Author Archives: Josh

About Josh

I’m an egotistical bastard and love it when people talk about me. Wait, let me rephrase that. I love it when people say nice things about me, like how awesome I am.

Summer 2010 Reading List

I haven’t quite completed my Summer Reading List because I’m not exactly sure how much free time I have for reading. The World Cup is taking up some of my time but work is slowly wearing me down. I hate … Continue reading

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Cheyenne is here!

If all works well, you should be seeing the photoset I’ve started on Flickr. If, for some reason, you can’t see it, click here and you can see the set on Flickr. She was born on 5/6/2010 at 8:56 PM. … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading

It is no secret that I love to read. It is also no secret that I love Mexican food. And brownies. And beer. So, that’s pretty much what I did this weekend. Read I finished reading Although of Course You End … Continue reading

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Reading Updates: The Savage Detectives

I was able to finish reading The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano late last week. I haven’t been able to go back and organize my notes so I’m just going to wing it. The Savage Detectives follows two experimental poets, Ulises Lima … Continue reading

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Books for this week: 4/11/2010

I buy three books every other week (on pay day) so I can keep plenty of books in my to-read pile. I read at least 3 books a week, on average, and the fact that I still have a few … Continue reading

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Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace

In his introduction to “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself,” Lipsky writes that when he pulled out these transcripts a year after Wallace’s death, “one thing kept touching me: We were both so young.” The text is studded … Continue reading

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Dirty MP3 Files

MP3′s that you buy from iTunes, Wal-Mart, and Lala are earmarked with personal information to attach the MP3 to the individual that purchases it. Just because we won the battle over DRM doesn’t mean shit, apparently. Hidden in purchased music … Continue reading

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Beers! for Spring

God, I love beer. Not to the point where I drink it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but I do love it. Some of my favorites for Spring are shown below. I had this a few weeks ago and I … Continue reading

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Baseball Season!

I’m really excited now that baseball season is kicking up again. You know how I know this is going to be an awesome season? Because this happened on opening day: Now that the games have started, it is time to … Continue reading

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Math fashion, Ghostbusters, and JCrew Fall 2010

I don’t think that many people understand how much I love math so I think that I should get this shirt, Ratio M by Brooklyn Industries ($36). It could also be an interesting, albeit nerdy, conversation starter. The Wikipedia article … Continue reading

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Currently reading, listening to, and watching

I’ve been trying to finish The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano for a few months but I’ve kept finding other books or things to occupy my time. I’ve used this book as my “go to bed” book; one that I … Continue reading

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And so it begins…

I’ve decided to start writing here again, but on a less personal basis. Personal blogging is so…personal and I’ve grown accustomed to being more private about my life in many aspects for numerous reasons that I won’t detail here. I’ve … Continue reading

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Our Culture Has Failed Us: Gender, Violence, and Advocating for Change

The rant I posted regarding men and rape the other day garnered some awesome conversations regarding the topic and Rape Culture in general. I haven’t gone out of my way to really research anything, but in the course of my … Continue reading

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Our Rape Culture: Thoughts

For those of you that don’t follow along with me (sorry about the severe lack of updates, by the way), I’m a member and have a blog over at tumblr. I use this mainly for silly things, posting music, and … Continue reading

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The gray area of gender

I’ve been legally female since 2002, although the definition of what makes someone “legally” male or female is part of what makes this issue so unwieldy. How do we define legal gender? By chromosomes? By genitalia? By spirit? By whether … Continue reading

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4/26: Trans News this past week

I haven’t been keeping up with trans news lately. I would like to blame my job for that but that isn’t the case; I have plenty of time, even with the new position, but I just haven’t really had the … Continue reading

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The Trans Gene

When I was first struggling to come to terms with who I am, a trans man, I sought out some sort of validation for it. I never really new what sort of validation I needed, and eventually, I realized that … Continue reading

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I think I might have been outted…

I’ve been staying away from Trans topics for the most part mainly because I’m not sure who reads my blog anymore: I no longer really care about my stats so I don’t obsessively check them. I’m definitely not worried about … Continue reading

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HRC and ENDA

Craiglist has a great transgender forum that I ocassionally like to browse. One recent forum post mentioned that the Human Rights Campaign’s position on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) currently doesn’t support transgender inclusion, like it did when it first … Continue reading

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Hi, I’m Transgender

It’s been awhile since I’ve written about being Trans. Ok, a really long while. I plan on doing some more videocasts but I’m lacking a camera at the moment, so that’ll have to wait, but I’m not abandoning that. I’ve … Continue reading

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