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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME
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BIRTHDAY: AUGUST 6TH
(YES, A LEO!)
AGE: A LADY NEVER TELLS ! MUSIC: I ENJOY BLUES, CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND POP/ROCK. FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: STAR TREK (TNG,
DS9, VOYAGER, THE ORIGINAL & ENTERPRISE. FIRST REMEMBRANCE OF BEING DRESSED: IT WAS FOR OUR SCHOOL'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT WHEN I WAS IN GRADE 5. IT WAS SUCH A BLAST. ALL THE PARENTS SEEMED TO GET A KICK IN SEEING ALL THE BOYS FROM GRADES 4, 5 & 6 DRESSED IN SKIRTS & SINGING "THOSE WERE THE DAYS".
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE
1994, MAKING ME A PRECOCIOUS 10 YEAR OLD!?
MOST AMUSING INCIDENT: ONE COLD WINTER NIGHT ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AFTER A NIGHT OUT AT THE BARS. MY GAS GAUGE WAS READING VERY LOW, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO STAND IN THE FREEZING COLD (-28 C) FILLING MY GAS TANK. I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE ME THE 17 KM HOME WITHOUT TROUBLE. WELL, GEE WHIZ!! WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5 KM FROM HOME AND 4 KM FROM THE NEAREST GAS STATION, I RAN OUT OF GAS. IT SERVED ME RIGHT FOR WEARING A MINIDRESS & HI HEELS THIS NIGHT. AFTER CURSING AT MY BAD LUCK FOR A MOMENT, I PREPARED BY BODY FOR THAT 5 KM WALK HOME. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, WENT TO RAISE THE HOOD TO WARN OTHER MOTORIST THAT MY CAR WAS OUT OF ACTION. AS I WAS DOING THIS, A YOUNG GOOD SAMARITAN PULLED UP IN FRONT OF ME AND GOT OUT OF HIS CAR TO ASK ME IF I NEEDED ANY HELP. SINCE I WAS TICKED OFF AT MY PREDICAMENT, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT BEHAVING IN A LADYLIKE MANNER AND SPOKE IN A GRUFF MALE VOICE THAT I WAS FINE & HAD JUST RUN OUT OF GAS, THE POOR SAMARITAN, UPON HEARING A MALE VOICE COMING FROM SOMEONE IN A DRESS, LET HIS JAW DROP NEARLY TO THE GROUND, PICKED UP HIS JAW AND BEAT A HASTY RETREAT TO HIS CAR & SPED OFF AS FAST AS HE COULD GO. SERVES ME RIGHT, I PROBABLY COULD OF AT LEAST GOTTEN A RIDE FROM HIM AND SAVED ME A HALF HOUR WALK IN THE FREEZING COLD. RUN INS WITH THE LAW:
NOT THAT I'M A RABBLE ROUSER OR TROUBLE MAKER, BUT RACHEL DOES SEEM TO HAVE A
HEAVY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. AS A RESULT, I ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF FOUR
SPEEDING TICKETS OVER JUST THREE YEARS. I'VE ALSO PASSED THROUGH ABOUT
SEVEN CHECK STOPS (ROADSIDE CHECKS FOR DRUNK DRIVERS) IN THIS SAME TIME
PERIOD. ALL WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. MOST HARROWING EXPERIENCE: I HAD JUST LEFT THE BAR ON MY SECOND NIGHT OUT "EN FEMME". I WAS STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE MORE RELAXED & COMFORTABLE THAT EVERYTHING WAS COOL WITH MY GOING OUT AS RACHEL. I WAS EVEN THINKING THAT I HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. AS I WAS WAITING TO TURN ONTO A MAJOR ROAD TO HEAD HOME, A COP CAR DROVE BY JUST BEFORE I TURNED. THAT WAS OK, I MADE MY TURN AND CAME UP BESIDE THE COPS TWO BLOCKS LATER AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THEY LOOKED AT ME & I DID A TERRIBLE JOB OF LOOKING NONCHALANT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I MOVED ON. THE COPS HOWEVER MOVED SLOWER & LET ME PASS. A BLOCK LATER, I SAW THE FLASHING LIGHTS IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR. MY MIND WAS RACING, WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR THE COPS. I HANDED THEM MY LICENSE WHEN REQUESTED. THE COP STARED AT ME & THEN MY PHOTO. & HE WENT BACK TO HIS CAR. I WAS QUAKING IN MY HI HEELS. A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE CAME BACK TO MY CAR & HAND ME BACK MY LICENSE. HE THEN SAID "HAVE A GOOD NIGHT." YOU COULD SAY THAT THIS IS PROOF THAT THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH TO BE AFRAID OF OUT HERE IN THE REAL WORLD AS WE MAY THINK THERE IS.
CELEBRITY STATUS?: I'VE ALSO BEEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TWICE (CANADIAN LEARNING TELEVISION) ON THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT HELP TV PROGRAM. I BECAME DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE TRANSGENDERED COMMUNITY HERE IN EDMONTON AND ALBERTA SHORTLY AFTER COMING OUT. CURRENTLY, I AM ON THREE BOARDS IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN THE TREASURER OF THE GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS AND AM A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE ILLUSIONS SOCIAL CLUB (ONE OF THE LOCAL TS GROUPS).
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WHICH
ONE IS THE REAL ME ???
