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[crypticgirl]

It's Friday night, and I feel like I don't have a soul. This may well be because I've just watched my (disturbingly regular) allotment of American Idol. More precisely, it may well be because I've got a massive schoolgirl crush on the one male left -- the girls are totally not my type on this sort of show. But Bo Bice? Brrr. Mrrrow. Oh, and somewhere along the line I got the vague impression he can actually sin. Or sing, whatever.

The only difference between this and my schoolgirl crushes is that I didn't really go around wishing I could see the male crushees in a skirt as a hormonal teenager. I completely blame japester for this disturbing trend. This is not because I saw him rocking a mini and decided then and there that all men who wore skirts were My Thing, because as it happens JP is not really My Thing, but because seeing him wear a skirt so well made me start thinking: "Hey, I wonder if such and such guy would look good in a skirt?" I like the aesthetic, and you could argue I've liked it ever since Jofish wore a sarong and a nice smile to a formal college dinner, but that didn't make me transfer the image to most men because Jo's Y chromosone seems to have some identity issues. Of course, it's not a broad-ranging thing or a requirement. Some men might look cute with a moustache while others look like weasels crossbred with Ron Jeremy; so it is with this.

There's a point in here somewhere, and it's not the bad innuendo that stems from 'there's a point in here somewhere'. Tonight I was thinking about how good Bo would look in a skirt, and a couple of things came to mind. The first was that if I ever decide for real that I want to be mainstream and normal, I am going to be totally screwed, because that will be utterly impossible. The second, stemming from the first, was that I need to find some alternative type friends over here. I know from my experiences with moving around that friendships take time to find and then build up, but I think I'm going to run into particular problems here, because I don't do nightclubs, or raves or parties. Or much that involves talking with more than a couple of people at a time. At uni that was okay because you could make friends through lectures or clubs, and it wasn't too difficult to get around my personal tastes and disabilities. In Perth, it got harder, and here... well, here I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Sair, have you got any ideas? Anyone who hasn't lived in Canberra but who has ideas, feel free to drop 'em here too.

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[dormant-dragon.livejournal.com]

Probably the easiest way to make alternative friends is to go to some SCA meetings, be they baronial training or actual events. I'll do some nosing around, and find some website details for you - that should provide you with a list of contacts and some info on upcoming events. Most SCA people worth their salt will be welcoming and ready to assist you with ideas about garb, transport to events, etc. And in Canberra, events are usually reasonably easy to get to.

[crypticgirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'd really appreciate that. :) Life here is rough enough without people to even socialise with on a very superficial level...

Hope you're feeling better soon yourself. *hugs*