New stage in life started. Checklist : new hair (tick), new piercing - nose (tick), first tattoo - frog (tick). Fourteen year relationship terminated (tick) What? (I hear you ask)…. why throw away 14 years with someone? And this is where I have a problem with the language…. I’m not ‘throwing away’, I’ll remember all the good times, yes … they were there but I’m now looking forward to the future. We grew apart, we both wanted different things. I’ve grown a lot over the last couple of years, the catalyst being the death of my father. A parent dieing lets you know, in a brutal way, that your time on this orb is limited. I thought I was shit scared of death but I know now that’s not it, I’m afraid of not being here, with people, living, laughing and loving. I am so much a people person, I get on with a good 95% of peeps I reckon so I’m beginning to think another part of the new me, the new reinvention, might be a new career working with people. Another new thing is I’m gonna start singing and performing solo…. yep….just little old me…on a stage, with a guitar or electronics….singing…being a raconteur…hell..I might even do some comedy…this is the year you see a new me…a happier me…a me who I can love and can be loved by ohers. I’ll keep y’all posted !
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New stage in life started. Checklist : new hair (tick), new piercing - nose (tick), first tattoo - frog (tick).
Fourteen year relationship terminated (tick)
What? (I hear you ask)…. why throw away 14 years with someone?

And this is where I have a problem with the language…. I’m not ‘throwing away’, I’ll remember all the good times, yes … they were there but I’m now looking forward to the future.

We grew apart, we both wanted different things. I’ve grown a lot over the last couple of years, the catalyst being the death of my father. A parent dieing lets you know, in a brutal way, that your time on this orb is limited. I thought I was shit scared of death but I know now that’s not it, I’m afraid of not being here, with people, living, laughing and loving.

I am so much a people person, I get on with a good 95% of peeps I reckon so I’m beginning to think another part of the new me, the new reinvention, might be a new career working with people.

Another new thing is I’m gonna start singing and performing solo…. yep….just little old me…on a stage, with a guitar or electronics….singing…being a raconteur…hell..I might even do some comedy…this is the year you see a new me…a happier me…a me who I can love and can be loved by ohers.

I’ll keep y’all posted !

Only just realised....

  • who you are #turningtostay
  • I reckon maybe we should hang out some more maybe? I've learned more about you via your blog and I see you've had some tough times. Give me a call ok? hugz and peace Jenni x

So slack with Tumblr

I *do* apologise folks…. I’ve been neglecting this blog. I’ll try to post more regularly…. maybe I’ll end up making a new years rezzo to post more often. Hell ! Some posts might even be vaguely erudite? (unlikely.. yet possible right?) Hugz and peace x

TDOR 2011 in Canberra

Yesterday evening (Friday the 18th of November) A Gender Agenda (AGA) held their Trans Day Of Remembrance ceremony and kindly allowed me to upload it to *our* (yes, everyones) TranzAustralia YouTube channel. I had to break it into 4 parts because of the YouTube video length restrictions. Please click on the TITLE above to go to the videos.

Getting back into singing !

Well, well, well….what about this?  

Canberra has a Gay and Lesbian choir called the ‘Qwire’ (‘Q’ for queer I guess) and a wee while ago they put out an email on the excellent YahooGroups email list ACTQueer, asking if anyone wanted to become a new member of their fab choir.

If you have watched the TDOR videos on my youtube channel, video 4 is the Qwire singing and aren’t they great!

So, Wednesday 1/2/12 evening I toddled along to their open invite session and had an absolute ball.  I used to sing in a church choir (and was an altar boy lol) back in the UK so I knew a bit of what to expect.  I read music veeeeeery slowly so was able to get to grips with things but here is the amusing part!

When I was young in the church choir I was a soprano (the high voice) as most youngsters are. Then when my voice broke, I ended up as a bass! (the lowest voice).

So even tho’ I’m using my quite passable (I’m told) female voice (and have been for 20+ years), my singing voice never changed so I’m in with the lads being the Qwires first (I believe) female bass.  I cannot get down (chortle chortle) as far as some of the gents do, but it’s a nice genderf*ck not only for people we will be performing in front of, but some of the qwire too I’ll vouch ! 

I’d forgotten that wonderful feeling when many human voices all merge in song (in unison or harmony) and the intense emotions it can evoke ! Priceless stuff people and I am happy to be a part of it.  I’ll keep you all posted on our gigs ‘n’ stuff and who knows a video or two may get onto YouTube you never know ! Hugs and Peace, Jenni x