indiscriminate_slag: (bobanjo)
2014-06-01 09:14 am

I need new icons, yo.

 Hey DW!  I'm back, whether you like it or not.  Um. 

I haven't been on here in quite a bit, although I've kept my other social media accounts updated.  After my last entry I went from a manic phase into a HUUUUUUUGE depressive phase, and it was totally fun!  Actually, no, it wasn't.  But I've been put on Celexa in addition to the Wellbutrin I'm already on, and the combo seemed to work pretty well.

However, on May 1, my mother died unexpectedly.  A simple outpatient surgery turned into an almost week-long suckfest that resulted in the amputation of both of her legs, kidney failure, and us having to let her go because her body just couldn't take the trauma.

I...feel weird about the whole thing.  On one hand, I want to cry and scream and punch yet another hole in the wall because my best friend is gone and it's not fucking fair.  On the other hand, I know I'm not the only person who's lost a parent, so why should I dwell on it?  Thing is, I wouldn't say that to someone else, so I don't know why it's okay for me to talk to myself like that.  I want to be there for my siblings and my dad, because they're taking it hard.  I am, too, but I feel weird acknowledging my grief.

I'm going to stop on that line of thought, because things are still confusing and I'm still in denial about her being gone, although I know the realization will hit super hard and it will suck massively.

I'm doing a little bit better, though!  Last week was my first full week back at work since it happened.  \o/  Also, I scrubbed both the bathroom and the laundry room from top to bottom yesterday, did three loads of laundry, and cleaned the kitchen (just not as thoroughly as the other two).  I'd planned on vacuuming the living room but I ended up being really grumpy that I was the only one doing something.  Which is rude and unfair, since my dad and my brother both work night shifts, but eh.  My brother is the type who will leave his shit everywhere but then when someone else does it he gets super condescending.  "Why is this here?  This needs to be put away."  Argh. Whyyyy have I not found my own place yet?

I've been practicing self-care, too, courtesy of several posts on Tumblr.  This is helped by my Birchbox subscription, because I've got some FABULOUS shampoos and conditioners that I could never hope to afford in regular retail sizes, but the small bottles are so concentrated that they are lasting FOREVER.  Also, practicing better sleep hygiene is helping.  

So.  That's been my life thus far.  Exciting.



indiscriminate_slag: (bobanjo)
2014-03-10 05:26 pm

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 You know, I am getting really tired of my body deciding to have spontaneous food sensitivities.  Not so much the gluten issues but more of a "HAHAHA EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN YOUR MOUTH WILL GIVE YOU HEARTBURN" type of deal.  Fun!  At least the antacids are delicious.

I've been having trouble reconciling my gender with my feminism, and with femininity.

 Oh, it's not that I disagree with everything that the current, most mainstream brand of feminism stands for.  There were some issues I had before I came out, namely some of the transmisogyny aimed at trans women, and several people not realizing that not every woman's experience is the same; that is, they had NO concept of intersectionality.  My views on those haven't changed.  I still think they should be eliminated.

Now...I do worry about stating my views on feminism, what I find wrong with it, and how it can be improved.  Because I think one of the biggest things I've struggled to work out is where do I fall when I talk about these things?  Part of me thinks that because I spent so much of my life identifying as female (even if I never felt 100% comfortable with it), I do have the right to have those opinions.  But now I feel like that mindset is really presumptuous and disgusting, because it means I'm shoving my way into a women's-only space and talking over women (cis and trans).  I usually am too terrified to put my opinion forth even when it's asked for, so I don't think I'm really in danger of doing this, but at the same time, I feel like it's a valid concern.

The next thing is femininity.  Even before I came out, I wasn't 100%  comfortable with looking femme.  Objectively, I know that this doesn't make me a horrible, interally transphobic, chauvinistic dick.  Still, I look at some of my fellow self-made men (ha, I love that term!) and some of them are femme as fuck and look absolutely breathtaking.  And I feel bad because hey, being femme =/= being female, and these guys are a perfect example of that.  Trans men, non-binary femmes, femme genderqueers, femme agender folks (and to an extent cis men, as they're affected by narrow patriarchal values too) are not any less of a man because they like things that are traditionally coded as feminine.  That's outdated, bigoted thinking that still persists, and it pisses me off.  And yeah,

At the same time, though, I don't think I should have to sacrifice being happy with myself and loving myself in order to prove to the world at large that HEY I AM NOT TRANSMISOGYNISTIC (at least I bust ass to make sure I am not, but if I am PLEASE call me out on it).  I always feel more comfortable in clothes that are masculine-coded.  Physically, they fit my body better, as I have some weird proportions that are fun to deal with along with the general body dysphoria.  What they do for me mentally, though, is so much more.  I feel more authentic and more "me".

I'm hoping that therapy for gender dysphoria will help me out with these things, because I've spent far too much of my life beating myself up for things that, in retrospect, I shouldn't have.  I think the anxiety issues that I've had for years just exacerbate this self-defeating way of thinking.  :\
 




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2014-02-12 07:04 pm
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Walking in a winter...storm?

Oi! I know that last entry was kind of angsty, so I hope this one is a bit happier. We've gotten a lot of snow in my area and the entire county has declared a state of emergency.  The office that I work in closed around 11:15-11:30 (depending on where you live, those of us who had quite a drive left earlier) and we all tried to get a head start before the roads iced over.  That didn't really work, I had a moment of sheer terror when my tires lost traction and the car started swerving.  The drive normally takes me about 20 minutes.  Today it took an hour.  At least I got home safely!

Aside from that, today has been all right.  I've spent most of the day sleeping (I have a bad habit of staying up far too late doing whatever) and since then I've had supper, read a bit, and now I'm going through classifieds for a potential home.  The real hop in the ass is finding a place that accepts pets.  I cannot and will not re-home my cat.  Mom and I are already planning an epic custody battle over him, anyway!  But yes, that's what's really going on.  I'm supposed to be getting my taxes filed tomorrow, should the roads clear up.  That money will go towards paying off my healthcare card and towards finishing up my tattoo sleeve.

I'm sorry that this post doesn't really have a point.  Nothing seems to be "clicking" in my head lately in a way that makes me want to expound on it.  Maybe a few "personal" posts every now and then won't hurt this blog, eh?  
indiscriminate_slag: (Default)
2014-02-11 05:48 pm

Alone?

For the most part, coming out as trans has been a good experience for me. I'm much happier and much more comfortable in myself than I've been in a very long time. Still, I occasionally have shitty days where I let negative emotions get in the way. This is one of those days.

Watch out, for below the cut are grammatical errors galore, random tangents, and general grumpiness.

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Sorry not sorry for my second entry to be so depressing. I hope I'll feel better tomorrow.
indiscriminate_slag: (Default)
2014-02-10 06:47 pm

Obligatory first post!

Ha, so this is my first post for this account. This is my second go-round with DW; I'd received an invite code from a friend years ago and started a journal, but it was mainly during LJ's ads drama. I scrapped it and continued to use LJ.

However, it seems as though everyone has left LJ for newer, more shiny blogging platforms, so I've followed suit. I felt like I wasn't being true to myself with my LJ identity, so that account is basically dormant. I'll pop in every now and then to read my f-list, but like I said, it's a ghost town since Tumblr came on the scene.

Anyway, yes. I think this will probably be me talking to myself for a while, but that's okay. It's unlocked in case anyone wants to see what goes on in my brain and still be my friend. :D Right now I am incredibly tired so it's off to bed, I think.