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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Okay, you can stop texting now

To cut a long story short, I'm not at Sparkle this year. The relevant equation is

M + F + N + T < S

where

M = spare funds after recent hols
F = number of old friends I was hoping to see
N = number of new friends I was hoping to meet
T = my level of general trannieness.
S = Sparkle worthwhileness

Hope everyone going has a whale of a time without us. :-)

Blogger Gillian  Did you post this after I texted 10 mins ago? 
Blogger Becky  Did you comment 10 minutes after I posted it? Is Sparkle that exciting that you're reading blogs? :-)

You weren't the only one texting Gill. :-) Hope you're having fun. 
Blogger Lynn Jones  general trannieness

Is it the weather? Not to be funny about it. Summer does seem to be a general offline time for the TG crew.

I wonder if BBC3 will run Sparkle highlights? :) 
Blogger Pandora Caitiff  Summer is a poor time for trannies. Wigs are warm, shape-wear (corsets, padded bras, falsies, etc) is an extra layer of clothing to keep the heat in, and foundation melts. Roll on Autumn ;-)

I've tried to blog about why I'm still not ready to go to Sparkle, but I can't find the right words. I think the short answer is I'm still not fully out yet, and I haven't got anyone to go with that I'm happy sharing a hotel room with. 
Anonymous Claudia  In that equation, where is D -> Doctor Who is getting exciting?

Glad I'm not the only one who is suffering from an excess of life getting in the way of partying. 
Blogger Tiffy  Oh hun - this sounds like an outbreak of complete lack of confidence. Bin there etc.

Aw! Hugs,

x

PS Call me a banana if I'm wrong 
Blogger Becky  Thanks Tiff, I can't pretend I'm as confident doing it as I have been in the past, but that's just because I've not done it in a while. I'm pretty sure I could get right back on that horse whenever I wanted.

So yeah, uh, you're 95% banana. ;-) 
Anonymous Anonymous  I have a feeling that the Sparkle event has lost its way, or succumbed to the general malaise of the tranny scene.

When it started, there was a good mix of clubbing (the Transmission party was fab) and some daytime stuff for the more cerebral/militant/arty/elderly tranny. Everything came to life at night and it was a lot of fun.

In recent years, the focus has been on the open-air stage, and it really doesn't work. Dull acts, no atmosphere and forced gaiety. Hordes of bored trannies clutching plastic cups of cider isn't a good look. If I want to do the timewarp or listen to folk/rock fusion, I'll go to the Guildford Festival.

Credit goes to the Roses organisers for taking Sparkle over, but I'm not sure how this bodes for the future. There'll be a whist drive next year, and the whole thing will be held in Bolton.

I guess Sparkle is an experiment in mainstream trannying, and the result was inevitably going to be underwhelming. I find myself hankering for the old-school seediness and debauchery of trannying... maybe I'll stick to Canal Street on a Wednesday. 
Blogger Penny M  Well young lady, you are responsible for at least one of my two blisters; I wandered round every bar and club, upstairs, downstairs, in the park, round the back of the bike sheds... I couldn't text you because of the phone-down-the-toilet incident of a few months back. I'm off to lie down in a darkened room and try to get some of the images of stocking tops and mini skirts out of my head. 
Blogger Becky  Penny: I emailed everyone who'd told me they were going, and I distinctly remember you telling me you weren't! Sorry for the wild goose chase. :)

Anonymous: You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment. :-)

... Okay, so you hit the nail on the head for some points. Sparkle is incredibly worthy, just sometimes I don't want to do "worthy". 
Anonymous Anonymous  Yep exactly - 'worthy'

Just to underline my point about the open-air stage... 2008 stylee 
Anonymous Jessica  Good job you weren't there Bex, I don't feel like I missed anything now! :) 
Blogger LucyTolliday  I didn't make the 175 odd mile journey to Manchester either. I note anon's view but I would like to go there before I slag it off. knowing my luck they'll be a heatwave and i'll be sweating profusely in my wig. 
Blogger sophie h  So Becky with respect to N, Does Lauren count as 1.0 and me the shortarse as 0.75?
By the way I didnt confuse you with Lauren :0) 
Blogger Lucinda  Do "we" know what we want? Many did what they wanted with Sparkle as an "Event going on". Sparkle promotes a safe introduction to outdoor trannying. The "experts" should be there to show what is possible. Personally I enjoyed the time I spent with "local" females that chatted to me and the guys who invited me to join them and dance. Thanks guys. I appreciated AXM changing rooms for my 15 minute change of clothing and the girl from Bolton who pinned me down to apply some make-up in View.
I enjoyed meeting friends. Pity I neither drink or eat otherwise I could socialise as well. 
OpenID technotranny  I can't beleive that you made Jane take the photo all that way on her own!

Suzie x 
Blogger Jane  Suzie - Don't worry I let the wonders of the internets and the hard working team at Flickr Transgender Community Image Pool do the actual hard work. 

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