I'm sure I've mentioned the "First Thursday" gathering before, but I'll sum it up again.
Every month, on the first Thursday of the month, there is a gathering of CD / TV people and allies, at a gay bar in Green Bay. I used to attend these with some regularity, prior to 2020. The reason I stopped going was because of how political I saw them becoming. I am not a liberal, or a Democrat, nor am I sympathetic to any of their beliefs. I do not suffer morons, gladly or otherwise. If I can't enjoy spending time with other people who share my weird proclivities without some liberal jackass pushing their ideology on me, I'm not interested.
Now, I could discuss why I'm not a liberal, and discuss it at great length, but that's not what this post is for. The purpose of this post is to explain what I did with my evening tonight.
Anyway, because of the political thing, I stopped going. Then came my lovely fiancee's surgery, and the resultant complications. Then my own health problems took center stage. Long story long, over 5 years passed, and I decided to give it another go.
Last month, I did my very best makeup look (which is still quite awful, I assure you), put on a wig (which I hate with a purple passion), a beautiful red sequined dress, black tights with seams in the back AND the front, heels, jewelry, etc. I drove to Green Bay, attended the First Thursday event, and generally had a good time. One attendee insisted on bringing up politics, in that way that liberals like to, to which I responded by spending the rest of the evening staying out of that individual's presence as much as I could manage.
This month, encouraged by last month, I got all dolled up again (and looked quite hideous, I'm plenty sure) and drove to the event with a friend I'd made back when I was a more regular participant. This is a person who lives in the same city as me, so I offered to drive this time.
I really must learn not to dress so flashy for these things. Tonight, I wore a very sparkly silver LulaRoe Nichole dress, glossy nude tights, chunky heels, and a wig (which I hate to my very core) colored blue, pink and purple. Other attendees, including my friend and road companion, wore slacks and sneakers.
The night was decent, again. My social awkwardness got pretty severe toward the end, and I was happy to trade my heels for flats and ditch the medieval torture device from atop my dome, jump in the car and head home. The same individual who wouldn't stop spewing liberal drivel last month was there again, and I pre-emptively avoided contact tonight, which worked a treat.
As much as I'd like to go next month, my work schedule won't allow it. I'm also scheduled to work the first Thursday and Friday of December, but I have vacation time to burn, so I'll likely use it for that.
You would think this would have satisfied my Jones for dress-wearing. When I got home, I traded my dress for a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. That lasted about 30 minutes, and I was craving the sweet embrace of the dress sitting on my dresser, so I tagged out the shorts and t-shirt in favor of a pretty pink bra and a beautiful red dress.
I'm a creature of habit...

