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January 29, 2010

Perseverance, Contrition & Drag Queens

(New York, NY) — Let me aplogize in advance for teh numerous typos I’m abuot to make. As I type this blog I’m holding a popsicle with my left thumb and pointer figner. I feel that eating a potassium-packed coconut popsicle from Wohle Foods is completly justified in order to cope with the residual stress left over from earlier this week. Apparently my body finds it is so necessary in fact, that it refuses to set it back in the freezer in order to fisnish my blog.

Let’s get on with it.

If there is one thing, despite friends and family, that can make me smile its the Queen of Queens, RuPaul. (Of course let us not forget my ultimate favorite, the guitar-shredding king, Slash.) After a week of disappointment, RuPaul somehow manages to fill my heart with sequins and smiles. This past week has been a series of unexpected events, some minor, but there is a particular one that held such gravity- it lead me to tears. A severe drought in my gmail inbox, bad decisions, mangled friendships, mistakenly stating the Eiffel Tower as the Empire State Building in a press release, getting stuck in the revolving doors at PENN Station only to be let out by a homeless man whose smell can only be compared to a bucket full of rotten eggs and tuna, and unknowingly drinking 1/2 a quart of someone’s hyper protein body-building muscle milk when I was under the impression it was 100% organic fat free milk, have all contributed to an awkward week.

Of course the little funny ones, are just epic tales of stupidity and the occasional case of bad luck. However, I wouldn’t be honest with myself and to you if I said that the week of random, humorous happenings didn’t end with making poor decisions and losing the faith of a friend. We all are subject to circumstances out of our control, but what happens when there is a fine line between what you can control, and what you can’t? At times you can only control so much and those lines may blur together, leaving room for the unexpected and your biggest upset to occur. We have all exerted ourselves at one point or another to “be good,” to try and learn form our mistakes and not repeat them. However sometimes whether it’s by being human or having bad luck, we repeat them. Like when someone- after several false alarms- practices safe sex for a while but still gets pregnant or when someone at the end of the month-after overcoming debt and successfully saving money- saves their money for “emergencies” only to spend it on the new strong shouldered military jacket by Balmain, or when you try to not drink that much ever again but you end up doing that the next weekend.  A SEVERE PS: N-O I’m not having sex or getting pregnant or spending money on a $10,000 jacket.

(PS:PH2H): Long story short, it was my fault and I take full responsibility for it. Drinking led to arguments and embarrassingly frustrating moments with a good friend of mine. Who knows if we will bounce back or if things will ever be the same. We’ve all been there at some point or another. Some more than others. I was incredibly remorseful of my actions, but despite apologies and contrition, there are only so many times you can make the same mistake. I may be putting myself out there, for being too honest, too transparent with this entry but it’s what I feel and it’s what happened. Perhaps it’s happened to you or someone you know. We’re all young or we’ve all been young and we’ve all done some messed up things in this world. The point is- which is what I should be preaching to myself- you live, you learn, you take responsibility for the mistakes you commit, you realize what you need to do next time, you get through it and you thank your lucky stars that you have other good friends who will stick by you at any cost.

Today I saw a press clip of RuPaul promoting the upcoming season of Drag Race and I’m TELLING YOU I have NEVER been so excited to see such an EPIC battle between tranny messes and drag beauties. Hearing RuPaul preach about perseverance and confidence inspired me to keep pushing and fighting for a spot at the top of the PR pyramid.

“Make this life worthwhile; Stop playing small and own your power, experience the tenacity of the human spirit.”

-the Queen of the Glitterati, Ms.RuPaul

I am blessed to regularly be talking to my own little Texas beauties on the phone/skype: Cherry Sour (known for her fierce red hair w/ highlights of shimmery orange like an orange sour skittle; SEE ALSO: having a sweet and demure personality but will shake your world up and punch you if need be), Jacklynne Cleave (an appropriate name for a girl obsessed with the cleavage in her hair thanks to the Bump-It and her obscene boobie cleavage thanks to Victoria’s Secret; perfect name for a girl that will literally drink nothing but Jack Daniels), Penny Platinum (known for her expensive yet thrifty sense of style and bottled peroxide LEGIT platinum blonde hair; SEE ALSO: shines like platinum due to her personality and Chanel jewelery collection) Sinatra SKYY (known for his gorgeous blue eyes and dark hair; known for being a gentleman, drinking nothing but SKYY vodka and emitting a ridiculous amount of swagger), Golden Pearl (known for his intense fixation with M.A.C Bronzer in shade-Golden, his pearly white straight teeth and bringing the latin heat to northern texas), Tupac Teeny(known as a contradiction of sorts; she’s the skinniest white girl you will meet; she’s known for her proper decorum but will cut you and quote Tupac better than ANY PERSON on this earth) and Beatle Bailey (known for innately being petite and adorable, this girl can literally OUT QUOTE you in not only any Beatles song, but any song in general, she will cite any song from any era, and sing any beat at a moments notice-of course when drinking is involved)

No matter what. keep loving. keep fighting.

Eating An Inappropriate Amount of Popsicles In NYC,

-erika

location: apt on W34th in my bed

feeling: lethargic and full of coconut Popsicle juice

listening to: cars honking, and “3 Kids in Brooklyn” by Butch Walker

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