Reading along, you wonder where the drive to do it was coming from. The process of becoming Aqua was tortuous, as was being in her fantastic outfits, the pain leading to more drinking to cope with it. As a control freak, I almost experienced anxiety attacks just reading about his constant state of restlessness and inebriation. Quite how Josh managed to get through the days while seriously sleep-deprived and drunk or hung over baffles me. Aqua/Josh consumed a fair amount of alcohol on these nights, waking up trashed and confused, only to have to stumble to a day job at an ad agency. The book describes a highly problematic though at times oddly sweet romance he lived through – barely – with a male prostitute.Īt night Josh glammed up New York’s club scene in outrageous outfits as AquaDisiac, whose trademark was a set of see-through breasts in which live goldfish swam. Josh’s book is a memoir of sorts – but the names, descriptions and some of the events have been changed to protect the not necessarily innocent. Plus, I doubt I would be any good at walking in high heels. The irregular hours and lack of sleep would totally derail my tight schedule and the black-outs would also put me off: waking up not knowing where I was, with possibly a naked stranger next to me. I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell taught me a few things about myself: I would make a lousy drunk and an even lousier drag queen.
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