I had quite the crazy day yesterday….

I begin my day by going back to the Devachan Salon for a photo shoot for a magazine about Curly girls & whatnot (I still have yet to find out exactly what magazine and the article itself) But they called and asked if I would be a part of the shoot & I agreed.  I show up to the salon and they tweak my hair, then send through a whirlwind of "wardrobe" & "makeup".  Then it’s my turn to shoot.  I’m sitting on the stool in the studio with one person tweaking my hair, another person touching up my makeup.  It was fun.  Then they had me change necklaces and when I was held my hair up, the photographer was like "Now wait a minute!  We have to get some shots with the hair like that"  So they put a box full of bobby pins in my hair which is why it is like it is in the pictures to the right.

http://naturallycurly2.com/curlscene/entry.php?id=458&entrytype=articles

After the shoot, I booked it back to work which is located right in the heart of the Gay Pride Parade festivities.  It started out relatively calm but as the day progressed, the sidewalks got more and more conjested and the people got more and more crazy/drunk/naked.  But regardless about how you view the issue, the vibe all around was so positive and everyone was just festive and happy that they had a day to celebrate their lifestyle.  I was able to get some great pictures that you can see to the right, but the disclaimer is that they are of the "Gay Pride" festivities, so viewers be warned.

Me & my co-workers also had a good time harassing all of the police officers who would come into the gym to use the restroom.  When one of them would walk in, we’d entertain ourselves by saying "we know that’s just a costume you’re wearing for the festivities, your not really a cop."  They couldn’t arrest us for harassment ’cause they needed our bathroom so it was good times.  They even let us put an APB out for "Roach" one of the officers my co-worker thought was cute, and "Arugala" (that’s the nickname we gave him, tho his real name is similar, we just got it wrong at first and decided we liked that one better) agreed to be our on site photographer for us.  So all-in-all it was a really fun day topped off with a bang (several actually…a great fireworks display)  Who knew you "Gay Day" could be so much fun!