'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I went to the local dance shop and got tights, a leotard and a dance skirt to wear when practicing skating. I NEVER wear short skirts. I NEVER wear tight clothes. This going to be hard.
You can do it, Scrappy! What monster said is absolutely true in ballroom as well. Once you get to concentrating on your thing and what you're doing and improving your craft/performance, you'll totally forget what you're wearing.
Thanks, peeps. I think you;re right. I see women of all sizes rocking the practice dresses on the rink, and it is about time I join their number.
Encouragement to Scrappy said, can I just add how nervous I am about my upcoming competition? I'm have faux hair! I'm going to have to spray tan! I'm going to be wearing rhinestones at 10AM! EEP!
No shit. Wow.
sj, yeah, I used to think it was my job. But it doesn't pay worth dick. And if you're not nice it gives so much currency to the Bitter Cripple thing, and argh. Sometimes I feel like giving up on meeting people in meatspace, period. Other disabled people bitch at me, and Able-Bodied People want to go over "What happened?" for the millonth-billionth time. And if I try to lighten it up by making a joke or whatever Carolyn Hax would say, all I get is the fascinating "Wow, you're sure not what I expected!" or "I think it's so *refreshing* the way you laugh at yourself."(Which,ok, are not Horrible Insults. I just wish people wanted to keep my attention the way I'm expected,almost commanded, to keep theirs.)
I've had grilled okra that was really good. You thread the pods between two skewers and grill it. Although it did come out a wee bit slimy that way.
Dad doesn't mind the slime and steams okra. Which makes it really, really slimy.
We have no water.
A series of inappropriate questions to ask a trans person. Oh, yeah.
Wow do people suck.
sj, yeah, I used to think it was my job.
Yeah, I never did, but the questions have been coming less and less the last few years. Maybe I'm finally getting better at my "Don't talk to me" look.
Oh no to the no water!
I decree my pink eyed peas served over shitake mushroom grits to be delicious. Now I need to figure out what to do with the rest of the haul tomorrow...
I've also been blogging like a fool! Blogging about vacation, beer and vacation beer!
Okra should be tossed in a mixture of cornmeal, flour, S&P (also maybe some cayenne) and fried in bacon fat. This also works for green tomatoes.