I haven't written this week mainly because work was a big pain in the ass for a great deal of it. The week started off very well with a really fun bachelor party, one that I did in a lovely hotel for an unfortunate guy whose friends had outfitted him in a burnt orange velour suit, an Izod shirt and naked lady tie, wig and mustache. He was an extremely good sport considering all that his friends had put him through. The guys were going nuts with the digital cameras, and while I'm not worried about naked pictures of me showing up on the internet, I think I'm going to start bringing a Polaroid and doing my own photos.
I came up with a new party game and I'm thinking of incorporating some naked Twister with the bachelor into the parties as well - I like naughty games! I can be the adult version of team building, I think.
I worked on Tuesday night and it was terribly slow; my night was saved by two customers that came in. I spent most of the night with one of them - the guy I met last Tuesday that I chatted with all night. It's really great to have guys like that on the slow nights - at least you're enjoying yourself instead of stressing out about how slow it is! Fritz, who I hadn't seen since just before Christmas, came in around 12:30 and I did some dances for him in VIP. He said that he had been really drunk when I saw him before and tried to apologize for the way he acted - which was to spend money and make me laugh, so I was having none of it, of course. What a cretin. I was really glad both of them were in there, because even so it was a slow night, so I can onnly imagine how bad it would have been!
Thursday was just odd, though it did start off very well. Hayley (well, she's Marty at XTC, but she's Hayley in real life and was at the SP, so she will remain Hayley to me) came over to fetch me to a table where one of the customers had told her he was in search of me since he'd seen my website! I was so excited to have someone come in just because of that - and he was cool, too! They were really generous and tipped me about $50 on one of my side stages, which was really, really sweet. and also bought a batch of dances. However, his friend got really handsy and I ended up getting called into the office and reprimanded for letting things get out of hand - I've never had this happen in my life as a dancer and it was not fun. But after that I was much better about putting hands down, I don't want to get in trouble. Plus it's more fun for me when I'm not being touched. I am happy to do body slides and wiggle around on laps, but I prefer not to worry about wandering hands in the club - lags and back are ok, but once hands start wandering around the thighs, it's a sure bet they're looking for other parts, too, and that just makes me nervous.
I danced for some other folks, and ended up with totally decent money, twice what I'd made on Tuesday, but on my last dance of the night my very favorite baby pink breakaway thong was stolen by some drunken assholes that were subsequently kicked out of the club. I was so mad, I was ready to hit them. I swear, this shit pisses me off more than anything! It totally ruined my attitude for the rest of the night. If anyone is reading this that's in Dallas, and wants to please me immensely, go to the Electrique Boutique and get me a replacement and I will dance for you in it for free to show you my thanks (or buy two and I'll let you keep one).
Last night was a very slow Friday, it was my first weekend night at XTC and every single girl said that it was a aberrance, that it was a crappy Friday. I will have to agree - there weren't a lot of people there and the ones that were weren't buying dances. This has just not been a fun week, aside from the few bright spots, and I'm venting!
Oh, I was really pleased to run into John, a former bartender from the SP, and his girlfriend, who dances at the Landing Strip (I will withold her name in case her single status is important to her work). They were visiting Matty, the DJ, and Jennifer, who had both previously worked at the LS as well. I always like running into them.
And one of my former roommates made an appearance, too - I hadn't seen her since we lived together some three years ago during my very brief, very ill-fated attempt to live in a house with other people.
I will be off tonight, and hopefully Sunday will be a good start to a new week. I intend to work Sun-Tue, then kick back and enjoy SXSW. I sure would love to get booked for some label parties, sigh . . .