Queer Intro

Welcome to the Gay in the Bay Blog! I am Josie, a queer writer and videographer that loves to document what I see around me. This started out as a writing blog but has grown to include events that more people should know about.

This post is for the week of January 8 - 14.

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News from the Gay in the Bay! This week has been sparse on actual events, but full in experience.

On the writing front, I’ve completed the first five chapters of my revisions. Since last week, so many changes have been made that it feels like a completely different novel. That is a great thing. And I’m about a third of the way done with it all.

This past Saturday (the 14th), I was hired on as a videographer for a burlesque group called Beta Test Burlesque. It was a lot of work and communication with the folx in charge, which resulted in a lot of fun during the performances.

Much like book revisions, there are things that need to change for the next show. For instance: I recorded in 4K, and gained 181GB of information. My computer (including external hard drive) did not have enough space to contain the clips I recorded. This ended up being a non-issue, as I knew what I could do in this case. But things did arise.

This week was one of learning, troubleshooting, and revision. I am very happy with how things have turned out. I’m exhausted Saturday’s workout, so I’m taking Sunday off from everything to rest.

On another note, I’ve conducted a non-scientific experiment. I refused to look at Stories or Like any post for the past week. The only exception was one account that was related to a videography gig. I feel like my relationship with Instagram has somewhat changed since beginning this experiment. I’m still on the site quite a bit, that much hasn’t changed. But my patience for the app seems to run out sooner that it did before. I like to think that my attention span may be lengthening again, and that feeling that makes me check just one more time isn’t really there for the most part. I like that something is changing and I’ll continue to write my thoughts on it in other issues (blog posts).

Pop Culture Consumed:

Began reading Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Found a Spotify playlist called Villain Mode