Shit.  I got involved with somebody.  I'm living stealth in this new town and I fell like I don't know her well enough to disclose, but every time I see her she tries to take my pants off.

Problem.

I'm starting to become invisible.

I went to a gun show this weekend with my dad.  nobody stared, nobody did a double-take.  Stick me in the middle of the most redneck, judgmental, and potentially dangerous crowd in the state and I'm just another short white guy, nothing special and nothing different.

I love this.

Gross.  I just drained 3ml of clear yellow fluid from a swelling under my left pec.  Guess I should have left the drains in longer.

6 weeks (ish) on T: I would post pictures but my camera is broken and I don't think there's much to show.  I don't think my voice has changed in terms of "normal" speaking voice, but I've noticed the ability to speak lower if I try.  I'm getting called sir on the phone occasionally.   No real increase in muscle mass, but I'm stronger than I used to ( Read more... )

Long time no post. I got slack ( Read more... )

Changing your name in Watauga County rocks. My "hearing" involved giving my ID to the magistrate in the civil affairs office and receiving a stack of stamped approval papers. I was in and out of the courthouse in five minutes. I was thrilled ( Read more... )

Turned in my name change papers with the $88 court fee (they raised it right after I picked up the packet a few weeks ago). My hearing is on December 3rd. I'm anxious about getting turned down... my record is clean but it's a conservative county. We'll see ( Read more... )

Generally, I try to stay positive.

But if one more stupid redneck asks me if I'm 13 and thinks it's funny...  bitch, I'm 6 months away from a bachelor's degree.  Yes, I'm old enough to serve beer at this restaurant.  suck.  my.  dick.

Home for break.  It's been much better than expected.  I brewed a batch of beer with my dad on thursday night, which turned out well.  He's been brewing for several years and is overall really good at it, but I don't think he experiments very much.  The recipe I was using was a heavily-spiced winter ale (threw all sorts of good fresh stuff into it ( Read more... )

My birth certificate came in the mail this afternoon.  Yessss.  I have money set aside for the court fees, the next step is to get my character references notarized and stop second-guessing myself on details.  What I change my name to is less important to me than just dropping my legal name, which is painfully female ( Read more... )