In Beantown

So I finally made up my mind and now I'm in Brighton, MA crashing on a couch with two very awesome friends of Sam Kendall (family friend). My housing fell through and now I'm running between Cambridge and Beacon Hill looking for a studio or bedroom in a house close to Harvard/the Redline T.

Provincetown was basically Disneyland for queers. Tod and I talked about it afterwards (when he saved me from a rather tramatic day), and we both agreed that there is an element of non-reality to the folks we met there. I mean being GL (there was a severe lacking in the B and T department) was THE focus of Ptown and people didn't seem to have other lives outside of queerdom which was kind of unsettling. But I had a fabulous time chilling, talking and clubbing with James and Tod. I also got to meet Linda, James's former roommate who is now a lecturer at Harvard. She offered me a tutor job which is wonderful. She's going to add my name to the Women and Gender Studies grad student list....yay!

I am REALLY grateful for family friends right now...I hope that folks know that if they are ever in a similar bind I will not hesitate to take them in.

The decision to pass up on PSR was seriously one of the hardest I've had to make. With Berkeley I definetly got the queer, intellectual vibes that I was seeking when I visited. But Seminary/Div school-wise I only got them at PSR. Starting all over again is exciting and daunting but it's the first time that I really feel ready.

I'm looking for a therapist to begin the transition process (one of the many) because I feel like the whole Summer my life was on hold and I'm ready to start facing the wind. It's been driving me nuts waiting.

It looks like I'm going to be on Beacon Hill in a studio or a 4BR with three MIT grad students. Option 2 which is also highly likely is being in the dorm at EDS with a meal plan and a ton of queer seminarian women. I think both are great options.

Anyway that's the update as of now...loving Boston. People have a bit of a harder edge....but it's cool.