Despite a lot of things that might have made 2016 a bummer of a year from our world and for the USA, I had a great year. It was full of parties, adventures, a bit of shopping and lots of exciting times. There were so many huge steps for me in 2016; coming out, starting work, celebrating one year on hormones and beginning to live my life as a woman full time.
It was a big year for me and in the tradition I started last year, I thought I'd post up a year in review and share some of my adventures. Thanks for reading my blog and for all your kind support and comments. Wishing you a great 2017!
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New Year's Eve party. 2016 being only a few minutes old at this point. |
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Going out in my new favorite dress. And doing my best to ignore the February cold. |
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Stopping for a quick post-Callen-Lorde shopping trip at the Brooklyn Industries store in Chelsea. |
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Visiting the Natural History Museum. |
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Celebrating my birthday with champagne at the Met. |
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Finally getting to go to prom as me! Or at least a grown up prom-themed party. |
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Shopping at Housing Works and really trying to rock the ordinary girl style. I love how normal I look in this picture. |
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Soon after the Occulus opened in Lower Manhattan. |
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Finding a store with the absolute perfect lighting in the dressing room. |
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Trying a short hair look and enjoying the effects of HRT. |
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Exploring my short hair look. And enjoying the May weather that finally warmed us up. |
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This June sunset pic is totally going to be my album cover one day. |
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Not a super flattering pic to say the least, but hey, I wore a dress and marched in the pride parade with the governor! |
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Picnic with friends on Governors Island. |
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Flying a helicopter! |
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Looking right down at the Statue of Liberty. How cool is that? |
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I just love this pic. I feel like I should photoshop it into a shot from Star Wars. |
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Visiting Snug Harbor in Staten Island. |
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My first time at the beach as a girl! |
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Enjoying the water and sand on my first time visiting the beach as a girl! |
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Okay. This picture doesn't look that great. Just a subway selfie. But this was actually a huge day for me. This was a day I took off work and just lived as an ordinary girl. A few doctor's appointments, some errands and living as me! |
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All dressed up to go out and celebrate coming out to my sister and her supportive response. |
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I was feeling really down about my life, transition, and going full time. Then I got dressed up, saw her in the mirror and thought "I can totally do this." It put me in such a great mood. |
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Trying a no makeup look (there's actually the tiniest bit of makeup) |
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Taking part in a Callen-Lorde photoshoot. |
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My Halloween costume and soft coming out at work. Yep, I dressed up as Rey for a work event! This was also the day my name change became 100% official. |
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Visiting the Unisphere. |
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Celebrating my new drivers licence with my new name and gender marker on it. |
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My first day working as me! It went so well. |
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One year on hormones. |
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Hanging out with coworkers at the office Christmas party. |
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Me dressing up in winter. |
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Me a month full time and enjoying life thus far. |
wonderful photos to remember the good times of the year
ReplyDeleteEach photo shows your beauty
love your smile and eyes
Hope next year is even better
Looks like you had a blast, but did Ralph McQuarrie the design for that Occulus thing? Looks very Imperial :P
ReplyDeleteSee, it always reminded me more of Gattaca. Also, I have a fun Ralph McQuarrie story. I grew up immersed in his art, especially considering that I loved all the West End Games Star Wars source books. Those used a lot of the unused Star Wars concept art. And I actually met Ralph McQuarrie multiple times. But I didn't realize it! He used to come into the art supply store I worked at but he was just another customer. Then when the documentary Empire of Dreams came out and interviewed him I was like "OMG! That customer was Ralph McQuarrie!" Ah well.
DeleteThat is just so awesome! thanks for sharing! <3
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