OOTD: Gay Pride!

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It's baaaaaaaaaaaack! OOTD, that is. I have been slacking on all my regular series and I'm attempting to get back on track.

This OOTD was from Chicago's Gay Pride Parade. This is my 5th year going and it's always a gay 'ole time. That whole weekend is like a holiday for me. We had a record this year with almost 800,000 people going. WOO!

Not even those jerk faces who slashed all the tires on the floats stopped the parade! 

I ended up making my shirt, well sorta. The tank is from Dots, and I went to my local craft store and bought fabric paints. These tights can I say are the most frickin awesome thing I own. I worked them, no lie!!!!! I'm super gay, DUH!

I'll post some of the pictures later this week. 

Did you go to pride???????

Shorts - Torrid $36

Tank - Dots $6

Tights - We Love Colors $15

Shoes - Payless $16

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 21

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.

This is really loaded actually. As much fun as Pride 2010 was, it had a lot of drama. And of course an ex trying to reappear is not very pleasant. This year for Pride 2011, since I am moving to Nevada a few days later, I want to keep it simple. I'm thinking just hanging out with my bestie instead and going with whatever flow. And working out the previous 2 years' kinks. lol. 

Well I kinda went off on a tangent. Going thru my pictures trying to choose one for day 21 was a tad too painful for my taste. I could have gone simple and shown a picture of an ex, but I tend to set those pictures on fire. Fire pretty!!!! Anyways, I picked this picture because my friend broke my heart and cut me of his life. So I wish I could forget everything we did together (that was a lot). This was a friend who was like a effen brother to me. I even brought him into my family. I guess it seems childish, but I'm tired of trying to move forward and just plain exhausted from being sad, angry and bewildered about it. I have gotten a lot of advice about it, and you think I would have learned my lesson the 2nd time around. Ironically Christina Aguilera's You Lost Me is playing right now on my Pandora. So I added the lyrics below. It's eerie how accurate her words are. Minus the relationship undertones of course. 

Wow, I sure rambled here. Oops.

I am done, smoking gun
We've lost it all, the love is gone
She has won. Now it's no fun
We've lost it all, the love is gone

And we had magic
And this is tragic
You couldn't keep your hands to yourself

I feel like our world's been infected
And somehow you left me neglected
We found our life's been changed
Babe, you lost me

And we tried, oh how we cried
We lost ourselves, the love has died
And oh, we tried, you can't deny
We're left as shells, we lost the fight

And we had magic

And this is tragic
You couldn't keep your hands to yourself

I feel like our world's been infected
And somehow you left me neglected
We found our life's been changed
Babe, you lost me

Now I know you're sorry and we were sweet
But you chose lust when you deceived me
You'll regret it but it's too late
How can I ever trust you again?

We Love Colors & Purple Spirit Day - in memory of the LGBT teens who commited suicide

DID YOU PARTICIPATE 10/20? 

 

For a girl I don't own much purple...which is insane I was told. Funny thing is I own a great amount of purple makeup! I only own purple tights and a hoodie. There was NO way I would NOT wear purple yesterday. 

PS Ignore my head/face in these pictures. I seem to be slightly...UCK. 

October 20th was a sea of people sporting purple. Why? I don't know where it started, but it blossomed over Facebook with millions participating in wearing purple to support anti bullying and in memory of the gay teens who took their lives.

RIP
Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Justin Aaberg, Raymond Chase, Asher Brown, Cody J. Barker, Harrison Chase Brown, Caleb Nolt, Billy Lucas, Jeanine Blanchette, and Chantal Dube.

From the Facebook event page: "It’s been decided! On October 20th, 2010, we will wear purple in honor of the LGBT youth who have committed suicide in recent weeks/months due to homophobic abuse in their homes and schools. PURPLE represents Spirit on the LGBTQ flag and that’s exactly what we’d like all of you to have with you: spirit. Please know that times will get better and that you will meet people who will love you and respect you for who you are, no matter your sexuality."

Celebrities have been pulling together, making videos and getting thier voice out with the "make it better project." The Make It Better Project gives youth the tools they need to make their schools better now!  Through our website and YouTube channel, youth and adults can work together to make schools safer for LGBT youth right now. Columnist Dan Savage launched “It Gets Better,” a video message in response to recent youth suicides to tell LGBT youth that life gets better after high school.  The Make It Better Project takes this one step further, giving youth the tools they need to make their lives better now.

Everyone who has been thru high school knows its not a cake walk and full of levels of bullies. But unless you are a gay teen, the level of bullying you go thru is terrible and heart breaking. And that can go past high school. 

 I almost forgot to tell you about my tights. I discovered this simply FANTASTIC company called "We Love Colors" They sell tights and leggings for all sizes. I was worried I wouldn't find bright tights for my costume for under $30. I did. They cost me $15 and I am thrilled with the quality and comfortable-ness. Let's just say I'll be purchasing EVERY color under the rainbow from them!

Check them out:

http://www.welovecolors.com http://welovecolors.wordpress.com