Outfit: New Boots!

Here are some pictures of the new boots!

 

Boots: Next
Everything Else: Primark

And a rather out of focus picture in the mirror from Sunday  

Dress Top: Tu (Sainsbury’s)
Jeans: Ebay
Boots: Next
Camera: Sony (:P)

Expect a Vlog Later today (waiting for Premiere Elements to finish rendering!)

Lacuna Coil

The other night I went to see Lacuna Coil and Slaves to Gravity at the Lemon Grove. Both bands put on fantastic shows but I must say that I really dislike the Lemmy as a venue. It is a more usually the Student Guild's night club so has an enormous DJ booth that extends right out into the crowd area and the stage is only a foot high! Consequentially most of the crowd have very restricted views of the band. I even tried using the camera as a Periscope with limited success. Here is a picture with my arm at full stretch

 

Obligatory Outfit Pic

 

Apologies from the haze, the smoke machine was errr, smoking!

Outfit: Pub Bound

Last night I met up with a few friends and went to the White Hart for drinks and a chat about nothing in particular. Just a shame about all the drunk 12 year olds on the Cathedral Green.

  Not the best pictures, wasn’t very photogenic on my camera, though I think my friend has some better pictures on her’s.

Outfit: Scott Pilgrim

Last night I went to see Scott Pilgrim vs The World. The film was awesomely geeky and I must say I was coveting Ramona's style.

Forgive the bushy brows, with all the drama of late they have been neglected. Will get them done when I have some time off from work. Though glamour my be on hold as I've now gone down with the lurgi that has been hurtling around the office for the last few days.

Dress, Jacket, Scarf and Belt: Primani
Leggings: Topshop
Over Knee Boots: Priceless

A mixture of bad and good

Things haven't been going too well for me recently. There have been a few issues with work recently so I've been searching for something better with a renewed vigor. I did find something very similar to my previous job advertised on an agency website over the weekend so on Monday I dressed all smart boi* and went into see the agency. The job had already gone, but they reckon they could find me something, but I need to show them a passport (which was at the parents), so am going back today to register and see what they can do.

I returned home from work on Tuesday to find that the PC had stopped working again, it looks like the last fault was a hardware failure in progress and now the hard disk with all my photos and music is now little more then a shiny metal brick. On top of the recent things with work this proved a bit too much and left me bawling my eyes out. I decided it might be a good idea if I got out of the flat for a bit until I could calm down. So I rang my friend Vinnie as I knew he'd be around and his company was very much appreciated. On reflection, I've decided to abandon the PC for a bit, and will buy a new hard disk later this month and start rebuilding the music collection (mostly have stuff on CD), and as for the photos, well I still have my memories. Plus I have two shiny cameras and enjoy taking photos, I shall have to take many many more!

Yesterday wasn't entirely successful either, I had a contact lens fitting in town. All was going well until the optician took the lenses out. I'm not sure why but I went into shock, it took about 5 mins for my vision to return to clarity, and for me to stop sweating. The Optician did say that some people react that way the first time, and maybe to try again in a few months time. Plus he had fantastic music taste!

I've also had my two latest purchases arrive. A little black dress from ebay and some suede-ish thigh high pointy boots from Very. I figured they might give a bit more confidence in the boi/girlfriend hunt!

Not the best photo, I need a camera person (and probably shouldn't have used the phone cam!

*I should probably work on a girl suit, but as a part time trans type I do need to keep some boi stuff, not quite ready for full time.

Inspiration: Some Racier Looks

As I’ve been feeling a lot more confident of late I’m tempted to try a couple of racier looks for a couple of the racier clubs in the area. I’ll expand more on that soon.

I’m not keen on the makeup in this one but the outfit is pretty good.

A similar theme, it wasn’t that long ago that I was too shy to show my legs off like this . Though I don’t think I’ll be quite as draggy as Collogen Girl!

 

This is something I’m considering for a more dramatic daytime look. Ironically this photo is lifted from a show that tries to discourage such over the top looks. I don’t think I’m meant to be taking inspiration!

Still confidence is good!

Not Dead Yet

Just a mini update – I’ve been neglecting this blog again (I have a tendency to end up doing stuff then forgetting to write about it.) So here is a little glimpse into my life this weekend. There is a lot of geekage, with some glamour :)

Saturday was a rather mixed day with lots of fail tempered with one bit of quite epic win.

The first of the fails was with the PC, it has recently taken to crashing when the system is under load. I suspect it is the power supply as it seemed to improve when I disconnected some of the drives. So a new power supply is on order. However while testing I noticed things were running a little hot. So I looked up on the PissyWerld site, fans were £3.50 so I tried to order for store collection but the site wouldn't let me, giving a cryptic "Max Order 2" message. Those with experience of PissyWerld will know how much fail that place is, so read on for more fail.

So I got in the car and set off for Digby. On the way over I noticed a clanking noise, whenever the road was bumpy then something fell off the car. So I pull over and walk back up the road to retrieve a large chunk of my car’s suspension. So I had to call out the RAC man for a tow to what turned out to be the Isuzu truck workshop on Sowton, luckily they managed to get a new spring and fit it within a couple of hours and it wasn't too expensive overall.

So with newly fixed car I set off once again for Pissy World, and quickly located two 80mm case fans and took them to the till, where they wanted £4.99! I pointed out that they were £3.50 on the website and that I'd tried to order online but the site had errored. The cashier then told me that I wasn't allowed to reserve items if the store was low on stock. WTF! It could have explained that in English rather then "Max Order 2". Still I kicked off until they sold me the fans for £3.50!

So after all that fail I did at least have something to look forward too. Dru and I were hitting Exeter's sole Gay Bar so I got semi dressed up* and spent most of the night dancing to Lady GaGa (for some reason the DJ was playing two or three songs then another GaGa, or that Bad Boys song). I was getting so much attention too, though most of it unwanted (some old guy's chat up line was "I want to be in a relationship with you" - Darling I want someone much more fabulous!), so I slept alone but that wasn't a problem as I was happy enough with the confidence boost the evening had given me. Also one girl I met tried to introduce me to someone without asking my name, so she said I was a stripper called Tallulah! While that might be better then my current job I don't have the figure (or the confidence) for it. Would need some boobs, and prefer Burlesque! And I quite like the name Tallulah…

After all that, naturally I was rather akin to a Zombie on Sunday.

PS: I’ve just had the email to say that the fabulous Novatech have dispatched the new Power Supply!

*as in dressed up, but not overly so. I wore my Brian Molko angel top (evilbay), black skinny jeans (primani) and pixie boots (Priceless) with a short sleeved jacket (Primani).

HKPOP: More TradGoth Musings

I’m contemplating the development of a few Trad Goth looks with an eye on this year’s festivals. This is probably the sort of look I’d go for. I’m not one for the ultra Victoriana (as well as issues for the girlyboi created by Little Britain) but in small doses it does look good. Mind you, I still need to decide which of the fests I’m going to!

Inspiration: COTTDSWHC

This girl has a very cool style, definitely could make some of her looks work with an extra dose of dark style.

http://www.comeovertothedarksidewehavecandy.com/

Impending Doom: The Film Party

Well a while ago I told some of my work colleagues about girl me, and now I’ve been invited to a party. The theme is film and I ummed and ahhed for a bit. It was then suggested to me that I go as Kate Beckensale’s character in the film Van Helsing. The outfit itself is no problem. I have a corset, trousers, boots and now hair. But I have to admit I’m bricking it!

I’m feeling much more confident about my other upcoming attempt at cosplay. For a Video Game themed new year’s party I’m going as Jesse from Pokemon’s Team Rocket. Lets just hope my cosplay is better then some of these.

Today I was Wearing Special: Whitby Gothic Weekend

I spent the Halloween weekend at the Whitby Gothic Weekend. While I didn’t do the main event I had great fun doing the fringe events in the local pubs. Now WGW is rather extravagant so there was a lot of dressing up. So here is a Today I am Wearing special…

Thursday Daytime (Driving up)

• Long sleeve black top
• Black Skinny Jeans
• Leopard Print Belt
• Cowgirl boots
• Black tube neck Coat

 Thursday Evening

• Long sleeve black top
• Black Skinny Jeans
• Demonia Gothika Boots
• Leopard Print Jacket

 Friday Daytime

• Poison Industries cargo trousers
• Demonia Stack Boots (great fun on the cobbles)
• Black top (can’t remember which one)

 Friday Evening

• Necessary Evil knee length skirt (that gave me no end of issues)
• Victorian style top
• Shiny Leggings
• Lacybuckle boots

 Saturday Daytime

• Poison Industries cargo trousers
• Purple OTK boots
• Print Top
• Purple Coat

 Saturday Evening (Halloween Drag Queen)

• Victorian Style top
• Purple Glitter Stack Boots
• Purple Creepy Creations Shrug
• Black Leggings
• Kate’s Clothing skirt

 Sunday Daytime

• Black OTK boots
• Primark Cape Coat
• Long Leather Gloves
• Black Jumper
• Black Jeans

 Sunday Evening

• White Creepy Creations Shrug
• Shiny Leggings
• Demonia Gothika Boots
• Black Primark Top
• Black and White Skirt

 Monday (Drive Home)

• Boi stuff (meh!)

You’ll notice that I spent the whole weekend in girl mode, in fact the only reason I boied the drive home was that we had to be out of our cottage uber early so I didn’t have time to glam.

Further updatery to come…

A Busy Weekend

I've had a fantastic weekend :)

Saturday I had to forgo the Pride workshop (probably a good thing) to pick my Gran up from the station and do family stuff

In the evening I glammed up in a short skirt, flame print pvc corset, new knee high boots* and a skinny top for Black Catz in Plymouth with Miss Dru. The club was very busy and I ended up dancing a lot with very pretty people. So much Egoboo! Finally got home about 5:15 :)

Its interesting to compare Plymouth clubbing with Exeter, In Plymouth the night has lots of publicity, is in a proper (albeit small) club in the city centre and is open up to 6am. The Exeter equivalent is a general metal night, in a Pub function room, a mile from the city centre, with limited promotion and it kicks out at midnight. I know Plymouth is bigger, but Catz is a niche Goth night - the Metal night is in C103 - using all of the huge three room club! I've seen smaller places do similar standards, even Truro (a fifth of the size of Exeter) had a monthly metal night in a proper club (till the venue went tits up)

Talking to a nice Transsexual lady on Saturday also yielding a very amusing piece of information. There is a monthly Tranny Club (not nightclub I hasten to add) at Clyst St George Village Hall. How Random!

On Sunday night I had a night of Wine and Wii. I'm starting to get a liking for Kirby…

 *The boots arn't that new, but I've not had a chance to wear them out until now

Skeletons and Socialness

Last night I met up with a few friends and headed to the Well House - a pub that appears very normal on the outside as you can see but darkness lurks within. For deep in the cellar there is a Skeleton. Alas I don't have a picture of it as the person who took the picture suddenly felt very cold and deleted it! Naturally I attended in glam mode, helps the confidence, though I did have a near disaster with my makeup, my foundation brush wouldn't wash out the dust from the bathroom work (should have covered it - I know) and dust combined with water makes mud! Still it was great to have a night out en femme.

Today I'm back to work, makeup stained and weary. Am working up the confidence to really attack my brows, I'm also tempted by a friend's suggestion that I see a Beautician. Will have to see what the future brings

Child of the 80s

Well I must say that the Alternative 80s night was fabulous. Although I did get some hassle from a weirdo in a wheelchair. Some people seem to want me to justify myself, yes I am technically a guy, no I don’t want a full sex change, yes I am bisexual. Does any of this matter?! Still it was great to catch up with a few people I’d not seen for a while and to hear some good tunes!

Anyway there is going to be a distinct lack of glamour and indeed cleanliness (though I will be flannelling)  as I can’t use the shower for a day or so. I’m going to repaint the ceiling and need to let it dry out lest the paint starts peeling again!

I also need to sort out the PC, its been playing up of late. Two years does seem a long time for Vista to start developing problems. So I guess I’ll be using the Macs and Ubuntu for a bit.

A picture from the Girl night out

Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a full length picture.

Confidence and Egoboo (and a pub crawl too)

A letter arrived today confirming that I do indeed have an interview next week. Fingers are very much crossed. I'm not going to say any more in case I jinx it.

Last night, I went out on a normal night out en-femme. By normal I mean not Goth or Alternative or even Gay. It was also the first time some of my friends had met Sadie (though they knew about - I just hadn't been very glamourous because of circumstances). Town was very busy as it was late night shopping, this also meant that most of the pubs were busy too. The first pub we tried (The Angel) had an Open Mic and not fancying trying to talk over poetry we then moved on to The Ship. This wasn't too busy, but did contain the Postgraduate Physics dinner. As the physicist in our group didn't want to associate with drunken Russians we moved on again to try the City Gate. This turned out to be full of Carol singers. So finally we ended up at the White Hart where a good time was had. Pictures were taken and might get posted later.

All this meant I clocked up about two miles in heels, some of the terrain was a bit rough going with odd slopes, 'Blunkets' and poorly maintained pavement. To this end I have a nice blister on my toe!

All of my friends said that they'd like Sadie to come out more often. I think girl nights out will happen a lot more frequently from now on.

And as I haven't done a 'Today I am Wearing' for a bit last nights outfit was.

• Black Jeans
• Knee high boots
• Long sleeve top
• Pink and black hooded top
• Pinstripe Coat
• Leather Gloves
• Black Scarf
• Black knit beret style hat

It was rather cold - though at least not cold, wet and windy like tonight!