I'M BACK AND STILL ALIVE!

It's been awhile since I wrote anything on this blog. I know a lot of you probably think I met my maker or worse yet, sucummbed to Covid19. Well I'm happy to say none of that has happened and I am alive. I'm hoping to change the blog layout and design too, so any suggestioms would be welome. I need to start watching YouTube makeup videos too. What with this excessive locckdown we have been having and not being able to buy products. For six months we were banned from getting our nails done too! Can you believe that? Hair salons were not allowed to operate as well, something to do with social distancing. But here we are in August 2021, being forced to wear masks and life carries on. At least I can now dye my hair pink and get my nails done.

Welll this won't be the last post from me, I just wanted to tell you I'm still around and there is more to come!

DISCOVERING MYSELF 3

I'm on a mission. Before I can consider how I will live my life there are two things I have to  tackle first, one is to lose weight and secondly I must try and eliminate my gout. It's because of the gout that my feet are slightly swollen which prevents me from wearing my high heels and "other" shoes. So I have to start getting a diet together.
In my search for an identity, I will be venturing into uncharted territory as I would like to put it. On the 19th December I'm going to have some nail art done on my long nails. I know more or less what I want done so I will post the result here afterwards. I have developed a sudden intrest in nailart. Maybe this the next step towards my adrogony? The picture below is not of my nails but one I found on the web. I love the design and would like to have it done for pride next year. What do you think? Meantime I was thinking of using red instead of gold with silver stripes.

Actually the more I look at this pic, the more I like the colour and design. Maybe I'll even end up doing this on my next appointment at Woman's World. It's been decided, I'm doing my nails like the ones above. I'm so excited I can't wait! I spoke to my nail tech and it's going down on the 19th. This design is stunning and definitely something I would do!

Here's another photo by the same nail artist as above. I just love the color. Even though the photo is called "Halloween Nails" I just love it! Halloween may be over but one could do other designs on them.That color is something else. I know I've written more about my nails this time, but.I believe it is all part of my identity. You can take it or leave it coz I'm gay and I'm here to stay! 

COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET

Closets are for clothes not people, so I have decided to write about me and about who I am. When I was younger I knew I was different from other boys, and grew up in an era when it was taboo to be who you really were. That being said I have always had a feminine side which doesn't mean I wanted to be a woman.
Ever since I was a teen I was fascinated by long fingernails and high heels. It took nearly 30 years later, when South Africa hailed in a new government and a new constitution that I realised I must be who I am meant to be. It took a near death experience in 2004 when I was diagnosed with colon cancer and became a survivor. It was then that I realised that I had been given a second chance at life and so I started doing what I had always wanted to do. It is sad when people start concerning themselves with the way people express themselves. I was brought up in an era where boys had to wear blue, play with toy cars, have a girlfriend, and get married. Well I had a doll, even played with my sister's barbie. In  my teens I even tried on my mother's high heels when she was out shopping. Let's just say that was a thrilling experience! 

I have always liked long fingernails, and had my first manicure in 2004. It's now 12 years later and I am still going to the same lady manicurist. Just recently I've been painting my nails, and this week I had a long over due pedicure and decided to have my toenails painted. 

In about 2000 I started to try my hand at drag, and appeared quite good at it. Since 2004 I have appeared twice in drag at Durban Pride, and once at at drag birthday party. And where to from here? I must stress that I don't intend to transition, I am quite happy being a dragqueen. And a gay one at that! I admire the transgender community, especially those who now identify as female. It does take time to get ready every day especially getting dressed 24/7. We dragqueens put on makeup etc maybe once a month. I can imagine how time consuming it is to be a female full time.

As for me I identify as a feminine male, meaning I still look male but with feminine traits......long nails and long hair.

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