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Looks like when you don't practice a musical instrument for over a month, you get out of practice. Who knew? I think maybe my mind is at a place where I can do it again.
Miriam and I watched some anime today and it made me think about something for the first time. Is it possible that part (not all!) of the reason I want to learn piano is that, so often in anime with university or high school girls, one of them plays piano? Maaaaaaybe.
This keyboard probably needs to live somewhere else long-term though. It's in the way.
Yesterday, I rode 4½ miles out and 4½ back (sorry for not translating into Canadian) to buy a set of slightly used full coverage fenders for my bike. Plastic ones usually lasted a couple years of daily commutes before the front one broke (It was always the front one; someone should start selling them individually!) and I'd been saying that the next set I buy when I'm commuting again would be nice metal ones. But these plastic ones were about $50 less than I could buy them new, so the deal was too good to pass up. To get them home, I secured them with a couple of bungee cords in an X on top of my cargo rack. Can't do that on a road bike!
I was pretty anxious about whether the seller would have any issues with me being trans, but she was perfectly fine. Maybe some day I'll stop worrying about making people feel misled, or them getting angry at me, or whatever else my brain is telling me might happen. But that day is not today!
The fenders are fine, except that they are black. They *absolutely* need to not be black before I install them so I'm going to spraypaint them or something, possibly with Train Girl's help (if we ever manage to get together in person!).
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After an interaction with an extended family member on my dad's side that made me uncomfortable, I've updated my Facebook profile. If people know that I am a transgender, mostly lesbian, anti-capitalist, apatheist woman before sending me friend requests, maybe it would save folks some time. Though most people never seem to read bios anyway.
Also, I just tried to find a pre-made circular frame for a FB profile photo in trans colors with a message like "protect trans kids" or the like, but was unable to find one. I don't suppose any of you know where to find one? I could probably figure out how to make one in Gimp or Photoshop, but I don't know if I have the energy right now.