Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Eleven hours of sleep. NOW THAT'S A VACATION!

Eleven hour road trip along the Puget Sound. That's a vacation worthy trip for me.

Celebratory Dinner.

I love Edison. If you don't know it's there, you never will.

The guitarist here doing a mic check keeps playing part of the "Frosted Lucky Charms" jingle and I want to scream "They're magically delicious!"

ALL ABOARD THE CAFFEINE BOAT!

Best Mailbox Ever

Tis the season....

Dude, get off of there! You're going to get us in trouble!

Where I am now.

Where I am now.

Aw yeah. Best ice cream in Washington.

I do miss my multiple-times-a- year trips to Canada. Just to dangerous to cross right now. And not from the Canadians.

This is about as close as I can get these days. I did stop by Peace Arch Park to use the restroom, where I was immediately followed by Border Patrol, who went in just after I got out (A male presenting officer going into the women's restroom is not suspicious to me at all).

Anyways, on to the meat of my trip today.

I'm going to leave this here (maybe with an asterisk on some of the lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZs3g3qIo

Saw a post in one of the Old Austin groups that showed my old post office in Hyde Park. I only lived in Hyde Park for two years, but had spent most of my Texas life trying to get back there.

Life has chosen otherwise, but it's not bad where I am now. But I do miss Home.

I'm halfway through my impromptu vacation and haven't done anything special for it. I REALLY want to go into Canada, however, while I don't expect problems going into Canada, coming back as a brown transwoman dealing with American immigration officials? Well...that's worrisome.

Best to keep crossing into Canada an emergency option for now. Miss my almost home, though.

I have an idea for a nice roadtrip that will take me close, but not across the border, while having a nice little trip home.

A friend was lamenting the end of MTV when I said "Streaming killed the video star." She suggested we write the song for it.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED:

I heard you on the cable back in '82
Lying awake intently tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
Oh-a-oh

They took the credit for your new wave melodies
Encoded by machine on new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see

Oh-a-oh
I met your children
Oh-a-oh
What did you tell them?

Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the radio star
Downloads came and broke your heart
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the VJs and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go:

Oh-a-oh
You were the fun one
Oh-a-oh
You were the last one

Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
In my mind and on YouTube
We can't unplug, we've gone too far
Streaming came and broke your heart
Put all the blame on scrolling bars...

You are the video star
You are the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
You are the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
You are the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
You are the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
Streaming vids killed the video star
You are the video star

Oh-a-oh, oh-a-oh...

As of today, I've lived longer as a woman than a man. Pizza and cake acquired.

Today is October 17th, 2025. 9356 Days since I transitioned. I was born July 26th, 1974. 9355 days before I before transitioned.

As of today, I've lived longer as a woman than as a man.

Might get a slice of cake or something today. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GrmiTlaVgo