Now, as you know - I am a transsexual whose biggest ambitions in life are to transition and become a writer and a professor at a University. However, there is all the flotsam about self-esteem and appearance that really bothers me. And right now, the one thing I can do to improve my self-esteem and appearance is to lose weight. Since I weigh about 200 lbs and have a ‘beer belly’, this is something that needs to be improved. So, I am planning to start attending Bikram yoga courses and I have contacted the Bikram yoga college in Westminster. So far, it seems like the best deal in the Denver/Boulder corridor ($50 a month for the first month, $50 for the second month if you can make 25 courses in the first 30 days that you paid for and $130 thereafter). Continue reading ‘Contemplating Yoga’
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I am not an angry person, seriously! However, I do have a difficult time with people from my past using my male name. To be honest, it sickens me to no end and I feel completely horrible that some people have to be such sleazebags to continue to use the old name, at least (they claim) until the name change. Guess what? I am Jessica and I am not that old male persona. So, please show me a little fucking respect and dignity by calling and referring to me by my name. Sorry, had to vent there! Continue reading ‘Rant: Why do you want to use THAT fucking name?’
Sometimes, I think every transsexual gets shockingly inappropriate questions from moronic people and it hurts that even people that you considered friends ask these utterly demeaning and perverted questions. On the day (or maybe the day after) Facebook released the chat features of it’s website - I tried to strike up a conversation with an old friend of mine from Bible Camp (yes, when I was a Xian, I went to Bible camp…). Now, to ensure that he isn’t completely humiliated from my revealing this, I will be kind enough to remove his name. Continue reading ‘Creepy Questions from an Old Friend’