BALL FEVER

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE BALL FEVER?  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE SCENE HAVE HAD IT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. WHEN YOU ARE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE SCENE IT CAN BE A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. ITS LIKE AN UNDERGROUND PORTAL HAS OPENED AND ANOTHER WORLD IS THERE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FIRST COMING OUT YOU ARE NOW IN THE COMPANY OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY LIKE YOU. ALL THOSE YEARS THINKING THAT YOU WAS SOME TYPE OF FREAK OR ANOMALY THAT YOU WAS ALONE YOU SEE NOW HOW WRONG YOU WERE. NOW YOU SEE THINGS YOU'VE NEVER SAW BEFORE. MASCULINE GUYS WHO ARE GAY WHO YOU WOULD NEVER OF IMAGINED. DRAG QUEENS THAT A PRETTY PROUD OF THEIR WORK. YOU SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER QUESTION OR THINK ABOUT THAT LOOK LIKE WOMEN BUT YOU ARE BEING TOLD THEY ARE "FEM QUEENS". THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON BUT MOSTLY IN THIS WORLD YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMFORTABLE BEING THEMSELVES IN THE OWN SKIN. THEY ARE AS EFFEMINATE  AND FLAMBOYANT AS THEY WANT TO BE AND ITS NOT FROWNED UPON OR LOOKED UPON AS WRONG. NOW THAT YOU ARE IN THIS WORLD YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, BE APART OF IT, AND BREATHE IT! AS BEAUTIFUL AS A BALL CAN BE JUST LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME, THE FIRE CAN CONSUME YOU LIKE AN INFERNO. AT FIRST YOU ARE SPECTATING AND THEN PEOPLE START TO "SEE YOU" PEOPLE TAKE INTEREST IN YOU THEY SEE YOU FOR A CATEGORY OR EVEN BETTER YET YOU SEE A CATEGORY WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. SO YOU START WALKING AND YOU MAY BE GETTING THAT FAME BECAUSE YOU ARE NEW AND ITS HOT FOR YOU. YOU ARE TOLD THAT TO MAKE YOUR NAME YOU NEED TO TRAVEL. YOU LEARN BALLS ARE NOT JUST IN YOU LOCAL CITY ITS NATIONWIDE. YOU WANT TO CONQUER IT NOW CITY BY CITY. SO YOU GO TO EVERY BALL NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. YOU SPEND YOUR LAST DOLLAR ON A BALL AND HAVE EMPTY POCKETS. YOU SPENT ALL YOUR MONEY ON A BALL EFFECT AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PAID YOUR PHONE BILL LOL. THESE ARE ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF BALL FEVER. OR YOU ARE DEAD BROKE AND YOU MISS THE BALL THE WHOLE NIGHT YOU ARE MISERABLE SIMILAR TO NURSING A BROKEN HEART. YOU FEEL LIKE ITS THE END OF THE WORLD THAT YOU MISSED THIS FUNCTION. WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERYDAY THE FIST THING YOU THINK ABOUT IS THE NEXT BALL YOU ARE GOING TO SLAY AND PUNISH. RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE WORK OR SCHOOL ARE BEING NEGLECTED. THE THING ABOUT BALL FEVER THERE ARE SO MANY SYMPTOMS THAT YOU DO NOT EVEN REALIZE IT UNTIL IT TRULY HAS CONSUMED YOU. I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAS JEOPARDIZED THEIR LIVES FOR BALLS. THEY WERE IN SCHOOL OR HAD A GOOD JOB AND THEY GOT INTO BALLS AND IT WAS A WRAP. AS FUN AS BALLS CAN BE IT CAN ALSO BE DESTRUCTIVE! AS S ANYTHING THAT IS DONE IN EXCESS CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE. THE CURE TO BALL FEVER IS BALANCE. YOU CAN MISS A FEW BALLS REMEMBER TO PRIORITIZE. BALLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE IN THE FUTURE. AS IN ALL THINGS IN LIFE YOU NEED BALANCE. WHEN ONE THING OR CAUSE HAS ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND TIME SOMETHING ELSE WILL SUFFER AND BE NEGLECTED. REMEMBER BALLS ARE FOR FUN AND SHOULD BE A HOBBY OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. DO NOT MAKE IT YOUR LIVES WORK BECAUSE YOU LIFE WILL SUFFER IN SOME WAY IN THE LONG RUN! HAVE YOU EVER HAD A BALL FEVER OR KNEW SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU WITH IT? TELL YOUR STORY!