DRAG

Not sure when or if this will ever happen, but at last Saturday’s barbecue I offered and proposed one of my silliest but daring escapades ever.

Here’s how it went…

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I overheard a convo there involving an old acquaintance of mine, and when I mean acquaintance I don’t mean in the kinky sense. For she was at one time one of my kids from church youth group, this gal is all grown up now and finding her way in the world.

This convo revolved around her doing bar work (for which name I will also disclose) and her letch of a boss who only employs ‘fit’ girls that show off a ‘bit of sugar’ (in which those girls get the decent shifts). The rest is left to the imagination.

I still see this person as a ‘kid’ and one of my crewage, so I took offense to what I heard.

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Either way, in my sub drunken state I came up with the idea to go down there and ask for a job interview, only I will be in cunning disguise as a ‘fit’ girlie.

Now… Those who know me well will know that I have the bottle to don a dress and do anything (well almost) for a laugh. Heck I raised £200 towards church building for doing a drag routine on a Christian campsite. Funny times, and good causes. No harm done.

This time, I reckon I can pull it off better and look well sexy :P. And if this sleazeoid boss at the bar wants to see a ‘bit of sugar’ he’ll certainly get more than he bargained for.

No candy canes involved at all, but more likely a knuckle sandwich and a powerbomb through a table.

Now… Another flaw in my fiendish master plan is that if I did get a job I’d have to go in and do it O_o. How Mrs Doubtfire managed is beyond me :P

I figure that if I am going to do something and make a complete tit of myself I’d drag my friends down with me. And I mean in the effect of sitting there on the sidelines (with cameras of course) to support their good mate on a dangerous mission (dangerous for who?).

Of course the deed is going to have to be filmed, so I’ve talked with The Crazee Go-Nuts crew (who I’ve done skits with in the past) and a few of Keynsham’s other most notorious camera operators in helping make this operation one to remember.

Of course. Chances are this won’t happen but I got the bottle to do it.

If it all goes to plan… Wish me luck

HURT

My struggle continues for me and all I can do is take every crushing blow as it comes.

I feel like there are good people in my life right now I don't deserve to know and I've let them down or never been a good enough person in thier lives in return.

I was listening to a song recentley which I think lyrically suits the way I feel right now, especially at the times I can actually feel around this numbness. A great peice written by Trent Reznor of NIN and later made more popular by the late Johnny Cash's cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

I hope that whatever comeback I may make from this ordeal if at all will be a fantastic one at least.

The shackles are tight right now.

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I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

SORE

I sit here today at my desk of clutter filled sci-fi beauty hurting and too bruised to move around much. Still inside I am content.

I left the house at 6.30 on Saturday and made it good time for my train and rail replacement coaches. After much travel, I finally trek it up to Wales and I’m there at the Merthyr Studio Bar super early for the scheduled Scotty 2 Hotty seminar.

The Studio Bar is a very cool venue, almost the main base of operations for Celtic Wrestling. The main floor of course is the bar where we have bands, bowling arcade machines and a dance floor, the second floor up is where the Celtic Wrestling ring is based and where some shows are currently held, the third floor is an old movie theatre which has not been used in years, it is run down but looks really cool and apocalyptic and has been an awesome filming location for wrestler vignettes (Death Row especially in George Romero homage fashion!!!).

Sadly, due to reasons I won’t go into, Scotty 2 Hotty no-showed the seminar but that did not mean training was cancelled. As normal Bassey and Caiman (also with some help from Big Dave) took the session

Now I’ve not stepped into the ring or bumped properly for the best part of 2 years and I was a little worn out by the time the rigorous exercise warm-up session had ended, but I am glad I did it. I’ve wrestled before (not for Celtic), held a title (2x tag team champion) and been through ‘the basics’, shared a changing space with a few stars, but starting from scratch was indeed the way forward since my original run involved me being booked on shows waaay too early. Starting from scratch was a reboot to what little I have learned and the kick up the ass I needed. There is a lot I did not learn back then that I am starting to learn now and I want to learn more.

Losing weight has been a huge help in moving around the ring. I used to get very worn out, but get a little less flustered now - :P So much room for improvement and the pounds continue to drop.

Boy did I miss chaining! Chaining is a real art form and with practise you and a dance partner can really put on a fantastic display. Internationals… Something I was not shown much of before I am now being shown and like chaining this element of a match presents an art style of its own.

Training was awesome and I want to come back and do more. I can hardly move as I write this because I am bruised and sore all over (not just from ring bumping but floor bumping too). Whether I mount to anything from this does not bother me, I am happy to be wrestling again as an activity and starting to enjoy it again.

It was good to see old faces again and new faces too, some of which I have known through the internet. You know who you are. Also another Bristol based trainee too, now I feel less alone.

Celtic has a good people ethic. We all build each other up rather bring each other down (unlike a certain other ‘promotion’) and there is still a no nonsense ethos there too. It is nice to be part of a wrestling training session where the people who run it are not sat in the corner playing with a cellphone all day, leaving people to train themselves and expecting large fees for the ‘privilege’. The C/W trainers take time with everybody and are on cue. I am sure there are other fantastic wrestling schools out there, but C/W is where my heart is right now and is a company I feel I have the best relationship with. I won’t knock the idea of spending my ‘part-time hobby’ with other promotions but C/W are like my main brand. 

Saturday was real fun and I hope to do it again. I think the wrestling bug has returned.