The Miss E Of Worlds Most Hated (E's for Eerie, not Elated)

So, Jeffree Star's little 4 day tour kinda ripped, as E Cuts would say. And now I am going to talk all about it. WHEE!

So this was my first time "tour" managing as opposed to "event" managing. The difference? It was multiple days. So YAY ME! I was the driver, merch girl, tech, FOH engineer (the people you see at the sound board during the show, if you're curious), the accountant, the roadie, and the tour manager... which made me all sorts of happy because I like being busy.

DAY ONE - The Avalon

I dashed straight from work to Sarah Dope's house to pick her up. After getting a little attitude from security, we walked in and I found Peaches's TM, Amy, who gave me laminates and wrist bands. I ran about, getting everyone settled, meeting the staff, setting up sound check, and going over merch with Ben. Since we didn't have anyone to do it and our list and crew numbers were limited, Ben and I shared the duties. He got it set up while I got everything else in order then I hopped behind the table to hawk tshirts.

Whitey's merch girl, Nic, totally ruled. We bonded over the absolutely stunning lack of fashion sense displayed by Peaches fanbase. Gold lame pants + red leopard print shirt + aqua blue belt + tube socks + sneakers = OH HELL NO! It was bad news bears.

We had the best seat in the house to watch and could see clear to the stage. I never really knew who peaches was before going to Vegas last week. That style of music is not my thing. But I got to chatter with the Dim Mak records peeps and meet a whole bunch of J*'s friends. The bst was having to walk in Perez Hilton when they wanted him to wait at the will call. Uhhhhhhhhhh no.

DAY TWO - also the Avalon

It was pretty much the same, me running around then getting stuck at merch then me running around again. The only events of note was Jeffree making fun of Lindsay Lohan onstage and her coming up to us after, wanting to hang out. Knowing that we had tour plans in the AM, I skipped out on Hyde and Area and such both nights to settle up and be ready. I did, however, take three seconds to walk up to the Spider Club, say "this is lame", and leave. Call me a snob but I like to sleep.

DAY THREE - Empire Theater, Sacremento

We got up at 8am to go. I ran and go my oil changed, got hit on by some crazy WOW fans (gamers!), and cleaned out my messy car before busting ASS up the 5 to Sac. I drove the whole 6 hour trip because I'm a nutcase. The theater looked like trash from the outside but inside it was fairly large. However, there was only one dressing room so they put us in their private bar next door... but some jackass painted half the floor. So we had to cordon off sections and stuff. It was annoying. We pulled up, checked in, and decided to hole up in the hotel that was suggested on the day sheet. We had been planning on staying with J*'s friend but he was in LA so we had to shell out for a hotel. Luckily, it was close by so we used it to get ready and thus avoid the dressing room fiasco.

We returned to the venue with low expectations. Jeffree was to hit the stage at 6pm... on a friday. We weren't expecting a high turn out that early and low and behold, there were only about 40 people. As they played his intro music and Johnny and Nicole took the stage, he came up to me and hugged me. He didn't want to play and was not happy about the turnout.

Needless to say, we were surprised. Those 40 kids made more noise than the full Avalon he had played too the night before. They screamed and pressed up into the barricade and fought to get close. Then they ALL lined up after the show, skipping Whitey's set, to get pictures and autographs. The line, which had additions by the time his set was through, stretched all down the back of the club and around the corner wall. It was kind of intense and made us all really happy.

PS some girl literally CRIED on my shoulder when she found out I knew Jeffree. It was kinda hella intense. I was like "calm down, here is a tshirt, do you have a camera? No? I'll take a picture and email it to you." And she wouldn't stop sobbing. She asked if she could touch me and I was like "............... um. That's different." Kinda awkward.

The lovely Dirty Diana took 4 hours to join us but finally made it, dragging Dani along just so I could know she was real. We hung out smoking and chatting and looking at musicsecrets about Marshall. (I know who you are, my dear. Okay, you friend posted it bu still...... hee hee hee

martini_romance on LJ lost a friend to Cystic Fibrosis and JeffreeRutt on Buzznet lost a sister to domestic violence. So I'm donating a little extra to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and SAFE in their memories. Its not much since I've exhausted my fund for charities for the season but I'm asking all of you if you'd like to help honor their memories to donate or volunteer some time or even just pss this message on and get other's to donate to these two good causes.

Thank you.

Okay, so a couple of people have asked me what is on my Christmas list. So, here you go. This is a list of all the many, many things I want for xmas! Have fun!



I fooled you! I don't actually want anything more than to get home and back safely and maybe some nice comments. I would really, honestly prefer if you guys donated even the smallest amount to the charity of your choice. That way, I feel rad, you feel rad, and someone who really needs it feels rad. SPREAD THE RADNESS! (I totally stole that from my myspace comment on my fansite because its a rad comment. Rule.)

So, even if you do get me something, please toss even $1 towards your local Salvation Army dude with a bell or another worthwhile charity. Think up a cause that is close to your heart and find a charity that addresses the issue. Here are the charities I'll be donating to this year and that I am active within all year. And if you want to do more than just toss money at an issue, PLEASE get involved! Its really easy to do and it does a lot of good. Then 10 minutes a take every morning to do my ACLU action alerts makes me feel better and, hopefully betters the world!

• The West Memphis Three Defense Fund - A fund for the defense of 3 men falsely accused of murder. If you don't know about this case, please visit the site or watch Paradise Lost: The Childhood Murders in Robin Hood Hills
  
• Stop Abuse For Everyone - SAFE is an organization I've been active in since high school and I think its really important. Domestic abuse happens to all ages, genders, sexualities... Domestic Abuse doesn't discriminate and neither should abuse help services. SAFE is commited to providing services and protection for all domestic abuse victims.
  
• The Human Rights Campaign - HRC is dedicated to protecting GLBT rights in the United States.
  
• The American Civil Liberties Union - The ACLU is probably my favorite charity because I think they do the best job of supporting the actual RIGHTS instead of a party view of the rights. There has been many a time they've stood up for people who I think are immoral bastards... but are within their rights as Americans. They are, without a doubt, the easiest charity to get involved with and one of the most important considering how trashed our rights have been lately.
  
• Any Soldier - This site RULES! If you've ever uttered the phrase - support our troops, you better back it up. This site offers care packages for soldiers and will mail them out to our troops in the service. If you don't know who to send care packages to or how to do it, this site does it all for you. And you usually get a cool letter back from whomever gets it. I now have a couple of pen pals in the service thanks to this site.
  
• The Salvation Army International - If you're overseas, the Salvation Army is too. They do charity work all across the globe and make it easy for you to help!
  
• American's For the Arts - As you'll see in this month's news article, the arts are dying in US schools and we have to fight to save them.
  
• The International Rescue Committee - Another internation organization that cares for refugees all across the world. They are one of the best, most ethical organizations on the planet and have been working dilligently to help the Gulf Coast rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
  
• Network For Good: Katrina Relief - If you're interested in Katrina Relief, the Network for Good has a bunch of links to donation programs. (I'm doing Habitat for Humanity and ACORN, if you're wondering.) And if you look around the site, they'll link you to charities for almost any cause you can think of. This is just my list of what I'm interested in. If there is a cause close to your heart, look around network for good and they can help you find it!

Thanks for listening to me soap box a little, guys. If you can donate or bug your parents into donating even the smallest amount to a charity. And if you can't afford to donate or want to do more, please consider volunteering. Almost every charity has things that urgently need to be done that you can do from your keyboard at home.

Thank you.