10 Things you didn’t know ……..

Well maybe not ten things but I thought I would add in a little bit about me since I am making up some lost time tonight.

Ok, so …. me …….

I am a regular 38 year old guy who happens to be gay. Being gay these days is a pretty run of the mill thing – we’re everywhere now, nothing special about us at all any more! :-)

I have a wonderful partner who you will see referred to here as BJ – or my Special Someone – and we marked our 4th anniversary a couple of weeks back. We have a slightly unconventional relationship in that we are still living in separate places for now, BJ lives has his own place and I share a place with my older sister - which is an entry in its own right!

BJ has two incredibly well adjusted teenage girls which makes me a Step Monster into the deal and while being that involved with kids (they’re hardly kids anymore at 15 & 17) was hardly a place I expected to be in a few years ago, I wouldn’t change it for anything now. They’re both very different in personality and a hell of a lot of fun.

Workwise – I work for the Government now but I’ve previously worked in Performing Arts (backstage, not on stage – Wardrobe) and before that, in a gay sauna. Obviously very different and both light years away from what I do now. If I had the chance to choose the job I would do for the rest of my life I would be back at the theatre in a second – although now it would need to be on regular 9 – 5 hours!!!

Through that job I had the chance to work on some fantastic productions – Les Miserbles, Mamma Mia, Sound of Music etc and work with some amazing people – some total shit heads too but good with the bad. That was in a different life though and the hours worked for me then. Older and (hopefully) wiser now, the stability or lack of it is not something I could commit to again and the hours required of you in that industry don’t fit in with my life anymore.

As tends to be the case with a lot of people who work in performing arts I also ran a drag show … for many, MANY years. I never did drag myself in all that time – as strange as it may sound, it never interested me. I did perform as a male dancer in most of the shows we did but in usually it was only because I could never get enough money out of the venues to pay me for JUST putting the show together.

I ‘retired’ from all that about 2 years ago now although I am toying with the idea of putting together a one-off show late next year – the interest is there but I’m not sure just yet if the motivation matches it …. We’ll see.

I’ll add a bit more about the show another time if anyone finds it interesting - or anything else for that matter.

Anyway ….. That’s just a little bit about me – none of it defines me but all of it has played a part in making me who I am.

Hmmmmm ! That almost sounds philosophical so on that note it’s time to sign off.

I will try not to leave it nearly a month before the next entry !!!!!

Have a good one :-)