{"id":47,"date":"2014-09-27T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/ait\/?p=47"},"modified":"2018-02-21T22:28:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T02:28:03","slug":"day-5-tysons-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/day-5-tysons-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5: Tyson’s Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amidst all of this transgendering, I’ve been dealing with what I like to understatedly call Computer Tsunami 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short version is that I’ve burned through three MacBook Pros in a week (cue primal scream).<\/span><\/p>\n

Since my work IT is responsible for two-thirds of those burnouts, I set off to the Apple Store in Tyson’s corner to deal with my personal MacBook Pro cataclysm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good news, it turns out there is a Joint Venture program with Apple that gets you a loaner computer when your current computer is about to depart for repairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boom. Done.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m stoked… I leave the store and realize, hey, I’m in a mall. A big mall. An awesome mall.<\/span><\/p>\n

I stare at my hair ties for strength and say, screw it. I’m going to window shop women’s clothing and shoes without shame for the first time in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, well, it’s amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh wow, I love that scarf. Great skirt. Ooohhh, I like that color. Killer boots.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past, I would have pretended to tie my shoe whilst waiting for the crowds to pass before surreptitiously sneaking a peak at a Cache or bebe shop window. Or feigning going in the wrong in direction so I could pass by a shoe display a second or third time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, my transgendering began well before this thing we called the World Wide Web existed. Or even before that of the wonder that is the Amazon rainforest of clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And a funny thing happens along the way. I find my confidence is building. And I’m getting pleasant smiles from women who wouldn’t give me the time of the day in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who knows… maybe this is going to work out just fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: When I began transitioning in 2014, I was known by my nickname DiG, which sufficed until I learned my mom had chosen Jennifer had my birth gone differently. So for historical sake, I leave my posts and podcasts as originally conceived, but know that my name is and apparently always was Jen.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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