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    A very strange and fascinating place, Key West. I had been here for FantasyFest five years ago and had the vacation from hell--which should have ensured I would never return here again, much less to live and work. But even then I could see the appeal of it.

    It's full of beautiful old houses, rich in history, laidback and peaceful, art galleries everywhere. By no means a perfect place to live, but right up there as they go. People from all over the world are drawn to this place, especially from Czechoslovakia, which produces some very beautiful women, it seems.

    It's a strange mixture of American affluence and Third World conditions: luxurious hotels and run-down hovels; Mercedes and beat-up, rusty bicycles; svelte fashionable women and middle-aged, pot-bellied drunks lurching down the sidewalk.

    The stereotypes people automatically associate with the island abound.

    Paradise for alcoholics, a nightmare for homophobes.

    There is a bar for every 40 residents, and even the manikins are gay (I swear, this one store in particular has utterly gay manikins).

    The club I work in is great--they truly care about the dancers, there are no extras whatsover, even if it is full-nude, full-contact. There are the usual politics, but the employees seem to actually care about each other far more than the typical stripclub--though establishing a close rapport with the dancers is tough, since the vast majority of them barely speak English (about 45% are from Czechoslovokia, 45% from latin America, and there are maybe 5-6 American girls). Pre-Season is just kicking in and more are appearing, but the ratios are holding up.

    Parking is a bitch, so everyone drives these scooters all over. Now I am starting to really want a motorcycle again! Real estate values are grossly over-inflated.

    I was paying 700$ a month to take a room in a real shithole for 6 weeks, but finally managed to score what appears to be the ultimate Key west pad for 1000$ a month, a huge loft studio a block away from work on Duval street (the main drag), vaulted ceilings, big beams of wood and a giant dormer window, beautiful dark rich wood and angles everywhere. I went through the most grueling screening process imagineable to get in, but my references came through for me, apparently. It's so fucking cool, I'm waiting for the bad news, lol...

    Work is going well, the money's great, even during the height of the slow season. I'll be much,much happier when I have a closer rapport with the dancers, but with the language problems it will take longer than it usually does.

    One small mercy, for which I am eternally grateful: the prediction I heard that I would need to play a lot of Jimmy Buffet has proven to be completely wrong--in fact, these dancers would probably crucify me if I tried it. Instead it's necessary to bite the bullet and play a lot of bad European techno and Shakira--but this is much preferable to the former alternative.

    There's a gym with heavy bags a few blocks away, so I didn't need to look for a place with a tree in the yard, lol.

    FantasyFest is 2-3 weeks away, so I will get to do a lot of bodypainting soon. By then I should have a digital camera, so pictures will be posted.
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    where are you working?

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    I'll PM you, I don't want to make it public right now...
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    thinking of going back down for a cpl days...it's been slow here. How has it been down there? I work at Bare Assets....
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    ...just wondering, when living in Key West, would'nt you have to have a stash of emergency hurricane cash for down times. Like, if you had to evacuate once or twice during hurricane season.
    "Peter, did you take Stewie to a strip-club? He smells like sweat and fear." - Lois and Stewie (Family Guy) ... "Through early morning fog I see, Visions of the things to be, The pains that are withheld for me, I realize and I can see..."

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    It's been slow here, Cameron, especially the last week, but with FantasyFest on the way, it has to pick up in the next two weeks, and of course then it will be slamming. That's apparently the end of the dry spell, though full on season doesn't start for a bit more.

    People have been saying it's been the slowest September ever here, but the club is much more crowded than Daytona right now.

    The hurricanes always seem to come through here first, and of course I have to wonder about that, but there are all these beautiful old homes that have been here over a hundred years. Supposedly the flooding is the biggest threat, which makes me glad I'm on the third floor, lol.

    The locals seem inclined to ride them out--which makes a certain amount of sense, since odds are the hurricane will wind up chasing us up the state of Florida, along with zillions of other evacuees clogging the roads, sitting like ducks on clogged highways, etc.
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    OT: Cameron, which Bare Assets do you work at?
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    ^^^the one in key west....on Truman
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    Quote Originally Posted by Djoser
    It's been slow here, Cameron, especially the last week, but with FantasyFest on the way, it has to pick up in the next two weeks, and of course then it will be slamming. That's apparently the end of the dry spell, though full on season doesn't start for a bit more.

    People have been saying it's been the slowest September ever here, but the club is much more crowded than Daytona right now.

    The hurricanes always seem to come through here first, and of course I have to wonder about that, but there are all these beautiful old homes that have been here over a hundred years. Supposedly the flooding is the biggest threat, which makes me glad I'm on the third floor, lol.

    The locals seem inclined to ride them out--which makes a certain amount of sense, since odds are the hurricane will wind up chasing us up the state of Florida, along with zillions of other evacuees clogging the roads, sitting like ducks on clogged highways, etc.
    Yeah Sept is notoriously slow in most places which is why I havent been down in awhile. I may come down in a week or so...but I would never ever work fantasy fest again!!("I dont have money...but I have beads.....what can I get for them??" "MY wife got her chest painted..go ahead honey jump on stage and show them your tits"...and so on....)

    About hurricane stash...EVERYONE here in south FL keeps a stash of cash and supplies readily available esp after getting our asses handed to us by Wilma last yr(I still dont have a roof).
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    lol--cameron. if i never see another string of fing beads again itll be too soon. ff sucks all drama. i may work a little anyway though bc ill be there. someones actually buying my hurricane house! thank god. its burrying me. i have to start completly over at 35, cant believe it. wilma gave me a breakdown. im lucky to be alive!

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    Well, damn, I'm sorry to hear you two got hit so hard by Wilma, sounds like I need to take these hurricanes a little more seriously...

    I can imagine FF would get old after a few of them, and it certainly turned into a nightmare for me, but I was looking forward to this year turning out much better. I had heard that a lot of the dancers don't like to work then, though--but that the club would be packed anyway.

    It did remind me of Mardis Gras, and not necessarily in a good way--way too many people, too many stupid drunks, too many people wanting to fight, etc. But like Mardis Gras, if you have an in with the locals and a way to get away from the madness periodically, I was assuming it would be much better. Since I live a block away from it all, I'll be finding out soon enough, lol.
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    Hey, Jordan. Super news on the house! Get the paperwork signed fast--before another big storm blows through.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameronfl
    ^^^the one in key west....on Truman
    LOL! Sorry, there's another one in Holiday...I guess I should have figured it out by the name of the thread. D'Oh!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jordankeywest
    lol--cameron. if i never see another string of fing beads again itll be too soon. ff sucks all drama. i may work a little anyway though bc ill be there. someones actually buying my hurricane house! thank god. its burrying me. i have to start completly over at 35, cant believe it. wilma gave me a breakdown. im lucky to be alive!
    Congrats on selling your house!! I hope to get a roof any year now..whenever the P.O.S. corrupt city decides to stop failing the contractor so he can finish(the last time was for the ladder being in the wrong position...WTF?? It IS portable and movable A-hole!!!)

    Any idea where you want to go?

    The last time I worked FF...I told the guys to use their f-ing necklaces as anal beads on themselves!! Of course, in KW...someone might take me up on that!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Krissy Kennedy
    LOL! Sorry, there's another one in Holiday...I guess I should have figured it out by the name of the thread. D'Oh!
    I've seen that on stripclublist.com! No prob!
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    I was just out walking and saw a guy in full drag riding a bicycle down the street--a residential street 3 blocks away from Duval (the main drag) and a few more down from where that club they hang at is on it. It's so funny, but it's kind of cool that you can see that, unlike most cities where noone would dare pull it off.

    The reaction you guys have to FF makes a lot of sense, I got my start as a DJ with Spring Break pooldecks--same drumken idiot mentality, and a lot of Daytona people used to leave town, before the city drove all the Breakers away with strict law enforcement, etc.
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    Why are there so many Czech girls in particular?

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    cameron-thats ridiculous. ladder in the wrong place? you live in lauderdale? dont know where i want to go. been in key west most of my life. i love key west just reading djosers posts make me very sad. most of my stuff is in storage. im up near dc. i think ill keep the room i have rented here w/friends, stuff in storage, work this season then just bounce around for a while. as i find interesting clubs w ez money ill let you know. i want to work in reno for some reason. its different and quirky like key west also maine and alaska. i like places that arent the norm
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    djoser. dont worry youll have a BLAST ff. being local makes it different like a since of pride or something. and dont worry about hurricanes. i was raised there on a boat. winnie lives on a boat too. been through hurricanes all my life. wilma just came at high tide, full moon, and an unexpected surge. not the norm. ecacuation time after everyone leaves is probably the most beauty you will ever feel ther. its like the island is yours. you feel almost like an energy or spiri moving through your soul. its beauytiful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver
    Why are there so many Czech girls in particular?
    dont know why. about 10 years ago it was s. africans. now its mostl e. europeans. and some argentians. theyre all really nice though. kw is an easy place to work illegal. and its a fairly safe place. its open, liberal, and comforting. i should be a damn spokesperson for kw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver
    Why are there so many Czech girls in particular?
    I think it's the fact that a large enough group of them got established a while back, and they are all sending for their friends and family, lol. They seem pleasant enough as a group, but I am looking forward to breaking down the language barrier or whatever, so I can have the rapport I am used to at work--it's difficult for me to relax and perform when it's not therew--one of my greatest weaknesses, if not the greatest, as a DJ.

    I feel like I have had 2-3 actually good nights there, out of at least 25 or so I have worked. But what can I say, I'm a perfectionist.


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    djoser. dont worry youll have a BLAST ff. being local makes it different like a since of pride or something. and dont worry about hurricanes. i was raised there on a boat. winnie lives on a boat too. been through hurricanes all my life. wilma just came at high tide, full moon, and an unexpected surge. not the norm. ecacuation time after everyone leaves is probably the most beauty you will ever feel ther. its like the island is yours. you feel almost like an energy or spiri moving through your soul. its beauytiful.
    I already noticed this a little when they had a "Visitor Evacuation" for the last hurricane that fizzled out. The whole town turned out to party, it seemed, and there was a different mood, much as you describe it.

    It makes me mad that you both got slammed by Wilma, because it would be great to have you here now, I am still getting used to the place and haven't made many friends yet (selfish of me, eh, lol?). Plus it seems unfair that it hit you both so hard--most people here seem to have lost a car at worst, or had moderate flood damage to their homes, not losing the whole roof, etc.

    It really is a beautiful island, and having done architectural drawings for several years the beauty of the homes is amazing--everywhere you look there are very cool houses and buildings to draw. Plus you have to love a place where a guy in full drag regalia feels perfectly comfortable riding a bicycle down the street, whatever your sexual persuation.

    As far as FantasyFest goes, I have the costume that will make me the king of the city, if I can keep from getting arrested this year, lol. I suspect so, as I had the bad luck to run into the worst cop in Key West (a jesus freak, I found out later, and a wannabe Supercop from his posture and manner of speaking)during the one year they were trying to crack down. All charges were dropped, but that and all the other shit that happened still ruined that trip completely--it was like a horrible black comedy where everything that could go wrong did.
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    cameron-thats ridiculous. ladder in the wrong place? you live in lauderdale? dont know where i want to go. been in key west most of my life. i love key west just reading djosers posts make me very sad. most of my stuff is in storage. im up near dc. i think ill keep the room i have rented here w/friends, stuff in storage, work this season then just bounce around for a while. as i find interesting clubs w ez money ill let you know. i want to work in reno for some reason. its different and quirky like key west also maine and alaska. i like places that arent the norm
    yeah...the tv guy took it to the other side of the house to fix teh satellite(had to have it re-installed on the side of the house sine I have no roof and i didnt want to be without tv for all this time!!) and just stuck it back on the other side. Appareently facing the wrong way(rungs inward) and the city guy was too much of a LAZY FU**ING A-HOLE to turn the ladder around(can you tell I'm a little pissed?) Yes, I'm right outside of lauderdale in apparently the most corrupt town in FL...no roofers will work in this town anymore(or most constuction guys for that matter) because of the problems with city inspectors. My screen enclosure is busted too from Wilma....cant find anyone to fix that either.....but they sure as hell raised my insurance right quick!

    Have fun traveling..and if you find somewhere good let me know if you want a roomate for a week or two!( I've always wanted to work in vegas but could never find anyone willing to go)
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    I am getting this funny image of you relaxing and watching TV in a comfy chair, with no roof over your head.

    I'm sure it's not that funny in real life, sorry you have to put up with so much shit--and I hope it gets fixed soon!
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    i dont expect to do vegas. i did 6 months there 10 years ago, there are sooo many girls there now. i prefer out of the way small, like truman. theres got to be more out there. ill see you soon sometime. going to ba this year. no more downtown!

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    have you seen melissa?

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    Not for a while, though I don't always go in on weekend nights (I'm the new guy so I work less weekends), and I never stay long, so I could have missed her. I did work with her about a month ago I think.

    A lot of the dancers have stopped showing up, or show up less, they are waiting for slow season to end in a month or so, and maybe working in Miami instead more, or travelling while it's a good time to do so, I think.

    BTW, Petra asked for an Enigma song you liked, which I of course had, so we sent it out to you. I always do that for friends, though usually it's someone I have worked with before.
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