OPINION // CARL CONNIELILNGUS
TRASH HITS & BITS WITH CARL CONNIELINGUS HEY THERE BEAUTS, CARL CONNIELINGUS COMING TO YOU AGAIN WITH ANOTHER LOOK INTO MY CRAZY WEE LIFE, THOUGHTS POST LOCKDOWN AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT!! JOIN ME AS I DELVE INTO MUSIC, MOVIES, DRAG TALK AND OF COURSE BELFAST PRIDE 2020..WELL WHAT THERE WAS OF IT LOL
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I AM WHAT I AM, SO MON JOIN ME FOR THE CRAIC & CONVO
MY JOKE OF LOCKDOWN: How does the Moon cut its hair?? Eclipse it hahahaha (Note: I know it’s shite but I found it very hilarious for many, many days lol)
So, I don’t know about yous lot but these past couple of months have been pretty f**kin hard for me from lockdown started to date and I did not see it coming. At the beginning I felt like I dove straight into it, trying to make it fun and “keep it going” with plenty of productive & creative Lives on Facebook between myself and my girlfriend Hayley, we really kept ourselves busy..to then totally burn ourselves out!! Then by the time July came, we just slowly started stepping back to concentrate on our mental health and survival, which is necessary for most of us and was for us!! To be honest, I’m so proud of the content we created while lockdown was happening because I know I even surprised myself and for that, I’m proud of us both. But what a crazy f**kin time we live in, right?? I mean looking back, humans have ALWAYS suffered in some way or another, haven’t we?? I believe that the human race has always suffered from PTSD, in all forms and it just gets worse & worse!! Starting from food for survival, wars for fields or crops, into actual wars (i.e. Nuclear/Iraq) for power, greed & money and now, science & technology massively holds that suffering in 2020!! It’s a shame that all those resources weren’t used for actual good, for every single person on this Planet and not just a select few!! I always imagine what it could have been or possibly even could be like, where each and every person lives a happy sustainable life with everything they need and no crazy pressures from jobs or family or friends, everyone is ok, no one is poor, hungry or dying before they should in old age!! Everyone is supportive and loved!! I’m crazy as f**k I know, but hey we all gotta dream something, right?? Lol I just want you all to know that this is a hard time for absolutely everyone and you are not alone!! Our circumstances will be different individually yes, but we’re all human, we all bleed the same!! So, let’s go a little easier on each other, let’s be kinder, be more helpful and let’s give other people a bit of a break because who the f**k needs that on top of everything?? I know I’d rather put positive energy out there because even the smallest amount of Love, WINS <3 <3
DRAG & PRIDE “That’s what my heart, yearns for now.. Drag & Pride” Ok, ok, so I changed the title slightly to fit my theme lol but if you don’t know, I was inspired by King – Love & Pride..check it out.
be proud of!! You can check out all my videos from Facebook https://www. facebook.com/carlconnielingus and Hayley’s videos on https://www.facebook. com/St0rmHayley :) :) . . I can’t wait to show you all what’s to come over the next couple of months hehe
Over Lockdown Hayley and I mainly concentrated on lives and makeup transformations but as time went on, we got really creative for different digital drag shows & projects and the content we released is definitely something to
And with all that, came Belfast Pride 2020!! It wasn’t the same, I mean of course it wasn’t, so I’ll get that out there now but I had a really fab time!! Between the bars doing their thing and The Pride Committee doing a Livestream on the
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day, which I got to be a part of!! I thought everyone done a fantastic job!! I knew a few fellow drag Performers where performing, so we went around to try and see as many of them as we could to show support, as it should be!! What was your experience?? Give me a shout on my email in the Outro!! And here, sure there’s always next year lol.
