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I'd like to say good morning, but it's not.

I'm up now because of this fucking headache. SEcond time it's woken me up. I think I got a toal of four hours of sleep if I was lucky. Right now I'm about at a six on a scale of one to ten, at one point last night I was at 125234329OMFGKILLME. I just called mother, who is going to call grandmother because she sometimes has tylenol laced with codeine. Because, God, I just need to be knocked out for more than two hours so my body can relax enough for this thing to go away. I'll reluctantly skip classes, but once this thing leaves I'll be able to do homework again.

Grr.

I'd like to note: no one has permission to worry. Believe it or not, pain wise, I've been worse. It just usually doesn't go on this long. I'm thinking the 'headache' I had Saturday was more of an aura which I should have paid attention to, and would have if I'd had any meds on hand. Alas, I didn't and still don't. So awaiting possible meds...which will probably be liquid, which most of you know I gag when takikng, but I'll force myself to deal because I just want some pain free sleep.

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Headache is fianlly gone. I got about 2 1/2 hours of sleep, and I didn't wake up because it came back, just woke up. I haven't put on my eyes yet (that tneds to bring 'em back if they're not long gone) so...I can't decide if I'm going to class or not. I have an hour+ to decide, though.

Unrelated...I think I have a teeeeeeny crush on Lily Allen ^_^ Wow. I downloaded Alright, Still last night...I'd heard a few songs before, but the ones I hadn't...this woman rocks. I'm downloading It's Not Me, It's You right now

ETA: I think It's Not Me, It's You is a lot better than the reviews on amazon and such make it out to be. Yay good new music! And I did go to classes, managed to keep myself going by sipping on a strawberry jett tea smoothie the whole time (actually not quite done with it-they're very generous with the portions!)

Is he haunting you still?

Found on A Seat on the SOFFA

Well, it turns out Canadians know another Bill who became Barbra. Bill Amesbury had a few hit songs in the 1970s, including "Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)", and has since transitioned to become Barbra Amesbury. Canadian crooner James Collins released the song "Do You Mind If We Talk About Bill" in 2002, in which he asks Barbra whether she can talk about her life as Bill.
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I like how this song touches on the dilemma of talking about the past (pre-transition) with transsexual people. He keeps asking 'is it alright?'. As SOFFAs, we want to do and say the right thing; sometimes, it's hard to know what that means, especially when navigating discussions of the past.

Not know who Barbra is...I think this is lovely for the same reason. So many of the lines...it's very respectful. 'Do you mind?...am I way out of line?' So many people assume that it's okay to ask about pre-transition instead of asking if it's okay. They assume that transfolk have no problem talking about what was probably the most painful time in their lives. Sometimes, I think I'll be perfectly fine talking about myself pre transition...and sometimes, it sounds like the most horrible thing in the world.

There are a few lines that bother me a bit, but over all I think is is very beautiful and respectful.