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posted by Jamie at 1:29 AM

 
Jamie started out working for arcade game manufacturer Midway through their DNA (Dave Nutting Associates) subsidiary in the late 1970s. Lannie sent me a link to a classic games site they have with ports of several of their old titles. Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Midway has been a leader in the industry since the dawn of the video game revolution, with early breakthrough titles including Pong, Defender and Spy Hunter. Recent blockbuster titles include Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Hydro Thunder, NFL Blitz and the Mortal Kombat series. To play the classic games, click on the button at the top/center of the page.

posted by Jamie at 12:55 PM

 
Jamie has been dreaming for several years about opening a TG-oriented nightclub in the SF Bay Area.

One source of inspiration (and caution) is the saga of Jamie Zawinski's efforts to acquire, rehabilitate and re-open the DNA Lounge. You can follow the story via the DNA Lounge: Behind the Scenes web page. There is a particularly informative section on the legal and political issues involved called Permits and Lawyers

posted by Jamie at 11:52 AM

 
SeXML is a silly idea I have been thinking of for a while. It would let you express what your interests are as well as serve as a protocol for teledildonic sex. Ideally it would be embedded in a virtual world ontology so it could encode arbitrary sexual narrative. I also want to create a good AI dominatrix (Mistress Eliza) someday.

<person name="Jamie Faye Fenton">
<transgender kind="mtf"/>
<birthday>19540425></birthday>
<photo-url>http://www.jamiefaye.com/jffchat.jpg</photo-url>
<bisexual/>
</person>


posted by Jamie at 8:05 PM

 
There are many TG sex workers. It is sexual fantasy for some of us trannies and a reality for others. Here is a "harm reduction" pamphlet on sex work and how to survive it called Tricks of the Trade
posted by Jamie at 12:07 PM

 
After my parents joined the staff of the Ecumenical Institute (a family religious order), I was sent at age 17 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I lived there for 5 years. Wisconsin is a strange and beautiful place.

The first book I bought when I was on my own was the Goth classic Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy Debates rage today about the state of society. Many feel that people and situations are getting worse by the day. Viewing the evening news we hear about drive-by shootings, children brandishing guns, increasing occurrences of domestic abuse.
Often our nostalgic memories long for a simpler day when neighbors helped each, everyone knew everyone else in town, families and neighborhoods were at peace, and people respected each other. There were no drugs, no gangs, and no domestic squabbles.
Into this arena comes Michael Lesy's book, Wisconsin Death Trip. This book soon shatters those myths of previous generations living in peaceful, idyllic tranquility.

There is a movie that came out in 1999 and which I have seen. It gets to the same place as the book but by a diferent route. The Wisconsin Death Trip movie is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century. The film is inspired by Michael Lesy's book of the same name which was first published in 1973.

From the sum of my experiences there, Wisconsin Death Trip was the proper introduction indeed.
posted by Jamie at 12:55 PM

 
It is hard to find the erotic wheat among the chaff of pr0n site come-ons and pop up windows. One interesting resource is: FemmeDominance.com, the FemDom Lifestyle Portal
posted by Jamie at 12:38 AM

 
"Gender Matters" Forum, CSI, & Sisterhood? -- Two thoughts about the Gender Matter Forum, which was held last night at SJSU in response to the murder of Gwen Araujo.

About 2 days before Gwen's death was discovered, CSI - Las Vegas, the
most popular TV show on network television had their season opener in
which a Hollywood star, partying hard, has sex with two alluring
girls, whom he kills. The motive was that he found out one of the two
women was a TG. Caught, he then hires a high-power lawyer who then roasts the
forensic team ala O.J.Simpson. The crime lab good guys triumph and
the TG murderers are nailed.

Some people have wondered if there was a causal connection. I believe
there certainly is. It primed everyone's conscience so that when the
Gwen Araujo murder story broke, it struck a cord. A memetic one-two
punch.

In an ironic twist, Gwen's mother has also hired a famous Hollywood lawyer to help
manage their affairs. The tone of the coverage shifted markedly after that was announced
and it became obvious that the deal-making for books, movies, etc., had begun.

Did Gwen have a sister?

I mean this in the sense of having a close friendship with another TG
girl. I have not yet met or heard of a TG person who knew her while
she was alive.

If she did, then we need to take care of her.

If she did not, why didn't one of us reach Gwen?

posted by Jamie at 12:05 AM

 
Midlife Crisis Explained? or, how our lives may be scripted. TGs, particularly older TGs, often live lives out of sync with others of their age group. We frequently dress and act younger than most our age.
Memories Don't Always Match Real Life: Study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many older people remember experiencing the happiest and most important events of their lives during their 20s, while their saddest and most traumatic memories seem to have been created from more recent events, study findings show.

Yet, the truth of the matter is that our "memories do not simply mirror what life is," study author Dr. Dorthe Berntsen of the University of Aarhus in Denmark told Reuters Health.

For example, although someone may feel that the happiest moment in their life occurred when they were married at the age of 25, in reality, they may have experienced the same level of happiness at a later, more recent stage in life.

The reason for this apparent memory discrepancy, according to the report, may be that "autobiographical memory is organized by sociocultural 'life-scripts'--prescriptive timetables for generally expected milestones in life--that tend not to include emotionally negative events while allocating most important positive events to young adulthood," Berntsen said.

Thus, "the findings have implications for our understanding of traumas and other negative events in the life story of the individual," she added. "In the standard account of life--following the life script--such events may not be mentioned."
posted by Jamie at 11:15 AM

 
Jamie's Bitch Card I have thought of printing the following little ditty up on the back of my calling card. I am so easily carried away by stimulation that I, as a matter of policy, avoid one night stands. I don't want to appear on this web page.

I don’t have sex the first time we meet. This is for our safety and because sex is so much better when we are not tired or smashed.

I love flirting and being pleasured. You can touch my body within the limits of decorum. No kissing on my lips, no oral sex, and we won’t fuck this time.

I am not rejecting you - I give this card to everybody. Try again later when we know each other!
posted by Jamie at 12:21 PM

 
I found this site mentioned on the Goth/Polyamory mailing list. I have not registered yet to see how many people are taking it seriously, but the idea is amusing and may be practical.

Gothic Sex Exchange: Welcome to the Gothic Sex Exchange. While hippies talk free love, love-ins, and the liberating power of sexuality, we goths don't fall for that rubbish. We understand that alienation and being alone is our natural state. Sex is not about liberation, it is medication. It is the quest for dull the pain that is life's bitter angst.
posted by Jamie at 12:41 AM

 
I used to live in Chicago and have enjoyed learning about Chicago Railroads. One of my favorite oddities is this:

Chicago Tunnel Company Railroad Home Page This website tells the story about a 60-mile, two-foot gauge electric railroad that operated 149 locomotives and over 3000 freight cars in small tunnels forty feet below the streets of downtown Chicago.
posted by Jamie at 6:02 PM

 
There are more people with an attraction to transgender women than there are transgender women. This large group, which is often "dumped on" by trannies, to my mind deserves the same respect for their identity as do gays and lesbians.

A great guide for admirers, as they are politely called, is on Renee Reyes website:

Renee Reyes Tips for Admirers on how to meet or date a Transgender
Here you'll find detailed information regarding "your attraction" to t-girls and get a better understanding of what makes a transsexual "tick".

A few months ago, I met a very attractive man who was also very shy. I wrote an article on how to "Make Time with a Tranny Girl" and posted it as a thinly veiled way of screaming "Kiss me you fool!". (It didn't work). You can download Jamie's Guide from my website.
posted by Jamie at 9:34 AM

 
Matrix Filmore was fun. Its been a while since we were there last. The last time was about a month ago and it was the farewell night for our friend DJ Kimmy. Things did change during the month. More people were there. We had about 3X more than usual dancing. The music was good but a notch more instrusive on conversations.

Matrix has a cool concept - you can hang out and dance in the same space. It makes getting the volume just right a chore though.
posted by Jamie at 2:32 PM

 
Tonight Laura and I are going up to the Matrix Filmore (on Filmore just off Lombard). We will see our friend Melinda who describes the scene in her invitation:

matrix fillmore is this hip new bar in the marina. it's very
comfortable with a beautiful fireplace in the center and lots of comfortable
seating. the djs are very good but there's no dance floor. at least not yet.
we're still lobbying for that! people often dance anyway. it's mostly a yuppie
hangout but we've carved a space for the tg community there and are always well
received. we now have excellent relations with the staff. the crowd tends to
warm up to us quite nicely as the evening progresses. we come away with juicy
stories more often than not and always have a good time.

this is a semi-regular event so if you can't make it this sunday just be
thinking of the next. it will be on if i know anyone wants to do it, so if you
let me know in advance you can also help to make it happen. of course you can go
anytime and i highly encourage that but it's also fun when a whole bunch of us
descend on them all at once. sundays are great because it's one of their slower
nights. (fridays and saturdays are absurdly packed.) i'll put out a note like
this when we're on which will be roughly every other sunday. please let me know
if you'd rather not get these notices, and of course please have any of your
friends email me who would like to be added to the list.

Let me (Jamie) know if you want to go, or want me to pass your email on to Melinda.
posted by Jamie at 4:52 PM