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Can $12 buy you happiness? Quite possibly. This is no multi level marketing get rich scheme or common sense cut rate shortcut to enlightenment, but a once in a lifetime opportunity to give back to your community while enjoying sultry, sexy, funny, and campy performances sure to confuse your senses and delight your mind. Yes, there will be a full bar for those 21+.
Check your preconceptions about gender and sexuality at the door and let the good people of Drag It Out take you on an unforgettable pandrogynous joyride!

People of all ages, gender identities, and sexualities are welcome so long as you bring along your positive energy and good vibes.

*As featured on WLRN 91.3 and The New Times Broward edition.*

Don't procrastinate. Get off the fence and come on down to DRAG IT OUT 2!

What: Drag It Out 2 - South Florida's Best Pro-Am All for Charity Pandrogynous Pageant of Drag Kings, Drag Queens, and Bio-Drag performers will be strutting our stuff and raising funds for Animal Aid, Safe Schools, and the Ft Lauderdale GLCC. There will be special performances by She-King winner Rico Suave, the super smooth DeVon Scamp, LIPS nightclub's very own divas with the mostest Chocolatta and Twat la Rouge and their newbie drag king/queen proteges tucking and binding and strutting their stuff for your unbridled amusement. The completely hysterical Justin Cider will be the emcee for the night.

There will also be a free mustache/eyeshadow station sponsored by Gables Beauty Supply to make you a queen or king for a day.

This is a smoke free venue although there will be a designated smoker's den outside.

RSVP to Drag it Out 2 here and check out fun links and videos of past performances:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=77079720987&ref=nf

Where:
Cinema Paradiso

503 SE 6 ST

Fort Lauderdale, FL

When:

There will be two shows, at 8pm and at 10pm on
Sunday May 24th. Be there, or regret it on your deathbed.

Why?
1) Love will be in the air, the fun is contagious, everyone is beautiful for the day in all of their diversity, and the smiles will go on for miles. This is the antecdote to typical South Florida nightlife your mind and body have been craving.

2) For the hawtness. Your fantasies will thank you after you take one look at our sizzling hot Drag Kings and Lovely Drag Queens and the raw ambigousness of our Bio Draggers. Is it a boy, or is it a girl? Who cares, its beautiful!

3) For the giggles. This is the most fun $12 can legally buy you on a Sunday night without a partner. Twat La Rouge and Justin Cider will have your sides throbbing with laughter.

3) For the Kids, The Queers, and the Animals! All proceeds from your $12 door fee benefit Safe Schools, Animal Aid, and the Ft Lauderdale GLCC.

How:

Get driving directions here:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1a=Fl&2c=Ft+Lauderdale&2s=FL&2a=504+Se+6+St+&2z=33301

To those who celebrate.

to tiphareth_star. Happy natal day Dr Kaye! I miss you and hope that your birthday is wonderful!

My freakishly large apocolypse stock of garbanzo beans I bought when I thought we were having a hurricane is finally exhausted. I don't understand why I am on this ocd hummus and flatbread kick.

An aside- Happy Healthy New Year to Everybody. Let the pimping begin before I go off to the party

2009 is Just around the corner. Happy New Year Everybody.

Most common new year's resolutions can be upheld by coming to Drag It Out! Don't believe me, read on...

1)I resolve to do more cultural things.


How about live gender cabaret and live art by renowned lesbian artist Lissette Barros creating a tribute to everyone's favorite house arrestee, Boy George

2) I resolve to exercise more.


Why not start by shaking yo booty to the spinning stylings of DJ Meesh.
Drag it Out! is the Ideal Place to Work Up a Sweat!

3) I resolve to be more charitable/become a better person

Your $10 door fee benefits Safe Schools, Yes Institute, Animal Aid, and the GLCC - The Kids, The Animals, and the Queers will all appreciate your generosity

4) I resolve to get out there and meet new people

This is THE lesbian social event of the season baby, and the straights and the boys are welcome too. Good vibes and awesome people galore.
Its going to be a blast! Did I mention that there will be hundreds if not thousands of women there, so make your smiling face add to the beauty/handsomeness

5) I resolve to try new things

The Living Room's mixologists have created a special never before served signature drink for this very occasion called a Gender Blender.
Did I mention that you get a free cocktail with the $10 door fee?

6) I resolve to be happier

Welcome to your one night passport to the United States of Gender Euphoria, honey.


7) I resolve to be thriftier/save more money

Hello, free drink with admission, not to mention insanely awesome entertainment all for charity at a bargain basement $10 ? You could spend more money seeing a crappy holiday comedy movie. At 13 phenomenal drag acts, you are seriously spending less than 77 cents per act. That's with a cocktail, dj, and live art thrown in gratis.
Hello! 77 CENTS!!!

8) I resolve to see more beauty in the world.


Did I mention the 10 sexy kings and the hundreds if not thousands of lovely women who will be there?

9) I resolve to laugh more

Our emcees Justin Cider (Tara T) and Twat La Rouge have comedic stylings guaranteed to make even the stodgiest curmudgeon crack a smile and stifle a guffaw.


10) I resolve to drop all of the petty insignificant things in my life and become Jacques Auf's wanton sex slave

Despite the recession and lack of jobs, it seems your dream vacancy is open. The pay is bupkus, but the benefits are incredible. Ladies, see Mr Auf after the show and inquire within.



Happy New Year's Eve Everybody! Stay Safe and I hope to see everybody on Sunday at 8. You can park in the garage at the Las Olas Riverfront if parking is rough.



Drag It Out!
Sunday Jan 4th- 8pm
Living Room Niteclub
300 SW 1st Ave
(On the Las Olas Riverfront), Upper Loft
Ft Lauderdale

May Y'all survive the wild hunt and festive and happy Yule greetings to everyone.

I suck. With the job change and moving and stuff I did not send out Yule cards this year. I am really sorry and deserve a flogging with a wet noodle or somesuch justifiable retribution.

Happy Midsommar to those down under and to those who do not share my faith have a wonderful Saturnalia/Xmas/Hanukkah/Eid/Hari Raya/Conspicuous consumerism cultural celebration or whatever it is you do or don't celebrate at this time of year.

Be there or be eternally sorry.

Mark your calendars for 1/4/09.


Ok, the official promo stuff will be coming out in a few weeks, but I have a firm date for the debut performance of the first class of Drag It Out!- A South Florida based pandrogyny awareness art and performance project intended to chip away at gender binaries and help good causes.


The basic premise is that ordinary people get mentored to do gender transformation performances by experienced drag kings & queens and perform for charity benefiting animals, LGBTQ causes, and the environment.


Come see me perform as my alpha-male alter ego descended from the loins of Beelzebub and a mild mannered actuary named Fran from suburban Montreal who collects precious moments figurines and likes to knit toilet paper cosies, Jacques Auf . He's filthy to the core, but sometimes filth can be *hot*... I'm not giving anything away, but I make a rather scary drag king.
I don't care who you are, Jacques Auf will make you swallow!

Jacques will be sharing the stage with I think 11 or 12 other performers, many who have a lot more talent than moi. A night of gender bending entertainment awaits, and its all for charity, so it warms your heart as well as your loins.


Its a mixed gender/orientation venue, so straight people are welcome.


Having seen some of the performances, I promise, its going to be a lot of fun

Event Info (current as of today)

Sunday Jan 4, 2009
Probably sometime between 8-9pm TBA

venue:

Living Room Nightclub
300 SW 1st Ave,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301


Pre-show tickets are $10. All proceeds benefit charity.


As soon as presale tix are available, I will post details.
They make great holiday gifts!

Religious themed post under cut- cranky & a bit cynical tone- no personal insults meant. Public in case anyone wants to point others this way( Read more... )

to abhasana and eosin, may your respective natal days be happy ones.

Ok due to last minute loss of venue, south florida edda/heathenry study is cancelled/to be rescheduled. I offered my apartment, but as people are coming from as far as Ft Pierce, the furthest south agreed to was Boca Raton. I tried to suggest things by me like One tea lounge which would be perfect, but it was a no go. Can anyone suggest a good sunday meeting place (not a bar because a few people are in recovery)for 12-15 people around boca/delray or southern palm beach county near either 95 or the turnpike? Its too hot to spend hours outside. I have no reason to ever go to Boca for any reason. A coffeehouse type place would be ideal.

I'm open to doing what we used to do with NYMAS and rent a cheap yoga or dance studio hourly. It should run no more than $5/person.

I freaking hate windows Vista. It killed my piece o shit laptop. Anyway, I'm pretty low tech, need basic graphics, MS office, and web surfing. Anyone on the Mac standard have pros or cons to switching, besides probably losing lots and lots of data? I'm thinking of getting a powerbook in October or November as funds become available. Feedback/opinions on defecting over to apple?

My weekend's been crazy with family stuff. After going to my aunt's in Coral Gables I had coffee with the ever thoughtful and effervescent Rosibel, who has just spent the summer doing an eco-tourism field study in Siberia. I got pressies! The best present- A book from a hole in the wall town's museum about Shaman's Costumes in Russian and English. It has like 100 photos. Had to gloat. Its amazing, including the text. I am going back to my porn now.

Addendum: This is the ISBN 5-93765-0220-0 for Shaman's Costumes (the english title) via the administration of the irkutsk region board of culture (publisher)

It may be entirely possible to die of cute. More photos of the rescue kittens still in need of good homes somewhere in South Florida. If local, please adopt one of these cutie pies. This post is unfiltered, pass it on to anyone in need of quality kitteh.

Pix heavy (under cut). View at your own risk as they are fatally adorable. ( Read more... )

I has kittehs. Want? U can has nao pls. These beautiful kittens desperately need new loving homes. Please freely Pimp My Kittehs throughout South Florida




Many more photos under the cut
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(please email Daniela if you want a kitten and got referred to this post from elsewhere)

Eddic Study Group forming in South Florida expected to meet Sun 9/14 late afternoon (and first Sunday of the month thereafter) in/around Boca Raton in a public place TBD (not far from Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Palm Beach). We are going to use the Henry Adams Bellows translation and start with the first 60 stanzas of Voluspa. Open to Heathens, Northern Traditionals, Pagans, and anyone interested in exploring the esoteric/spiritual dimensions of the High Ones of Northern belief.

If interested, email me offlist ninthnight (at) gmail (dot) com (prefer w/ a phone # too) and I will send you details as they become solidified.

This is the only time that you are ever likely to see almost bare man rump on my journal. Crude humor under cut. Do not be drinking anything. May not be safe for work. ( Read more... )

A word of warning that bears repeating... feel free to send this to friends who have kids or direct people to this post. Note, this post is totally unfiltered because I think its important and I'd appreciate nobody who knows me making reference to the identity of my employer. For that reason, comments here will be screened. ( Read more... )

California court legalizes same sex marriage.
Link to NY Times Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?em&ex=1210996800&en=5d922aa6fa2307e3&ei=5087%0A

Look what I saw today:



I-95 has some classy billboards. I'm on my way home to Miami. Should be back tomorrow.