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@ waffle: Daaang, you get out late...
That sounds like a good deal for the RP. Best wishes with the packing and moving. ^^

LMFAO!!! Actually, that was pretty funny!! XD LMFAO!

Waffle I feel like the pace of the main RP is so slow that, we don't need to spread out anything. In fact I'm a bit lost in concern to what is going on in the RP.
Anyway, happy to hear that you are free from school.

Nari, thanks for the well wishing. We're getting our doggie back later today, so I'm pretty happy right now. As for the bf front, that is kinda mean that he didn't warn you about this.

@ the BF deal: I know I wouldn't wanna be smothered like that. Give him at least a little space. :/

@ the RP thing: What I meant by 'spacing out the RP' is 'using less action-summarizing posts and going into more details'. It doesn't mean the RP's gonna slow to a crawl. Look at these sample pages [1] [2] [3a and 3b] for different examples what I'm looking for. Short, sweet posts that balance between pace and content. Risks are taken, fun is had.

@ moving: We cleaned out my mum's clothes. I got myself 2 pairs of old-but-good shoes and enough clothes to last me through college even after I threw out all the girly s**t.

@ Nari, on clothes: Basically anything that accents the hips and chest, anything tight-fitting, or anything that hints at parts of me I'm trying to hide. I also threw out anything with embroidery, designs, lace, etc. and all v-necks. I don't throw things away based on color, but my clothes are disproportionally neutral-color.

@ Nari: Doesn't leave much in terms of women's clothes. Trust me, if you had to wear clothes 'meant for' a gender different from the one you identify as, you'd be picky about them too. razz

Lmao, speaking of which, I'm going to benefit a lot from moving. Nobody knows 'old me', so that means I can establish myself the way I want to there. Given that my family doesn't try to 'correct' people and that I don't get scared of speaking up.

A number of things, really:
- My name, obviously. While I can't exactly change my legal name for a good while, at least I can pass off my given name as an embarassing first name. It helps that the spelling is the most neutral one ('Ashley' as opposed to 'Ashlee' or 'Ashleigh'), so I'm sure people will not mind calling me by the name I want them to ('Jay').
- Gender presentation. I'm not going to 'compromise' when it comes to my hairstyle nor my choice of clothing just to satisfy my parents anymore. I have a good feeling that my grandma will back me up on this, as she isn't too feminine herself. Obtaining hormonal treatment before I hit 18 will probably be the hardest thing to do, as it would require their permission, a therapist willing to diagnose me with GID and write the 'go-ahead' letter, and money for blood tests and the prescription itself. I can't change any docs until I go under the knife for a few things, and that won't be for a good number of years from now.
- Some social aspects of me, as in my attitude. Therapy, for while I was still enrolled, helped a good deal with self-image. The 'me' you see here is the same 'me' I want to be as IRL, but multiple social hangups and paranoid-avoidant tendencies didn't help the cause. However, as 'old me' is slowly withering away (with the help of changes I'm making right now), things will get easier.
- Oh, and I plan on getting some more excercise to build muscle/weight from muscle. While it's nice being (naturally!) bone-thin, I'm getting rather sick of snide jokes from family for being weak. I might even need to gain weight in order to get on certain (needed) medications. I haven't been above 108-110 lbs for roughly 3 years, although I can easily dip to the mid-high 90s range.

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I'm pretty ambitious. ._."