This has been an extremely long day for me. It goes in 2 parts.

Part 1: Waking up at 7:30 am, I started it out by working on my final paper for COMM 3010 in preparation of a presentation for the class at 2 pm. Then I drove to The Ink Spot, found out that the requested GSA t-shirts weren’t ready yet, drove to the Macon campus, met Tenshi in the lunchroom, came to class to present, did well in it, helped someone from off-campus ask about who to contact to set up a future concert on campus, drove with Chanda to WR to the Ink Spot to pick up the t-shirts, drove to The Rainbow Center, met many of the denizens and operators, picked up Ravion and Tiana Starr, drove back to Macon campus.

Part 2: We started setting up, and many of the attendees of the 1st-Ever MGSC Drag Show! arrived to take their seats. I ran around the halls of the H/SS building and theatre like a mad chicken, making calls, talking to the guests, only to find out that we had NO sound or lighting technicians. So Drs. Keith, Trayers, Monk, and Sherry helped with finding out everything that we could possibly do for the show, the audience getting restless as the 7:00 hour came and slowly, painfully went. I was on the verge of tears, screaming rage, self-pity and other feelings at many points during this long ordeal. Doors were locked, buttons were complicated, CDs didn’t work in computers, etc., I honestly don’t know how they found the switch for the stage lights. But without the aforementioned teachers, plus Chanda, Chrissonia, and many others, we would not have gotten the show started at all, despite having basically started at 8:30 pm. But we did it.

Our 1st-ever drag show on Macon campus, at MGSC, did get started, and the performers – Ravion, Tangerine, Tiana, Paula, Trinity – did their work in front of the many who stuck it out despite my self-claimed incompetence and naivete as a one-time theater manager. They brought us to our feet, they elicited questions afterward, and I felt like I was a bit richer for having stayed on with this project. We sold t-shirts and rubber duckies, distributed materials. Our event practically ended at 9:50 pm. After dropping off Ravion and Tiana, Chanda and I went to Steak and Shake off Riverside for a long decompression from at least 9 hours of non-stop activity. I got gas, dropped her off, and drove in the silence of the wee hours back to WR.

Video will be online soon, photos will likely be online sooner. I hope to work on it either Tuesday or Wednesday.

But now I need rest. I will be busy in the afternoon, and getting this historic event to the people on campus is something that I will say made this semester all the more worthwhile. But damn, it hurts!