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tASSy · 11-18-2005, 11:26 AM

thanks for all of your responses - both the ones telling me i am an idiot, and the ones expressing sympathy.

a couple things i want to make clear - i left my purse under 2 jackets for as long as it took to walk from the VIP booth (with all the food on it) to the stage to present the award for best GLBT and turn around to go back to the booth in the VIP area. the wallet and camera were in my purse with my Pinkgasm and FLASHCA$H business cards prominently displayed inside (so anyone in the industry would definitely know it was mine if you've seen my biz cards). my cell phone was not taken, nor were my medications.

in my original post i never intended to imply that it was someone in our industry that did this - but what i DID want to point out was that when things like this happen at industry events, they are heard about. rumours get started - hell, half of you here jumped to the conclusion that i thought someone upstanding in the adult community did this (?!). please don't think i'm accusing anyone here, i just wanted to post last night when it happened in case something good came of it...i.e. wallet found with my ID still in it but cards gone, or *something*.

and no, i'm not going to learn that i should never trust anyone ever again - that's ridiculous. Halcyon calls this "the optimism tax" - it's the price you pay for living happily by allowing yourself to trust. i prefer it that way, this experience was/is a bummer but it's not changing my fundamental views, though i may never leave my purse sitting somewhere for 5 minutes again when i'm being asked to present something on stage. i'll just wear my purse and look like an idiot.

11-18-2005, 11:26 AM
tASSy Spread The Pink! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: pinktown! Posts: 8,229	thanks for all of your responses - both the ones telling me i am an idiot, and the ones expressing sympathy. a couple things i want to make clear - i left my purse under 2 jackets for as long as it took to walk from the VIP booth (with all the food on it) to the stage to present the award for best GLBT and turn around to go back to the booth in the VIP area. the wallet and camera were in my purse with my Pinkgasm and FLASHCA$H business cards prominently displayed inside (so anyone in the industry would definitely know it was mine if you've seen my biz cards). my cell phone was not taken, nor were my medications. in my original post i never intended to imply that it was someone in our industry that did this - but what i DID want to point out was that when things like this happen at industry events, they are heard about. rumours get started - hell, half of you here jumped to the conclusion that i thought someone upstanding in the adult community did this (?!). please don't think i'm accusing anyone here, i just wanted to post last night when it happened in case something good came of it...i.e. wallet found with my ID still in it but cards gone, or something. and no, i'm not going to learn that i should never trust anyone ever again - that's ridiculous. Halcyon calls this "the optimism tax" - it's the price you pay for living happily by allowing yourself to trust. i prefer it that way, this experience was/is a bummer but it's not changing my fundamental views, though i may never leave my purse sitting somewhere for 5 minutes again when i'm being asked to present something on stage. i'll just wear my purse and look like an idiot. __________________ tassyPINK ICQ ~ 318097066 *