Luckily, my SD card survived and I didn't lose any pictures (like the one above). But unfortunately, it means that my camera is toast. Not even the rice trick could save it. Yeah, I'm bad at cameras. So, until I find myself another one (which I can't afford right now- I can barely afford my laser treatments), all I have is my phone. My phone has a nice camera, but it's not so great for pretty fashion shots. So, for my most recent adventures...it's mostly selfies.
Which, kinda of makes me go booger-snots, because I've been having a lot of really fun adventures I'd love to document with better photos! Ah well. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And then add vodka. And then party.
Spring is just barely beginning to tease us with some nice weather, so when I went to my doctor's in Chelsea for my most recent check up, I thought it would be fun to also stop by the High Line to try and snap some photos.
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Trying to capture that golden hour light on the High Line. |
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Cross-town bus. |

My other adventure was just a trip to BergN in Crown Heights to hang out a bit with a friend who's been somewhat tangential to my main social scene, but who I wanted to get to know better. She also has a few transgender friends and my girlfriend was pushing me to get more trans friends. I don't know why. Honestly, I haven't found that many trans people that I really get along with. Mostly it's because other than this one big thing, we have nothing at all in common. Plus I tend to feel weird around other trans women. Like either they pass better than me and I just make them stand out and look weird, or I pass better and they draw unwanted attention to me. It's weird, but that's how I am. Plus I'm not too social anyway, though oddly enough I think I have less social anxiety as a girl.
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The subway has surprisingly good light. |
Sadly, while I wore a brand new wig, it juts didn't quite fit on my face right. Maybe I cut the lace too close or maybe it was just shaped weird, but either way my hairline looked really bad the whole night and I think it was quite obvious that was wearing a wig. While I did my best to try and get it to curl nicely (and it did for a few brief minutes from time to time), it destroyed my confidence. Suddenly, I felt like everyone was staring at me, gawking at the ugly, stupid looking freak of a tranny. And that made me especially self-conscious around other trans women who had their own long hair and weren't wearing wigs. So while I had an okay time, I just couldn't shake my unease with my appearance and I couldn't wait to get out of public, get home and shut myself away behind closed doors and windows!
Of course, before I did that, I just had to snap a selfie with the gnome statuette that someone was throwing away. A perfectly good gnome! Can you believe they were just tossing it? Then again, I didn't want it either, so I snapped a shot and set it back down on the street, perhaps to be picked up by a woman of less discriminating tastes.
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Wait a second...is this gnome sleeping or dead? Either way it's creepy. |
Maybe spring will be better. Hopefully in May I can afford some more laser and get some clip on bangs to try out. By June or July my hair will be long enough for some clip on extensions. Maybe my hairline will grow in with all the chemicals I'm ingesting on a daily basis. I don't know. I hope. That's all I can do is hope. Here's to hoping!
Keep your head up! I know you probably do a lot of takes with photos, but you've passed with ease on everything I've seen. In addition, you've been doing this for a long time - a little bit longer for more laser or hair is just around the corner in the long run :)
ReplyDeleteI've been telling myself to try to get out there more often (if sometime at all!), but I'm waiting on some sort of laser deal myself - shaving all the time is giving me razor burn on my face and it's awful to think about having to shave mid-day.
You've been a wonderful inspiration - it sucks sometimes especially with the wig, but even then - you are finally on that road with HRT and the laser you've already done. You've made huge strides!
Thank you, Viala! While I am down with everything, I know cognitively that it's irrational. Focus on the positive, right!
DeleteLaser is great and I hope I can get more. While I am tempted to find a cheaper place, I am still not sure since I do know my place is good quality. And it's my face. Razor burn is bad but I bet laser burn is worse.
Thank you for your encouragement! It means a lot. Wishing you good strides too!
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