Hello... I've been putting off
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Four Cross Dressers Walk into a Hotel....
So, we've spent the last two and a half days in Winston-Salem, NC where we performed 4 shows to some great audiences and now we are in Savannah, Georgia!
Anyway... a little backtracking... Last night, back at the Days Inn in Winston-Salem, I was getting settled in for the night, and Josh came up and alerted me that there were some of the manliest cross dressers hanging out in our hotel lobby, so we ran down for a looksie. First, we pretended to go to the vending machines in order to walk by to catch a glance, but I barely saw them, and so we got closer by sitting down at the free computer in the lobby where we got a better look at them in all their black shiny leather and fishnet glory. Most of the cross dressers I've seen really try to be feminine, not these girls. They were some of the burliest stockiest gruff man women... ever (imagine them talking and kinda looking like John Goodman with a wig.) It was awesome! Grrr. When we had gotten enough, we headed to the elevator, but when the elevator doors opened, we came face to face with then queen of the pack. I tried not to stare at the thickly blue eye shadowed brunette without cracking a smile, but sometimes you just can't help yourself. I look away, pretending (unsuccessfully) to be giggling about something else, and ran into the elevator to hide my face. Well, anyway I hope those gals had a great night on the town.
In other news, I went to my first Hooters tonight. And saw some real women. =)
Anyway... a little backtracking... Last night, back at the Days Inn in Winston-Salem, I was getting settled in for the night, and Josh came up and alerted me that there were some of the manliest cross dressers hanging out in our hotel lobby, so we ran down for a looksie. First, we pretended to go to the vending machines in order to walk by to catch a glance, but I barely saw them, and so we got closer by sitting down at the free computer in the lobby where we got a better look at them in all their black shiny leather and fishnet glory. Most of the cross dressers I've seen really try to be feminine, not these girls. They were some of the burliest stockiest gruff man women... ever (imagine them talking and kinda looking like John Goodman with a wig.) It was awesome! Grrr. When we had gotten enough, we headed to the elevator, but when the elevator doors opened, we came face to face with then queen of the pack. I tried not to stare at the thickly blue eye shadowed brunette without cracking a smile, but sometimes you just can't help yourself. I look away, pretending (unsuccessfully) to be giggling about something else, and ran into the elevator to hide my face. Well, anyway I hope those gals had a great night on the town.
In other news, I went to my first Hooters tonight. And saw some real women. =)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
"Actions Speak Louder Than Words!"
Currently, I'm blogging from our comfy Winston-Salem Days Inn conveniently located next to the huge Hanes Mall and next to a industrial warehouse named... no joke... 'Rapers'.
Our morning started at the HoJo in Lumberton, NC with breakfast and a minor waffle making tiff. Right before we had to leave for our first show, Virginia wanted to make a quick waffle for breakfast and was in line behind this other guest lady who was hogging up the machine and making multiple waffles and wouldn't let Virginia cut in to make just one. Guest lady was like it's only going to take a few minutes more, and Virginia told her that we only had 10 minutes before we had to leave, and guest lady said all snippy like "well, we're already late" (as her peeps leisurely ate at the table behind us). And Virginia said she'd just have a muffin... then the lady after much quiet pondering ended up giving Virginia hers, which was nice, then she said proclaimed "my actions speak louder than my words..."
Our sign!
Taking pictures of Our Sign!
Well, today was our first show of M & R at the Givens Performing Arts Center at UNC Pembroke. Hurrah! We got to finally put on the roof/second story of our house and we finally got to see our complete set for the first time.
The stage was huuuuuuuge... so today was good practice with adjusting to new locations. It was so much fun hearing the kids laughing and talking back at us! Also, kids love it when you fall on stage! Anywho, we have our first three show day tomorrow. I'm going to need to drink a lot of water tomorrow, because the Max fat suit makes me sweat gallons.
Our morning started at the HoJo in Lumberton, NC with breakfast and a minor waffle making tiff. Right before we had to leave for our first show, Virginia wanted to make a quick waffle for breakfast and was in line behind this other guest lady who was hogging up the machine and making multiple waffles and wouldn't let Virginia cut in to make just one. Guest lady was like it's only going to take a few minutes more, and Virginia told her that we only had 10 minutes before we had to leave, and guest lady said all snippy like "well, we're already late" (as her peeps leisurely ate at the table behind us). And Virginia said she'd just have a muffin... then the lady after much quiet pondering ended up giving Virginia hers, which was nice, then she said proclaimed "my actions speak louder than my words..."
Our sign!
Taking pictures of Our Sign!
The stage was huuuuuuuge... so today was good practice with adjusting to new locations. It was so much fun hearing the kids laughing and talking back at us! Also, kids love it when you fall on stage! Anywho, we have our first three show day tomorrow. I'm going to need to drink a lot of water tomorrow, because the Max fat suit makes me sweat gallons.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
On the road!!!!
So, I decided to jump onto the blogging-about-our-adventures bandwagon! It is day two on the road and the eve of our very first show at UNC Pembroke. Today we are staying at a Howard Johnsons, aka HoJo, where we get free wireless internet and a free breakfast (Yes!) Yesterday the Red Roof we stayed out didn't provide either of those. Boo Red Roof! But now that I have a connection, the blogging can begin.
We just got back from Shelley's (our lovely Stage Manager's room) room, where we watched 'Waiting For Guffman' by attaching a laptop to the tv, and hooking up one of those portable devices that redirect music from an ipod or any music playing device with a headphone jack to a radio tuned to the current dial channel (in our case, we used the radio of our hotel alarm clock). Mighty high tech, eh? Then we did a quick run through of lines to prep for our big day tomorrow!
I'm going to cut this short because I need to sleep earlier tonight, so I can get up early to take advantage of the waffle maker.
We just got back from Shelley's (our lovely Stage Manager's room) room, where we watched 'Waiting For Guffman' by attaching a laptop to the tv, and hooking up one of those portable devices that redirect music from an ipod or any music playing device with a headphone jack to a radio tuned to the current dial channel (in our case, we used the radio of our hotel alarm clock). Mighty high tech, eh? Then we did a quick run through of lines to prep for our big day tomorrow!
I'm going to cut this short because I need to sleep earlier tonight, so I can get up early to take advantage of the waffle maker.
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