My life as of today.
Nothing too special has been happening, much of the same. School, work, sleep. Barf. But lately, I have been trying to look at things differently, and it's been a good thing.
Kat and I had our first radio show thursday, and it was awesome! We still need people to call/IM us to request songs. Our show is dance music, so you should call in or instant message us and tell us what songs you want to dance to!
Now that my shameless plug is over, on to real thoughts. I have been thinking a lot about how I hate gender. It's a dumb concept, really. It is something that I feel used to be necessary, but it isn't anymore. I think that since we are more technologically advanced humans, we know that people are and can be whatever they want. It's not a matter of penis=boy and vagina=girl. It's a matter of, Jim says he's a girl, so he is. and Sue says she's a boy. But william says that he's somewhere in between, and that should be fine too.
After going to transfamily saturday, we asked Jake (a guy who runs TF) about what we should tell my friend that's questioning their gender. He was pretty much like, "Bring {Name} to Transfamily, tell them that even if they don't know what they are, they are welcome here. Many people have done that." I agree with Jake when we were talking about the whole gender being somewhere in between thing, because he says that he's a guy, but he doesn't completely forget that he lived as a girl for 30-some years of his life. That's kinda how I feel. I mean, I never felt as though something was right with me. I'm not like the people who say that they knew they were a girl/boy or that they were gay at age 4, I just felt different. I tried so many things to find out who I was. I finally took a class at CSU and found out that there was a word how I felt. There are a couple words actually. I think that I most closely identify as a genderqueer transsexual. I mean, I literally just thought of that phrase. Because I feel as though just one gender doesn't completely 100% describe me, but I still want to transition in order to look as I feel I should.
Kat and I went to Union Station with a bunch of people after Transfamily, and we had drinks and food. Kat and my bill turned out to be $45, which didn't seem correct, but it was. eep. But I had a javatini, and kat had a cosmo. Many of the people there bought pitchers of margaritas, and I ended up drinking about 2.5 glasses of margarita after I drank my martini and some of kat's cosmo. To say the least, I was drunk. It was a major win. I finally felt like I belonged in Transfamily after that. For the 2 years I went there, I always showed up, and left when the meeting was over. But now I feel like people want to interact with me, to be my friend, and I like that. Oh! and after Union Station, Kat and I went to Mina and Alicia's house, which was AWESOME! We sat around and played mario kart for a while, and then we played cranium. We got high too, so I was drunk and high! woo! but Mina played us some of her music and some other music. I really want to have her put a CD together so we could play her music on our radio show! it's awesome really.
Also, Mina and Alicia told us about this party they went to the other day and they had these tablets of a fruit called the "Miracle Berry" it is a berry that's grown in western Africa and when it's eaten, it changes the receptors of your tongue that sense bitter or sour and makes everything taste sweet! I have been looking into stuff and I want to have a miracle berry party. I want to get some foods and drinks that are normally sour or bitter and then take a tablet (you let it dissolve on your tongue) and eat the stuff. Then, before it wears off, I want to go and get coffee. Maybe I can do that for my birthday. getting a pack of 10 tablets is anywhere from 12 to 20 dollars. I'm trying to find the most legit business. A lot of them have packets from Japan, of course, so I will keep looking into them and then let you all know. If you look up Miracle Berry or Miracle Fruit in google, you'll find stuff about it, as well as places to buy it.
Kat and I might be moving our bed into our smaller room, and moving our stuff into the bigger room, because that's how Mina and Alicia had their apartment, and Kat liked it. So, why not? I don't think we'll be able to fit anything besides our bed in there though. just our bed and maybe, MAYBE our dresser. but it might be nice just to sleep in one room and have everything else in another room.
My classes have been going well, my newswriting class is messing with me though. it sucks because I never know when things are due. I am pretty sure I have to write an article about a speech I saw on Thursday. I don't want to. I hate journalism. But I must, so I will do my best. I really like my Intro to Cultural Anthropology class, my professor is funny and old. Art History is awesome, of course. My US Modern History class is going well too. PRIDE! is off to a great start. Our art auction is going to be on the 18th (Thursday) from 530-730. I have some photography in it, so go and buy my stuff!! and everyone else's stuff too. The money goes to PRIDE! and to the LGBT center of greater cleveland. So, at least enter in the 50/50 raffle. it costs $1, even I have one dollar.
I'm starting to get my backpack ready. I want to buy a couple more balls of yarn to add to it before I start crocheting it all. I'm working on the plastic bag part of it now. The bags are being cut and made into a ball of "yarn" and then I will start using my crocheting powers to make it into the bottom of my bag. then I will crochet the top part and the straps, and then put it all together and voila! I have a cool backpack!
anyways, that's about it. I have to get ready for class now, so word to your mother and all that good stuff.
Kat and I had our first radio show thursday, and it was awesome! We still need people to call/IM us to request songs. Our show is dance music, so you should call in or instant message us and tell us what songs you want to dance to!
Now that my shameless plug is over, on to real thoughts. I have been thinking a lot about how I hate gender. It's a dumb concept, really. It is something that I feel used to be necessary, but it isn't anymore. I think that since we are more technologically advanced humans, we know that people are and can be whatever they want. It's not a matter of penis=boy and vagina=girl. It's a matter of, Jim says he's a girl, so he is. and Sue says she's a boy. But william says that he's somewhere in between, and that should be fine too.
After going to transfamily saturday, we asked Jake (a guy who runs TF) about what we should tell my friend that's questioning their gender. He was pretty much like, "Bring {Name} to Transfamily, tell them that even if they don't know what they are, they are welcome here. Many people have done that." I agree with Jake when we were talking about the whole gender being somewhere in between thing, because he says that he's a guy, but he doesn't completely forget that he lived as a girl for 30-some years of his life. That's kinda how I feel. I mean, I never felt as though something was right with me. I'm not like the people who say that they knew they were a girl/boy or that they were gay at age 4, I just felt different. I tried so many things to find out who I was. I finally took a class at CSU and found out that there was a word how I felt. There are a couple words actually. I think that I most closely identify as a genderqueer transsexual. I mean, I literally just thought of that phrase. Because I feel as though just one gender doesn't completely 100% describe me, but I still want to transition in order to look as I feel I should.
Kat and I went to Union Station with a bunch of people after Transfamily, and we had drinks and food. Kat and my bill turned out to be $45, which didn't seem correct, but it was. eep. But I had a javatini, and kat had a cosmo. Many of the people there bought pitchers of margaritas, and I ended up drinking about 2.5 glasses of margarita after I drank my martini and some of kat's cosmo. To say the least, I was drunk. It was a major win. I finally felt like I belonged in Transfamily after that. For the 2 years I went there, I always showed up, and left when the meeting was over. But now I feel like people want to interact with me, to be my friend, and I like that. Oh! and after Union Station, Kat and I went to Mina and Alicia's house, which was AWESOME! We sat around and played mario kart for a while, and then we played cranium. We got high too, so I was drunk and high! woo! but Mina played us some of her music and some other music. I really want to have her put a CD together so we could play her music on our radio show! it's awesome really.
Also, Mina and Alicia told us about this party they went to the other day and they had these tablets of a fruit called the "Miracle Berry" it is a berry that's grown in western Africa and when it's eaten, it changes the receptors of your tongue that sense bitter or sour and makes everything taste sweet! I have been looking into stuff and I want to have a miracle berry party. I want to get some foods and drinks that are normally sour or bitter and then take a tablet (you let it dissolve on your tongue) and eat the stuff. Then, before it wears off, I want to go and get coffee. Maybe I can do that for my birthday. getting a pack of 10 tablets is anywhere from 12 to 20 dollars. I'm trying to find the most legit business. A lot of them have packets from Japan, of course, so I will keep looking into them and then let you all know. If you look up Miracle Berry or Miracle Fruit in google, you'll find stuff about it, as well as places to buy it.
Kat and I might be moving our bed into our smaller room, and moving our stuff into the bigger room, because that's how Mina and Alicia had their apartment, and Kat liked it. So, why not? I don't think we'll be able to fit anything besides our bed in there though. just our bed and maybe, MAYBE our dresser. but it might be nice just to sleep in one room and have everything else in another room.
My classes have been going well, my newswriting class is messing with me though. it sucks because I never know when things are due. I am pretty sure I have to write an article about a speech I saw on Thursday. I don't want to. I hate journalism. But I must, so I will do my best. I really like my Intro to Cultural Anthropology class, my professor is funny and old. Art History is awesome, of course. My US Modern History class is going well too. PRIDE! is off to a great start. Our art auction is going to be on the 18th (Thursday) from 530-730. I have some photography in it, so go and buy my stuff!! and everyone else's stuff too. The money goes to PRIDE! and to the LGBT center of greater cleveland. So, at least enter in the 50/50 raffle. it costs $1, even I have one dollar.
I'm starting to get my backpack ready. I want to buy a couple more balls of yarn to add to it before I start crocheting it all. I'm working on the plastic bag part of it now. The bags are being cut and made into a ball of "yarn" and then I will start using my crocheting powers to make it into the bottom of my bag. then I will crochet the top part and the straps, and then put it all together and voila! I have a cool backpack!
anyways, that's about it. I have to get ready for class now, so word to your mother and all that good stuff.