I have an irrational fear of drag queens.
They scare the shit out of me.
I can talk to them one on one. That is fine.
But put them on a stage, or have multiple drag queens in a single room and I begin to have escapist fantasies. A shrink to the size of a pea nut and fall into someones drink, they carry me off in their bladder. Uncle Louie sticks his head out of the toilet and shows me how to flush myself out of there (extra points to those who get the reference.)
I work with some really cool people at the health food store. I love them all. But this friday I am invited to a drag king show.
I don't have much experience with drag kings. They usually just look silly. Not scary like a drag queen, but reminiscent of scary. Like seeing a grizzly bear stuffed and mounted on a wall.
not sure what I am going to say, but one thing is for sure, I most likely will not see someone perform "I'm Every Woman" for a change.
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Scarier than a Satanic Wet Nurse01/11/2006 20:04 #23321
WoW, what a jackassIt is very difficult to blog about something meanigful while playing world of warcraft.
Oh shit! A Tauren just ganked me!
and while I was writing that, an Orc actualy was doing the ganking... I got what I deserved
Oh shit! A Tauren just ganked me!
and while I was writing that, an Orc actualy was doing the ganking... I got what I deserved
jason - 01/13/06 12:14
Haha. I play WoW. Danq on Eonar server.
Haha. I play WoW. Danq on Eonar server.
01/09/2006 20:54 #23320
Why they really killed TookieWhile ((e:Jim)) is ranting about the serial rape and dismemberment of the English language, I thought I would share an experience from atop the ivory tower of academia... not Saurumon's ivory tower.
Tonight I went to orientation for new grad. students at Buff. State. The director of financial aid was giving his little spiel and said. "Your PIN number is like an ATM machine PIN number."
Let me rewrite that without the acronyms. "Your Personal Identification Number number is like an Automated Teller Machine machine Personal Identification Number number." Notice anything intrepid reader? If you didn't get it turn to page 34 where you are locked in the basement of your dirty uncle. If you did, congratulations, you realized this guy has just committed a crime which is the linguistic equivalent of premeditated murder.
Also note how saying one PIN 'number' is like a different PIN 'number' fails to illustrate what the hell he is talking about. "You see, your junior whopper bacon cheese burger is much like the junior whopper bacon cheese burger. Are you with me class?"
In short, remember that our language is the raw material used by Blake, Williams, and Creeley. Don't fuck up daddies saw horse pumpkin.
Tonight I went to orientation for new grad. students at Buff. State. The director of financial aid was giving his little spiel and said. "Your PIN number is like an ATM machine PIN number."
Let me rewrite that without the acronyms. "Your Personal Identification Number number is like an Automated Teller Machine machine Personal Identification Number number." Notice anything intrepid reader? If you didn't get it turn to page 34 where you are locked in the basement of your dirty uncle. If you did, congratulations, you realized this guy has just committed a crime which is the linguistic equivalent of premeditated murder.
Also note how saying one PIN 'number' is like a different PIN 'number' fails to illustrate what the hell he is talking about. "You see, your junior whopper bacon cheese burger is much like the junior whopper bacon cheese burger. Are you with me class?"
In short, remember that our language is the raw material used by Blake, Williams, and Creeley. Don't fuck up daddies saw horse pumpkin.
12/20/2005 20:47 #23319
Saddy Le MetroMy favorite restaurant in Buffalo is closing
My favorite bartender in my favorite restaurant in Buffalo has left.
Laurie Sweet you will be stalked! We are following you to your new job!
Le Metro, you will be missed, but not nearly as much as Laurie.
My favorite bartender in my favorite restaurant in Buffalo has left.
Laurie Sweet you will be stalked! We are following you to your new job!
Le Metro, you will be missed, but not nearly as much as Laurie.
james - 12/21/05 23:30
In this instance disagrements between the various owners are going to lead to a close it seems. Sad because it was doing very good buisness.
I went there tonight anyway and it just wasnt the same.
But hey, who knows what great place will open in its place
In this instance disagrements between the various owners are going to lead to a close it seems. Sad because it was doing very good buisness.
I went there tonight anyway and it just wasnt the same.
But hey, who knows what great place will open in its place
jason - 12/21/05 09:41
Man, what a bummer. I liked Le Metro as well. Two of the places I would recommend on Elmwood are now gone! This has me thinking - why are these places closing? Kuni said he was "tired", although he basically had a Euro work schedule. I wonder why Le Metro is closing.
Anyway, I hope we get two more fabulous eating establishments in those spaces soon.
Man, what a bummer. I liked Le Metro as well. Two of the places I would recommend on Elmwood are now gone! This has me thinking - why are these places closing? Kuni said he was "tired", although he basically had a Euro work schedule. I wonder why Le Metro is closing.
Anyway, I hope we get two more fabulous eating establishments in those spaces soon.
12/03/2005 13:42 #23318
Celebrity Encounter!Buffalo, is not full of celebrities. This should not be shocking news. However, a sea of minor celebrities are creeping about in plain cloths all round us in each and every city.
I was upset when I lived in Albany and never met lang. poet extraordinaire [link="http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/"] Ron Silliman[/link]
A few months after moving to Buffalo my then favorite poet alive, [link="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/creeley/"] Robert Creeley[/link], passed away.
Disappointment abounds.
But then the other day I had my first minor celebrity encounter.
While at work a woman needed to order something. When she handed me back the order form the name looked very familiar. A few days later my manager mentioned, while unpacking a delivery, that this particular case of cranberry juice was for Leslie Feinberg, the woman I helped. It was then the name rang a bell. It was [link="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156341029X/102-3320292-0107335?v=glance&n=283155"] this[/link] Leslie Feinberg. And that was no woman! That she was a hir.
So, while I hitting lower and lower on my list of boyhood fantasy encounters, at least the disappointment is becoming slightly more mild.
have a good weekend kids
I was upset when I lived in Albany and never met lang. poet extraordinaire [link="http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/"] Ron Silliman[/link]
A few months after moving to Buffalo my then favorite poet alive, [link="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/creeley/"] Robert Creeley[/link], passed away.
Disappointment abounds.
But then the other day I had my first minor celebrity encounter.
While at work a woman needed to order something. When she handed me back the order form the name looked very familiar. A few days later my manager mentioned, while unpacking a delivery, that this particular case of cranberry juice was for Leslie Feinberg, the woman I helped. It was then the name rang a bell. It was [link="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156341029X/102-3320292-0107335?v=glance&n=283155"] this[/link] Leslie Feinberg. And that was no woman! That she was a hir.
So, while I hitting lower and lower on my list of boyhood fantasy encounters, at least the disappointment is becoming slightly more mild.
have a good weekend kids
I have heard of such queens. And Torch Song Trilogy is a fine movie. I don't know what it is, but drag queens with minimal makeup and arm pit hair don't cause the same fit of anxiety as the lip synching ones.
And I understand the clown/queen connection. I have often rationalized my irrational fear by saying drag queens are the grown mans scary clowns. Just imagine Stephen Kings It set to a rehashed Patsy Clein number... chilling.
All I can say, from my oldtimer's perspective that they don't make drag queens like they used to - for one thing, in the old days, drag queens didn't just lip sync, they actually sang.
As to fear, many people are frightened of clowns. And to tell the said truth sometimes I can't tell the clowns from the drag queens.
If that don't scare you, nothing will.
Maybe I need new glasses or something. <g>