What Do You Mean?

I try to avoid being negative, because negativity breeds more negativity.  But, occasionally,  something happens, and I just don't know how to process it.

Over the weekend, Shaunna Rai was asked to perform and MC a show in New York, at the end of February. It was for an AIDS Benefit. Lodging for the night was going to be paid for and it was a paid gig for her.

I had posted on the Facebook page about how excited I was. This morning, the announcement was made of the venue and a Facebook event invite was sent out. A few queens that I know had posted that they would be performing at the show. And, then, the event page and any mention that had been made of it, we're gone.

Shaunna told that she had been getting messages from other people asking what was going on, because they had been blocked.

I am both angry and disappointed. First off, an AIDS Benefit is nothing to make a mockery of. Especially,  when you have a number of people that are getting involved in it. When you have performers coming from all over, it's not cool to mess with them. Booking dates fill up quickly, and losing out on an event, because of a "joke" is a slap in the face to everyone who may have to change work schedules or whatever to make it work.

I'm most disappointed in the fact that this was going to be a night away for Dan and I. We don't really get out and it would be like a one night vacation to get to hang out in New York. I was actually hoping that it would be real, and invited my friends from art school to come, so that they could meet Dan/Shaunna.

So, having my hopes up, and then everything thrown up in the air and in question, has left a bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully, it was just a mistake, and is still actually going to happen, but, I don't want to get my hopes up again. I was actually even considering tweeting someone famous to see if he might come to the show...because Twitter allows you to talk to famous people, and I have an in...I work with his brother. Lol.

In the infamous words of a client I work with, "We'll see."