Buttercup, a Little Bit of Drag with a Pinch of Sadness!!!

So I started my job at Dracula's and I FUCKING LOVE IT!!! It's amazing...I mean come on who doesn't want to go to work and dress up and be a charachter and get paid for it?!? I mean seriously!  I really lucked out with this job.  I was so happy when I got a call from them..well happy and extremely hung over - as the night before we played the Royale Wedding Drinking Game which included drinking everytime the Queen was shown, doing the Hitler sign every time we saw Prince Harry ...http://sloshparty.com/the-royal-wedding-drinking-game/ check out this website, the rules are a little different but it will give you an idea of what we did) but that didn't stop me from splurging on a burger and a bottle of Bacardi to celebrate my job...a celebration that ended with me waking up three days later - the day I am suppossed to start - feeling the worst i've ever felt with scraped up hands, knees, bruises a whole in my pants and the worst hangover ever lol!!!  The first night we snuck into the Botanical Gardens and drank and listened to music on the way out climbing the gate I hear "Emmie you will be fine just jump down" so Emmie jumped into the gravel scraping herself up...the next morning we were so hungover so we went to the bottle shop to buy some vodka to take away our hangover...I woke up at 2:30 in the morning confused (as usual) not knowing why I was in bed (found out I wanted to go for a nap and asked Jeff to wake me up, he apparantly smacked me across the face and I wouldn't wake up.  Bonnie came in to put the duvet on me and I said "stop it that hurts Richard" who the fuck is Richard.  Then I told her I loved her.  I am a piece of work)...next thing I know two of our buddies Jeff, Juju and or dormie Lil  come in our room wasted out of their tree handing out beers so we stayed up till 11am drinking with them bringing in some other victims as they woke up...slept all day only too wake up the day of my first day of work feeling like a junky going through withdrawal...it was awful but so worth it; and no need to worry mum  made it to my shift.
Draculas (or Drax) is awesome.  I really lucked out with this job.  I am dressed up as a medieval vampire, my costume is black and hot pink, it's really awesome...plus I have to be at work early to do my makeup like actual costume makeup it's nuts,  we get to run around and take pictures with the guests and sign the back when they ask us too.  We have floor names mine is Buttercup!  Or as my friend Nik likes to call me Sluttercup because I am a slutty vampire that hits on all the men.  It's actually really funny.  I talk about their veins pulsing in their necks and then touch it and say I like their necks.  I ask if they would spend eternity with me, when they say something sweet I say "if I had a beating heart it would've skipped a beat" hahaha. Honestly it is soo much fun, and the show (which I have blogged about already) is awesome, and the people I work with are really awesome too.  It's really nice to get out of the hostel and be productive.  It feels really good to actually be working legitimatly while travelling, not like last year and Cali where I had to struggle everyday.  Plus the money is really good and to top it off we get FREE DINNER EVERYNIGHT! Steak, chicken, pork, mashed potatos, rice, veggies, bean sauce, it's unreal.  Backpacker don't eat like that, its a luxurious dinner.  Everyone else eats it like its normal, me I am hoarding around my plate not letting anyone come near me lol.  My manager told me that everyone is really happy with me and "Welcome to Draculas" so I am so happy and everyone is always like "how is your night?" "how you going?" "Your doing fine"  it's really nice.  So many of my friends here are working shit jobs for shit pay - due to the fact employers know that backpackers need the money and will settle for anything - so I am really lucky. I am the only one at work that does not have an Australian accent.  It's hard sometimes because they talk really fast and have different slang so a lot of the times I have absolutely no idea what they are saying.  "My mates and I picked up a slab of beer..." "Whats a slab of beer?"  " A 24 pack" "oh you mean like a 2-4" "no a 24 pack, a slab" "ya a 2-4, thats what we call them"..."so i got on my push bike..." "whats a push bike?" "a bike with pedals" "a bicycle" "well a push bike, there are motor bikes with a motor and push bikes because you push the pedals...OMG she is like an alien!  We have to teach her!"  An alien they think I am a freaking alien lol. It's kind of cool though customers are always interested to know where I am from and what I am doing in Australia,  its really kind of cool knowing I have an accent its an interesting experience.  http://www.draculas.com.au/melbourne

One of the guys that I work with lives pretty close to me so we take the tram home together.  Friday night he wanted to show me around so he took me to this gay bar called Priscilla's.  THEY HAVE A DRAG SHOW!  It was soo cool.  I had never been to one before.  The way those men walk and dance around on stileto's is unreal, they do it better then me which is unfair, and the legs on some of them...WOW!  Almost makes me feel less of a woman lol sad but true. One of the queens name is Paris and she is hilarious.  She is over 6 feet with this massive white hair (wig) bottoxed lips layered in pink lipstick and flashy clothes, it's awesome!  I loved it and the show was pretty awesome too.  After we went to a gay club called The Market.  We had so much fun.  Then last night a bunch of us went out to Prince of Wales (gay nights is on Mondays) and they had another drag show and Paris was performing.  She remembered me because of my accent, SWEET!

Things at the hostel have really quieted down.  Everyone is working now, plus the weather has been really shit.  It's not  cold like back home but it is a damp cold so it chills you right to the bone, we are always so cold and of course me "it wont be that cold in Australia!" didn't pack many warm clothes so I am layering up as much as I can...I'm such a dumbass sometimes lol.  The weather makes it a little depressing around here.  No one is sitting on the couches or around the table, and a bunch of people are starting to leave.  I know it is a part of travelling but it's a little tough.  I have made some amazing friendships here and I really don't want to see anyone go.  I really miss coming in and people are out and drinking with the music going and laughing, getting wasted in the gardens, going to Base everynight - even this has dwindled down with everyone.  Everyone is pretty much sober but seem a little depressed, almost like we don't know what to talk about with eachother because we are lack of goon.  It's really nice that everyone is working and focusing on moving on or getting apartments it just kind of sucks sometimes.  The girls and I have been hibernating in our room watching movies and eating chips, dip and cookies.  I do miss it though, and with work I don't see people for days at a time because most of them work days and I work nights, it is refreshing though to see them after awhile.  I do have to say though, last year when I lived at the Bungalow in Cali we had a bunch of us living there and we became close, but, never in my life have I seen a group of travellers become so close and family and have eachothers back the way they do at this place.  No one goes hungry and there is always someone to talk to when in need.  I can't believe a month ago I didn't know any of these people and now they are like a family to me.  I am really lucky to have met them and they have made my time in Melbourne (so far) incredible and unforgettable and just like everything it has to end and goodbyes must be said. It sucks but it's all part of travelling.