Two comments on a picture
That picture I blogged (and Flickrd) earlier has already garnered (among others) the following two comments:
Firstly, because I wasn't trying to copy Siobhan. What Siobhan does (or has done in the past) is, I think, strive for a look that says "guy who looks like a girl dressed like a guy". I'm probably wrong on the detail, it's more complex than that, and more meaningful to Siobhan. What I was doing was just putting on Becky stuff and Simon stuff at the same time, which kind of made me look like neither.
But why it more generally annoys me is the idea that one person can "own" as general a thing as a "look". If if I was trying to achieve something that Siobhan had already achieved, I'd want it to be treated as a unique attempt and not be compared in that way.
I know both things were said jokingly, but the joke's wearing a tiny bit thin. It's not that I don't want to be compared to Siobhan, but the comparison seems to crop up more often than it should. Probably because my site and Siobhan's are perceived in some minds to nestle quite closely in the star chart of tranny blogs. It means that sometimes I feel like I have to fight for distance between me and What Siobhan Does™ when really there's no need. One of the reasons I never posted that picture when I first took it (apart from the obvious: I look weird) was that I knew someone would say "oo that's like Siobhan" and it was depressing to be proved right.
Damn, I've lost where I was going with this...
Look, if I was competing for "firsts" with Siobhan, do you think I'd let the fact that she proposed in December to the girlfriend that she met online pass without comment? I didn't say anything, because I'm bigger than that!
Well, that and the fact that I'm immensely pleased that she's met someone so fantastic that's made her so happy. And thankfully, I don't think anyone owns the copyright on Happy.
That's it. Mini coffee-and-pre-christmas-humbug-fuelled rant ends.
'Has Siobhan seen this?'Which, to be honest, bugs me. Probably more than it should.
'Careful with that "trannying in a tie" you'll have Curran claiming Intellectual Property rights!'
Firstly, because I wasn't trying to copy Siobhan. What Siobhan does (or has done in the past) is, I think, strive for a look that says "guy who looks like a girl dressed like a guy". I'm probably wrong on the detail, it's more complex than that, and more meaningful to Siobhan. What I was doing was just putting on Becky stuff and Simon stuff at the same time, which kind of made me look like neither.
But why it more generally annoys me is the idea that one person can "own" as general a thing as a "look". If if I was trying to achieve something that Siobhan had already achieved, I'd want it to be treated as a unique attempt and not be compared in that way.
I know both things were said jokingly, but the joke's wearing a tiny bit thin. It's not that I don't want to be compared to Siobhan, but the comparison seems to crop up more often than it should. Probably because my site and Siobhan's are perceived in some minds to nestle quite closely in the star chart of tranny blogs. It means that sometimes I feel like I have to fight for distance between me and What Siobhan Does™ when really there's no need. One of the reasons I never posted that picture when I first took it (apart from the obvious: I look weird) was that I knew someone would say "oo that's like Siobhan" and it was depressing to be proved right.
Damn, I've lost where I was going with this...
Look, if I was competing for "firsts" with Siobhan, do you think I'd let the fact that she proposed in December to the girlfriend that she met online pass without comment? I didn't say anything, because I'm bigger than that!
Well, that and the fact that I'm immensely pleased that she's met someone so fantastic that's made her so happy. And thankfully, I don't think anyone owns the copyright on Happy.
That's it. Mini coffee-and-pre-christmas-humbug-fuelled rant ends.
I *knew* you weren't copying anyone with your photo. I was more having a sneak dig at Siobhan over the deluge of tie-shots that appeared on Flickr.
It's your own fault though - If Simon wasn't so stylish and debonair there wouldn't be that rather daring tie for us to comment on :D
That was me; but I didn't mean to imply that the picture was some form of imitation. What I was getting at, clumsily, was that I'd be interested in Siobhan's 'take' on it. Whilst it's true that, in my mind, your blogs are 'linked'; that's only because (a) I discovered them both at around the same time, and (b) they're amongst the very small handful of 'trannie' blogs that I stuck with, and look forward to seeing new posts in.
So; sorry if I've given you the hump; but it wasn't intentional and I think you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick. My fault though for being slap-dash. :-(
Incidentally, she didn't propose. *I* did. She just said things like, "Really? Are you serious?" and then made me a ring out of a kit-kat wrapper a few days later. I've been meaning to blog about that, but figured I'd give her a few days lead time to be dramatic and glamorous, as she enjoys doing.
But as I told you before, your well wishes are highly appreciated and mean a lot to me. I feel very lucky to have found not just one great person, but all the wonderful people in her life, too.
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