Call Me Trixie

While it's easier than ever to watch a pro wrestling show, it's becoming more and more difficult to afford to go to a mainline show. Griffin and I were fortunate enough to go to both nights of WrestleMania 40 last year. It was a splurge but it wasn't anything overly exorbitant. We still got the nosebleed seats just to save enough to enjoy that entire weekend. We mention to each other constantly how happy we are that we went when we did. If we tried to go to a WWE major show now, for the same exact seat placement, we'd probably have to pay more than double what we did just last year (thanks TKO). The sad part is that most major entertainment ventures do this: profits over fans. However, they'll continue to increase prices because there are still fans willing to pay these huge amounts for tickets. I bring up WWE though because they've been so blatant about it. Their CEO actually mentioned how the WWE's previous owner kept prices with family in mind but that cu...

Hello, my loves. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Mine was enjoyable but I know this upcoming weekend will be both enjoyable and eventful for my trip! Anyway, this past weekend, I picked up my daughter from her mother and her idiot of a current husband from a local Comic con event on Saturday. They set up a table every year to sell whatever stupid items she's currently peddling or he's trying to sell his 3D printer figurines.  My daughter Willow also got in on the act this year as she made toys that she called "paper squishees." She cut up pieces of notebook paper, drew different characters or pictures on them, put some type of stuffing in between a couple of pages and fastened them together. I'm not sure how much she was charging for each one but she did make over $20 that day. I walked around with Griffin and Willow for a bit to check out the different booths. I ended up buying the first volume collection of the Horace H Hoover comic book. I haven't had ...

As I prepare for my three day weekend in East Rutherford next week, I've started taking inventory of things that I have, things I don't have, and doubling up on items just in case. Case in point: for my look for GCW at the American Dream, I wanted a certain palette of makeup. I had ordered a makeup kit for this occasion but I wanted to grab a few more items in case what I ordered didn't work for me. So, after work yesterday, I asked Kitty to go shopping with me. We settled on going to one of the dollar stores for our makeup needs instead of a place like Walmart. This way, there would be fewer people and better prices. While I probably could've found the items on my own, I had Kitty go with me in both an advisory role and as a confidence booster. Since I'm still new at makeup application and understanding the different factors of it, I respect Kitty's opinion on makeup styles and necessities. Plus, as stated before, this area isn't very accepting of the LGBTQ...

Something trendy for couples in recent years have been to take an online test to see what is your "Love Language." Essentially, they ask you several questions and decide which of the five categories to which you belong based on your answers. This is to decide how best your partner can love and understand you. While you get around 25 questions (depending on which website you use), they usually boil down to these main five: "Would you like your partner to perform an activity for you?" "Would you appreciate your partner listening to what you have to say?" "Would you like to receive a gift from your partner?" "Would you like to spend one on one time with your partner?" "Would you like physical contact with your partner?" They use some form of each of these questions and match them up against each other (such as would you prefer a gift or a kiss). After you answer each question presented, it gives you your archetype love language. ...

One's own mental health can be a detriment; not just to themselves but their loved ones as well. Of course, we're not the only ones who deal with such mental health issues. It seems we're surrounded by people going through similar problems these days. How do we balance our own issues with those facing our friends and family? This can be quite the balancing act and there's no one definitive answer. Every situation is different. There are absolutely times where your mind has betrayed you and the best thing is to focus on yourself. Of course, you want to close yourself off from the world and everyone around you. However, this can backfire on us as we feel like we're being "mean" or "uncooperative" by not letting others in on what's going on in our own heads. We're talked of as being selfish or having a "pity party." Trust me, I heard those last two terms many times from a certain ex of mine. But this is exactly why it's okay to...

My most recent reading adventure involved the first five volumes of Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. Once I began, I literally couldn't put them down. I finished the first volume within thirty minutes and immediately ordered the paperbacks of volumes two through five that day. For anyone (somehow) unaware, Heartstopper is a series of graphic novels involving main characters Charlie and Nick. They're both teenagers in high school in Britain. Charlie is out as gay (having been outed publicly prior to the beginning of the story). One day, he sits in a new class next to Nick and immediately begins crushing on him. Nick takes a liking to him as well but, at first, it seems totally platonic. Charlie believes that Nick is straight but pursues a friendship with him, including playing on the rugby team together. As they become closer, the supporting characters notice that their friendship seems to be blossoming into something more. While Charlie, very obviously, wants this, Nick is either ...

Hello, my loves. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was fairly uneventful due to not feeling well. Not sure if it was the effects of my medicine or catching a bug but I spent lots of time in the bathroom the last two days. Willow also wasn't feeling well but she had more of a standard cold than a stomach flu. Cough and cold medicine became her main intake this past weekend. Hopefully, the two of us will be all well this weekend. I have her two weekends in a row as a trade with my ex since I'll be traveling the weekend of the 21st. So, this upcoming weekend, Willow and I will be going to a local Comic Con type event. It happens every year (in the event center of a church, no less) where local comic sellers, jewelry sellers and general geek and nerd culture types meet up to sell their wares and cosplay as their favorite characters. A local group likes to dress up as both the 501st Legion and Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. I usually haven't since I'd been too heavy t...

As previously discussed (in My Laura Dean) I wound up unfriending my last serious girlfriend, MLD, this past summer. She responded by blocking me and immediately finding herself a new man. This was despite her telling me for the past two years that she wasn't interested in another relationship and couldn't see herself trusting someone that deeply again. I guess things change when someone who you thought would always be there for you to take advantage of suddenly has enough. But I digress. So, I moved on with my life. She moved on with hers. I figured that was the end...until a few days ago. I'm scrolling through Facebook and come across the section "People You May Know." Guess who I see staring back at me? Being the curious type, I click on the profile and find out that most of these posts are from last year. This leaves two possibilities: this is one of her side accounts or she's limiting what I can see. Now, she has several side accounts that she'll deac...

Somewhat of an update on the dating app situation for me. I was at two but am down to one (a popular dating app beginning with a "T" presented me with no real success). I'm still on one that's supposed to cater to members of the LGBTQ community. While I haven't had any true, deep connections yet, it has been very nice (and flattering) to get attention from so many people. I did go off app with one person. We've been texting off and on for over a month now. I think we would've met up by now if now for certain issues with which they're currently dealing. Without going into too many of their details, they're having employment issues after losing their most recent job and it's affecting their mental state; as anyone could imagine. One day, when we were talking about it, they mentioned, "Can't ask you out on a date though until I have some income."  Granted, I could just ask them out but... Part of me is excited about being asked out. ...

It's a common practice to talk about the things we'd like to do before we "kick the bucket" (the so named Bucket List). Some people actively chase after these tasks and moments. Others put them off for now until sometime later. Sadly, later doesn't always come up. My mom mentions that her biggest regret was not traveling more when she was younger (my dad's only vacation destination was to visit my sister and he only ever wanted to eat out at the same exact restaurant). Now, sadly, she's physically unable to travel very much. Granted, we take family vacations but it's not quite as impactful as traveling abroad. In this sense, I'm spoiled as I've accomplished almost everything on my list: Travel to Japan (check). Attend Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome (I did two nights worth in 2020). Attend WrestleMania (both nights in Philly in 2024). Get married (for better or MUCH worse...for eight years). Have a child (my lovely, little Willow). Become a r...

While it's not one of the "big ones," such as the midterms or the Presidential elections, today is still voting day. You could say that elections like this are even more important since they cover local offices that can affect you everyday. I was born and raised as a Republican because of my parents and their background. However, I became more and more liberal in my thinking once I got to college and beyond. In fact, it became clear to me that my thought process growing up had usually been socially liberal anyway. I officially changed parties to Democrat in 2016. I refused to be associated with Drumpf and the way in which he'd bastardized my idea of the Grand Old Party. I don't have to tell you how upset I was over the results from last year. That orange faced goon won lots of support by actively campaigning against LGBTQ causes, especially the trans community. Not only did his base just lap it up but it felt like Democratic leadership wasn't doing nearly enou...

Hello, my loves. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine wound up vastly different from how I initially thought it would be. So, last week, I was planning on another shopping trip with Kitty and/or Griffin for Saturday. Well, Griffin ended up having to work and Kitty wound up getting sick. I figured I'd end up having another boy mode weekend. That is until Griffin said he was off on Sunday and could hang out to watch football with my mom and myself. It was time to put in the work; like all ladies do. Now, normally, I would just wait for the next Willow weekend to be Trixie. Well, I have her the next two weekends and the weekend after that is my trip to the American Dream Mall. So, it was this weekend or wait all month. Since I hadn't been Trixie for a while (or hadn't put in much work doing so), I was in serious need of hair removal. I decided to experiment a bit in that area. Usually, I go with either my manual razor or hair removal cream. This time, I started by tryi...