Miss Gay America 2006...Nicole Dubois

Miss Gay America 2006
Nicole Dubois
with
Miss Gay America 2005
Raquel Chevallier

Invidual contestants at Miss Gay America 2006

Victoria DePaula in solo talent doing the Siamese Cat song from Lady and the Tramp for solo talent.

Miss Gay Missouri Sasha Nicole in solo talent.

Aspen Tyler of Dallas being very fishy in evening gown.

My drag daughter, Taylor Madison Monroe in Talent competition. this was her first year at MGA, she qualified to go as 1st Alt to Miss Gay Arkansas on her first attempt. I am a proud drag momma!

Taylor in gown.

The stunning Miss Northwest and former Miss Gay Texas Alyssa Edwards, this girl is amazing!!!

Andora TeTe of Washington D.C. doing Cher in talent competition.

Some groups of contestants from Miss Gay America 2006

Raquel Chevallier Miss Gay America 2006

Just a couple pics of Raquel in her last days as MGA 2006.

Former Miss Gay Americas at the 2006 Competition

Sabrina White Miss Gay America 2002

Shawn Luis Miss Gay America 1975

Rachael Erikks Miss Gay America 2004

Catia Lee Love Miss Gay America 2000

Catia Lee Love Miss Gay America 2000

Hot Chocolate Miss Gay America 1980 (she has her own Vegas show now as Tina)

Patti La Plae Safe Miss Gay America 1995

My $3,000.00 Gown

These are all pics from a pageant i hosted at the University Of Arkansas a few years ago.

Boyish or Girlish?

You Are 70% Boyish and 30% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

This really amused considering the big ole girl I can be.

Rosh Hashanah, "FEELING" Jewish, and other ramblings on...

First off I want to say L'Shanah Tova to everyone out there in blog land!

This has been a very interesting week for me. I attended my first Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner at my Hebrew teacher's house and I had such a wonderful time. The last couple of years this holiday has not really hit me like it did this year. It is like I finally get it and also that I fit in. You see being Jewish by yourself is a very lonesome affair. There is a sense of community, of family if you will that goes a long with being Jewish and not being around other Jews during any of the holidays of the Jewish calendar just sort of takes the meaning away for me.

I was so honored when I got my invitation to this little soiree. Since I moved here I haven't been standoffish with the community but I had not made an overwhelming effort to be a part of it. I feared that I would not be as accepted as I would like. I could not have been more wrong. It has now been a year of Hebrew classes, attending services, basic Judaism classes, getting to know Rabbi, but also getting to know some of the people that are a part of this community.

The dinner experience was just fantastic! I met some really great new people but I also was with my partner and some of the people I have come to know over the last year or so. Was overall a great moment, you see this is one of moments of really feeling Jewish. I understood the meaning and signifigance of this observance but I also felt as if this was somethng that had been missing my entire life. This was not the first time I have felt Jewish, I have felt it many times and I will list quite a few of them in a "you know you're Jewish when" list. The one besides this that really stands out to me besides this dinner was the first time I felt enveloped by the Shema. For any of you reading this that do not know what the Shema is, it is the watchword of the Jewish faith. It goes like this, "Shema yisrael, adonai eloheynu, adonai echad!" It means "Hear (or listen) Israel, the Lord is your God, your god is one" that is a very rough translation but you get the point. when I say enveloped by it though I mean I get chills and as I read on another blog it is very much like a spiritual high. I feel very at ease after saying the Shema, it comforts me.

Now then I wanted to add a little "You really know you're Jewish when" list. Here it is:

1. When putting on a Kippah no longer seems awkward for you.
2. When jokes about Jews REALLY offend you.
3. When you walk around humming the Shema to yourself all day.
4. Your language becomes peppered with Yiddish or Hebrew words.
5. You can actually follow the flow of the Hebrew as the Rabbi reads it with your finger.
6. You walk into a Temple and you feel at home.
7. You kindle the lights on Chanukah and you feel awed by the beauty of the light cutting through the darkness.
8. You buy your first Kippah
9. You worry for Israel.
10. You learn the Aleph Bet.
11. You learn the cycle that the Holidays occur in over the year.
12. You roommate asks you what you keep humming and it is something from the liturgy.
13. When you smile when they say they asked because the tune itself sounded beautiful.
14. The first time you have a sense of what loss means when you say the Mourner's Kaddish.
15. When you feel overwhelmed with emotion during the liturgy because you feel so whole being there.

I could go on and on I am sure, but that is a good start.

-Tim

A meme from Mr. Brian.

Go here. Type the year you graduated from High School in the search box. Click the link for the top 100 songs of that year. Copy and paste the list to your blog.

Strike through those you hated; Bold the ones you liked; Underline the ones you loved. I am going to put mine in italics for the ones I hated, bold the ones i like and bold and change font size for the ones I loved. I dunno how to strike. if you know how to do this feel free to do it on your own page. Enjoy!!!

1. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
2. Waterfalls, TLC
3. Creep, TLC
4. Kiss From A Rose, Seal
5. On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men
6. Another Night, Real McCoy
7. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
8. Take A Bow, Madonna
9. Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days), Monica
10. This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan
11. I Know, Dionne Farris
12. Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men
13. Freak Like Me, Adina Howard
14. Run-Around, Blues Traveler
15. I Can Love You Like That, All-4-One
16. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams
17. Always, Bon Jovi
18. Boombastic / In The Summertime, Shaggy
19. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Nicki French
20. You Gotta Be, Des'ree
21. You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson
22. Hold My Hand, Hootie and The Blowfish
23. One More Chance-Stay With Me, Notorious B.I.G.
24. Here Comes The Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze
25. Candy Rain, Soul For Real
26. Let Her, w Hootie and The Blowfish
27. I Believe, Blessid Union Of Souls
28. Red Light Special, TLC
29. Runaway, Janet Jackson
30. Strong Enough, Sheryl Crow
31. Colors Of The Wind, Vanessa Williams
32. Someone To Love, Jon B.
33. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
34. If You Love Me, Brownstone
35. In The House Of Stone And Light, Martin Page
36. I Got 5 On It, Luniz
37. Baby, Brandy
38. Run Away, Real McCoy
39. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
40. He's Mine, Mokenstef
41. December, Collective Soul
42. I'll Be There For You-You're All I Need To Get By, Method Man-Mary J. Blige
43. Shy Guy, Diana King
44. I'm The Only One, Melissa Etheridge
45. Every Little Thing I Do, Soul For Real
46. Before I Let You Go, BLACKstreet
47. Big Poppa / Warning, Notorious B.I.G.
48. Sukiyaki, 4 P.M.
49. I Wanna Be Down, Brandy
50. I'll Make Love To You, Boyz II Men
51. Dear Mama / Old School, 2Pac
52. Hold On, Jamie Walters
53. Keep Their Heads Ringin', Dr. Dre
54. The Rhythm Of The Night, Corona
55. Roll To Me, Del Amitri
56. Scream / Childhood, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
57. Freek'n You, Jodeci
58. I Wish, Skee-lo
59. Believe, Elton John
60. Carnival, Natalie Merchant
61. You Don't Know How It Feels, Tom Petty
62. Back For Good, Take That
63. Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz
64. You Want This-70's Love Groove, Janet Jackson
65. Tell Me, Groove Theory
66. Can't You See, Total
67. All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow
68. This Lil' Game We Play, Subway
69. Come And Get Your Love, Real McCoy
70. This Ain't A Love Song, Bon Jovi
71. Secret, Madonna
72. Player's Anthem, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
73. Feel Me Flow, Naughty By Nature
74. Every Day Of The Week, Jade
75. The Sweetest Days, Vanessa Williams
76. Short Dick Man, 20 Fingers Featuring Gillette
77. Brokenhearted, Brandy
78. No More "I Love You's", Annie Lennox
79. You Used To Love Me, Faith Evans
80. Constantly, Immature
81. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2
82. 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters
83. Ask Of You, Raphael Saadiq
84. Sugar Hill, Az
85. Good, Better Than Ezra
86. Brown Sugar, D'angelo
87. Turn The Beat Around, Gloria Estefan
88. 'Til You Do Me Right, After 7
89. 1st Of Tha Month, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
90. Like The Way I Do If I Wanted To, Melissa Etheridge
91. I Live My Life For You, Firehouse
92. Dream About You-Funky Melody, Stevie B
93. Cotton Eye Joe, Rednex
94. Thank You, Boyz II Men
95. I'll Stand By You, Pretenders
96. I Miss You, N II U
97. Give It 2 You, Da Brat
98. Best Friend, Brandy
99. Misery, Soul Asylum
100. Can't Stop Lovin' You, Van Halen