thinking about how the 1st time i was ever in a hospital, when i was 15, i spent my thanksgiving in an isolation room... and as sad as that may sound, i've always kind of had a happy memory of the day. i had visitors, my parent's brought me leftovers and i painted and listened to WFNX's "unplucked" all day and "leftover weekend" the following ( Read more... )

yesterday, a well meaning, new facebook friend who knows who i am, despite me never having spoken to him before, asked me if i could help his organization in a poverty stricken area of asia by being some kind of extreme sponsor or something and donating, though he didn't actually suggest an amount, what i was getting the impression was a LOT of ( Read more... )

i don't take these things quite as often as i used to, but i thought these 2 were cool. gave me stuff to reflect on and write about ( Read more... )

i had a dream about an old friend of mine just now. i just woke up from the dream. we were in the psych ward together, and it was also a train or a plane. in real life, we have both been in psych wards, but not together. and in the dream, like real life, i had not seen her since i was like 20 years old... before transition. i was walking down the ( Read more... )

i am participating in a transgender study and the person interviewing asked me some questions to find out if i qualify. i just sent them this letter, which i decided was also worth posting on here, as a little more info on Jymi Cliche ( Read more... )

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/164365/

go check it out. south park is my hero

In 1996 i was in my last year of high school. I went to an alternative school for kids with "issues". It was technically a special ed school, but for really smart kids who learn differently than most kids and therefore had difficulty in public school. Beacon High School (formerly New Perspectives School) was technically public through Massachusetts ( Read more... )

I hate you Mitt Romney. You suck dirty balls. I really really hate you.
I'm very mad that you made it so easy for so many of my friends to die. I hope you fry.

i realize only those west of me right now are still in October, so this is for you... 1 last halloween themed entry. Halloween Art, by me. Both were done inside the psych hospital in past years.


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