Game Night (a short post)

 

When I was young, I loved playing Monopoly.  Although I haven't played the game in over 50 years, I still have an affinity for the game.

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Tonight, it was my first trip to Yonkers for games in at least a month, and I had a great time.  Although the games we play are modern, and not any of the ones I played while young, I am glad that I played this game as a child.

Am I good at these games?  No!  It's hard for me to play with any strategy in mind.  That part of my brain has withered from lack of continued use.  If you don't exercise selected skill sets, they become weak.  today, I'm more of a tactician than a strategist when playing games.  It's just as well.  It's not like I need to be a good game player when there are so many other things I must spend mental energy on.

 

What was interesting about tonight was one comment made my evening.  One of the gang who has seen me a million times paid me a compliment for wearing the above dress.  It is very comfortable and hides many of my worst "assets".

Although I have the same dress in two different prints, I'm glad I have all three in my closet.  They all make me feel good, and make me glad that I "outed" myself to be able to live the life I want to live.
 

Resistance is Futile. (Yeah, right!)

 

Lately, the last thing the Orange Snowflake wants us to have is hope.  He wants us to feel that resistance is futile.  The reality is, resistance is not futile.  If one looks at the court cases he has been losing, and one can see that even a biased court system can hold him to account, or stop his attacks from a specific legal angle.

For some, staying off of his radar is the best thing to do.  For others, it makes sense to go out in the world without fear (but remaining cautious), as we need to show the world that we exist and are nothing to fear.  And still, for others, one has to take on a public fight.  If one can go stealth, one can still support the trans people who are unable to be stealth where they live,  If one can't go stealth, one can still try to live as normal a life as possible. And if one is already in the public eye, one can take on an open fight and force issues into the courts, where we have a better chance than with the snowflake's growing gestapo force.

 

I have scheduled 4 future cruises.  In normal times, 2 of them would have been taken as Marian.  Given that I don't know how US Customs is treating transgender people (pre-op, post-op, or non-op) with or without gender conforming id since the snowflake took office, I'm erring on the side of caution.  Yet, I am looking for ways that I can travel in a mode closer to my authentic self than I do now.  This will likely have me have photos of me in Mario mode wearing a toupee in an androgynous style, and use that when traveling as Marian.  (I'd be in full Marian mode, with wig and breast forms on a cruise ship, or when I reach my destination.)

 

My resistance is to live my life as openly as I can.  If someone challenges me, I will say that I am trans and see what happens, then act accordingly.  Hopefully, this age of lunacy will end soon, and we will see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Until then, I will resist the snowflake as best I can.