2003

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2003 was the year my attire went wild.

I happened to stumble upon an advertisement for liquid latex online and simply was curious enough to start reading up on it. Within a week I knew I wanted to get some and have liquid latex shorts for pride.

So I ordered it from the web and had it ready for Pride. Sunday morning it took more than two freakin' hours to get ready. First i had to shave every bit of hair from where the latex would be applied. It was either that or it would be removed like waxing when taking the shorts off! The shaving didn't take too long though 'cause I don't have much body hair and had to shave very little of my legs which are quite hairy.

It was the painting that was so time consuming. I started working on the front and sides, then had to get assistance to get my butt done. It was very awkward too because of course nothing could touch anything else, so I was holding all sorts of strange positions waiting for the stuff to dry. Once it was dry I had to apply a liberal coat of baby powder to kill the sticky nature of the latex. Thank goodness when it was finally done! Totally worth it though--it was a scream. And this was the year I suddenly become everyone's photograph point. I think I must have posed for a couple hundred photos that day, and at least as many were being candidly taken of me or by secondary photographer during a requested pose.

The necklace was a quick addition I'd grabbed when in San Francisco, and my baseball cap a comfortable favorite from Rio de Janeiro.

Mid-afternoon there was a street fair on Davie Street. I headed up there to enjoy that, and ran into some cops. I asked if they'd pose for a photo with me. They both looked like deer caught in the headlights before one muttered, "Um, no, ah, thanks. We're okay."
I hadn't noticed a third cop coming along behind them. A female cop. She immediately piped in that she'd be happy to pose for a picture. I readily accepted and as she moved in she turned towards them and with an evil grin said "Chickens! You're both chickens!" I loved it. The poor guys probably got razzed for weeks about it.