“More than anything I wish he were here with me. "A relationship is an accumulation of shared history," he'd said to me once. And here I was making history without him. It's lonely. And I can't wait to go home.… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
Blackouts can be fun if approached with the right mindset. You just can't sweat the fact that you've lost a small portion of your… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“I'm a drag queen. I'm a celebrity trapped in a normal person's body.” — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
Secrets that reside in the mind of one person aren't really secrets. They're unspoken fears. — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“There's a strange lack of knowledge about the role of drag queens in our culture. I attribute this to the appalling state of our… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“Back in bed I listen to every sound. The plastic tarp over the table on the balcony crunching in the cold wind. the two short clicks in the walls before the heat comes on with a low whoosh. I hear a constant base hum all around, the nervous system of the building, carrying electricity and gas and phone conversations to… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share
“And she just wants everyone to remember -please remember- that once there was a darkly sparkling, glittering, shimmering, lovely dangerous time in this city… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“For even more “sizzle,” instead of simply leading the goats out to graze as we usually did, I raced out in front of them, hollering an improvisational goat call that made me sound like a yodeling hillbilly. I turned back toward the barn and aw that the goats had stayed back, huddled together in fear in the barn doorway. They… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share
I am not an alcoholic. I'm a social catalyst. People pay me to illustrate for other partygoers the chemical process involved in transforming from… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“...once you've crawled into what's commonly thought of as the sordid underbelly of life, you realize it's all just different versions of normal.” — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“...no matter how beneficial a disappearing act might be for me, I could never tear myself away from a show in progress. Even when the plot's tragic ending is apparent to the entire audience. Perhaps there's a deus ex machina that will lower from the ceiling and turn the whole debacle into a romantic comedy. never can tell. Paid the… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share
“I think it's a little presumptuous on his part to think that I would want to talk to him anyway. I mean, sure, I… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
“But there's something flirty/sexy about his voice that's appealing to my inner romantic comedy actress. Then again, maybe it's just his penthouse apartment I'm… — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
