Well here it goes.
As you all get to know me better, you'll see that Im a huge risk-taker. I take risks all the time. I love it.
So, I live in this little part of town on a hill. At the top of the hill is a church that has a wonderful program called Clothing Closet. Basically, the 1st and 3rd saturday of every month from about August until June, they open up this expansive room and, from 9-noon, serve brunch (which is usually homemade and pretty decent) and they allow people to browse through a LOT of stuff. It's all free, since it's all donated. You get two plastic wal-mart bags that you can fill. Well, I got a bunch of clothes and was able to complete about four different outfits.
After I picked out a nice outfit (I was on a bit of a denim kick today) consisting of a pear of jeans (really guy's jeans, but you couldn't tell the difference. Seriously....), a white t-shirt (again, guys, but that didn't matter to me a whole lot), a denim jacket, and a pair of black skate shoes (that's all I had), I went downtown to attend a civil war re-enactment of our own piece of national history.
Today, 150 years ago, the Logan Guard mustered in Monument Square (at the time, it was just the town square), and marched 1/2 mile to the Lewistown Junction train station. It's kinda cool that our town (ha drug capital of the central-pennsylvania area) has that little thing going for it, not to mention like 14 Army Generals.
Anywho, so, for the better part of the day, I got to walk around dressed the way I feel. It was an enormous boost of confidence that one day, I really can make a future for myself.
I also was able to match the pitch (better for the choir side of my life rather than trying to achieve a female voice) of the lead singer of my favorite techno artist, Groove Coverage, for the duration of their song Na Na Na. I had each one head on, and stayed consistent. I've always had problems with controlling pitches in my falsetto, so this is momentous good news.
