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[crfriend]

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[ChristopherJ]

So - what was the Izzard gig like then? I want to hear all the news. Did you see any good skirt styles there for men?

TELL ME!!!!

[Emerald Witch]

So - what was the Izzard gig like then? I want to hear all the news. Did you see any good skirt styles there for men?

TELL ME!!!!

I will, I will! Gimme a chance to GO to the darned thing first! It's tonight, silly. 8pm at the Seattle Rep.

I'm still so nervous!

A mysterious series of events seem to be conspiring to discourage me from going tonight. Freeway blockages, babysitting issues, strange monetary crises, etc. So far nothing terrible enough to actually stop me, but enough to make me wonder why Loki is messing me around...

So I'm keeping my eyes peeled.

And while I'm there, I'll be sure to note any cool fashions I see on the men, and report back to you, Christopher!

(Though if what I guess is correct, at least 75% of his audience may be female.)

[AMM]

WSmac's humourous quip: "homo skirtus adorus" was another one that used roots and modifiers, but comes out to more or less mean "one who loves identical skirts" ("homo" means "same", not "man").

(Pardon me while I put on my Perfesser hat.)

Latin noun: Homo, hominis (m) -- man (cf. vir, viri -- also man, but emphasizes manliness)
as in "homo sapiens", or "ad hominem"

Greek adjective: homos, homa (?), homon -- same (ant.: heteros, hetera, heteron)
as in "homonym"

-- AMM, a.k.a homo pedanticus.

[Emerald Witch]

So - what was the Izzard gig like then? I want to hear all the news. Did you see any good skirt styles there for men?

TELL ME!!!!

Okay... As promised!


The gig was terrific! However, I only saw one man in a skirt there, and it was NOT Eddie (who looked rather schlumpy, actually, in old jeans and a jacket, and a three-day whiskery look).

Our skirted friend was a fine-looking gentleman about 6'4" of a husky-bald nature, wearing a crimson red shirt and a black utilikilt with black suspenders. Very dapper on his large frame.

I suspect Eddie wasn't feeling his best. He looked just worn out, poor thing. Though his performance was pretty darned great, he was a little touchy with the audience at times, and afterwards when he came out (and I got him to sign an autograph for me, yay!) he seemed so quiet as to be almost folded in, like eggwhites in a chiffon. I was afraid he'd break if we talked too loudly.

Gosh, what a nice fellow, though. He stood there and let folks have their little photographs taken with him. Let them have their autographs, whatever they wanted. Let me hand him my fan letter. I mean, the guy looks like hell on toast and obviously just wants to go to bed, but still takes the time to allow his fans to show their love. Good thing there weren't that many of us. Probably about ten of us waiting outside the stage door. First fan to last I estimate it really only took about five or ten minutes.

My heart was pounding, and my hands were shaking the whole time.

I had it all planned out in my head all the things I was going to say to him, and how calm and cool I'd sound. And naturally when the moment came I sounded like a complete moron and could barely speak at all. I'm glad I had written what I really wanted to communicate in a letter. I hope he reads it.

Hey, he might!

I mentioned this site (among other things). I thought he'd like knowing that there are people in the world working to help folks gain acceptance and open the minds of people about men in skirts, etc.

I could go into details about the gig if you'd like, but I think that might make this post extra-EXTRA long, and that might be awkward. I am going to post details on Eddie's website, under the "Tours" category, which for some strange reason seems currently to have zero entries. So I get to be the first! YaaaaaaaaaY!

Boy, have I got a lot to say! I actually brought along my notebook! I took NOTES!

The Gladiator Fly story is unique. He got attacked by a fly onstage -- flew right into his face and smacked him right between the eyes! Then he had about twenty minutes of asking the audience if this fly should live or die... chasing it around the stage, asking for a rolled-up newspaper (which nobody had) watching it slowly walk all the way across the stage while he sang the theme song to "Alfie", and then pretending he intended to let it live because he was having a Buddhist moment...

Still feeling charged up. It's almost one in the morning... Gotta go post my scoop to the other Eddie Fans! But you guys are so special, you got my first attention. Lotsa love...

[crfriend]

Latin noun: Homo, hominis (m) -- man (cf. vir, viri -- also man, but emphasizes manliness) as in "homo sapiens", or "ad hominem"

Aw, blimey! I completely spaced the Latin. Thanks for mopping up my mess!

-- AMM, a.k.a homo pedanticus.

Ya gotta love this place!!! {thumbs up}

[ChristopherJ]

Emerald Witch ~

Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the Eddie Izzard gig. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I've never seen him live, but he has been on TV a lot in the UK and I've read one of his books, so I know a little about him.

I'm a bit sad that there was only one - or maybe a few - men in skirts there. But that may be because Eddie has moved away from emphasising his transvestism to concentrating on his role as an entertainer. I know that most of his fans are girls - but I thought that a few men in skirts or TV people would be there. I would have liked to pick up some style tips. Oh well.

I had it all planned out in my head all the things I was going to say to him, and how calm and cool I'd sound. And naturally when the moment came I sounded like a complete moron and could barely speak at all.

That made me laugh - as I met Mick Jagger once ( I was backstage security at an Earls Court, London, gig - and he came out of his caravan and brought a couple of cans of coke to me and this other security guy). He was really cool and said "Hiya guys - I thought you'd be thirsty so I brought you some cola"

I just stood there with my mouth hanging open . . .

LOL!

[Sasquatch]

How about "skirt flirts"? I like easy rhymes.
Sasq

[Emerald Witch]

Emerald Witch ~

I had it all planned out in my head all the things I was going to say to him, and how calm and cool I'd sound. And naturally when the moment came I sounded like a complete moron and could barely speak at all.

That made me laugh - as I met Mick Jagger once ( I was backstage security at an Earls Court, London, gig - and he came out of his caravan and brought a couple of cans of coke to me and this other security guy). He was really cool and said "Hiya guys - I thought you'd be thirsty so I brought you some cola"

I just stood there with my mouth hanging open . . .

LOL!

I think it's like the prank Mother Nature plays on us at puberty. Just when we want to look and sound our best, to impress a potential partner, we suddenly appear the worst we've ever looked in our life! Why is that? Is She trying to weed out the mis-matches? Is this fair? I so think not...

SEE, GUYS? It isn't any easier for us ladies when we have to approach you. You feel all nervous and afraid of being rejected? Well, so do we!

Of course, it is a little easier when you're a 40-year-old witch. Most of that puberty stuff has finally gotten over with by now. Mostly.

For example, Mr. Red-Shirt/Black Utilikilt became my best friend at the theatre, because I was stuck there alone, having arrived late and not being able to meet up with my friend Michelle. I'd passed him once already, and paid him a quick compliment about how sharp he looked. Finding myself in need, I boldly approached him and asked if he might have a cell phone I could borrow, which he did, and I did. Nice guy!

I have often relied upon the kindness of strangers.

[Skirt Chaser]

Finding myself in need, I boldly approached him and asked if he might have a cell phone I could borrow, which he did, and I did. Nice guy!

There is a nice side benefit of his aid, he probably has the number through which he can make contact again with the lovely, skirted-guy appreciative Miss Witch! Tell your friend to pass your number on if some guy calls saying he met you at Eddie's show.