Month: November 2008

Hey there, Sometimes the Muse hits you. I was listening to Dakota by the Stereophonics and reading the lyrics at the same time. It’s a little pleasure I enjoy. I don’t get every word and I like to know what a vocal is. Songs affect me; not so much mood, although that happens, but more often as stimulation or even creativity. A lyric or even just a ‘vibe’ is all I need to hear and on occasion my mind picks up the idea and runs with it. The title for today’s post contains the lyric (as ever) and on hearing it I drifted off into a little world in my head. I’ve been going to Chameleons for some time and […]

Hiya, Earlier this week I found myself surfing through the links on the RSS feed. Some links seemed to be dead and after a quick reccy, I found and fixed the dead ones. If I’ve not been your way for a bit, that’s why! On a whim, I decided to have a good look through the news section on the Angels web site. While there two things caught my eye. One is the image in the Smoother Transition article (go and have a read if you like). The (drawn) image is of a keyboard and a pair of hands typing. The left hand is suitably macho with the grey suit jacket while the right hand sports longish polished red nails […]

Hey ppl, This week’s been a bit up and down. No, don’t worry, not down in a scary way 🙂 Life eh? Two things upset me this week: firstly there was the news of Baby P being killed by his parents. Lightning strikes twice in the local Social Services who missed a similar case a year or so ago. It’s easy to criticise when you’re not ‘in the system’ though. It’s not easy being a parent sometimes, but there’s a massive difference between losing your rag and yelling at them against the systematic physical abuse that poor kid suffered. I’ve mentioned anger in previous posts and this incident was no different. I could feel it building up in me, rising […]

Hey y’all. How’s you? Good I hope. Me? Well, pretty good: certainly nothing to complain about… which is nice! 🙂 A few things have been on my mind of late. One is – or rather ‘was’ – the American Election. As a rule I don’t tend to talk about Real Life ™ on here. There are others who do it better than I and do you really want to hear my take on who’d make the better leader? I doubt it, ‘cos I sure wouldn’t 🙂 Besides, we’re trans: are we just supposed to talk about make-up? 😀 Back to the point though, politics seem hardwired into people, at least in my limited experience. Seems we make up our minds […]

Hi folks, This Saturday I had the good fortune to attend the Harmony event up in a big old hotel near Matlock. Despite having a fair bit of time to get ready, the journey up there took longer than expected. But, the Fates smiled and I did arrive with enough time to park up, pick what I wanted from the menu and get a drink in with the usual suspects. 🙂 How can I describe the event? I think it would have to be: interesting. One the one hand, I had a great time talking to friends, enjoying the meal and, of course, being a disco fiend, the dance that followed. So why ‘interesting’ and not ‘fabulous’? Well, truth be […]