Productive day today.
Aug. 24th, 2008 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonetreadWorked for four hours today, mostly putting salad dressing in the little cups. Except for getting the hattiest hat hair that ever hatted, it wasn't too bad. Everyone called everyone by name a lot, which made me so. damn. glad. that they were using the right one. If I'd had to hear my birth name with that frequency I would have killed something.
Speaking of my name: FINALLY people who can extrapolate that "call me Justin" means both that and "use male pronouns". And this after I showed up on Friday to get my uniform looking my least passable. I love these guys, I really do.
Also, Isis (the transwoman on ANTM) came up in conversation, and folks were all "that's so cool; god, I get so excited about these things you'd think I was a tranny" and "I don't even watch that show, but I might have to watch it now", which was great.
And I used the guys' bathroom in the Union, today, too. First real time I'd been in one. (Not counting that time I had to go chase my dad out of one so we didn't miss our plane; stupid airline person, ruining my moment.) So what if it was empty? Baby steps, right? (Plus, that meant I got to look around all I wanted and there was no one there to see me and be like "too fucking curious, dude, gtfo".)
Speaking of my name: FINALLY people who can extrapolate that "call me Justin" means both that and "use male pronouns". And this after I showed up on Friday to get my uniform looking my least passable. I love these guys, I really do.
Also, Isis (the transwoman on ANTM) came up in conversation, and folks were all "that's so cool; god, I get so excited about these things you'd think I was a tranny" and "I don't even watch that show, but I might have to watch it now", which was great.
And I used the guys' bathroom in the Union, today, too. First real time I'd been in one. (Not counting that time I had to go chase my dad out of one so we didn't miss our plane; stupid airline person, ruining my moment.) So what if it was empty? Baby steps, right? (Plus, that meant I got to look around all I wanted and there was no one there to see me and be like "too fucking curious, dude, gtfo".)
Anyway. I got back from work, chilled for an hour, and then went to the Student Involvement Fair. Nothing CS-y, but I signed up to be on the email list for the Darwin Society (which I'll figure out exactly what it is from the emails, lol). Saw my friend Sam's friend Becky, and several other folks I've seen around, so -- while it was nice to see them -- I was getting wrong-gendered out the wazoo. *sigh* Looks like work is going to be my sanctuary.
Finally, in 45 minutes, our floor's going to dinner and then having a floor meeting. Joy. I wish I could come out to them; this double life is pretty much crap. Besides that, though, things are pretty terrific.
Finally, in 45 minutes, our floor's going to dinner and then having a floor meeting. Joy. I wish I could come out to them; this double life is pretty much crap. Besides that, though, things are pretty terrific.
(In other news, I am totally drugged up on Benadryl. I don't want to go eat with everyone, but the only thing I've eaten today are a couple free cookies from the Info Fair, so it's probably for the best. Going to take my drug-induced nap now.)
ETA: Last night at about 11:30, my muses decided they wanted QL/SN (and also suggested QL/DZ while they were at it). I haven't written any of it down yet, but I'm sure I'll be obliging them eventually.
