After a few days of letting the dust settle from the entire chaos of Trannyshack Halloween in San Francisco and the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval soak it, I am now ready to deal with the whole experience.
Trannyshack Halloween was great as always. I think the entire "team" had a blast overall. I will have to agree that the performance wasn't "really that good" but it is/was what it is/was, and we gave it our all considering the few bumps in the road we had to encounter. I know Toxic Waist is grateful for those who gave their time and effort in re-creating Camp Toxic Waist for the NorCal audience.
I have a feeling most people don't know where to categorize Toxic Waist. She is not a "glam girl", and she doesn't want to be. She is a total clown. Dare I say an outcast... even in the performance world. She has no interest in wanting to be on RuPaul's Drag Race. And the bitch doesn't do "Heather drag". I think that is where the issue sometime lies.
With that being said, I think I can summarize what happened at Camp Toxic Waist in what I like to call "the three strikes":
Strike 1: The Toxic Waist Team was from LA. Not to say that everyone was looking down on the girls from Los Angeles, but so far my experience is anytime you mention you are from La La Land, and if you go so far to say that you love living there, the reverse snobbery is ugly.
Strike 2: In comparison to the other performances, Camp Toxic Waist was one of the shortest. I guess attempting to cram all of the "events" into just over four minutes doesn't/didn't do it justice.
Strike 3: The big reveal of blood was a complete let down. The ball was totally dropped. Unfortunately, the blood wasn't checked for squirting consistency and the sprayer was clogged up - something that wasn't discovered until the return home.
Always a silver lining: Live and learn. At least Toxic Waist can say she/he/it had the time of her/his/it's life and was humbled by the opportunity to perform at Trannyshack. If she/he/it gets a chance to perform again here in Los Angeles, hopefully things will run much smoother. It's still early for Team Toxic Waist - who knows what they have up their sleeves in the future.