as a headline which I thought of ages ago. :)
My friend Sophie, who's not the biggest fan of tranny scene events in the world, summed it up excellently: "it feels a bit like a work's do."
I knew exactly what she meant. It was like one of those big trade bashes they have where all the Allied Widget manufacturers get together with conferences and keynote speeches during the day, which are really just a pretense for a huge piss-up in the evening. The people at those things don't really have much in common other than selling widgets, and the international widget trade wouldn't collapse if the event never happened, but after a few beers no-one seems to care.
I didn't have much in common with most of the people at Sparkle, and I don't think it really had any huge effect on the public perception of t*girls, but I still had a great time, and so did Sophie and the rest of my friends.
Which is the main thing. :-)
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But then again, my two "normal" friends, who live close by in Glossop, having been out with me and another T-Friend on the Friday now want to do it again soon. And I've been trying to persuade them to come out for years. So a little personal triumph there.
Also, Jo mentioned the hen night girls who were very interested - gotta be all good PR.
And Vicky Lee's talk was quite thought-provoking - that was where we were headed when you were on your way down to the fashion show.
I'll definitely be going to Sparkle '06! Sure it wasn't "holiday lag" colouring your views? ;)
I'm not sure about PR - surely most people on Canal Street at the weekend are going to be fairly tolerant already? It was a well-organised, safe environment and all credit to the sponsors.
It's the little things that make for a memorable night... like the chav who told me I was lovely through a mouthful of kebab.
L x
And I got the impression there were quite a few newbies as well as the usual crowd.
Anyway, the more we're out there the more space we're going to create for ourselves.
OK, so I know the Village is a "safe" environment, but we're getting out to other mainstream venues, and every little helps.
Also, there are others using events like Sparkle as a stepping stone to who knows where.
I kinda think of it as building blocks, small ones maybe, but I do feel this all helps to move the T cause forward - eek, having a cause - god help us all. :)
One thing's for sure though; gotta have fun doing it!
Tend to agree with you there Rachel. Although, I really liked Beckys works do analogy. Very accurate.
I was in drab during the day and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of discussion of Sparkle that I overheard groups of non "T" people having as I wandered through Canal St. Only a building block, but a start none the less.
And yep, its got to be fun for all concerned!
..Becky tarted it up with widgets ;o)
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