Hmmm… another pleasant spring like Sunday afternoon… I guess I can't really complain. :)
So, what been happening and shaking?! Well yesterday was the party which I of course was late for and only got there at about 9:00 pm which was actually not too bad considering I tried and failed at doing my makeup after several months break and got semi-lost on my way over there. Peta, Szusza, Adrian and her girl-friend were already there, and after a while the others turned up and it was not too bad. Maybe about 10 people there and alternating between the balcony for smoking (blah) and siting around chatting. I had a good chat with Annie whom I hadn't met previously and she gave me a great compliment. Before we got introduced, she asked Szusza if I was a real girl! Cool, haven't had that happen before, so that was totally excellent.
Funniest quote for the evening was me commenting on the often high education/intelligence levels of many TS's to which my friend replied "You don't need anything to be gay, but you need at least a masters degree to be a Tranny." *lmao*
I think we all headed off to the Meridian about 12:30 pm where we partied on until about 2:00 am or so. I saw Peta was looking rather unhappy courtesy of the loud Techno based music so I dragged her outside for a chat and fresh air. Whilst we were out there, a person from the party asked where my partner was!?!? Total confusion ranged momentarily until we sorted out that someone had thought Michelle and I had been an item! To which I replied "I wish!" After that piece of bamboozlement I plonked my head back down on Peta's shoulder and we kept chatting. It was really nice, but does Canberra ever get warm nights when I go out?
We headed back in and I had to keep going to the toilets courtesy of all the caffeine I had drunk, and when ever I came out and saw myself in the mirror I would get all happy and hyperactive and go bopping out of there. Judging by how happy I was coming out of the toilets, people must have thought I was going in for a snort of cocaine or something. *g* But it was just really great to look in the mirror and see a female looking back. That always gives me the biggest self-esteem boost. :)

5:30 pm - Perhaps the absence of other young tranny's in Canberra makes me believe that I'm not too bad looking. I guess when you're the only one in the class, it's easy to top it. ;) But there is one other girl, a friend (?) of Michelle's who I've seen but never met and Wow! She is gorgeous, like totally drop-dead gorgeous, thin, long blonde hair and very, very convincing. More than enough to get any normal guy completely drooling… I'm not sure whether I am jealous or not. Whilst I wish I was as beautiful as her, I guess these days I'm just very happy to look the new way that I do and to finally appear female. My bodily bone structure has doomed me to some extent, but on the other hand I'm not 6'4 or obese etc…
A lot of my life is "There but for the grace of god…" so I guess I'm thankful, because I've got a lot and other people have had a lot less… I guess I'm middle of the range in a lot of ways, at the high end in some and at the lower in others again. Oh well at least I'm happy… :)
So I saw Peta off and then drove home and was mucho tired, but very happy nonetheless.
(This of course refers to Peta B from Bateman's Bay and not Peta G who is still over in Indonesia, ok?)

Today was very quiet, I went to the lab but came back and just bummed around from 12:00 pm onwards… went walking with the CD player and then did some cleaning and then crashed in the courtyard reading Jung and listening to more music. I watched some cricket, and after that finished I walked out of the Senior Common Room and bumped into Astro! That was cool, and he was trying to find anyone on duty, I figured once dinner started he would find someone and we chatted for a little while. It was of course very good to see him and I'm sure there won't be too much happening for a while, so we'll chat again I'm sure. Also chatted to Anthony as he was fixing the College's computers for the approaching semester.
I wonder what it holds (the semester that is). Usually my little dramas and frustration occur on a daily yet repetitive basis, mainly accompanied by the anguished phrase "Why won't my reactions work? Arrggghhh!!!" *lol* New students here in college who will undoubtedly be like the last lot. Some good, some awful and the rest willing to be swayed by their newfound freedom. As long as they leave me alone, I guess I can cope with that.
I'm wondering just what the heck I am doing wrong with my reaction scheme?!? I mean, it's there in the literature, but why can I not repeat them and get the same yields? Usually I get zero or almost zero product and I just don't know why… *sigh* I suppose this is one thing I'm at the bottom end of the class… *wry smile*