Keystone, Or Lack Thereof

It's not Eden in my new digs ~ not by a long shot.  There are other reasons, but I'm going to ignore them to focus on money.  Financially, it's tight.  I'm paying two rents and one mortgage and bills for two of those places.  The rents are shared by roommates, but the DC vicinity is never cheap.  Rent for a year on an apartment will buy a house in many parts of the country.

Last week was the Keystone conference.  Keystone is a multi-day trans event.  There are seminars, things to do, things to buy, people to meet.  I know the local trans groups were planning to get together there each day.  There has been a lot of traffic on those groups relating to who's going when.

There are several trans conferences on the east coast, one in Provincetown MA (the Fantasia Fair), the Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta.  Keystone is clearly the closest.

Maybe I can convince one (or more) of the local girls to write a review for this blog.  Maybe I can go to one of the other conferences later this year, and write a review for the girls who did Keystone but not SCC.


I'm not sure Meg is ready for a multi-day event.  Maybe I'll try it locally first.

But remember how I started this post: financially, it's tight.  Money is one of the reasons I had to skip Keystone.  I don't know if it's THE reason ~ I don't know if I would have said "I don't know if I'm ready, but I'm going" if I had a few dollars in the bank, but money can sure be a showstopper.

It's time to start saving my shekels.  SCC is in early September; Fantasia Fair is in late October.

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Hi Karen!

Karen sent me the cartoon to the right.  She said she found it on "dating fails."  I assume she was just doing research. :D

Anyway, the picture file was labelled "want to flash people more often get a sex change."

I wrote back that I could see the sex change connection, only if she wanted to attract the men, not run away from them.

I've said many times (and wrote back to Karen): If a guy walks into a bar and shouts "I want to have sex.  Who's interested?"  He'll probably get laughs.  If a woman did it, she'd get a mob.

Then I started thinking....  I don't know what would happen if Meg did it.  I'd love to know, as a thought experiment, but not in reality.  Has anyone tried this, or heard of a crossdresser trying this?  I wonder how different the results would be in a straight bar or a gay bar (or on drag karaoke night like they have here).

A little side note: Hurricane Irene's coming.  It's supposed to arrive overnight tonight.  I filled my car, moved plants and light furniture into the house, but it doesn't look to be bad.  Around here, you never know if your trees will stand up to the wind and if the power will stay on.  BUT if power goes off, I've pre-posted for a few days.  You're all good. :D

I plan to post little updates on my facebook page, and maybe even a photo or two.  If I don't, power is probably out.

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