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Post by Owen from Final Fantasy on Jun 21, 2014 4:36:34 GMT -5
In 2010, when Troye was just a kid, Thom Gill and I followed him on Twitter when we heard "For Them". You know that song? "Children of the world / are dying / people say they care / they're lying". I tweeted him that it was my dream for him to re-record the song with the lyrics: "Shrimp of the world / are frying / people say they care / they're dining". (That song is all-time for me.)
He used to follow me on Twitter and we chatted on DM a couple times, he said he liked my music. I hope his album turns out great.
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Post by Carlo on Jun 21, 2014 21:45:35 GMT -5
Oh that's too funny! I do know that song. He used to follow you on twitter? What happened? I say you should collaborate with Troye on an upcoming EP entitled "For Shrimp". Although his content is often a little lackluster, working a certain demographic I guess, he does have a beautiful voice. Also this was my favorite www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zS_fHZ900. Wish I could've been a boy soprano |
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Post by Alyssa! on Jun 27, 2014 1:45:46 GMT -5
tour means a couple thousand people have seen how good my butt looks in these jorts
long live summer / summer never ends / when you've got torn denim / on your rear end
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Post by eamas on Jun 29, 2014 15:12:32 GMT -5
I would pay good money to hear "For Shrimp". Also, a bit late, but as for food, I have been up in Maine eating lobster. Yum. Seafood is to the Northeast as corn (byproduct) is to the Midwest. It's a nice change.  we only have one tomato plant this year, but it is without exaggeration the biggest tomato plant I have ever seen. It's wild. We're lucky to have a huge garden in our backyard-- we have lots of veggies and herbs growing alongside The Tomato. |
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Post by Nicole No. 5 on Jul 4, 2014 14:35:22 GMT -5
tour means a couple thousand people have seen how good my butt looks in these jorts long live summer / summer never ends / when you've got torn denim / on your rear end beautiful, perfect |
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Post by Jo on Jul 12, 2014 21:04:07 GMT -5
OWEN: How was Glastonbury? I managed to shepherd most of my attending friends to the Pyramid stage for AF's show to make it into a birthday party for myself and saw yourself skittle around the pyramid stage a bit - hope it was a good experience. My mum (In England's foggy N/W) texted me (to wish a happy birthday but also) to tell me that she'd spotted you on the Beeb's coverage - maybe she'll be at the Deaf Institute in my absence!
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Post by eamas on Jul 14, 2014 14:55:48 GMT -5
So today's quite a day for me, as it's my last day as a pre-T trans guy. Tomorrow I'm getting my first dose of testosterone. Exciting. It feels a bit like Christmas eve, as if tomorrow is a big day and I should be preparing myself somehow. Anyhow to get those nervous/excited jitters out I put on In Conflict again. I realized that the album is so relevant to my life right now in regards to its examination of gender, masculinity, etc. Anyway I went for a long walk and put the album on my iPod and it was this wonderful experience for me. I know Owen was inspired by the It Gets Better project during the course of writing this album. I also know that he doesn't necessarily believe that stuff "gets better"-- I don't either-- but I also know in my experience as a 16 year old LGBT kid that the realization that people have had similar experiences to mine can make me FEEL immensely less alone. So I realized that this album kind of serves that purpose for me, and it's fitting for me to listen to this on the eve of my T day. idk why I feel like I need to share that but I do, maybe because I am 16 and a bit of an idiot. I didn't want to put it on the "thoughts on the new album" board because it's too personal and not intelligent enough... haha. |
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Post by eamas on Jul 17, 2014 22:28:12 GMT -5
(That aside though, do continue with your small talk. ) |
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Post by boodeedeedoo on Jul 18, 2014 13:45:10 GMT -5
So today I was having a chat with Anthony and he managed to rope me into listening to “In Conflict” and I was a little unwilling at first, but holy hell, Owen, you've still got it you classy sassy old bitch! I was properly toe-tapping while revising!
I was really scared I wasn't going to enjoy it given I haven't really been blown out of the water by anything music-wise since “He Poos Clouds” which has been (and probably always will be) my filthy little comfort blanket/cum rag of an album, but Owen, you're doing grand!
I also had a bit of a small epiphany- this board has been going on for about six years and in that time I've made some of the best friends and went on some of the weirdest adventures in my life because of this thread, so Owen, thank you!
Also Eamas, hello! How are you? My name is Paul and it's lovely to see that the board is still being used for its original purpose of blethering whatever you feel like.
I read you're just about to undergo hormone therapy, how are you feeling about that? And if you're in the UK how are you finding the gender recognition panel? I volunteered with the Scottish Transgender Alliance and did research alongside them for my last degree, if you're in the UK you should contact them with any queries/support networks you may have/require (James Morton and Nathan Gale are total sweethearts to chat to).
I rather like the way my old thread has become a nice space for anybody of any end of the gender/sexuality spectrum to chat about anything, I never imagined it would pan out this way.
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Post by eamas on Jul 24, 2014 22:20:37 GMT -5
Hi Paul! My name's Elliot.
I was feeling quite nervous at first. It's a big change. I've never shaved or worked out, and apparently I'll need to do both of those things, which I'm not thrilled for. But it's worth it, of course. In the end I'm quite excited. Unfortunately because I'm so ridiculously tiny (5'3", 110 lbs on a fat day) they had to change my doses and postpone the hormones until August... so my ~oh so meaningful~ feelings about pre-T day were all for naught-- but so it goes. I'm not from the UK, but thanks a lot for the resources anyway! I am not sure we have anything quite like that on a national scale on the US, but I could be wrong.
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Post by boodeedeedoo on Jul 27, 2014 21:46:22 GMT -5
Ahh,I used to work in the GUM clinic where the gender clinic also resided,its basically the main way I got participants... basically the bog standard drill over here is people get assessed continuously over the course of a couple of years before getting the old "gender dysphoric" stamp and shuffled onto hormonal treatment, then that goes on for a bit and then surgery can happen if they fancy that... although if you do it privately you can get shit done much quicker which kinda bothers me... but over here you've got to be at least 18 before you can undergo official gender recognition and have spent "at least 2 years in your acquired gender" which strikes me as a bit ominous... so hopefully off to Dundee next year to go through another 6 grueling years of uni and hopefully by the end of it I can work in ID/GUM and be of some actual use to people in that position, besides whinging about UK gender legislation.
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Post by Carlo on Aug 10, 2014 13:23:58 GMT -5
Saw Arcade Fire at the Squamish Music Festival last night. First time seeing them. It was brilliant! I screamed YAAAA OWEENNNN during that piano part he plays nearing the end of Reflektor, and the jocks around me were like 'who's Owen?' (but rest assured I do know a lot of jocks who adore Owen).
Really great show though.
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Post by Carlo on Aug 14, 2014 2:14:06 GMT -5
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Post by Alea on Aug 19, 2014 17:23:27 GMT -5
Aw man, he sings it so nicely. Aw maaaannnn. |
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Post by Jo on Aug 20, 2014 9:01:30 GMT -5
Aw man, he sings it so nicely. Aw maaaannnn. I Feel It All into Here Comes The Night Time.. I think i would have lost it-*BOOM**Confetti* |
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