21 August 2009

Authoritarian Genital Fixation

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My new passport arrived today, three weeks after I mailed in the application. I'm one of the last people in the world to say anything go...
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20 August 2009

Recovery Without the Telly

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For the past six weeks, I’ve been recovering from my surgery. Of course, one of the reasons why my recovery is progressing quickly and smoot...
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...