I got freakin' roller skates!
I used to skate on quad skates as a kid. Initially those horrible strap-on ones with metal wheels, I enormously appreciated urethane wheels on real skates. Probably the last time I roller skates was 40 years ago! But over the last couple of years at Pride parades, I have found myself dissolving into puddles at the sight of lesbians on quad skates. Ehrmahgerd!!!
I recently moved around the globe to New Zealand, where I am establishing a life fully under my real name! Everywhere I go, I am Margie Fancypants! And as it's late spring in the southern hemisphere, I decided to order these very girly skates (with knee and elbow pads and wrist guards), and they arrived today!
These are very nice skates, and very rolly indeed. It was a bit nerve-wracking at first, especially not having a helmet just yet, but I remained off my tuchus and knees the whole time! There
were a few heart-stopping moments, I confess....
But this is about more than roller skates. Even more than training for roller derby, and skating WITH the other lesbians in the parades!
This is the first piece of my dynamic new life. I am going to become a professional adventure tour guide, including ski instruction, hiking, caving, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, sea kayaking, mountain biking and more. We're going to convert a 4WD bus into a luxury offroad RV for 6, with a Blahaj in every berth, which can also serve as a bush disco (we'll install an air suspension off a truck for extra fun). We can go into the most spectacular lands on Earth!
And Fancypants Adventure Tours will not be a corporation — it will be a charitable foundation, raising funds to rescue trans and GNC people around the world, to live in safety in New Zealand.
This is already underway, we have eight people (5 adults and 3 minors) in process from the US, and we're assisting an extraordinary young trans woman escape Algeria; she wishes to join us, and train to be a nurse.
We plan to establish Hearthstone, an off-grid permaculture village, supported by tour revenue and cottage industry. A large Earthship will contain collective facilities like kitchen and laundry and dining areas, as well there will be workshops and Makerspaces to support the village as well as furnish it.
The climate is suitable for outdoor permaculture year round, killing frosts just don't happen. The last ones were in 1992, after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. (It was heckin' cold; August '92 was the last time I was in New Zealand!)
It seems a fitting climax of my life, to finally find safety after half a century of peril; and then to bring many people from similar suffering, to live in peace and build a genuinely better world.
We need more love for everyone. Hearthstone will be a great fountain of authenticity. I hope to embrace some of you there someday.
Peace.
