Pageants; New Movie; the Advent of Ms. D. Meanor’s YouTube Invasion; and the Methotrexate Experience
Writing by Ms. D. Meanor on Thursday, 13 of September , 2007 at 10:58 pm
So it’s been a minute. Get over yourself, you’ll live without my words of bewilderment. 
First cab off the ranks would be my sojourn back into the world of pageantry. As some of you know (since you were there) I am the newly crowned Miss Dayton Gay Pride 2007-2008. The pageant happened Sunday, Sept. 2 and I competed against my very dear sister, Alana Reign. The two of us will move forward in November to Miss Ohio Gay Pride, happening Nov. 9, 10, and 11 at Axis nightclub.
A quick word on the pageantry that I’ve jumped into… I haven’t done (real) pageants in almost a decade, because I disagree with the concept of putting myself up for five or seven strangers to judge me based mostly on their own opinions and experiences. However, I’ve known people involved in this system for many years now, and have become very close friends with a former Miss Ohio Gay Pride. I’ve come to find that the system is fair and based on definitive outlined rules. Additionally, once you win the state title, you don’t go on to a national competition. This means no taking a week’s vacation from my day job to go on and work my night job in a far off state where I have to pay for a hotel room. Onward and upward…
Second topic: A new movie. Friday October 12th you will find me sitting a movie theater watching the second installation of one of my absolute favorite movies. That movie would be Elizabeth, The Golden Age. I could’ve just widdled myself when I found out!
Next we shall discuss the coming of Ms. D. Meanor to YouTube. Recently, my darling Lil’ Aaron pointed out that there are very few videos of me on YouTube, which he considered odd seeing as I have my own DVD full of old videos of myself. He suggested taking all the various and sundry videos from the DVD and putting them on YouTube, to which I would have been happy to comply if I only had my DVD. I lost the original DVD file that I had on my computer when I was cleaning out old files and the last copy of the DVD was in Lil’ Aaron’s hot little hands. Being the good boy he is, he shipped the DVD to me to scalp and put online. Keep your eyes peeled, they’ll be out there soon!
And last (definitely least exciting for me), let us alight upon the topic of dermatology. For years, I’ve had a spot of dry skin show up here and there, and always assumed it was eczema, as my parents suffer from eczema and dry skin also. Additionally, it’s no surprise that I’d have dry skin, since I routinely peel off several layers with a razor when I shave. So I go to the dermatologist, he looks me over and decides I have streptoccocil psoriasis. To make a long story short (too late) psoriasis is thought to be genetic and generally very mild (like mine in the past several years, but does flare up with a catalyst of some kind, such as stress (ie an upcoming pageant), excessive alcohol (ie thank you new bartender Brian), smoking (ie picked it back up in June after a 3 year stint without them) or an infection, such as a strep infection (ie strep throat, although strep infections can come in various differing kinds). And if it’s going to flare up it generally does so between the ages of 30 and 40. Happy motherfuckin 31st birthday to me.
The physician’s solution is to treat any lurking strep infection with antibiotics and treat the psoriasis flare with methotrexate (to treat the psoriasis). Now let’s talk about that methotrexate… the medicine lowers your immune system. Low doses are used to treat psoriasis (which is essentially an overreaction of the immune system), mid-doses are used to treat arthritis (including psoriatic (psoriasis-related) arthritis) and high doses are used to treat cancer, as in chemotherapy! Wonderful right? I’ve been assured my hair won’t fall out though. There are however a few issues that might cause problems…
First, no prolonged exposure to sunlight, the fake or real kind. Not that big of a problem really, as I don’t go into the daylight that often. Second, and this is the BIG one, no liquor at all. It can put me into a coma while I’m on the methotrexate. So if you see me at the bar, buy me a water (don’t bother with soda, I have to cut back on caffeine too). PEW.
On a final note, just to quash any foul-mouths before they spew their supercilious dribble… psoriasis is NOT contagious or dangerous. It’s a simple skin illness that just happens to look kinda creppy. Kinda like me. If it were contagious, Aaron would be covered in it too and he doesn’t have a single blemish, the lucky shithead.
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