The Day After..

What a fantastic night it was at Mardi Gras last night! I had an absolute HOOT!



Of course it was that little bit more special because my boyfriend came along too! (For the record - he is not one of the lovely curvy ladies in the picture above!)

It was wonderful to catch up with so many people I hadn't seen for such a long time, and of course wonderful to catch up with my KRAVE "family".

The Krave float looked fantastic in blue, red and white, while we had aussie flag bandanners around our necks and the aussie flag draped on the roof of our "Dukes" car! Even hay bales, for that authentic, country style!



Below are a few more pictures from the night - my favourite pic is of me impersonating Jessica Simpson hanging out the window of the Dukes Of Hazzard Car as we moved down the parade route! Camp!



It was wonderful to see so many people hollering "HAPPY MARDI GRAS" from the sidelines, and that it wasn't just some freak show that people had come to watch. So much of the crowd was positive, lively and from all walks of life. I spotted many children too watching from the fenceline - which is wonderful to see.

It will be nice to go to work tomorrow to inform my work collegue that no HIV mosquito infections were reported too! (See my blog from 3rd March 2006)

Next year I have decided to do one of two things (barring any other offers I couldn't possibly turn down...)

1. Create my own float - one targetting a particular multi-national company that supports homophobia. Why not provide some truth to the wider public on what this company gets up to? Most of Oxford St crowd know about this company and boycott it. It's time to encourage the wider community to vote with it's feet too... It's appalling to think that a homosexual could walk into this store on Oxford St - or anywhere else for that matter, buy one of their products, and then a portion of that sale goes to fighting their very existance. We can't let them get away with it year after year. I propose to have a little fun at their expense, rather than ours... something the Mardi Gras has become famous for!
2. The other option - to join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. For some reason I can't explain, I want to get into a Nun's outfit. For those wondering, no, I'm not catholic, or attend church (I was baptised Anglican, but do not practise any religion), but the whole idea fascinates me. Maybe its because it is so tounge-in-cheek. There is a huge network of Orders all around the world. What a wonderful thing to be a part of, and not just for laughs, or the one parade, but in continual involvement.

I know, I know.. one option is to be a sinner, one a saint... which will I pick? I will have to see how things pan out over this New (gay) Year...

Well I have to get back to choreographing a number for my new show opening in a few weeks. I might even do a spot of sewing too! (I hope the girls don't mind wearing potato sacks - thats about all I can manage at the moment! HEHEHE)