DJ Seth Cooper (Photo by Seabrook Jones/juicythis.com)
TRES GAY Well, I'm so embarrassed I could die. I discovered at the
Octo Tea Dance auction that my fair market value is approximately $750. A
paltry $750, mind you. I was wearing
jewelry that cost more than that! It was especially galling when friends such as
Heath Riddles went for $1,110 and
Graydon Parrish went for $1,250. Dammit! Where was
my spotter – the one I'd authorized to bid up to $2,500 for me? But at least someone bought me, though instead of the lovely evening of dining, clubbing, and entertainment that I'd planned, my purchasers intend to fly me to Dallas for some sort of military shindig. Can you imagine? I'm sure I'll feel like
Jayne Mansfield doing a
USO tour. The Octo Tea Dance was once again a smashing success, and nearly everyone I questioned agreed that the
Long Center was the
perfect setting for the biggest, gayest party in Austin.
Stephen Rice, my sister in crime, and I camped it up mercilessly with Riddles on his radio show,
OutCast (
KOOP 91.7, Sundays, 6pm), during the party. We laughed; we cried; we did each other's hair. We were so gay you could hear it from outer space. Listen to us howl at
www.outcastaustin.com.
The Head Octopi of the Octopus Club: (l-r) Rich Segal, Michelle Patterson, Mark Erwin, and Arthur Landin (Photo by Seabrook Jones/juicythis.com)
Dancers at the dance on the terrace of the Long Center (Photo by Seabrook Jones/juicythis.com)
