I did two things tonight I haven’t done for a long time.
First, actually write something in my blog. It’s been quite some time since I’ve
actually done anything with it. Second, I spent the evening reading about strip
clubs. I just got in the mail “They call me Rocket, stories of a rose citystripper, volume one”. It’s 24 page folio (or zine I guess is the more
contemporary term). More importantly, I really enjoyed the work.
It’s a series of short biographic stories about her
stripping career. All the stories are compact and stand alone. They make for a
very enjoyable read. The stories are entertaining and occasionally poignant. I
was amused to find out her stage name Rocket was partially inspired by a gas
station I worked at, though I was probably long gone from there when she first
noticed it.
The price is cheaper than a typical strip club drink and was
delivered faster. It was definitely worth the money. You should buy it if you
are interested an inside look at the Portland strip club industry.
It also had the effect of inspiring me to start writing in my
blog again. I realized that most of my view of the strip club world has been
reduced to 140 character tweets or instagram pictures. These bite size glimpses
into the stripping world are utterly without depth. No shit Sherlock, but I
never realized it until I read the folio. I suppose I shouldn’t use the term
folio, makes me sound like something from Shakespeare’s time. I’m not quite
that old, I fall somewhere in between.
I’m still writing. For me writing is almost a form of
therapy. It forces me to think about situations in my life that aren’t quite so
clouded by my biases. For those of you who still have links to me in your RSS
reader or are hopelessly lost on the internet I’ll be posting new essays from
time to time. And I'll also be eagerly awaiting volume two.
