This past weekend was super fantastic! I had plans to go to a moe. show in Chicago and decided to take advantage of the situation. moe. is one of my favorite bands at the moment and has been for about the last, oh I dunno... five years or so. I've seen them like six times and know the venue and crowd pretty well. I figured it would be a well known location where I would be comfortable and safe and that it would be relatively dark. I also knew there would be plenty of open minded hippies and that I could probably get away with blurring the gender lines a little more than usual. Yay for me!!
So I went all out for the show... Although I didn't go all super dressed up, I still wore the cutest outfit and some lite make-up! I had on my VS Pink flare bottom jeans, a plain white babydoll t, a purple hoodie from Old Navy (thanks Nicky!!) and a matching purple heart necklace. I'll keep it g rated and only off handledly say that my unmentionables where *very* sexy. Re-ow!! My real hair is short, so I did it up all cute and spiky. I applied some lite mascara, shimmery eye shadow and, of course, my ultra shinny lip gloss. I felt so perfectly feminine. It was so much fun!!
Seriously, I got called a lady like three times!!
I parked and walked to the Starbucks across the street. Of course, it was packed and super lit-up so I was all totally self-conscious. As I was ordering, some dumb drunk guy made a scene and security came and it was pretty dramatic, but it totally turned any attention away from me, which was quite a relief as I felt like everyone had been staring at me!! I got my latte and left for the show. At the door, they made me get in the ladies line for the 'frisk'. It was all a crazy fiasco and I tried to explain, but before I could stammer out two words I was being woman-handled by security and ushered through the door... Good thing they didn't find my stash!!
I was also called ma'am by the bar tender (just soda, I don't drink much) and also called a girl by the guy dancing next to me. It was quite the adventure!! I had a blast all evening and danced my heart away, loving every minute of the music, the feeling of being out, the ambiance... just everything!! I really needed a night like that and I'm glad I had one.
I guess the lesson learned is that I seem to be much, much more passable with lite make-up and a cute outfit then caked on beard concealer, a fake looking wig and a hoochie style dress. Hmmm... I have *got* to get ride of this five o'clock shadow!! I'm convinced I'd be totally passable without it!
