I donned my Mardi Gras party orange velour mini skirt but couldn’t find a wig I necessarily liked to go with the outfit, so I went next door to Roy’s and got his. My mom was in shock because it looked so, uh, like me 25 years ago when my hair was pixie short and blonde blonde blonde. Just like when I wore my long blonde wig the other night, suddenly lots of attention. Jerri…
In the words of Joe Strummer, I was sitting on the front porch speaking to una amiga about love and the acid test and she said the deal breaker is anything that gets too complicated. And so I thought she was saying she wanted the incredible lightness of being, the comfortable love. No, that is not what she meant. She wants complexity but not complicated – in the sense that here is the acid test…
What I like most is getting up in the morning on Endymion – Samedigras – and walking through City Park, which looks the same but isn’t because you can feel the energy in the air and sure enough, I took Orleans back instead of City Park Avenue and there are all the stands and ladders with seats and tents and people – it is 8AM! – and they are gearing up for Endymion – our…
Standing on St. Charles Avenue watching Muses go by, two girls came up to me, both with the same wig in a different color, so we had to take a pic of all three of our wonderful wigs:
I guess I didn’t need my daily affirmation to tell me this – I proceed like this 99.9% of the time – be 4 real and fuck everyone if they can’t take a joke:Today I accept that it’s okay to express in the way I do. I don’t try to fix myself. I rejoice in doing things just the way I do them. I embrace my unique gifts, talents and ways of expressing.
Tonight we are headed to Gallier Hall to watch Muses from the vantage point of the stands. We’ll be right there when the Queen stops to address the crowd. Muses is by far my favorite parade – the costumes are beautiful, the themes are inventive, and you just got to love you some Pussy Footers and Camel Toe High Steppers. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we’re hosting Endymion here in Midcity for the first time since…
There is some Mardi Gras costume secret stuff going on next door – in the cover of his garage, I saw a shopping cart made into a silver missile and a huge black nose cone for said W. O. M. that he swears is a fuselage – I’m not saying a word.
Last night with a Puerto Rican, a French woman, and a Texan, we talked about how international conversations are the best because there is a story telling aspect that those living in the United States seem to have turned their backs on. Recall Eudora who said Southerners live their narratives or better yet, know why Prairie Home Companion was such a big hit, people want the world delivered to them in rich hues and what…