I ought to just leave the same @#$%! weather forecast up every time I post- YET ANOTHER weekend of cool, cloudy, rainy weather...STILL feels more like late-March than late-May! C'mon, weather folks, give us a break here, will ya? The little bit of tan I got, mostly on my legs, is starting to fade! Sheesh...
I'm bummed- CoverGirl no longer makes one of my favorite eye shadows! I'd been everywhere over the past month or so looking for another "Grey Suede;" it works pretty well with my blue eyes, especially when I want to go with a bit of an under-stated kind of look, and I couldn't find it anywhere. I finally emailed 'em and they told me they no longer make that shade. Waaaaaahhhh! I've just about used it completely up, I'll have to find another brand's comparable shade...
I came across an interesting article in one of the weekend papers about a TS woman making her transition while working for a major financial company. These sorts of companies understandably aren't typically known for embracing anything that doesn't smack of rock-solid consistency, and this woman, in her early 50's (and QUITE a looker!) had had a successful career there for quite some time as a man. But the overall response has been good, from management, co-workers, as well as clients. One of the things that particularly struck me was that she mentioned she had no desire to pack up and disappear or "drop out" from her previous life, employer, identity, etc...as often seems to be something many T's do, or wish to do. Similarly, I have a transitioning TS friend who has done much as the woman I referenced above has; she has a responsible job w/ an important company located in the city where she went to school and has lived and worked for over a decade (and also is similarly QUITE a looker! :) One of the- many- things I am impressed with is that they have have maintained their identities, pretty much only changing or adopting a similar-sounding or feminine version of their "real" first name, keeping their real last name, etc...it's something I briefly alluded to in a post earlier this year, something I may consider adopting at some point later this year ("Kerrigan" not being my real last name, nor "Kellie" being a derivative of my given first name...but they do go pretty well together, don't they?! :) in an attempt to make all of this seem more "real." We'll see- but I have considerable respect and admiration for the courage of people like them to do these things, while maintaining "mainstream" lives, jobs, etc...
Will Roger win #300 vs. the Sox tomorrow?!
"I've got a crummy job/It don't pay near enough/To buy the things it takes/To win me some of your love..."