Lucy

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-29

• Oh I so very very hate how I very ridiculously easily get stupidly paranoid over the simplest of things #
• I never expected that "No, we really don't want to see you again for a long long time! Go away!" could make be feel better… #
• @peppernom I'm seriously tempted to get you to draw something for me with your awesome artistic superpowers… in reply to peppernom #
• Yeah, so what? I don't need you. I have my very own Xmas pudding right here! Yay for Xmas pudding! #
• I'm STILL eating my Xmas pudding. #
• Ok, this is getting borderline ridiculous. Not only has the laundry been in use all day, now it appears there's a party going in in there… #
• 2am fire alarms suck. It's 3am now, because it honestly took Security THAT long to come and turn it off. FAIL #
• I don't care about the fire alarm any more. I have my quantum soup! Woo! #
• "Can you have that whole conversation again please? Only, this time, have it in 140 characters or less." #
• Still not a fan of 2-3am fire alarms. I'm waaaay too tired >_< #
• There's an advert on the back of my cereal box. How delightfully bizzare. #
• I may have just been outed to my grandparents… 2. Change trans example person phonecall could be awkward. No, WILL be awkward #
• Well 2. Change trans example person was awkward and weird… and went well, I'd say. Ridiculously well. #
• Right. i've just had to remove a few posts as I accidentally pasted a random block of text in the middle o_O. Middle click paste FAILS #
• Also, I've just come out to my grandparents. Went weirdly well. #
• @twiggydyke No, it's for Tesco's own brand premium orange juice. Makes sense i suppose. in reply to twiggydyke #
• With only 2 days left now, no packing has been done. Hmm. And tomorrow is supposed to be a busy day too. #
• What would the female form of Sauroman be? Sauromina? Sauromia? Sauromama? Sauromammories? Saurockalypsia? Who knows? #
• @peppernom ORLY? I'd be happy with something as "not so good" as the amazing stuff i've seen on your site. *pretends not to be a stalker* in reply to peppernom #
• I'm still trying to figure out twitter. Why, oh WHY does it not have the ability to email me every tweet I'm following? Or a daily summary? #
• @peppernom Not a macaw, not particularly snowy, but awesome and cute: http://bit.ly/16O1zr #
• Ooh. I'm liking Tweetie. #
• 15th highest sharer on twofo currently! Go me! #
• @sowerbyandluff Loving the new website. That said, I haven't seen it since… 2007, so had you not tweeted, I'd have no idea how new it was in reply to sowerbyandluff #
• I've just been to the other side of Coventry and back in under an hour. To put that in perspective, the bus would have been 45 mins each way #
• I FINALLY have my new Tesco Clubcard! Woo! #
• 1st year results: 65% overall. A 2:1. All modules were "worth doing" (above the mark below which they would start dragging me down). #
• Feel like crap. Haven't been eating properly the past few days and there's a stupidly long summer coming up. I'm missing people already! #
• Feel ill and tired. Still haven't done any packing. Want to say last goodbyes to people, but not sure I have the time to go visit them. #
• @peppernom Yay! Congratz! Told you you'd do well. in reply to peppernom #
• I can finally say "I've used twitter"! I've seen the legendary Fail Whale for the first time during active use! Yay Fail Whale! #
• Feel ill and, as such, can't be bothered to pack. Could be a problem as I haven't done ANY and I'm being picked up in 8 hours… #
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• @lycangrrl So jealous! You must tell us all on LJ how awesome it is! in reply to lycangrrl #
• I'm successfully having 4 conversations with the same person simultaneously! Much more fun than packing… #
• Just got home. Didn't pack everything in time, so my grandparents helped, so I don't know where anything is. Left my wok behind. #
• I love bistromathics: £14.99 + £14.99 + £3.99 = £14.98. Hooray for bistromathics! #
• Eek! I may have… The Swine! #
• @peppernom Thanx. You too! I know what you mean. I was surprised to have done so well in some of those modules. Maths 2 was 75! *feints* in reply to peppernom #
• Just seen @stephenfry driving his taxi on a Texan beach. I am so tempted to try that sort of thing some day. #
• I could seriously do with 160 chars sometimes… #
• Not liking everyone at home getting my name wrong, but I feel it would be rude to correct them, especially those who've recently learned it. #
• @lycangrrl Was it? Apparently it was also the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. I too fail at being a queer… in reply to lycangrrl #

Lucy

I’m Home

Current Mood: Tired

I say that, and as much as I’ve lived here at my Dad’s house before, I kinda really consider Uni to be my home. I’m going to miss it and all its fun peoples.

I got back this morning. My grandparents arrived to pick me up at 8. An hour before I was expecting them. I hadn’t quite packed yet. So I quickly packed up the last of the… awkward stuff… They helped me pack up the rest of my stuff. The result of this is that I have no idea where anything is. Yeah… that could be… interesting.

I saw my psych again on Thursday. About the only thing worth even mentioning about that is his suggestion for explaining things to my 4 year old brother, which was not to. Just be myself, if he asks tell him, and see what happens.

Also, I’m ill. Some swine flu symptoms…

Lucy

28 questions for my readers

I got this off Nessio’s blog. She’s awesome and made the logo for this site and my avatar.

28 questions for you all! Copy and paste them into the comments and answer them! I’m curious. I may make a more… interesting version at some point too.

1. Your Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Film:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of dA?
10. What’s your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the ‘world peace etc’ malarkey) – what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I’m a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it’ll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

Lucy

In which Lucy comes out to her grandparents

Over a year ago, I made the mistake of having sign-for post intercepted by my grandpa. With a pseudonym. My old username (which I will not tell you. Ever). This is the very reason that username has bad connotation for me, and why I made the switch to strawberryutopia in the first place.

You’d think I’d learn from my mistake.

No. Today, I had some post delivered to my dad’s house. Addressed to Lucy. And it was sign-for. And my brother was out. Guess who had to sign for it? My grandpa!

So yeah. My brother got home, saw the post with my name on it left on the table, and tried to phone me about it. I was busy playing (and failing at) chess at the time, so I pressed Busy. He tried again, which should have been an indication that it was important. So he phoned my dad, who phoned me.

But yeah.

I phoned them, made sure they were both there, and just came out straight away. The coming out itself was fairly straightforward and easy. Once I pressed Call, there was no going back in my mind. It had to be done then and there. It was the worrying beforehand that was the hardest part.

But once I’d told them… I just said on the phone “I’m a transsexual” for simplicity. They asked what that meant. Annoyingly, the first thing that popped into my head as a way of explaining was that “put very simply, i’m a girl stuck in a boy’s body”, which, to be fair, got the message across.

And they were fine with it. Surprisingly so, in fact. They even said they’d try to call me Lucy!

So, yeah. That went well.

I can has cake now?

Lucy

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-22

• Hmm. I'm noticing a pattern. I go round somebody's room, intending to leave at a sensible time… then leave at 4.30am >_< #
• Have you ever tried connecting a USB port to an unlabeled motherboard? I fail at being a Computer Scientist! #
• Gah! It's only a week and a half until summer! #
• It's term 3, week 9, and only now am I experimenting with twofo… #
• Ok, I may have a slight twofo addiction already… #
• Mmm. PopQuorn chicken. Om nom nom #
• The trend continues! While not at Lakeside this time, I've still managed to be kept up 'til silly o'clock. Not sure whether to bother sleep. #
• Ok, I'm stupidly tired. I can't quantify how much sleep I've had today. But at least I'm not epically paranoid anymore! Woo! #
• Hmm. I'm sorry I haven't a clue. Best. Alarm. EVER! #
• Ok, I got myself up at 9am this morning specifically so that I would be up in time to go out. Over an hour and a half later… still here #
• Hmm. I seriously need to consider packing at some point… Meh. I've been given an extra day before I'm being picked up now. #

Lucy

Guest Posts

I have an entire category set aside for guest posts. It’s called, unsurprisingly, Guest Posts. Except… there’s only one post in there. Now that I have several other members, I’m up for letting you guys write your own posts if you’d like. Obviously they’d have to be read by me before I put them online, but if anyone wants to write anything, I’ll make you a contributor.

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Also, it was my blog’s first birthday on Monday. I kinda forgot…
Subscribers may have noticed that I accidentally backdated next years birthday celebratory post rather than forward dating it… I fail.

Lucy

Meatcards

Current Mood: Surprised

Business cards made out of meat, because… well, why not?

We start with 100% beef jerky, and SEAR your contact information into it with a 150 WATT CO2 LASER.

Screw die-cutting. Forget about foil, popups, or UV spot lamination. THESE business cards have two ingredients:
MEAT AND LASERS.

Unlike other business cards, MEAT CARDS will retain value after the econopocalypse. Hoard and barter your calorie-rich, life-sustaining cards.

MEAT CARDS do not fit in a Rolodex, because their deliciousness CANNOT BE CONTAINED in a Rolodex.

Lucy

Only a week to go until summer…

Current Mood: Alarmed & Sad & Tired

This is a weird experience for me. For the first time ever, I’m dreading the summer holiday. This time next week I’ll be back at my Dad’s house. It’s not that home is particularly terrible: it’s not. It’s just… with shorter holidays, it’s been the case that coming back to Uni has not been too far off. But this is a ridiculously long holiday. 13 or 14 weeks!

I have no idea what I’ll do. I mean, I have friends in Grantham, but that’s half the holiday at most. And I can’t see them ALL the time. I’m also not out to my grandparents, who live next door. So I’ll be referred to as Bernard throughout (else my 4 year old brother might end up telling my grandparents, is presumably everyone’s excuse). I need to come out to them… a few months ago.

London is another half, which could be crappy, considering that I’m still not out to one of my brothers. I need to come out to him as soon as possible. ‘Cause I came out to my mum first, and she’s still yet to EVER call me Lucy. Hopefully, with everyone around knowing, it might happen. I’m not holding my breath though. But I have no friends in London! What will I do there for approximately 5 weeks?!

I’m going to miss everyone so much!

So yeah. I’m feeling crappy at the moment. I wanted to go into more detail about this… but I’m really not in the mood right now. But then, there’s not much more to say, to be honest.

Lucy

Kawaii Not

Current Mood: Tired

This website gave me my first strawberry avatar. And it’s back!

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