catch-up london style, #3

i hopped across the pond just over a week ago, and finally have the interwebs at home again. meet the catch-up post, dated for your (my) convenience.

le 4 octobre 2012

today is hangover day, which is really rather unfortunate. i feel like rubbish, although it’s not even 10am yet, so hopefully i shake it off in a bit. that’s what you get when you never drink and then decide half a bottle of wine and vodka lemonade are a good idea. last night was the lgbt night for the school and they rented out the basement of the village, one of soho’s clubs. it was quite evident whenever we came up for air that the club is more for older gay men, but it was pleasant enough last night. we had an interesting time being the only postgrads at the event – it’s funny how the difference of only two years can be so significant when you’re dealing with people doing their master’s and people who are just starting their first degree.

fun fact – “on the pull” is the british term for “pick up,” so if someone asks, “are you on the pull tonight?” they’re actually asking, “are you looking to pick anyone up tonight?”

i met one of the queens from season four of rupaul’s drag race, which was pretty neat, and funny when she gave me the dirty eye for being canadian. i was up with my friends while they smoked when she walked by, and a couple of gay men i was chatting with recognized her and called her over. she was headed to madame jojo’s to perform at tranny shack, which is an event (hopefully a weekly one).

another fun fact – in the uk, everyone uses the term “tranny.” back home, it’s incredibly offensive. i’m going to have to be careful which words end up slipping into my vocabulary, although given that i automatically cringe whenever i hear someone say “tranny,” i should be okay…

i plan on checking out jojo’s some more. it was all kings and queens in the line (a lot of the kings had terrible facial hair…some of our kings back home could teach them a few tricks). i’m not sure if we have to drag up (re: dress in drag) to get in or not, but we’ll see. and apparently i’m going to love brighton when i go with my flatmate and her friend – it’s much more queer and much less gay (depending on who you’re with, of course).

plans for today are quite loose, but i think i may go to campus to get some more work done, check out the swiss cottage library, and maybe drop into loop london, the major yarn shop (and sister-shop to our loop in halifax). then tonight is the camden pub crawl, which we’re all going to. i’m not drinking tonight…