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I had a fun day at work. I sat in on about half of the Spanish class. Mr. Smith lent me a book on linguistics. When he first pulled it out I thought, "Oh no, he's going to try to nail my ass," but he just said, "I think you might find this interesting. Look, this guy counts these things as clauses..." I think I might want to be a linguist when I grow up. Then I got to tutor cool lesbian lady again, and then Catherine came to get me, which was of course the best end to things.
She took me to the mall so I could buy a dress for school parties. I ended up getting a pair of elegant-looking, comfortable shoes for $7. That's cool, but I did not technically need shoes. I did look at a lot of dresses, and I even found one that I liked, but it was expensive, and it did not really fit. Living in such a consumer-driven culture is annoying enough; the one time I try to make it work for me, I look through five or six stores and can't find what I want. My standards aren't high. I just don't want to be the laughingstock of philosophy department soirees. Unfortunately, as Catherine said, ugly is in right now.
Also, trying on dresses feels really funny. I still make a horrible girl; I could tell the saleslady thought I needed help. I would like to secede from gender entirely if I didn't feel that to do so would be ridiculous and hippie. I think I'll just try to build up my arms so I can be butch and pretty. Go androgynes!
Edit: I just took The Unofficial Butch/Femme Test, just for fun. It has a hundred questions, and they are actually interesting questions. Out of thirteen categories, I got classifed as a classic androgyne, smack dab in the middle of the hundred-point butch/femme scale (and they distinguish three types of androgyne, too). Interesting.
She took me to the mall so I could buy a dress for school parties. I ended up getting a pair of elegant-looking, comfortable shoes for $7. That's cool, but I did not technically need shoes. I did look at a lot of dresses, and I even found one that I liked, but it was expensive, and it did not really fit. Living in such a consumer-driven culture is annoying enough; the one time I try to make it work for me, I look through five or six stores and can't find what I want. My standards aren't high. I just don't want to be the laughingstock of philosophy department soirees. Unfortunately, as Catherine said, ugly is in right now.
Also, trying on dresses feels really funny. I still make a horrible girl; I could tell the saleslady thought I needed help. I would like to secede from gender entirely if I didn't feel that to do so would be ridiculous and hippie. I think I'll just try to build up my arms so I can be butch and pretty. Go androgynes!
Edit: I just took The Unofficial Butch/Femme Test, just for fun. It has a hundred questions, and they are actually interesting questions. Out of thirteen categories, I got classifed as a classic androgyne, smack dab in the middle of the hundred-point butch/femme scale (and they distinguish three types of androgyne, too). Interesting.