2009

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The idea--and purchase--of this years costume came simultaneous with the 2008 costume. I saw a little translucent rainbow plastic purse while I was looking at the necklaces that I'd be using to make the 2008 costume. I didn't know exactly how that purse would work but it struck me that it would be perfect. It sat in my drawer for almost 18 months until the time was right.

A few weeks before Pride I began working with it and the idea slowly formulated as to how to convert that little purse into a costume: I removed the seams from the panels of the bag, then restitched it onto a steel cock ring, sewing the two ends together to make a cylinder extending from the cock ring. And that was it--I was finished.

The downside of this costume was that I didn't want a cock ring that was too tight: I'd be wearing it all day! So the one I used was slowly slipping down all the time and I had to pull it back up occasionally. The great part was how simple it was though: putting it on took 20 seconds, and making it hadn't taken all that long.

I had one bizarre experience during the parade. As one entry came by I stood up to take pictures and suddenly this lady in the parade carrying a large rainbow flag steps directly in front of me and holds the flag out completely blocking me. She proceeds to harshly tell me how disgusting I am and that she is 'protecting' her daughters who were marching with her in the parade. I didn't bother to argue with her: it was obvious she had a closed mind and somehow thinks that her daughters will be damaged by seeing the human body. However, I later wished I'd been thinking to immediately call over the police and demand she be removed from harassing me: that is a point I would have been able to convey to her narrow mind.

Other than that moment it was fantastic once again. There was a great couple sitting next to me with their baby and the husband took a number of pictures of me which he kindly emailed me for use (you'll see his credit on them). And I had tons of great interaction with the parade.

The best moment was right at the beginning of the parade. The Dykes on Bikes came along and I stood there with my thumb out to hitch a ride. One of them came to a stop on her Harley and told me to hop on--I quickly did so and she gave me a ride around the full loop, covering about 1/4 of the total parade route. She was great--we chatted as best as possible during the ride. The hilarious thing was that seated on her hog behind her I appeared to be totally naked to everyone. My cap blew off closer to the end of the parade route, about 2 blocks from my spot. So when we'd circled around she dropped me in the area where it had fallen. Unfortunately I came too close to the pipe and got a mild burn. Thank goodness it was just a slight singe, not a full contact. None-the-less my calf hurt the rest of the day and the skin did peel later.