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Posts in: My So Called Life
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Always Trying to Find Balance
I’ve cleaned up the design of my page to be a bit closer to what I want it to be. It’s by no means perfect, it’s a work in progress. But it’s about 75% of the way I want it to be. I’ve spent far too much time on TikTok …
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lgbt
friendship
transgender
Time Marches On: Trans Edition
I was alerted to the passing of Jeri Hughes, by my friend Ethan St. Pierre. It comes a day after watching a video of a trans person referring to themselves as a trans elder when they transitioned in 2020. It’s made me reflect on how many of my …
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remembering
2024 You Were Mostly Shit, But I Learned A Few Things
I don’t really like doing New Year’s resolutions, for a few reasons. A. I don’t see the new year as the beginning of something. Yes, it’s a chance to reflect, but there’s nothing “new” about the year apart from the year …
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transgender
life rolling along
remembering
Trans Auld Lang Syne
As I listened to Vermont Movement News’ podcast about a transgender woman, Aunt Jenny, that was a trans mother to many people around Philly (and on the internet via IRC), it reminded me of all the people that time had forgotten. Many people around …
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trangender
I Get Trans Regret
This morning I read an excellent post over at Crossdreamer's Tumblr blog about transition regret (also a great post by Brynn Tannehill). I'll say upfront that I don't regret transition, but I understand those who do. From the post:
"Some of the …
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activism
transgender
Suicide, Leelah Alcorn, and Living Openly Trans*
I’ve kept quiet much for the last few months because I’ve been mourning a loss, the equal I can only compare losing my father at age 11. I’m not going to share the particulars of this loss because it doesn’t really matter in …
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credit
banks
credit cards
credit repair
Giving Banks Credit
Now that I’m almost a year into fixing my credit, I’m starting to get a lot of offers for credit. Well sort of. Most of the loans in being offered are really absurd; a loan for $1000 that will cost $500?! I’ve also received a lot of …
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depression
perspective
suicide
Thoughts on Suicide, Living, and Dying
My mind has been in a million different places today. I read this thoughtful post by a doctor about a patient that committed suicide. I saw this today on dying with dignity:
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friendship
love
passion
romance
What's New is Old Again
I took this blog offline for a while and I’ve deleted a lot of the posts that don’t make sense being here, but I still feel the need to write. I look back over my writing and my life and see and feel where I was at the time.
In this life …
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Looking In the Rear View, Giving Thanks
Tonight is an anniversary for me as well as Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving 2003 was one of the lowest points in my life. I had recently moved to Washington DC and had a one bedroom apartment that was baren. It had a bed (from the previous owner), a small …
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Wisconsin
Devil's Lake
A Beautiful Day in Wisconsin: Devil's Lake
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Such a beautiful place you are, Devil’s Lake.
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Family
Granny
KKK
Poppy
My Klansman Poppy Taught Me How To Love Republicans
Growing up in a super dysfunctional household, I had very little in the way of nurturing. Between working full time and regularly engaging in marital battles, my mom had little quality time with us kids. I spent a lot of time with my …
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2009
home
Middleton
Wisconsin
Home Is Where Your Heart Is
A friend of mine moved to Indianapolis, Indiana from New York because in his words, “Indianapolis feels like home.” As someone that’s always hated living in Indianapolis, I couldn’t understand how someone would WANT to move …
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Joy
All That I've Let In, I'm Blessed Beyond Belief
I’ve always found great joy in music, but there are few songs that impact me to such an extent that I cry the first time I hear them. Tonight I heard the following song did: All That We Let In - Indigo Girls
“Dust in our eyes our own …
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relationships realizations
The Pressure to Date is Off
For many years I thought I needed someone else to make me whole. Someone to "complete me." I've tried many ways to find that completeness, but sometimes the cliché is the truth. The easy truth is sometimes the hardest to actualize/realize/deal with. …
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Deborah
divorce
marriage
Nicholas
recordings
StoryCorps
My Story Corps Interview
This recording was done at a mobile StoryCorps trailer on September 16th, 2007. The StoryCorps website describes itself this way:
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through …
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1986
high school
Southport High School
teachers
Most Significant Teachers
I recently wrote about my high school experience over at Classmates.com:
I had so much bad stuff going on in my life, I came to school to get away from the drama at home. I really didn’t care to do the work (something I regret now). School was …
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adoption
family drama
Kinda Killed My Buzz
Recently I went to the health department to get a copy of my birth certificate. One of the women at the ISDOH pulled me into an office to tell me, "Usually, it doesn't take so long to process this, but since you're adopted, it takes longer."
I …
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LJ Reprise - Life At This Moment
I was searching for an old post on my LiveJournal that I wanted to share with my cousin, and I started reading old posts. I read this old post and almost cried. I wrote a post called “I live, I die” on March 10th, 2004. This is an …
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It Must Be In My Blood
I’m not sure why, but I’m really excited about the October 12th release of Elizabeth, The Golden Age.
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Maybe it’s because my mom’s side are Doughertys (Irish) and my dad’s side are …
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photos
Asian Art, Bills, and A Hot But Beautiful Day
Because I had to go pay my electric bill, I made a detour after I paid my bill and went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I took this pic while i was waiting for the tour on Asian art…
I love tours so much more than just walking around. It …
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I'm a goof
This made me laugh...
A comment by a fellow Alumni of my high school,
"after the reunion, i see that we have all changed. apparently not as much as marty abernathy. whatever floats ones boat, or words to that effect...."Not really sure if that's a dig, or not. …
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trailer trash
MYSPACE: The New AOL
Sheesh. Let’s go to the Ole Myspace mailbag, shall we? “hey babe,
my names john, i am a 22 yr old from chicago. I am very outgoing and willing to try anything once. I am a chef and curently going to culinary school. I have pics, but …
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The Rumors Are Not True... Elvis and I LIVE!
Hey there! Long time no see! :) You may have wondered why I’ve become silent for so long… or maybe you don’t give a shit ;) … but you’re gonna hear about my life anyways!
First of all, there’s Nik. Nik moving in …
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photos
trans moments
childhood
sexuality
Robin Hood
As I was getting ready for work, I sat at my PC and talked with one of my favorite LJ'ers, angiewarhol, about "The Justice League", and it somehow fired a synapse that triggered a memory about my childhood.
I get very few crystal clear glimpses of …
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writers that moved me
The Loss of Innocence
Coming back from Kentucky, Lisa gave me a GLSO Newspaper to read on the way back. Its a queer organization in Kentucky. Anywho, an article in it hit me like a ton of bricks, and I wanted to share it….
The Loss of Innocence aftermath of the …
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activism
Nervous....
Well, I went in the Indiana Statehouse for the first time in my life. And who stepped through those doors? Marti. It’s wierd to be in a space as a female that I have never been in as a male.
I was nervous as hell at first because it was a press …
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photos
good times
friends
Thanksgiving Part II
Well, this Thanksgiving was a joy. I spent it all with my best friend in the entire world, Jennifer. She came over and picked me up and we took these pics before we even drove away…
So we jump on the interstate and are headed down the …
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trans moments
um...WOW.
I was taken for a woman at work….and twice this morning…and I’m in total work gear…totally andro. Could it be the purse? The hair? The breasts? I don’t give a shit…whateva it is I hope it keeps happening. When …
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announcement
kitty!
Lola....laaa laaa looola
I went to the Southside Animal Shelter and immediately fell in love with this pretty little thing.. ;)
The fact that her name is Lola is just an added bonus. I have a theory. The people at shelter said she was “altered”, not …
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I'm a goof
trans moments
On The Bus You Can Just Call Me Pat
All those years of watching SNL just paid off.
When I go to work I can't go in full femme mode so I just go extremely andro. Since I go through some pretty rough neighborhoods I just let everyone think what they will.
A couple of days ago I lost …
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More Weather Fun!
Went out this morning and took more pics. If it looks bad, thats because it is.
Spooky. A bit more pressure on this fucker and SNAP...down comes the power lines.
This is how it looked from across the street.
I found this one a bit of a jolt to my …
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photos
Rain
Sirens! Tornados!!! I need a blankie and a closet ...and ill sit in there and suck my thumb. :)
lookin all evil
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMY! *sniffle* Im scared!
I keep telling myself a tornado hasnt ever hit Riley Towers. LOL......
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Sleep Sleep ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I slept little yesterday after work, but lord did I pay for it later. I around 6 or 7 I fell asleep and didnt wake up till 1 am. Then I stayed up for a whole 10 minutes and slept until 630am. Shhhhhhhhit! Much to do today! I want to start doing a …
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500 parade
Cinnamon and I walked down to the Indianapolis 500 Parade. I took a bunch of pics….
He looks hot, she just looks dim. :)
I wish someone would have told me that President Bush was gonna be in the parade.
Sabrina, you need to zap some decent …
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ponderings
Loss of Innocence
The Loss of Innocence aftermath of the affair by Kelly O’ferrell
“This is not the face of an ingenue; this is an old soul in a new body- wary, wise to her own long past, on to the wiles of the world, and having miles to go before she …
