So I continue to be plagued by high schoolers doing assignments on Scott Westerfields book ‘Uglies’. Thats about the most notable thing happening on my blog at the moment.

In my non-internet life, I am spending lots of time with my gorgeous girlfriend, and hanging out at cafe’s with friends. There are meetings about Spring Out, the local Pride Festival, and I should start thinking about Transgender Day of Remembrance stuff.

I’ve also made my initial appointment with a surgeon for top surgery. I’m pretty excited about it. I wish that they would give me a ball park estimate for the cost of the surgery itself, cos I don’t have insurance and so will have to pay most of it up front. Thankfully this clinic uses the ‘reconstructive surgery’ rather than ‘cosmetic surgery’ language and item codes, cos that means that I can claim back medicare even though I’m still registered as female with them.

I’m looking forward to going to Sydney for a party in early October, and generally goofing off over the long weekend. I want to get to Melbourne some time around my birthday too. Maybe on the weekend of the 18th? Not sure yet.

In reading, I just finished Sex Changes by Patrick Califia. (OMG, I totally LOVE HIM.) I’ve started ‘Thats Revolting’ by Mattilda (Matt) Bernstein Sycamore, and have More Tales of the City and a book of Queer Theory on my list. I do need to lay off on the radical queer politics a bit after this though, and read a comic book, or a kids book or something. My brain is getting a bit sore.

I’ve been watching Buffy, and I’m about to start watching Battlestar Galactica once I get a hold of the miniseries. I found a two disc special edition of Watership Down and the Plague Dogs, which is really exciting. I’m looking forward to watching those some time.

And that is my busy little life.