13 September 2008

X and Y on a Quiet Saturday

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A slow day today, as they say. Should I complain or boast about that? Probably not. It just turned out that way, and I needed it. Why? So I ...
12 September 2008

Lunch With Bruce, 30 Years Later

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Today I went to lunch with Bruce at SoHo Natural, a restaurant around the corner from his workplace. We'd gone there once before and lik...
11 September 2008

Running Away

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This morning I pedalled to work under skies overcast with herringbone clouds that, paradoxically, posed no threat of rain. The air was pleas...
07 September 2008

After Yesterday, Being and Becoming

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What does a gender transition do to your sense of time? More to the point, does it change the way you see your past as well as your present?...
06 September 2008

Boy to Man, Man to Woman, Woman to Man, Woman to Woman

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Hanna brought us buckets and buckets of rain today. At times, you could just barely see ahead of you because the rain was so dense. But it w...
05 September 2008

Anxiety or Anger?

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Got to the luncheon for new full-time faculty members late. Real late. As in 1:30 for somethi ng that started at 12:00 and ended at 2:00. Th...
04 September 2008

4 septembre

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Monday the 1st--Labor Day--was the "unofficial" last day of summer. But today, the 4th of September, might be the first real day o...
03 September 2008

Coming Together

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Just finished teaching another class and reading some more papers. You know, it ain't so bad. OK, I know. I teach English so I ain't...
01 September 2008

Summer Ends With Coney Island?

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Labor Day. Classes have already begun, so what does this day mark? Well, according to our grandmothers' arbiters of fashion, we're n...
31 August 2008

Coming Together at the End of Summer

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Just got back from a barbecue with Millie and John. It's great to have such good friends living right across the street from me! I met M...
29 August 2008

From Passing to Passing Through

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So what happens when you're a transgender woman less than eleven months before surgery and you go into the city's most resolutely bo...
26 August 2008

Tomorrow's Another Year?

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Ah yes. Tomorrow. Haven't dreaded an upcoming day so much in a long time. Well, what's coming next will last for another year, at th...
25 August 2008

The Last Summer

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Another summer's winding down. But not without a fight. Today was pretty warm, but very humid. This isn't quite late enough for the ...
24 August 2008

Sleep and Dreams

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Got up late; got out late. I guess I shouldn't feel too guilty: after all, it's Sunday. Strange, that at age fifty, I find myself go...
22 August 2008

Tastes

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What're we gonna write about tonight, Brain? The same thing we write about every night.... It's tranny and the blog, Tranny and the ...
21 August 2008

"You're So Sensitive"

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Let's see...Today I've been called "sensitive" four times: once with a positive connotation, two other times negatively an...
20 August 2008

Illusions

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Today I went to the college for the meeting and faculty development workshop. Riding my bike there was great: A cool breeze tossed my hair a...