Achievement Unlocked!

You know, some of us CDs enjoy treating our activities as some sort of game - hence the term 'Achievement Unlocked'.

(Yes, being "female" is just a game to us CDs, unlike for you TSes where it becomes some life-changing-thing in which you constantly find the need to distance yourself from CDs.)

Today I've unlocked a new achievement. Yes, I *still* have achievements to unlock.

Here it is:
I was enjoying myself figuring out the intricacies of flock(). Seriously, can't PHP just flocking flock the damn file handle between fopen r and w?!!

But I digress. (I digress a lot. It's called flight-of-ideas. Nothing to worry about. I'm not having looseness of association yet.)

In Starbucks. Then the lady come up to me and asks whether I'm Joanne. I say no and that's it.

Achievement Unlocked!

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"What flocking achievement?" you might ask.

Well, somebody came up to me to ask whether I'm Joanne can mean 2 things:
1. She thought I was someone she met before named Joanne
2. She's waiting for a lady named Joanne whom she has not met before, and wanted to know whether I was that lady

See? I actually passed as a lady that was potentially named Joanne!

Achievement Un...

Wait, what do you mean "What flocking achievement?"

Oh, you didn't say that?

Heh heh... the voices in my head.

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Actually that's not what they're saying.

Anyway, without make up, mind you! :)

So...

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

Makeup Less...

Deciding to do something crazy - I'm out en femme WITHOUT make up! I mean, fully en femme - blouse, miniskirt, thigh-highs and 4in heels... WITHOUT make up.

Something quite refreshing and "freeing"... but freaky nerve-wrecking. I mean, how many of you girls (CDs only, TSes need not apply) have tried going full en femme without make-up? Scary, right?

Ok, it wasn't supposed to be crazy - I wanted to try out Bobbi Brown's lessons... but damn it, it now costs RM450!!! (Previously was only RM300...) And the sales assistant didn't seem that eager to help out either. Sigh...

So, having my obligatory Starbucks and fine-tuning my flock() and trying to decide whether to try MAC instead.

Oh yeah, a pic without make up and without filters. :)

Be Careful What You Comment On

So, I was on Lazada and feeling bored and frustrated (coz I really really want that Kipling bag but have already overspent this month) so I decided to see whether Lazada carried any 'typical crossdressing stuff'.

Lo and behold, Lazada actually has ****** *****! And it had 2 reviews! Being the curious Jane I am, I scrolled down to have a look, and lo and behold, this guy (whom Lazada verified as a buyer) commented that he wanted an * *** and not a * ***, and HE USED HIS FULL NAME.

Being the curiouser Jane that I am, I decided to google this guy - and I found his photo, his family photo, place of work and his phone number.

Scary.

Just be careful out there, ok?

(Photo for decoration purposes only)

Pokemon Gone

Seventy five percent of a score ago, I was a 20 year-old medical student who spent my free time catching Pokemon.

Yes, that's what eggheads like me do in between dissecting cadavers and studying about the importance of HMG-CoA Reductase and its inhibitors.

And I caught them all... except for Mew. A disappointment that I have not yet fully overcome.

But I got a cool Pokemon clock-watch-um-thing...

OMG, 90s hair with that top... *cringe*

Suicide Squad

Well, in the end I didn't indulge in anything criminally insane, but I did spend an hour editing a scientific proposal, which would count.

I'm more of a Marvel girl, but DC does have its moments. Like the multiple repeats of Batman Begins. And Lego Batman.

And Harley Quinn.

There's something exciting about getting into the mind of Dr Harleen Quinzel. Or at the very least, putting up my hair in twin ponytails like Harley. The excitement that stems from the fact that she is completely unhinged and it's exciting to imagine myself as being unhinged and unfettered by social convention as well.

Oh, and listening to Eminem on the walkman helps too.

So I got to watch Suicide Squad today. I suppose DC was trying to pull a Guardian, but didn't quite work out. (SPOILERS!) I mean, the entire story was about Suicide Squad clearing up a mess made by Amanda Waller, which never would have occurred if she didn't form the Suicide Squad in the first place. (Already got a feeling what HISHE is gonna do...)

It was an ok movie. Not Guardian-good; but ok to watch on a boring Wednesday morning after editing scientific proposals. Oh, Guardians had Nyota, so it's completely unfair to compare Guardians and Suicide Squad. :P

Damn, I suck at writing reviews.

Harley and Me

I was a fan of LOTR before the movies before Tolkien was cool, and I bet that I was a fan of Harley Quinn before it was cool. ;)

That being said, the fact that she's in the same profession as me was an added bonus. Although it's the wrong specialty. But I get to be crazy during work most days as well.

Haven't watched Suicide Squad yet; but am pretty psyched (pun intended) to go immerse myself in some criminal insanity for a couple of hours - followed by Suicide Squad.

"Beyond" where Trek has Boldly Gone Before

So I don't really know what Starbase MY did for the Beyond opening coz in a fit of righteous (misdirected?) rage I had quit the group after a series of homophobic comments when John Cho revealed that Sulu was openly gay before the premiere.

Who'd want to attend an opening with a bunch of Trekkies who had a 80% chance (of at least some of them) going "Ewwww" in the disembarking scene after Enterprise docked in Yorktown?

Star Trek is too important to me to be spoiled by a few mysoginistic homophobic bastards.

So I watched Beyond all by myself. And to avoid the "hopeless fan who's still wearing the uniform on a Wednesday morning", I settled on Trek-inspired office wear instead.

Which promptly identified myself as a Trekkie to Yassin the Starbucks barista. :)

Beyond is good.

TWOK-level good.

I believe that the reason it worked so well was that because it was meant to be an "episode" of sorts. Into Darkness was trying to mash TMP, TWOK and SFS into a big jumbled mess; but Beyond was just (to quote the writers) a gamma-irradiated episode of classic Trek.

And man, it's friggin' awesome.

Although trying to fit the Franklin into the period between NX Alpha and NX-01 was rather pushing it (for an ENT fan like me), it kinda works out in the end when you consider they crashed on Altamid half a decade after These Are The Voyages.

Can't wait for the new Beyond uniforms; seriously thinking about bleaching my hair and painting black patterns on my face; and adding Franklin to my collection!

The Power of "Her"

So I've been having this new-onset tooth sensitivity to cold water for a couple of weeks and decided that a trip to the dentist was in order. Also, I felt it was a great time to go get those Mark and Spencer's stilleto boots which were on sale at RM69 (Normal price RM200+).

But primarily for the former. Or so I tell myself.

The highlight of the day? One simple word:

"Her"

Now, I've been called "Miss" more often than not (including the time I was in guy mode in the guy's toilet changing my daughter's diapers) so it's something I'm pretty used to.

But to actually hear somebody refer to me in the third-person using a female pronoun - well, it was a powerful moment. It's like, a benchmark has been reached. An achievement unlocked.

I guess that this is the whole point of the Greater Trans movement to enforce the use of proper pronouns. I understand the power of pronouns now.

And yes, I bought them heels. And yes, I'm still too stupid to realize that if they hurt a bit when you're trying them in the store, they will hurt a whole lot more when you're actually wearing them. Sigh... :(