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thedreadvampy · 2 years

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the really fun thing about performing drag for my friends is that they're super unobservant

twice now I've done a number towards the middle of the night where I've been going around for hours wearing a secret reveal piece and NOBODY has clocked it even though it's shoddy as hell

when I did my Noel Coward bit I was walking around in velcroed together tearaway trousers with braces attached UNDER the waistband and for like 3 hours I kept having to sneak off to revelcro the waistband bc it was coming apart. every time I moved it sounded like bubble wrap popping. and yet everyone was fully gagged when they came off

Saturday night I had a whole full size pride flag hidden in my tits all night. and I have H-cup tits already and was wearing a corset so finding space for that was an achievement. Sam poked my boob and was like WOW THAT'S RIGID and I was just like 🤷‍♀️ corsets man.

(nobody got it on film but the denouement of my fucking. 10 minute dance number why didn't I use the radio edit. was pulling out the flag to the line 'and the last thing I see is my heart still beating, breaking out of my body and flying away')

but the thing that really tickled me is I did it again towards the end of the night for someone who arrived late. and despite me very obviously picking up the flag and excusing myself from the room AND repacking it really shoddily so you could fully see it in my cleavage. like 3 people were exactly as surprised as they were the first time they were like WE DIDN'T THINK YOU'D PULL OUT THE REVEAL AGAIN.

I love them I love my friends not one of them has working eyes.

#I'm talking like I'm doing Real Drag when what I'm doing is going a bit overboard on doing a little dance for my friends #but the thing is. my whole life I've been like IF ONLY I HAD PERFORMANCE SKILLS #and the idea that people might ENJOY WATCHING things that come really naturally to me #dancing lipsynching costuming makeup #is intoxicating like. I'm turning into a narcissism monster I'm just coming out here like #COME TO MY HOUSE AND WATCH ME DO A LITTLE DANCE I'M GOING TO BE SO IMPRESSIVE #BUT LIKE not to be narcissistic bc #my friends are so good at this stuff too #my pal did Jessica Rabbit and Kofi sang Why Don't You Do Right live while they lipsynced along and danced #jay did OK2BGAY which was such a blast from the past i lost itttttt #Sam sang Snake Eater while wearing a skirt covered in teeth #like 4 of us drunkenly did an impromptu rendition of Cell Block Tango #but also when i say why didn't i use the radio edit. bat out of hell is 9 and a half minutes long and i was very energetically going for it #and after both performances i was so out of breath i had to go sit and breathe in the other room for like 10 minutes #that's a workout man #also i was pretty far gone the second time and after 1 and a half successful runthroughs dancing in platform heels #i fell over while trying todo the squatting backwards walk thing and knocked everything off the bookcase #think i recovered well but i have a big and quite sore graze on my knee #anyway if i can convince ppl to be into a third drag night i might organise a lipsync tournament #bc my friend kept suggesting it with increasing enthusiasm but then we couldn't pick a song everyone knew #so i think it needs a bit of ahead of time crowdsourcing #red said

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