Accomplishments ~ Your Life as A List

Heart · 05-01-2010, 06:05 PM

*Co-founded a theater company in the 80s
*Got a graduate degree in the 90s
*Raised a son who is off to college
*Came out (again) at 40
*Studied martial arts and became a self defense teacher for women and queers
*Just celebrated 15 years at a job I'm passionate about
*Recently been published in a professional journal and a queer anthology

Hack · 05-01-2010, 06:47 PM

Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol

1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms.

2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself.

3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate.

4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year.

5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history.

6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter.

7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government.

8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field.

9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces.

10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.

chefhottie25 · 05-14-2010, 09:56 AM

Finished college, and grad school, and culinary school
Have loved some amazing women
Cooked for Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol,and Hillary Clinton(i am a chef)
Got clean and am still clean(18 months)
Learned to live with schizophrenia
Started a thread on another website about schizophrenia
Was assistant editor of my college newspaper
Played lacrosse in college
Repaired my relationship with my little sister
Kissed Shirley Manson(singer in the band garbage)

05-01-2010, 06:47 PM	#2
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,776 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	This is a great topic!! Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol 1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms. 2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself. 3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate. 4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year. 5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history. 6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter. 7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government. 8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field. 9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces. 10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.

05-01-2010, 06:05 PM	#1
Heart Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: rainbows! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Posts: 466 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 303 Thanked 2,522 Times in 409 Posts Rep Power: 12032610	Co-founded a theater company in the 80s Got a graduate degree in the 90s Raised a son who is off to college Came out (again) at 40 Studied martial arts and became a self defense teacher for women and queers Just celebrated 15 years at a job I'm passionate about *Recently been published in a professional journal and a queer anthology

05-14-2010, 09:56 AM	#3
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 889 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	Finished college, and grad school, and culinary school Have loved some amazing women Cooked for Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol,and Hillary Clinton(i am a chef) Got clean and am still clean(18 months) Learned to live with schizophrenia Started a thread on another website about schizophrenia Was assistant editor of my college newspaper Played lacrosse in college Repaired my relationship with my little sister Kissed Shirley Manson(singer in the band garbage)