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Meet Michelle - A Tale of Two Halves(2/2)
By Jo Allison
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Not every aspect of Michelle's mad life is so positive, The negative thing
is the family, the embarrassment of people, she sighs.
Living, as it were, two separate lives, Michelle has to hide her alter ego from some people.
This can make things very, very complicated, for example, Tomorrow I've got to go to the
salon during the day, got to get changed back to Mike, then down to 'Lazer Quest',
then go for a meal, get back home for about 8 o'clock, get changed back to Michelle.
It's like mad!
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Not one to let the bastards grind her down, she even laughs at the fact she has
two lives, I can do so much as a bloke... but as Michelle I'm real lazy,
I don't do housework or anything like that. It's like, oh my god how can you be
that snobby as a woman, and not give a shit as a bloke?
I don't tidy up or anything, not as Michelle, its all Mike's job... I've got a
built in sugar daddy, ha ha ha!
Just as long as it doesn't get to the point where "I start talking to myself
like on Lord Of The Rings...start talking to yourself,
"Your not going out like that you slag"... "Yes I am!" I've lost it at that point,
but to look at Michelle you wouldn't think Schmegal; you'd think more
like, what a chic gal!
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Michelle, as you can see in her pics, looks classy and beautifully
coiffured as a woman, and has had loads of compliments, the best being
from an image consultant in London.
She met a team of consultants who were thinking of tapping into the
transvestite market and telling the trannies how to dress more like women,
but Michelle's mentor asked me about everything... and the girl said
'Michelle was the best dressed there'... I really made an effort I had,
like, a brown suede skirt, and a brown scarf, and a black top and my black
boots and I had this Mexx cord coat, everything just looked bang on... I'm a
bloke in a dress, but best dressed in the room according to her!
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This amuses Michelle, especially due to the fact that her clothes are
anything but designer. I'm not really into designers...this skirt
was me wife's, and this top was from erm, New Look I think.
I just go anywhere and look; I can go through rails really fast.
I have a cut off point of £10, I won't spend anything over £10, shoes,
everything, tops under a fiver!"
Michelle does take a lot of pride in her appearance as a woman, and has a
beautiful collection of brassy blonde wigs, from New York and the long
blonde one I got off me hair dresser. She used to lap dance in it, I'm
just hoping the pheromones will rub off!
Michelle doesn't base her look on anyone, but emulates strong powerful women, I
do ladies that lunch for shopping, or posh trendy, hopefully what I've pulled off
today, or in the club I've got nice legs so I can seem to just get away with
mini skirts...my Lycra pink dress looks good with a spray tan.
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Remarkably, Michelle is all self taught when it comes to clothes and makeup,
I shave my legs cos that's a girl thing, getting ready, shaving your legs
before you go out in the bath, I like that. It takes a lot for a man to look
anything other than a bloke in a badly fitting dress, I don't have a problem
with clothes (as if darling, as if!), I get them all off the peg...I've been
taking natural hormones for two years, getting little bit of hips, but its not
going fast enough, and I've got these little fourteen year old boobs!
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Obviously manly traits can be a problem, my fingers are stubs, and you can
tell, look at the width of my hand, you can tell that's a mans trait but
Michelle will not go any further than plucking, shaving, laser treatment
and natural hormones, If you had a magic wand, I'd be a girl straight away,
without even thinking, but I'd never have a sex change, I'd never be a woman.
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Michelle, however flamboyant and happy as a tranny, complains of her loneliness.
It's a pity you could actually break into two so you could have the company of the
other person, without it being in your head, Michelle does want a partner, but
thinks it would be best if it was a woman.
I don't think I could be with a man if I was Michelle all the time, then it
would be a chance to let the male side slip, cos if I was a bloke I would
become a closet kitchen fitter, he'd go to work in the morning, and I'd
whip my wig off, and he'd come in from work and say, where are them
shelves from?!...(Laughter) Nothing to do with me...getting me drill fix!"
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Hull, however un-cosmopolitan, and perhaps the most unlikely place for
acceptance of a transvestite, has been really good to Michelle, I
find people in Hull fine, I've been lucky, I've been trannying all over the place!
I've had my wig pulled off twice by two gay blokes, that's about it.
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So, are things changing in the transvestite world?
The other week at a bar, I got introduced -to a bloke- and he shook my
hand and he crushed my rings together, and I though you absolute knob-head,
and then three weeks after he came up and gave me a big cuddle.
So what I thought was a complete knob-head... However although most men seem
fine, Michelle realises that transvestites are the unknown;
I've got no delusions of grandeur, cos I could walk out of this hotel,
and they could smash my head in...
However Michelle has no intention of keeping her tranny antics to the
dead of night, and when you see what a stunner she is in daylight, it's
obvious there's no need for a string of garlic around her neck.
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That sparkly pink necklace looks so much better, after all darling,
a woman needs her jewels!
www.ezantiaging.com -
For information on her amazing pillow invention!
www.salon-si.co.uk - The Salon SI website
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People - An Interview with Black Wire By Caroline Murphy
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A month ago, Dan Tom and Si (AKA Black Wire) were simply three hot guys in a
picture, who also played damn good music.
Now however, they're still three hot guys in a picture, but in reality they're larger than
life and a million times hotter than you could ever dream!
Their set was simply awesome, and more than a fitting support to The Cribs.
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People - Interview with John Hassall
By JG Photos by Michelle Dee
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Surely everyone's heard of The Libertines, but it seems like so far, only a
fortunate few have heard about Yeti. With their debut single
Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder receiving very little radio airplay,
there are bound to be a lot of people left wondering who they are and what they sound like.
John Hassall may be better known as being the bass player in
one of
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People - An Interview with Joesolo by Nick Quantrill
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Joesolo is the alter ego of Paul Thompson, formerly of Hull
guitar-pop outfit Lithium Joe.
As the band's songwriter and vocalist, Paul played in excess of 350 gigs as the
group released a string of self-funded records through their own label,
Resolve Records.
After a musical hiatus, 2004 saw Paul commence recording as a solo artist with
his
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People - An Interview With Carol Ann Kerry-Green (Arthur C. Clarke Judge) By Lynne Taylor
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By day Carol Ann Kerry-Green works for the local authority writing up reports and having
meetings but by night she can be time travelling to the distant future or experiencing
life in a colony on another planet - all because of her passion for science fiction novels.
Carol, who has been fascinated by the what if' from her teens, began her career in
British Science Fiction more than
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People - An Interview with Neils Children By Caroline Murphy
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Ok, so it's official, Neils Children rocked Cari's World! Yup, the Earth moved, and all that stuff... and that was just the sound check.
I caught up with John, James and Brandon on their first visit to
Wolverhampton from the Big Smoke, as they headlined at the Little Civic
(All those of you who went to see Papa Roach
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People - Jim Muir Slideshow By Michelle Dee
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It's the packaging that catches the eye first that and the fact you have to slice open the CD envelope with
a sharp implement.
Due to the popularity of the first EP, I have only the second two before me.
The Slideshow are storytellers first and foremost. Jim Muir began writing the songs during 2000 and 2001.
He says that he writes to
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People - Short Back and Sides - The Life and Times of Walter Oglesby, Gentlemen's Hairdresser By Jane Foster
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Walter Oglesby is a local character with a rich stock of experiences and memories.
Now 82, Walter only retired from his trade as a barber six years ago.
During his time he worked for 40 years on Hull's docks, being not only a
hairdresser to the local docker population, but a friend and confidante too.
When the docker's trade started to wane, he began collecting their tools of the
trade and exhibiting them
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People, Interviews - Interview with Tokyo Dragons
By Michelle Dee
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Tokyo dragons are definitely not like The Smiths, lets just clear that one up.
They play a brand of loud ballsy U.S. rock circa 1995, maybe like G.n'R. or
Aerosmith with a bit of Kiss thrown in.
It's been a while since I checked out the mainstream rock scene.
These guys have been going for four years and hail from N.W. London
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People, Interviews - Interview With The Paddingtons By John-Paul Nicholas. Photographs - The Paddingtons at The Adelphi By Darren Rogers
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They look like The Clash used to. They look like The Stone Roses' evil twins.
They look like a gang.
And they are as tight as a gang, finishing each other's sentences and putting across their
points individually, knowing that they speak for the band as a whole.
Acting as spokesman Lloyd says What I fuckin' hate about music magazines is
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People - Ellie Beill - Move In Direct
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My name is Ellie Beill. When asked by thisisUll.com to write an
article on myself I was unsure.
But here goes ...
The property market has always fascinated me.
I think it comes from moving house eight times before I was 18 (that averages a move every 2.25 years!).
So I guess
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People - Sleaze Queens - Inside Story, Outside World at Dukes March 3rd 05.By Michelle Dee
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Two bright, young, rock n roll girls, are bidding to become the best Djs in town.
They have been making a name for themselves at the Sweet n Sour night, on
alternate Saturdays at Silhouette for a number of months.
Sparkly Mel and Sultry Kat bring a selection of tantalizing tunes
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People - Interview with John Robb By Steve Rudd
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John Robb: is a legendary figure in punk-rock circles, having been at the forefront of making
some fantastic music since the age of sixteen, when he co-founded The Membranes in Blackpool.
Since then John has been involved in allsorts of interesting projects
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People, Interviews - Fifty Nine Violets at the New Adelphi
By Michelle Dee
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Their Christmas card lists run to half a dozen names, they have a penchant for blowing up amps;
they are a thrilling live experience; they are of course the Fifty Nine Violets:
from Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire.
For the majority of
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People - DJ Chris Plant
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DJ Chris Plant started his professional musical career back in 1996, although his passion
for music began when he was just seven years old.
The 22 year old from Kirkella has wanted to be a DJ for as long as he can remember
and has travelled the globe
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People - Interview with The Ga*Ga*s at Asylum By Andy Dykes
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I walk into Asylum in the middle of a soundcheck.
There are people all over the place, any number of whom look like they could be a
roadie, or the member of a band, or a vagrant.
Never before having met any of the people I am about to interview, figure a
bit of
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People, Interviews - The Johnsons - A Band Is Born
By Michelle Dee
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Once upon a time, in a garage not far away, four young men came together and began
to play rock and roll music.
In eight days they had a show to do.
Time was of the essence and if they could only withstand the pressure, the
ambitious
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