Picture by Katie.
Gary invited me to a Midsummer Night’s Dream party last night so Skysidehe and myself spent the afternoon designing costumes and getting ready. It’s been a while since I went all out and had fun designing a costume for an event. Skysidehe has been a theatre and costume designer for years.
I’ve known her for at least half my life and yesterday as we sat in the basement working on our digs I had this sense of home as we chatted, sewed and glued, laughed and made jokes and watched Firefly on my laptop while doing our makeup and hair and talking about boys. There was this point during the afternoon, when I realized we were both in various states of undress, topless and panties and covered in glitter and I suddenly had this revelation that it’s been ages since I’ve hung out with someone I’m ridiculously comfortable around, who’s already in my bubble of security and therefore I can let my guard down and just be.
This realization left me a little sad that it’s been so long since I’ve had that sort of comfort and it also caused me to resolve – that I would go to the party and Skysidehe and myself would have a blast! The beauty of knowing someone for so long is that the possibilities for improv are endless and so, with that in mind, I fairly draped myself all over her for the duration of the evening. Plus, how could I not? She looked so hot and adorable in her corset!
She sat on my lap for most of the night, which led to both of us fielding questions as to how long we’ve been a couple. While I found it amusing I could absolutely see where people would get that impression based on how at ease we were together in a touchy feely sort of way. The sort of touchy feely that I allow with only a very few people, and only those who’ve been in my life so long it has become a fusion of energies.
I haven’t felt so powerfully girly and frivolous in ages. Navigating the ruffled bell skirt around furniture was an adventurous trick and stuffing my whole outfit into the drivers seat of my little wrangler left me laughing at the triple glances that people gave me at intersections as there where tufts of tulle covering half the drivers window and sticking out through the steering wheel and on the dash.
Gary’s party was full of eclectic individuals, which is to be expected as he tends to defy all stereotypes and move effortlessly through all groups and like a magnet pull the stranger and more adventurous ones into a cluster. The fact that I’m in that cluster from time to time makes be feel truly special – so here’s a shout out to my man, Gary.
We laughed and talked and drank wine and because my tolerance is still so pathetic – I had one glass of wine and found myself too drunk to participate in the poetry slam.
Five hours later I fell into bed with my makeup on and dreamed of starlight, music, dancing and fae creatures.
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