24 June 2009

On Leaving, And An Open Letter to My Brother

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My students had their final exam today. After they finished, I went to my office and began to read a few of them. The truth is, I didn...
23 June 2009

Drugs and Other Changes

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Now my surgery is only two weeks away. Fourteen days...each one seems to go faster than the previous one. Today's also the day my medic...
22 June 2009

The Right to be Sexual; The Need to Be

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Yesterday, my friend Sonia Pressman-Fuentes forwarded me a Times article about the leadership of the gay-rights movements. You can read it ...
21 June 2009

Time, Again

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Am I looking forward? Biding my time? Rain again this morning, and late this afternoon. Officially, it's the first day of summer. But...
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20 June 2009

The Face Of A Woman With An Umbrella

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Today my dry-cleaner made the same joke my friends have been making: that she's moving to Seattle for the weather. Well, there's ...
19 June 2009

Memory and Nervousness, Or Lack Thereof

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Tonight I was talking with Aunt Nanette. Actually, she's my mother's aunt, but I have always referred to her as my own aunt. My f...
18 June 2009

The Weight of a Secret

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Rain again today. We had a reprieve for all of two days, during which it was overcast. People I know are thinking of moving to Seattle--or...
16 June 2009

The Future, As Justine

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Three more weeks until my surgery. Exactly three weeks from today... Pretty much everything I need to do in preparation for the surgery is ...
15 June 2009

Tranny Serendipity

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Is there such a thing as Tranny Serendipity? If there is, I expereinced it today. Getting dressed for work...I'd just pulled a jewel-nec...
14 June 2009

Younger, Skinnier, Prettier

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It finally stopped raining this afternoon. We'll see how long the good weather holds up. I took a short bike ride to Forest Park, which...
13 June 2009

With or Without TV

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Three weeks from today, I plan to board the flight that will take me from LaGuardia to Denver International. Then another to Colorado Sprin...
12 June 2009

Homecoming?

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Twenty-five more days until the surgery. Twenty-two until I leave for it. I teach English; I'm not supposed to be this good at countin...
11 June 2009

No Choice But From the Heart

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It's funny how when you don't think you're doing anything particularly well, you get praise. Or thanks. I'm having fun tea...