A retro-futurist blog where dial-up nostalgia meets real-world resilience. Documenting the analog ghosts and digital debris of a life lived across both worlds.
Yesterday, I attended my very first protest rally . It appears that the Liberal National Party of Queensland is following the playbook of the orange idiot in the states. As much as I hate linking to a News Corp Australia website… this article made my decision to attend the National Day of Action in my state. Peter Dutton has hinted he supports US President Donald Trump’s moves to stop trans people…
A trip down memory lane back to July 2023 where I look into the Banksia Wave SP 336. I ramble and ramble on about whatever was on my mind back on that sunny day. Only watch if you want to listen to me rambling. More videos coming up and we’ll do a deep dive into this modem and get the drivers on the server. I think I actually ripped the CD and photo copied the box artwork for this too! Stay tuned!…
Well, university has been a big false start. I’ve gone with option 4 from the last blog post. That’s dropping all subjects and reapplying to UAC after I get all my other stuff in order. My other stuff is my life… getting my life in order, should be an easy task right? I’ve been trialling medications (as always) and found I take less selfies of myself when not on pregabalin. I suppose I find that I…
I’ve met some amazing people at university so far. Most of them are in the queer space. Scratch that, they are all in the queer space. These are young adults who are going through a lot but for the most part seem to be excelling at what they do. I envy that. There was a time when I was like that. My current medications, pregabalin and clonazepam, have been amazingly helpful on the social side of…
And we return to the modems. From cicadas to real life issues and back to modems. This one is actually a bit of a fun video as I get to ramble on for around 30 minutes. Is it all about the modem? Probably not. Will you watch the entire video? If you do I’ll be very surprised! This dial testing video is a follow up to the two overview videos here , which include some of the specs and other details…
Orientation week has started at university. The only thing I’ve seen so far were queues. Although, I did get to direct two people to the great hall. That wasn’t terrifying. So why the hell can’t I deal with groups? Let’s look at the medications I am on. Bupropion is gone now. It killed my emotional range. After being off it for a few days I can cry again. Which is great. It also caused me to get…
Ahhhhh yes, now where was I? I’ve corrected my spiralling debt thanks to an early release of superannuation due to financial hardship. Taking away from future me isn’t too bad - especially as future me shouldn’t really exist. The fact that present day me exists is surprising to… me. For now I’m past that. I’ve hit a bit of a problem with the ever-fast-approaching start of university. I can’t…
Let me preface this by saying it has been a very long month. I have been experiencing bits of euphoria here and there - when they hit, it makes me grateful I didn’t kill myself as planned. The CAPTCHA below was one of those moments. This post is just a quick life update with some pretty photos. I haven’t forgotten about my most recent blood tests - I’ll get to them in a future post. For now, let’s…
In the past week I have decreased my dose of progesterone to 100 mg twice daily (200 mg total). I have not had one incident of my brain feeling like it was on fire. Additionally, I am now taking my dose two hours away from any food. Because pharmacokinetics . There seemed to be conflicting information in the Consumer Medicines Information (CMI) leaflet I was provided for my compounded progesterone…
I touched on progesterone (P4) in my last transgender update post . I am not quite sure if progesterone is working in the way I want it to. My biggest annoyance with it is feeling like my brain is on fire just before trying to sleep. Rewind to late February 2024, for almost three weeks my progesterone dose was doubled to 400 mg of oral, micronised, compounded progesterone - 200 mg twice a day.…