I have a weird habit of imagining up strange stories and situations about things that might happen. I was washing dishes yesterday, and I suddenly remembered a weird situation that I thought up when I first started T.

Back when it was just a few months after I started, I was developing muscles everywhere from doing the most mundane activities. One day I noticed I was much more muscled after a week of pulling out my garden weeds and scrubbing some pots clean in the kitchen. I envisioned that one day in the future, I would be in a club, and a hot girl would walk up to me to flirt, and this is what would happen.

Girl: (Feeling up my muscles) Oh my, you're so buff! Do you work out often?
Me: Ummm, no, not really, I got these from pulling weed and scrubbing pots.
Girl: Oh is that a new way to say it? I didn't know smoking weed gave you muscles? Is it a new kind of weed?
Me: Uhhh I didn't mean smoking pot. I meant pulling weed in the garden and scrubbing pots in the kitchen.
Girl: *Weird look* Ok, if you insist on sticking to those terms. Is it a new way of doing drugs?
Me: I don't do drugs, I told you I was doing chores, like pulling weed and scrubbing dirty pots!
Girl: (Gives me a dirty look) Fine. You wanna be so specific about your terms, then so be it. You don't have to lie to me! *Stomps Off*

........Yeah, I'm weird.

I'm quite pissed at the moment with this application. I received a message saying someone tagged me in a picture a few days ago. I went to look, but couldn't see anything, so I thought maybe it was because I didn't install the application, which I then did. I still couldn't see the picture though, and came to the conclusion that the app was faulty. I made sure that I didn't send anyone the application because I hate sending out weird stuff like this. Well today I received a couple of messages telling me that people couldn't see the pictures that I had tagged of them. PICTURES THAT I DIDN'T TAG, DIDN'T UPLOAD, AND SPECIFICALLY TOLD THE APPLICATION THAT IT COUDLN'T SPAM MY FRIEND LIST. And still it randomly tagged a bunch of people, who then downloaded the application and spammed other people.

I went to check it out, and according to several reports, the application was supposed to have been fixed already, but wasn't. I also untagged my pictures, deleted all the tags from the ones I sent out, deleted the application, went to the page and reported it, and sent out messages to everyone. (This is on my irl facebook account, so don't worry about it because you haven't received my message or a tagged picture from me.) I don't believe I'm the first person to report this, but I'm pissed that facebook hasn't done anything about it, and the application is still being allowed to continue the spamming.

According to this article, the issue should have been fixed, but I know for sure that a couple of people including myself were still spamming others yesterday and today. I don't believe it's not possible for facebook to take down this application, and it's pissing me off and scaring me that this application can just access my friends list and tag people, and when they install this app to see the non-existant picture they were tagged in, they continue to spam people. Everybody should watch out for this application, report it if possible, and send it out to your friends and family. The article also reports that this is not really a threat or phishing or virus, but I still find the answer scary.

So I went online and purchased 2 pairs of glasses for myself. The total cost is less than 2/3 of my previous pair. I love buying things online!!



( Pikshurs of the glasses I bought )

Condensed Version

K: Off-topic, someone in this Womens' Studies class did a reading of "If Men Could Menstruate" and I chortled :s. I think it was a really feminist writing, biased strongly on male stereotypes. I thought it was stereotypical/anti-male to assume that men would brag about their periods or use them to prove how they're superior to women. e.g. "You're a pansy, you only have a two-day period"

M: hehe But guys exist who /would/ say that. The point isn't that they /all/ would say that. But the reality is that if men could menstruate, it would very likely have long been seen as a sign of strength in patriarchal society, not a weakness, and not gross

Zedster_The_Myuu: When I was a young man, we had to walk 30 miles barefoot in the snow, both ways uphill just to menstruate.

M headdesks

K facepalms

I recently came across a few videos that are very funny. They're somewhat nsfw though. I've embedded my 2 favorite episodes here, but you can look at the bottom for the whole episode list.

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Don't ask me why the 2 episodes I chose amused me so much. I'm just immature.

Dear Voice:

It's been almost 1.5 years since I started T. Will you stop cracking so I can sing properly, and don't sound utterly ridiculous when I'm angry? Thank you very much.

In other news,
Why can't people understand that prop 8 is a discrimination? They keep bringing up that the gay rights activists should give it a rest since the people have already voted. They can't give it a rest because they're being discriminated against! It'll be like Martin Luther King saying "I have a dream. But the people have voted against me, so I'll just go back to sitting in the back of the bus, and going to a segregated bathroom." I wish the minority will understand that instead of feeding their prejudice with "evidence" from the bible. People! I know you respect God and want to do what he says! But some things from the bible don't even make sense anymore! The bible wasn't even written by God himself! It was written by his followers, and maybe some not so followers, and personal opinions were inserted! The translations aren't even all that accurate! Also, do you realize that you are fighting alongside racist redneck white elitists?

In other other news,
I'm broke. But I have a busy weekend coming up. Just got my paycheck, but it'll be gone after the busy weekend. Where does all my money go? Damn. I don't even shop! I need a better paying job...

Dear Red States,

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, this includes:
• all the Northeast;
• California;
• Hawaii;
• Oregon;
• Washington;
• Minnesota;
• Wisconsin;
• Michigan; and
• Illinois.

To sum up briefly, you get Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and all the slave states.

We get stem cell research, the best beaches, Yosemite, the Liberty Bell, and the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.

We get 85% of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs along with Apple, Intel, and Microsoft. You get WorldCom, or what's left of it.

We get two-thirds of the tax revenue. You get to figure out how to make your red states pay their fair share.

Please be aware that this new country will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. Apparently, they have kids they're willing to send to their deaths for no purpose. We wish you success in Iraq and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in your President Bush's quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will enjoy 80% of the country's fresh water, 92% of the nation's fresh fruit and lettuce, 95% of America's quality wines (which shouldn't be a big deal for you guys since we know how much you love serving French wines, right?), 90% of all cheese, 90% of the high-tech industry, most of the US low-sulphur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, plus the entire Ivy League and Seven Sister schools, including Stanford. You get Ole Miss.

The Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88% of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92% of all US mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, and Bob Jones University. Oddly, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, and 44% say that evolution is only a theory.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22% lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families while you get a bunch of single moms and 62% who believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws.

And for some reason, you crazy folks believe you have higher morals than the rest of us!

Good luck with all of that.

Sincerely,
Blue States

I came across this post today by Michaelftmichael and thought I'd do a list like that for my own. Please see Michael's list for disclaimer and all that. I'm doing this more like a fact list, instead of a "my story" thing, and it's not modified for anyone's approval for what my thoughts are. Kind of a "get to know me better" thing? Feel free to change it to post it on your own site. (Yes, I'm turning it into one of those things.)

• I was not aware of the difference in genders as a kid. I did not identify as a girl, and I did not identify as a boy, I was not left out of any boys groups for being a girl. I did attempt to do everything the other boys did even when dressed in my frilly dresses.
• I have not doubted my being an FTM ever since I found out about it.
• I have, and still at times, identify as a lesbian. I cannot deny ever having been female, and that my body is still female, and hence I am still in part a lesbian. I have never been part of any lesbian community in the U.S. though.
• I denied my attraction to girls when younger, before I knew about FTMs, because I did not want to be "weird" (Yes, I was homophobic, it was the way I was taught). I have never gone out with a single boy though, despite my denial. I have attraction to girls much more often than I have to boys, but none of my meatspace friends know that my sexual preferance is pan. (They all think I am either a straight guy or a lesbian girl, which I have never bothered to clarify much as long as they refer to me by male pronouns. (My friends are all Asians and know nothing of FTMs, but as long as they respect me and my wishes, I'm ok.)
• I knew I was an FTM the instant I found out what being FTM was. I have known about transexuals for a long time, but never knew it went the other way. (Call me sheltered) I do not remember the exact instance that I came across FTM stuff, but I know I was searching for butch lesbian related stuff. I had just come out as butch for barely half a year before finding out about FTMs.
• I have been out as FTM for about 5 years before getting to start on T. There is a variety of reasons, including money, family, girlfriend, transportation, and laziness. I had discussed with my girlfriend and she was against me starting T for a variety of health and other reasons. She was still against me when I finally started, but I told her that it was important to me, and that I know we'd weather through it.
• I identify as male. I am currently in my "as male as can be" phase to assert my maleness on those who have known me long enough not to see my changes. I do not think anyone should have to do this though, and I think it's perfectly fine for FTMs to identify as queer or act flamboyantly gay, as long as it makes them happy and they wish to do so. I just am not secure enough in my own masculinity. I do at times wish I was born biologically a male, but am appreciative of my trans status as well.
• I have been on T for about 1 year and 4 months, and I am still not out to my parents. They have not even questioned me. I do not live with them, but I see them about once every 3 months, and talk to them on the phone every month or so. It has been decided that my parents are in denial, but I have no desire to let them know as I am in fear of ruining our relationship.

That's about all I can think of regarding my FTM status at the moment.

So I've finally decided to add a bit of life to my journal. It won't seem so unoccupied after this maybe. I don't know how long I'll keep this up, but I'm not good at stuff like this, so highly likely it's gonna be the first of not many journals.

I spent some time these couple of days setting up a few accounts, mainly a webpage linked to everything, I guess I'm just feeling less lazy yesterday and today.

Well I guess that's it for today, we'll see how this goes then!