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ok, so this journal is FRIENDS-ONLY from now on.  if you want to see, you'll have to join LJ and comment and i'll eventually friend you back...

well, unlike my last vacation, i havent had much time for contemplation and reflection, this trip, unlike the last one...

this one has been almost non-stop work. its amazing to be working in a movement that is teetering on the brink of explosive political gains... this is a true peoples movement that could shut down the entire american ( Read more... )

( My Interests Collage! )

my chicago friends might know that my trans status is as yet not out at school and work... i tend to present andro-femme and use my name given at birth...

first day of class:

"im going to pass around a sheet and i want all of you to put your preferred names and email addresses next to your first and last names..."

sheet came to me. i panicked. i ( Read more... )

( way too much to update on... )

Update: "No Evidence" of Hate Crime at Chicago's "Gay House"
An update to the tragic New Year's Day shootout in Chicago that injured six black gay men, two of them critically: Detectives will not investigate this as a hate crime.

The department's Civil Rights Unit was notified after the Sunday morning shooting because of witness accounts that ( Read more... )

flashback to the music my parents put on for every birthday party me and my brother had in bombay...  raa raa rasputin!

naya saal mubarak, feliz ano nuevo, happy new year to all my LJ fam ( Read more... )

the last few days i have been moving from the absurdly logical to an abstract mindstate...  i'm starting to feel inspired again...  so one thing i've decided to do is to learn how to DJ (my college offers courses that would fill my elective requirement) so that i can do something i always wanted to, and make extra money to afford my serious bills ( Read more... )