19 August 2009

New Passport, New Journeys

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Today I got word that my new passport will arrive shortly--around Monday, the 24th, according to the State Department. Of course I am excite...
18 August 2009

Doing Nothing Is Such Hard Work

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I never knew it would take such effort to do nothing! That's one of the things I told Bruce when he asked what I've learned from my...
17 August 2009

Seven Years: No Itch, Only Change

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Seven years ago today I took my first steps toward the life I have now. It was a day very much like this one: hot, almost unbearably so. B...
15 August 2009

Stories: The Assumption and Woodstock

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Today is the Feast of the Assumption. Having gone to Catholic school, I should know what's celebrated on this date. As it turns out, the...
14 August 2009

Cut Out The Chase

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If you are a student or a former instructor of mine, please skip the next two sentences. I am reading a book I was supposed to have read in ...
13 August 2009

I Don't Want To Recruit Them; I Just Want You To Love Me

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Another visit with Dr. Jennifer. She said I'm a "poster girl for post-op recovery." Everything is healing even better than i...
11 August 2009

Hasn't Changed...

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My fears about today turned out to be true, at least somewhat. The funny thing is that they came to pass because of something old and famil...
10 August 2009

I Just Had The Surgery. Why Am I Nervous About This?

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Human nerves are possibly the strangest things ever evolved or created (depending on your beliefs) in the universe. At least, I feel like m...
09 August 2009

Which of These Things First?

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Right now, I'm listening to Nick Drake's "One of These Things First." It's on Bryter Later , his second and least down...
08 August 2009

More Changes Coming?

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Yesterday I posted a new photo to my blog: one that Regina took. I think I can see what she and other people mean when they say that I l...
07 August 2009

After One Month: Today

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Today I turned one month old. And I can't believe a month has passed already. Now tell me, how many people say "Time flies!"--...
06 August 2009

The Gender-Variant Breakfast Club

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John Hughes died today. I have always one beef with him: Most of the teen films for which he was known were set in Chicago. Yet there is na...