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her-one-true-love · 4 years

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Life Update

Hey hi hello!

So it’s been a hot minute since I was actually on here. (like 6 years oops. I didn’t think my account would still be active.. Anyways...) And I don’t know, recently with so many things going on in the world I kinda felt like having a blog to escape too. A place where I could come and vent, or just look at things that I can forget about life for a while. It’s not like I can do much more right now but go to work (and I am beyind grateful that I’m still employed and working) and head back home again. I live in Melbourne, and we’re still under some pretty strict lockdown rules for those of you playing at home. And I was thinking I could start a new blog and then thought nah, too much effort. So I checked to see if my Tumblr was active and it was. Saves a set up and I still have a bunch of awesome people I follow that hadn’t deactivated.

So, under the read more I’ll do a bit of a wrap up of what I’ve been up to since 2014...

2014

Not a lot really happened here. I don’t really know why I stopped using Tumblr either. I was really just working and going to concerts like I normally would. One highlight was getting pulled up on stage during ‘Dancing In The Dark’ at a Bruce Springsteen concert. One of my fave memories really.

2015

I did a bit more travelling, with a trip to the UK to go to some of the shows on the S Club 7 reunion tour, and I have no regrets (except booking the flights I did because I almost got stranded in Singapore because of a flight delay with one airline making me miss flights on another. But I did make some new friends on that little detour so that was nice and they kept me sane) I went to New Zealand and had some fun. And really, just worked. Nothing too crazy

2016

Not too much to report here either really, I started planning (and booked) my trip to the USA which I took in 2017 (more on that soon haha) and just lived my life really. Travelled a little. But really, nothing to note haha.

2017

This was a year. I went to NZ a couple of times (in Feb for a quick trip, and then again in July for a wedding) and of course my big USA trip. 6 weeks of not having to worry about much of anything. Except when Greyhound lost my suitcase for 53 hours and I almost had to leave Austin for Miami without it. But it was such a good trip. I went to San Francisco and saw the Golden Gate Bridge (and walked it and damn my legs haha) and Alcatraz. Plus the Painted Ladies and the house they used for the outside shot of Full/Fuller House. Then Hollywood where I stayed right in the heart of Hollywood and got to see a taping of the first season of the Will and Grace reboot. And I did the Paramount tour which was awsome. And I finally got to meet a friend I had known for years too. I did a quick trip to Vegas and went up the Stratosphere and did the rides and they were insane. And I saw the Human Nature show at the Venetian. On to Austin (never again on Greyhound, it was like 33 hours and they lost my luggage. I should have just forked out for the flight. But if I hadn’t I might not have started speaking to a friend that I still have today.) which I did a day trip to Waco to go to the Silos, but beyond that I was drained and didn’t enjoy it as much as I should have done. But the friend that I made did get me out of the hostel (we were on the same coach Dallas-Austin and turned out we were in the hostel in the same dorm haha!) a bit and I did some drunk karaoke! On to Miami and i walked the beach and went for drinks with a couple of girls in my room and caught up with a friend south of Miami, again, finally meeting them in person. New Orleans was the next stop and and i loved wandering the old streets and the WW2 museum was fascinating. A place I want to go back too. After that was Chicago, and I got to see a Cubs game and toured Wrigley Field. Wandered Millenium Park and soaked up the awesome. I did a day trip to Toronto too. But it poured all day till I had to leave for the airport so that was annoying! On to the big apple NYC and I fell in love. I sat in Times Square, went to places that were used as outside shots for some shows, saw School Of Rock on Broadway, and visited the 9/11 memorial museum. I also did a Gossip Girl tour. Then Boston. Such a historical city and I walked the common and the gardens, did a walking tour of movie sites and saw Bruno Mars play at TD Garden. After that I hit up upstate New York and stayed with some friends, again finally meeting them in person after years and years. It was nice to just relax and do nothing much after such a fast paced holiday. After that I spent a night again back in NYC then a night in LA before I flew home. Once this pandemic is well and trulyover and done I want to go back and see some places again and explore places I didn’t get too.

2018

Again, not a lot to report. I didn’t really have any leave to take to go do much of anything hahaha. I got into watching Drag and Drag Race and got to see a couple of shows which was fun, and made some friends because of it. Some I talk too and some I don’t but all in all, a decent year

2019

A couple of quick trips (a week in Queenstown, NZ and a few days on the Gold Coast) and a few drag shows and concerts. Really not too much to say

2020

Well, before the year turned to utter shit, January I just worked and then February I spent all of in NZ. I saw some shows, caught up with some friends and made some new ones (one of which, one of her best friends was one of the people I got stranded in Singapore with in 2015. Small world right??) I went to some places I had been before (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown) and went to a couple for the first time (Taupo and Dunedin) and just all in all, had such a good trip.

Then the pandemic smacked us all in the face and I had to cancel a bunch of trips and leave applications at work coz things have been postponed until next year. So I’ve really just been working (I work at a supermarket, so I haven’t stopped, and again, I am so grateful to still be in work) And Living in Melbourne has been kinda tough (lockdowns and a limit on how far from home we can go and a curfew and carrying a permit so I don’t get in trouble for being out after curfew coz i would finish work as it started. The curfew is over now at least but we still have a ways to go to get out of this other stuff)

And one thing that really threw me was the sad passing of Naya Rivera. She was someone who, through her portrayal of Santana Lopez (along with Heather Morris’ portryal of Brittany) and the Brittana relationship, helped me be okay with who I am. It hit harder and it still hurts to think about. If you followed me back in the day, you’ll remember how much of a Brittana/Brittany/Santana stan I was. And I still am. And all this has rekindled my love for Glee and what I gave me. And I’ve started writing fanfic again (I might link when I get the updates uploaded coz I haven’t had a chance to type them up and upload. Coz I write on paper first aha) and it’s been a source of comfort and let me escape reailty for a while.

2021

If all goes to plan, I’ll be seeing some more drag shows, Including the postponed AU/NZ Trixie and Katya UNHhhh Live tour which was meant to be June this year but is now July next year, and me and a friend have tickets to every city because we could. So please, people, act responsibly, don’t be a dick, and follow the rules so that maybe, we can see the other end of this sooner rather than later.

So. That’s that. I guess there’s stuff I missed but that’s the main stuff haha. If you got through all this, you deserve an award. I’m gonna try be a little active here and actually use this again. I see stuff on my timeline and I see accounts that haven’t changed their name (or did but kept the old one as back ups on a dormant URL) and I’m like I remember them and I smile. I think back to when Tumblr was where we all were all the time. And I’ve already found some awesome new accounts to follow too!

Till next time,

xoxo

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