14 February 2009

Not Catching Up

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So, what am I doing on a Saturday night that happens to be Valentine's Day? Am I slinking through the town in my slinky red dress, holdi...
13 February 2009

Two Dates

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This has to be one of the most interesting juxtapositions of dates: Today is Friday the 13th; tomorrow will be Valentine's Day. Will tom...
12 February 2009

From Playing Chicken With The Wind To Giving Birth

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"It was the wind that gave them life," according to a Native American chant. Today, it was the wind that blew my sandwich out of m...
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10 February 2009

Agoraphobia Does Not Become Me

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Today's the birthday of the brother who was in the Army reserves. I sent a card but didn't call; I am both afraid of and too angry ...
09 February 2009

Migraines Make The Tranny

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I'm collecting recipes. No, not the kind for boeuf bourguignon, osso bucco or General Tso's chicken. I've got plenty of those al...
08 February 2009

I'm Breaking Up My Family

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Yesterday I mentioned the pamphlet Timerman describes in Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number. One of the claims that pamphlet mad...
07 February 2009

Five Months, A Circle

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Five more months. That's how many days? 150, exactly. I'm thinking about my mother again, as I often do. I wonder what she felt like...
06 February 2009

The Cost of the Surgery Just Went Up Twenty Percent And I'm Trying Not To Think About It

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Today I learned that the cost of my surgery might increase by as much as $4000. Dr. Marci Bowers' office cited large increases in costs,...
05 February 2009

Dreams and Real Learning

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The weather's turned really cold again. It's supposed to warm up to almost spring-like conditions on Sunday, then return to the chil...
04 February 2009

Sickness in Transit

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So, so tired again today. I know I have something more than a cold. I guess tomorrow I can sleep late. Maybe that'll help. It would a...
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03 February 2009

Forty Days and Groundhog Day

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Yesterday I was so tired that when I woke up today, I couldn't remember going to bed. Or even getting home. I had a cold that seems to h...
01 February 2009

Before and After, Than and Now, After Today and The Surgery

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OK. So I'm catching up on work that should've been done already. Like that course I was so worried about teaching. Actually, it'...
31 January 2009

What Stands Between Me and Her?

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It's already the end of the first month of this year. Soon there will be only five months between me and my surgery. Can you imagine me ...
30 January 2009

An Aunt Who Begs For Money

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It's funny that yesterday I wrote about serving a community and wondered how people come to serve communities very different from the on...
29 January 2009

Serving A Community

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More electrolysis today. Today a very nice young woman named Sandra zapped and plucked me. Turns out, she's been in the Navy, although s...
28 January 2009

Flimsy Stockings and Strong Support

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Today was another one of those days of which we've already had too many this year: snow that fell in the wee hours of morning turned to ...
27 January 2009

Not Queer in a Gender Studies Class

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So...I survived my first day as a student in 16 years. What do I make of it? Well, I got in a few minutes late. The class is a seminar, in w...
26 January 2009

Flight Fantasies

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The idea of going someplace where nobody knows me seemed even more appealing today than it did yesterday. I've heard of more than a few ...
25 January 2009

Then and Now: Suffering and Living

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Ok, so some people have been reading this blog after all. And I'm not getting hate messages. I should consider myself lucky. Tomorrow I ...