December 2008
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Photo Documentation: 2 Weeks
Now that I have this spiffy camera I have the ability to take a series of incredibly unflattering pictures of my transition. Despite the reality that this won’t, in the slightest, ever aid in my getting some, it will at least be interesting to actually have these changes documented, in the most brutally honest lighting possible. I’ll post photos every 2 weeks, after every injection....
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2nd Injection + Christmas!
I spent the night at my parent’s place with my friend (we’ll call her “Annie”. She’s visiting from Michigan.) Christmas Eve, who made super delicious Indian food with my brother. We gobbled it up then we ran off to the extended family’s (which was a whirlwind of oodles of relatives and their offspring running aboot). My grandma ended up giving me a massive pile...
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Sideburns!
I got my hair cut on Sunday by my co-worker, Melanie, who also conveniently happens to cut hair professionally. By the time I walked in to the salon I felt like a shaggy, desperate wolf creature thing that would wake up in pillow puddles of grease. I’m starting to understand why it might be that men have seemingly adapted over time to have shorter hair cuts in general (and to look and smell...
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War has been declared
Today feels like the first day my body realized a fierce and mighty war is afoot. For years my mind has been sitting in the corner mumbling and grumbling while my body is out in the spot light, living it up. But now, the playing field has changed. Estrogen is charging, testosterone is gaining in strength. Little do they know that, right at the cusp, right when they meet in the middle and think...
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Shaving: Research
This is embarrassing. My co-worker, P-Diddy, caught me reading about how to shave. I was taking notes and everything. “apply warm, wet towel to face for 3 min”, “apply shave gel”, “shave w/ grain”… no facial hair yet, but, there ain’t no thang wrong with being prepared! Hudson’s Guide: All About Shaving
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Teenage angst, mom abuse, and a fear of suction
When I got home last night it felt like walking into the Twilight Zone - but, some kind of backwards, pink, glittery variant with pop music. Nowhere I’ve lived - my apartment, my home, my little dark den - has ever even remotely resembled what I witnessed. It was a whirlwind of teenage girls and teenage girl things - chatter, articles of clothing strewn about, hair products, makeup things,...
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Ravenous hunger and new unisex bathroom!
I’m SO RAVENOUS. After that horrifying 6am incident yesterday morning, everything just continued to roll downhill from there. During lunch with a co-worker, she ordered 1 slice of pizza and I got 2 slices (sidenote: Este’s pizza has the BEST vegan pizza, and my cute non-vegan co-worker ordered vegan!). While eating and conversing with one another, I felt something wet near my nostril....
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Work, puberty, and bicycle ballz
My work has been exceptionally supportive so far in regards to my decision to physically transition. Prior to actually starting T I thought something deep and profound along the lines of, “Hmm… at some point here my voice is going to crack and those sacks of fats dangling from my sternum will be no’s mo’ and I’ll be all hairy whatnot and girls may have a problem with...
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Work, puberty, and bicycle ballz
My work has been exceptionally supportive so far in regards to my decision to physically transition. Prior to actually starting T I thought something deep and profound along the lines of, “Hmm… at some point here my voice is going to crack and those sacks of fats dangling from my sternum will be no’s mo’ and I’ll be all hairy whatnot and girls may have a problem with...
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Transitioning
A few months ago I finally decided that I should start seeing a counselor in order to primarily focus on what to do about being a frickin’ tranny. For as long as I can remember I’ve been entirely physiologically disconnected from how my body started to develop throughout my teens. It’s a silly and super simplified analogy, but it’s like I hit puberty and suddenly a 3rd arm...