I finally got my ears pierced today!!!   In the past I'd made a lot of excuses not to do it even though I really wanted to.  Fear of pain was one thing - I'd gotten hooked through the earlobe by a cat's claw when I was young and never wanted to repeat anything like that.  Another was my mother's approval - I'm still paranoid of making her uncomfortable anytime I do something new to add to and improve my presentation.  Using some carefully-crafted conversation points I led her to be the one to suggest that ear piercings would be a simple and effective way of increasing my passing percentage around new people.

  The last thing that settled it was learning about the "Inverness" piercing system.  It's more hygienic and less painful than any other method I'm aware of, using encapsulated piercing earrings in disposable cartridges.  It's also used all the time on children and infants so I figured if they could handle it then I certainly could too.  In my area the only major outlet I could find using it is Caryl Baker Visage.  Their staff are well-trained in it's use and it seems to be on the whole a professional and respectable outfit.  This is in Canada mind you - I don't know who is offering Inverness in the USA.  If any of you have been hesitant to get pierced, I advise you to look into the Inverness System for yourselves.  It should put your anxieties to rest.

  Hopefully people like the starter earrings I chose because they have to stay in for six weeks.  Apparently if they are removed sooner the inner part of the hole heals closed in seconds.  Disinfecting has to be done twice a day and the earrings need to be turned in the holes occasionally to prevent the skin adhering to the metal stem.

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Quote from: Violet Bloom on July 04, 2015, 08:39:16 PM
  I finally got my ears pierced today!!!   In the past I'd made a lot of excuses not to do it even though I really wanted to.  Fear of pain was one thing - I'd gotten hooked through the earlobe by a cat's claw when I was young and never wanted to repeat anything like that.  Another was my mother's approval - I'm still paranoid of making her uncomfortable anytime I do something new to add to and improve my presentation.  Using some carefully-crafted conversation points I led her to be the one to suggest that ear piercings would be a simple and effective way of increasing my passing percentage around new people.

  The last thing that settled it was learning about the "Inverness" piercing system.  It's more hygienic and less painful than any other method I'm aware of, using encapsulated piercing earrings in disposable cartridges.  It's also used all the time on children and infants so I figured if they could handle it then I certainly could too.  In my area the only major outlet I could find using it is Caryl Baker Visage.  Their staff are well-trained in it's use and it seems to be on the whole a professional and respectable outfit.  This is in Canada mind you - I don't know who is offering Inverness in the USA.  If any of you have been hesitant to get pierced, I advise you to look into the Inverness System for yourselves.  It should put your anxieties to rest.

  Hopefully people like the starter earrings I chose because they have to stay in for six weeks.  Apparently if they are removed sooner the inner part of the hole heals closed in seconds.  Disinfecting has to be done twice a day and the earrings need to be turned in the holes occasionally to prevent the skin adhering to the metal stem.

Good for you. I just took a clean needle in my teens & did my ears. Then used little studs. No big deal really.

I don't own a TV, and getting one isn't high on my priority list.

Today I established my TV channels on PC and tablet. Can watch it now if I desire so.

Quote from: Violet Bloom on July 04, 2015, 08:39:16 PM
  I finally got my ears pierced today!!!   In the past I'd made a lot of excuses not to do it even though I really wanted to.  Fear of pain was one thing - I'd gotten hooked through the earlobe by a cat's claw when I was young and never wanted to repeat anything like that.  Another was my mother's approval - I'm still paranoid of making her uncomfortable anytime I do something new to add to and improve my presentation.  Using some carefully-crafted conversation points I led her to be the one to suggest that ear piercings would be a simple and effective way of increasing my passing percentage around new people.

  The last thing that settled it was learning about the "Inverness" piercing system.  It's more hygienic and less painful than any other method I'm aware of, using encapsulated piercing earrings in disposable cartridges.  It's also used all the time on children and infants so I figured if they could handle it then I certainly could too.  In my area the only major outlet I could find using it is Caryl Baker Visage.  Their staff are well-trained in it's use and it seems to be on the whole a professional and respectable outfit.  This is in Canada mind you - I don't know who is offering Inverness in the USA.  If any of you have been hesitant to get pierced, I advise you to look into the Inverness System for yourselves.  It should put your anxieties to rest.

  Hopefully people like the starter earrings I chose because they have to stay in for six weeks.  Apparently if they are removed sooner the inner part of the hole heals closed in seconds.  Disinfecting has to be done twice a day and the earrings need to be turned in the holes occasionally to prevent the skin adhering to the metal stem.

Thanks for the Tip! I found a place that used the inverness system and got mine done today!  They are very cute

Quote from: FrancisAnn on July 05, 2015, 06:48:58 AM
Good for you. I just took a clean needle in my teens & did my ears. Then used little studs. No big deal really.

  Yikes!!!   There's no way I would've had the nerve to do it that way, especially on myself!  Even if I had tried I'll bet I'd have stopped after the first side.

Quote from: LovelyLuci on July 05, 2015, 05:10:01 PM
Thanks for the Tip! I found a place that used the inverness system and got mine done today!  They are very cute

  It warms my heart to know I inspired someone else - I'm so proud!  I guess that's what made me happy today.

Lots of teenage girls pierced each others ears back then, it was 30 + years ago. A clean needle with hydrogen peroxide. The tricky part was finding the best location so earrings looked their best. I was very feminine in school & girl friends helped me. Good luck with today's safer systems. 

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Recorded my voice last night on my phone just to see what it sounds like. Its actually sounding alright now! I mean it needs a lot of work kind of sounds like I have a cold but its noticeably feminine sounding. And the best part is I didn't hate listening to it like my male voice!  Also recorded that voice and you can't tell they belong to the same gal.

Resurrected my vacuum cleaner today.  Vacuum cleaned part of my home where I live and sleep. It is too hot to give my home a full treat.

I found an old rice cooker, in perfect condition, that my folks likely got as a wedding present 40 years ago and it still works. I'm excited to do lots of cooking

Alright I got really excited about this and just needed to share. I'm literately going wow right now I've experienced  feelings I've never felt before. Alright I know its silly but I was watching a Taylor Swift video and something just came over me. Its really hard to describe it just felt like something deep down awoke and made me feel happy all over and warm and fuzzy at the same time. And just a few minutes ago I was browsing YouTube and started watching some parts of a Phantom of the Opera musical, since I've always loved it. I had the same feeling come over me again however this one was like ten times as strong and has me on cloud nine at the moment. In twenty six years never felt anything like it and love it.   

Quote from: RavenL on July 06, 2015, 10:22:24 PM
Alright I got really excited about this and just needed to share. I'm literately going wow right now I've experienced  feelings I've never felt before. Alright I know its silly but I was watching a Taylor Swift video and something just came over me. Its really hard to describe it just felt like something deep down awoke and made me feel happy all over and warm and fuzzy at the same time. And just a few minutes ago I was browsing YouTube and started watching some parts of a Phantom of the Opera musical, since I've always loved it. I had the same feeling come over me again however this one was like ten times as strong and has me on cloud nine at the moment. In twenty six years never felt anything like it and love it.

Yea, it feels great when the walls we put up come crumbling down and we can be ourselves.  Congrats :-)

Today, more than three years since I changed my name my mum started calling me Jayne, she did precede it with my old name but quickly corrected herself, later in the day she apologized for struggling to use my not so new name.

Having her make the effort is a shock, having her apologize is even more shocking lol

My first attempt at making sushi rice from scratch with a rice cooker was a success. Tomorrow, I'll make basic tuna rolls with canned tuna. I call it: Poor Man's Tuna Roll. I'm actually excited to be cooking

Eating 120 grams of kit kats in ONE GO :~D

Going over to a friends house tomorrow he asked me to come as female It really made my day.

I got my letter from my doctor to get my passport updated to my new name and gender. I really need to get that changed because it is tied to my global entry account which gives me TSA pre with all of the airlines. My account can't be changed until I have my new passport. So I will be stopping by the mega passport office on my way into work today. :-)

My dad sent me a text yesterday and instead of using my male name, he just used C.  Which I told my family is perfectly fine until I officially start transition.  I just didn't expect him to do it! [emoji1]

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I got a lot of "WTF is going on here"-looks when I was out and about even though I looked pretty male today.