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[SSGI]

Desideraht

I envy people like you. My step dad is really good at guitar but he isn't in a band. I know people in bands but I am not in one myself. I have no formal training or otherwise-- all of my work if self-taught. I hear complex melodies in my head and I really want to be able jot it down. I can hum it but that's about it, so I really want to take music theory so I can put compositions to the test. I also want to sing, and I feel I need vocal training. I can carry notes and such but I know with at least SOME formal lessons I could learn some extremely valuable voice exercises. I kind of want to see tutorials online but most of the ones I find are so amateur that the people in the videos don't know a whole lot more than I do. I studied voice acting, miming, clowning, and improv. Music was really the only thing I didn't get to cover in college, which really sucks. But after that I ended up homeless, and here I am, up to my knees in medical debt. And after the debt is gone, I'm saving for surgery. School won't happen for a while.

Fortunately, I have a friend who's in a band and he is taking vocal lessons. I don't expect him to be my teacher, but we could jam/practice together and he could give me tips. He's FtM too and just got his first testosterone yesterday. :>

Oh? ^^ It's different to be envied. I think I like it.

Good luck learning and "making it" in the musical world. It's true that natural ability gets one only so far. Training is effective; I hear that people who cannot sing at first can learn to sing.

I'm trying to learn as well. I, however, am in the fortunate position of being able to work with a voice teacher. I'm wanting to go to music college, but I've been advised to study science, and I think that'll be better for me in the end.

Good luck again, this time with the debt and the surgery. I hope it all works out.

[Desideraht]

SSGI

Desideraht

I envy people like you. My step dad is really good at guitar but he isn't in a band. I know people in bands but I am not in one myself. I have no formal training or otherwise-- all of my work if self-taught. I hear complex melodies in my head and I really want to be able jot it down. I can hum it but that's about it, so I really want to take music theory so I can put compositions to the test. I also want to sing, and I feel I need vocal training. I can carry notes and such but I know with at least SOME formal lessons I could learn some extremely valuable voice exercises. I kind of want to see tutorials online but most of the ones I find are so amateur that the people in the videos don't know a whole lot more than I do. I studied voice acting, miming, clowning, and improv. Music was really the only thing I didn't get to cover in college, which really sucks. But after that I ended up homeless, and here I am, up to my knees in medical debt. And after the debt is gone, I'm saving for surgery. School won't happen for a while.

Fortunately, I have a friend who's in a band and he is taking vocal lessons. I don't expect him to be my teacher, but we could jam/practice together and he could give me tips. He's FtM too and just got his first testosterone yesterday. :>

Oh? ^^ It's different to be envied. I think I like it.

Good luck learning and "making it" in the musical world. It's true that natural ability gets one only so far. Training is effective; I hear that people who cannot sing at first can learn to sing.

I'm trying to learn as well. I, however, am in the fortunate position of being able to work with a voice teacher. I'm wanting to go to music college, but I've been advised to study science, and I think that'll be better for me in the end.

Good luck again, this time with the debt and the surgery. I hope it all works out.

Well I don't see why anyone who loves music wouldn't envy someone who's in a musical family and had that training basically forcefed to them since birth. I am the weirdo in my family-- I am one of only three artists in the entire known family. Everyone else was either military, computers, or someone's wife.

Yeah, I don't expect to "make it", really. And I don't want to focus only on music, which makes things even more complex. I want performances that are very theatrical. That being said, it's a lot to take in at once, and yeah, I need training to see if I can even handle this. I can act very easily in front of people. Singing is a different story. I sang to my BF once but he was sleepy and doesn't even remember it. That does wonders for my self-esteem, sigh.

Yeah, I'll never get to go to a fancy school. Ever. Based on these debts, and how shitty my life has been so far. So I'm not depending on ANY sort of job that requires schooling. Ever. On the other hand, I will use pocket change to take scattered classes to gain various skills. That's the best I can do.

Thanks. My goal has been since 2008 to have surgery before 2015. Before turning 25. It's still feasible.

[Lost Sylvia]

SSGI

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Cool another person who likes the Ornate post look xD

Welcome back! its been a while since you last posted ^ ^

Anyways I have a question for everyone, but i don't know if i'm gonna word it right... well here goes.~~~~~~> I'm curious if anyone has ever had days where they get Dysphoria over having Dysphoria...Like instead of my dysphoria making me lament being born a guy. I have days where depressed and suicidal over my thoughts of knowing I'm a girl and wanting the right body...
an example being sometimes when I look into the mirror my brain starts thinking "Why was i born with this soul? I have a loving family, great friends and a good home despite everything and With only minimal work I could be a Guy most girls would get weak kneed and dreamy eyed at, instead of a (possibly) ugly lesbian that girls may never even love? why can't I just be happy with strong healthy body and not feel like its just Wrong and wanting to tear off my skin!

[SSGI]

Lost Sylvia

SSGI

gaia_star ~snip~ gaia_star

Cool another person who likes the Ornate post look xD

Welcome back! its been a while since you last posted ^ ^

Anyways I have a question for everyone, but i don't know if i'm gonna word it right... well here goes.~~~~~~> I'm curious if anyone has ever had days where they get Dysphoria over having Dysphoria...Like instead of my dysphoria making me lament being born a guy. I have days where depressed and suicidal over my thoughts of knowing I'm a girl and wanting the right body...
an example being sometimes when I look into the mirror my brain starts thinking "Why was i born with this soul? I have a loving family, great friends and a good home despite everything and With only minimal work I could be a Guy most girls would get weak kneed and dreamy eyed at, instead of a (possibly) ugly lesbian that girls may never even love? why can't I just be happy with strong healthy body and not feel like its just Wrong and wanting to tear off my skin!

x3 I also needed something to customize my posts, set them apart from what almost everyone else is doing. I'm like that.

Hello, by the way! I haven't been on Gaia a lot lately.


Some days, I have a little conversation with myself.

"You know, SSGI, you could be any kind of woman you want to be. You could be a scientist woman, or an earthy warrior woman, or a woman that dresses in adorable lolita underwear. You could be a woman that wears a long skirt and feathers every day. You could be different. You could be wonderful. Everyone says you'd make a great woman, anyway, and you certainly have the body for it. You could even do everything you do now, except as a woman."

"Yes," I reply, "but that's just not me."

[Navi Le Faye]

I nearly forgot this thread existed.
So yeah, noticing some significant changes in my mood, appetite, and facial hair growth since stopping HRT. Stopped due to waiting on insurance to kick in and not having the funds to pay for meds for the past month. I feel like hell.

[Desideraht]

Navi Le Faye

I nearly forgot this thread existed.
So yeah, noticing some significant changes in my mood, appetite, and facial hair growth since stopping HRT. Stopped due to waiting on insurance to kick in and not having the funds to pay for meds for the past month. I feel like hell.

I'm sorry, love. I know exactly what that's like, except for me it was that I started turning squishy and getting super moody. Estrogen is BAD when you don't want it. I'm assuming testosterone is the same. emo

[Navi Le Faye]

Desideraht

Navi Le Faye

I nearly forgot this thread existed.
So yeah, noticing some significant changes in my mood, appetite, and facial hair growth since stopping HRT. Stopped due to waiting on insurance to kick in and not having the funds to pay for meds for the past month. I feel like hell.

I'm sorry, love. I know exactly what that's like, except for me it was that I started turning squishy and getting super moody. Estrogen is BAD when you don't want it. I'm assuming testosterone is the same. emo

I've lost nearly a whole cupsize, facial hair is getting bad enough that I have shave everyday, and body hair and skin texture has become less coarse/soft. Q__Q
I'm super moody, mostly depressed.
It'll be another week before I start back up on HRT at the earliest.

[Desideraht]

Navi Le Faye

Desideraht

Navi Le Faye

I nearly forgot this thread existed.
So yeah, noticing some significant changes in my mood, appetite, and facial hair growth since stopping HRT. Stopped due to waiting on insurance to kick in and not having the funds to pay for meds for the past month. I feel like hell.

I'm sorry, love. I know exactly what that's like, except for me it was that I started turning squishy and getting super moody. Estrogen is BAD when you don't want it. I'm assuming testosterone is the same. emo

I've lost nearly a whole cupsize, facial hair is getting bad enough that I have shave everyday, and body hair and skin texture has become less coarse/soft. Q__Q
I'm super moody, mostly depressed.
It'll be another week before I start back up on HRT at the earliest.

A WHOLE CUP?! Hot DAMN! Well it should perk right back up, because since a lot of it went away, I bet they were swollen a little (and probably still growing). Your body will pick up where it left off, believe it or not.

Well a week isn't too bad... I hope that you get to start it that soon. I know the woes of being stuck off of hormones very well.

[Pine_Witch]

Lost Sylvia

SSGI

gaia_star ~snip~ gaia_star

Cool another person who likes the Ornate post look xD

Welcome back! its been a while since you last posted ^ ^

Anyways I have a question for everyone, but i don't know if i'm gonna word it right... well here goes.~~~~~~> I'm curious if anyone has ever had days where they get Dysphoria over having Dysphoria...Like instead of my dysphoria making me lament being born a guy. I have days where depressed and suicidal over my thoughts of knowing I'm a girl and wanting the right body...
an example being sometimes when I look into the mirror my brain starts thinking "Why was i born with this soul? I have a loving family, great friends and a good home despite everything and With only minimal work I could be a Guy most girls would get weak kneed and dreamy eyed at, instead of a (possibly) ugly lesbian that girls may never even love? why can't I just be happy with strong healthy body and not feel like its just Wrong and wanting to tear off my skin!

I kind of get this.. not exactly but sort of. I'm bigender, and at any given time I usually feel either all male or all female, so it's like... most things I could do to work on my dysphoria... would cause dysphoria. So since there's no fully right body for me period, it's easy to end up blaming the dysphoric feelings themselves. Even though I like having this duality, it makes some body issues just never totally fixable. Like I said, not quite the same, but kind of related.

[Umbral_Necropolitan]

Navi Le Faye

Desideraht

Navi Le Faye

I nearly forgot this thread existed.
So yeah, noticing some significant changes in my mood, appetite, and facial hair growth since stopping HRT. Stopped due to waiting on insurance to kick in and not having the funds to pay for meds for the past month. I feel like hell.

I'm sorry, love. I know exactly what that's like, except for me it was that I started turning squishy and getting super moody. Estrogen is BAD when you don't want it. I'm assuming testosterone is the same. emo

I've lost nearly a whole cupsize, facial hair is getting bad enough that I have shave everyday, and body hair and skin texture has become less coarse/soft. Q__Q
I'm super moody, mostly depressed.
It'll be another week before I start back up on HRT at the earliest.

How long have you been off of them to shrink that much?

I went off of estrogen for a month during my first year before I realized I couldn't go back to being a guy. My boobs didn't deflate entirely but they weren't perky.

[Vardoger]

This has absolutely nothing to do with trans stuff, but I own(ed) 3 fursuits and the 4th came in on friday. I finally got some good pics in today, it's a white bengal tiger.
I just wanted to show it off.

I've another suit(well, head) on the way, I paid for that one way back when I was still in the navy. It's a coyote. (Too many canines! lol)

Anyway, City Fursuits (CF) is the business I'm experimenting with. Good coverage so far online, it seems. First event is early this october. Hoping for a good demand for halloween-time. If there is, then I'll turn it LLC and go that way with my life. I think doing CF would be cool for a living. So fingers crossed. x3

EDIT:

Well to make it trans-related.
I went out with a friend of mine, and we had a serious conversation about dating.
In part of this conversation, they said to me, "I find you really ******** hot."
And the only comeback I could come up with was "Thank you for the flattery... It's nice to hear someone who speaks english say that."

She laughed, so I guess it's all good. But now I feel like that was a lousy reply. :/
Being called hot by an american though really did make my day, so... D;

[Dimmer Meerkat]

I finally watched Transgeneration. :O

[Seraph of Thursday]

Bornes

furstuff

The closer Halloween gets, the more I want one of those. >( Looks great, by the way. And that's a lot coming from a furphobic like myself.

[Desideraht]

Furries utterly creep me out, ESPECIALLY if it's sexual. That's all I can say on that subject. On the other hand, I recently stumbled on something that made me realize the appeal of anthro porn. I'm still not and never would be into it, but I found some stuff that was pretty decent and I would consider it an "exception" to my general rule.

So I hate it when trans guys talk about being hit on all the time and stuff (I know a few who do-- not talking about this thread), but today I realized why they do. It's really encouraging to have girls hit on you. Several hit on me today, one of them at work. It kind of made me realize why trans guys get such a rush out of it. It's very "validating", not that I need validation. But it made me feel like I'm finally "really" passing. I mean, I was passing before, but as like a 14 year old. Now girls around my age are starting to show interest.

[Vardoger]

Oblivion Blades

Bornes

furstuff

The closer Halloween gets, the more I want one of those. >( Looks great, by the way. And that's a lot coming from a furphobic like myself.

Thanks. What state are you in? If you're near enough I wouldn't mind letting you borrow one. I have 4 currently. >_>

EDIT:
Well, in case you don't want to list your state, I'm in NY for reference.