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Posted by wendy larsen
December 24, 2008
Filed in Society Girl's Personal Blogs
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In 26 hours I board an airplane bound for NYC on the first leg of my first en femme experience with another T girl...and with an entire week to spare to meet my plan to get "Out" this year. I'm meeting my Sister (and "sister"), a friend I met on TW about 4 1/2 years ago. We have chatted almost daily since then.
Our plan is to work up a makeover for her to find her color season: develop a color palette for her wardrobe and makeup. By seeing her in person and in daylight I can determine her true skin tone and the tone of her eyes and hair color. I'm also going to help her get good measurements that will cover ANY conceivable purchase of garment.
We plan to spend some girl time with each other as well as share other interests we hold in common...including some "masculine" interests. (stereotypical) We will practice doing makeup on each other and on ourselves. Maybe I can finally get eyebrows right, sigh.
Over the next year, 2009, we plan to meet again in California, where the work we start this December will move on to more specific purchases and, hopefully, a "Hollywood" makeover by a professional, a professional wig styling, corset fitting and building a trans-woman's wardrobe. Somewhere in here I'm going to get her ears pierced, hehe. I tell her I have a hammer and a finishing nail.
The drop in gas prices may put our canceled cross country trip back on the schedule.
I hope to be working by March and it will be a real change in my life. My income will go from nothing to close to 6 figures (dollars, US) + good benefits overnight. The next two months are going to involve increasingly intensive exercise to tone myself up for the job. I see nothing that can keep me from getting this job. I hate letting myself hope, but things have been fairly devastating recently and I just feel change is coming.
Anyway, thanks to my Sisters at TW, I feel ready for what is ahead. I probably won't make Sparkle 2009, but my plan is for 2010....however Fantasia Fair is likely in 2009, as it is in late October. I plan to insist on the time off when I take the new job.
I had planned to try to stick one femme outfit in my small luggage, but it was looking too tight. Then I was offered a bigger piece of luggage so....it looks like I'll be going through airport security with a growing pile of items that may get me a second look. You know, I don't care. I think the airport tommorow will be my first irretrievable step. It's almost a relief.
I am psyched, really excited. My friend is psyched, nervous but excited. She has had to push herself harder than I about this get-together. She is scared but very brave.
I'll be out of contact on and off, but I am bringing my creaky laptop and going to try to get two of another friend's computers up and running in NYC, and my Tgirl friend is in IT and has two herself. I have to fly out of CA tommorow and into NYC. Less than 36 hrs after landing in NYC I'll be on my way to Virgina by train. A week later I'll take the train back to NYC where I will stay for 2 to three weeks, then fly back to CA to start the process for the new job.
I don't know if it's an omen but it will be raining in all three cities I travel through this weekend. Good thing I like the rain, and flying. Train travel is just wonderful.
I'll try to blog as I go. I may miss a few days here and there.
Oh, I have a nice selection of new items to take as Sundance stopped by with my Xmas gifts, including a lot of makeup and related equipment. Also a couple books. Most of it I will have to wait almost a month to look at, but some is making the trip...including the purple nail polish ;-)
Au Revoir. Look out World.
