Miss Alternative Maine

Wow it's Friday morning and I think I may have a hangover. Last night I had a couple of firsts. My first first was the Miss Alternative Maine pageant held at Geno's bar in Portland Maine.

Unlike most beauty pageant this one catered to the pierced and tattooed crowd... I still went. Of course me being me I showed up late and missed the first round which is sad because there were only two rounds. I did get to catch the second round, the talent round. Each contest having 30 seconds to show case their talent. The first girl up there (a cute brunette with some tattoos and dressed in goth fashion) danced a little because she had no idea there was going to be a talent portion to the contest and be-bopped up there for thirty seconds. I give her points for bravery. Now the second contestant I hate to say should have been disqualified as a ringer... or perhaps co opting a member of the audience or just because she used a whole song three minutes worth. She was obviously a stripper, got to second or maybe third base with a girl from the audience and basically had a three minute photo shoot. Then the girl after her also happened to be... a stripper. No offense to the exotic dancing community, but maybe instead of doing what you get paid to do maybe some contortionist moves or gymnastics or something you wouldn't see at PT's. Still hot girl dancing and involving that same female audience member... maybe it wasn't the dancer's fault. The fourth contestant had looked at me when this was going on and point blank told me, "I'm screwed." and then with the support of her man and a friend took the stage and banged out some nice air guitar moves... which is a talent and there is a world contest every year (if you are geek enough). Then another brunette did a lil bump and grind... but it was an amateur level bump and grind so I give her points as talent being supposedly something natural and ingrained not something choreographed. Then the final contestant a lil blond with face makeup and spiked multi colored hair went up and she belly danced to Shakira. Now I suppose I should retract what I had said earlier about talent being natural because belly dancing I believed is learned, but damn she shook it for the entire song and I honestly believe she doesn't get paid to do it normally. At this point I left to go to another bar so I can't tell you who won. But overall I thought it was fun and would like to catch next year's contest from the beginning. Of course I also think they should throw in some new talents maybe draw a talent out of a hat or something... thirty seconds of improv... ouch.

Here is a link to a page that has pics of the contestants- http://www.mainetoday.com/photoalbum.html?id=8909

And my second first of the night was at another bar. I was standing near a door and kept a woman from falling over as she was headed out. Asked if she was ok. She stabilized a lil bit kissed me then promptly went to be sick... I am hoping it was from the alcohol... ummm mentos anyone?

Have Fun and Be Great