Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Huh. Mythical Kitchen made a video showing The Three Stages of Jenn's Transition. 1980s, 1990s, 2000s.

I still draw my comics as often as my health allows, but sometimes I have a little extra "oomph" to do something special for friends.

Down to three To-Dos from when the parents were here. And two of them are from BEFORE they got here. So I think I'm all caught up. 🙂

I just ate a whole bunch of bacon. If I should die of bacon, please bury me with more bacon.

Transition Lesson #9723

Since day one of my transition, I used a liquid foundation for makeup. It was the same kind Steph used. I shouldn't have used that specific one as she is lighter skinned than I am and I ended up looking like I was wearing a mask. But I didn't know better so I just used it for decades.

About ten years ago, my mother suggested another foundation stick that was much closer to my skin tone. While I didn't know how to apply it, I'd watched my mom put it on in the rear view mirror of the car enough times to figure it out.

I finally ran out of that foundation a few weeks ago, and found out that that specific color was discontinued. Mom instead sent me some powder foundation she used. I'd never used powdered founation before. I don't remember any of my friends using it, so...well...mom sent it with a brush. So I used the brush to brush it on. Wasn't too happy with the results.

Yesterday, while getting ready for a meeting, I opened the foundtation case, and it slipped out of my hand. Turns out the foundation had ANOTHER hinge and inside was a sponge. I was supposed to use THAT. And I tried it, and it worked beautifully.

I'd never used that foundation before, so didn't know that's how you applied it. Still learning things twenty five years later. :)

New body, who dis?

Finally moved out of the Zelda and Zelda-edited avatars at got one that is a little more "me." She's still not perfect...she's a bit curvier than I'd like (I prefer being slender), she's got a bit of a babyface. But as a friend said, very few of us are happy with our bodies.

Those nails have GOT to go, though.

While the mesh and textures were pre-made, I had to learn how to attach the textures to the mesh, as well as the different types of textures, and learning how to create dynamic bones to make the hair move. Took a few hours over about a week. But I learned a LOT doing it.

#resonite

The problem with hitting the ground running is that the day flies by faster than you know.

Unpopular Opinion: I prefer the movie soundtrack to The Who's Tommy over the album.

UPDATE: Comic found! I was totally misremembering this as a three panel comic where thery're in bed. Which explains why I could never find it! https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/02/23

Quick question for The Internet.

I seem to remember a Calvin and Hobbes strip where they're in bed and Calvin asks "what's the meaning of life?" Hobbes responds "to eat each other...Goodnight!"

I can't find this anywhere. Was it real strip?

This song from the late 70s, about events from the early 1910s, suddenly feels very releveant in 2024.

And the music is good, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOieRHRzh8