Today’s Music: Aerosmith – Dude Looks Like A Lady
El Guapo enters from the stage left. He’s shaved for the occasion, cheeks clear and goatee trimmed evenly. His hair is combed(!), and his long hair is pulled into a tight neat ponytail.
As he strides to the podium in sensible two-inch heeled…Jimmy Choos…his adams apple…bobbing above…the..neckline of…the…Halston…dress…???
DUDE! What the hell is going on here?!?
I’ve been lucky to receive some awards. Every single one of them is an honor, every one is appreciated. Because of the way I’ve set up my blog, I very rarely dedicate a post to them.
But every so often, one comes along that is so magnificent, so brilliant, so…unexpected, that I have no choice.
So when the fine proprieter of whatImeant2say (probably with the concurrence of Wonderbutt) bestowed awards on me that I never ever thought I would get (and on my blogiversary, no less!), I had no choice but to dress to the nines before I accepted.
So now that I’m a full fledged member of the Sisterhood, here are some of the things I’ve learned:
-The living room floor is not an acceptable place for one’s socks.
-The toilet seat has a down position for a reason.
-Piles of dishes in the sink are not art nor are they architecture
-Yes, the eyes are in fact up here.
What else do I know now that I’m a member of the sisterhood? That when it comes to how much someone rocks, gender has nothing to do with it.
And for anyone that ever wants to put down a member of the Sisterhood, just remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, backwards.
In heels.
Award night primping.
(yes, that’s my foot.)
Shall we dance?
Guapola 
So well deserved…welcome to the SistaHood!!
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Thanks Jots, and glad to be here!
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Very very fantastically cool! Contests! Dude sure does look like a lady!
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It’s gotta be the shoes, Carmen! 😉
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I TOLD you heels are hella sexier! Congrats! 🙂 I’ll hook you up with a bad ass award here in the next couple of days so you …can… yeah .. Love the dress Dude uh lookin like a lady… ok I gotta go before you think I am teasing you cause I am not., at all. Great job. FOr real.
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hey – it was your blogiversary all ready? I had a cake and balloons and …ok maybe not but happy one year on the BIG BLOG Dude.. 🙂 GLad you are here and can’t wait to see what the next year brings – I can wait but I am looking foreard to it. Its been fun already – it can only get better 🙂
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Thanks LizzieC! Now I’m just curious how long I can keep going…
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Welcome to the Sisterhood…..you bring the chocolate to the next meeting….and get a pedicure…
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CHOCOLATE!!!
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It’s funny how much our feet look alike – unfortunately, I need a pedicure & so do you! Congrats on your awards & on your blogiversary!
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Sadly, I think they’d need excavation equipment to clean up my feet, benze.
Or an atomic emery board…
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Happy Blogiversary and congratulations on the award! It coud’t have gone to a more deserving man. You rock my world, Guap! You rock the blogosphere daily. And damn, can you rock those Jimmy Choos!
Thanks for making our world a better place.
🙂
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Thanks so much, Amy!
And unless they start making monster-size Choos, I think I’m gonna stay out of those for a bit.
Ouch, my aching dogs!
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Great sleep, Dudette.
Get some sleep.
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And does GR do the backwards stuff in a movie? Which? I’d love to see it.
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In most of those movies, everyone goes on about how great Fred dances.
Just watch Ginger instead.
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I’ll put it on my list. Maybe for my next long train ride…
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Perfect! I knew you would do it proud!
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Thanks, wim2s, and thanks so much for the honor.
Between these two and teh “I Wonderbutt, Do You?”, I don’t think I’ll ever need another award again!
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High Five Sistah!! and if I might add, fushia pumps may be your fall color 🙂
Congrats on the award!
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Thanks, FPP!
The fuschia is nice, but I think the burnt ochre really brings out my eyes.
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LOL!! Umm….congrats? 😉
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Thanks Alex. I hope so, because the alternative is too hideous to contemplate!
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WELCOME! You’re one of us!! Except you’ve always been one of us (if by “us” we mean “awesome bloggers, which I’m pretty sure what they mean). Just… minus the heels? Can I be part of the brotherhood?
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You are more than welcome to the brotherhood, Asplenia, and I think your membership just raised our cool factor exponentially!
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Congrats, Guap. I think letting you into the sisterhood shows just how liberal the blogosphere really is.
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Thanks Elyse!
Hey, if they’ll let me in…
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Dude, you need a pedicure-your foot looks rough.
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Pretty sure only a transplant or some stem-cell weirdness can save my feet now, Ginger…
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With such a deep understanding of the Sisterhood; toilet seats, socks on the floor, dishes, etc., anyone can see you’re well on your way to chick flicks, chocolate and raging hormones. Congratulations, Guapo, you’ve managed to cross over with unexpected panache. We welcome you!
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Thanks Lisa, and it’s an honor to be here!
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You are a good sport, Guapo!
I’m glad we became friends and I enjoy reading your posts about where you live, your girl, and your adventures.
Happy Blogiversary!
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Thank you, whitelady! And I could say the same about you, (almost) word for word.
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The last photo of your foot that poor Jimmy Choo shoe I hope you didn’t get in trouble for stretching it out. Reminds me of the movie Kinky Boots. :+) Congratulations on being part of the sisterhood. Yes and Happy Happy Bloganniversary :+) You brighten the spheer.
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Mostly, my girl was just shaking her head while she took the picture, Starla.
I tried to step very daintily to avoid destroying the shoe.
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Oh Good Glad a Jimmy Choo was not hurt in the filming. :+)
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Congratulations on the award and on your blogaversary!
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Thanks so much, Sandy!
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Ha ha–I was wondering when a man would be brave enough to accept that award. It was hard enough for me to take it, what with never having been in a sisterhood of anything.
Wear that badge with pride. And some nice accessories…
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So we have this in common as being the only sisterhoods we’re members of, Carrie – great minds and all that!
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Well, then, I’m among good company. 🙂
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Wow! I had no idea. Is this the place I should come from this point forward to discuss various birth control methods, chocolate, and shoes? Because nothing cures a nasty bout of PMS quite like a cute pair of new shoes…
Oh, and congrats on the blogiversary!
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You are more than welcome to, L&L, but aside from reinforcing the “good lord, what’s wrong with him?!?” factor, I can’t see my advice being all that helpful.
However, I do make a mean chocolate fondue.
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Congrats, Guapo! And yes, I’m always in for a dance!
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Woohoo! Strke up the band!
But you lead, NBI. I’m too unsteady in these and don;’t want to crush anyone’s toes.
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Congrats, Guapalina! I love the shoe and you deserve all of the gender-bending, awkard awards that are bestowed upon you. Throwing a daisy in your direction….!!
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Thank you Laura! Sadly, I can’t lean over in these heels to pick up the daisy… 😉
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Congratulations Sista! Happy Blogiversary! Woohoo!
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thanks so much Susie!
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Sounds like fun. I have some great pumps you can borrow.
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Sorry. I’ve learned that high heels are veil, Becca.
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I gave you a Twit Skyblogger award also. And a stripper name. http://wp.me/p1CLmE-1lQ
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as long as I don’t have to wear heels when I’m traveling under the stripper name…
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They make Size 11 pumps.
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Wow, I’m so excited that you’ve been accepted into ladyship! Way to go! Seems like you’re almost a better lady than myself. The song choice is super fitting, by the way.
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Thanks Lily! What other song could I possibly have used? 😉
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HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY! Did I spell that right?
Cute shoes. But put some Bandaids on your toes cause you are gonna have some serious blisters by the end of the night. It’s how it works. Any good shoe hurts like HELL!
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I think I’ll just stick with my cowboy boots, Mel…
And thanks!!!
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I can’t stop smiling reading this post. Congratulations and Welcome to the sisterhood! 🙂
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Thank you, puddinggirl, and glad to be here!
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Handsome, you’re too sexy for the catwalk.
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And too big-toed for these shoes, Cayman.
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You are not Cinderella then
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Definitely not, GfB. I can’t see getting upset over losing an uncomfortable shoe.
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You won another award on my blog! Come check it out! http://ladyornot.com/?p=1301
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Thanks so much, Becca!
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Mwah
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Glad to see another guy here amongst the sisters hood. I have learned so much 🙂
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You and I are a bastion of maleness, Roly!
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I guess you’re officially one of us now. ❤
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Woohoo! Now if I could just win a Traveling Socks award, Stacy… 😉
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I’ll put in a good with for you. ❤
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Congrats…you go girl!
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Thanks Joe. I will continue to rock on with my bad self!
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Those shoes really do you justice Twinkle Toes! (We in the sisterhood always bungee jump in our Jimmy Choos, just so you know. I thought somebody should tell you.)
Congratulations on your blogaversary!!!
There once was a bright super nova
Whose name it was rumored Guapola
He brought love and good cheer
To all he was near
And we loved him way more than Ayatollah
(I should have failed to realize early on that not much rhymes with super nova!)
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My blog is going to have to get older a lot more often, just to get Linda Vernon limericks!!!
Don’t suppose you can tell me the appropriate eyeshadow for skydiving?
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I’m getting here late (and as I have been for the past few weeks, and will for the next few–I’m behind the 8-Ball on a project, as usual), but I’ve been wanting to comment on this for a while.
First of all, congrats (seriously) on joining the sistahood. I think this blog has a lot to offer a wide variety of people, and I’m not surprised you get a broad (pun very much intended in this case) array of awards.
And you didn’t have to tell me that was your foot. No woman’s foot could possibly look so hideous in those shoes. For good and for ill, you are all man, Guap!
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I’ll take the manly feet as a compliment, Smak, as I will the rest of the comment as well.
Hope your project wraps up smoothly and neatly!
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Happy Blogiversary! My gift to you is a nice pumice stone! Everyone else seems to feel the same way, hehehehehe. Never mind the fact that you’re wearing a woman’s shoe. 😉
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Thank you for the pumice stone, Nicole Marie! Much better than that “cheese grater” thing I’ve heard of.
And I think I rocked the shoe!
Or would have, if it fit… 😉
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Oh, I have no doubt you would have. 😉 And you are welcome! The Ped-Egg is pretty sweet, too.
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Congrats on the award!
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Thanks kayjai. The less said, the better.
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you look gorgeous in heels, El Guapo! Just..not that small. Are there any Brotherhood awards? Maybe there should be. Congrats!! Well deserved, honorary sister.
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I know they make shoes in your size Guap – we have a walk-a-thon up here every year called “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” where lots of men (city leaders , etc.) walk to raise money for women’s cancers. It’s very cute watching all these men walk around in pink high heels.
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O would definitely strap on a snazzy pair of pumps for a good cause, Benze.
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Thanks for the welcome, beautiful.
I long for a day when we realize that blogging transcends gender-inequality, and we are all free to be as ridiculously silly as we want.
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Do not be ashamed my friend, i have one as well, ha.ha.ha!
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