Fill so your followers can get to know you
1. State your name: Adelie Freyja Annabel. (Yes, two middle names.)
2. State the name that your parents almost named you: My mother only had boy names picked out for me — Matthew or Adam.
3. Which of your relatives do you get along with the most? My mother. We have never had a fight or hardly even cross words.
4. Did anything embarrassing happen this week? Nothing hugely embarrassing. I had a talking-to because I was five minutes late for a work meeting?
5. Do you miss your ex? I don’t miss dating any of my exes. As people, I occasionally miss my first boyfriend.
6. White chocolate or dark chocolate? Oh my gosh, dark!! How is that even a question? I don’t really like milk chocolate, either.
7. Do people praise you for your looks? Sometimes. I’m a trans woman in flux right now, but I think people think I have some attractive qualities.
8. What is your favourite colour of clothing to wear? I love black. I like other colours, but I think I look best in black. Everyone looks good in black. But sometimes I do like to throw in a pop of colour.
9. How do you wear your makeup? I try to go for natural, healthy skin looks that will make me look as feminine as possible. And I play up my eyes, which definitely are my focal point.
10. What are some of your nicknames? Everyone calls me Addie. But I like Adelie for more official situations, and just in general as well. (In case you’re wondering, Adelie is pronounced like “Natalie” without the N.)
11. How many bedrooms are in your house? Two.
12. How many bathrooms? One.
13. Do you have a job? Yes, as an editor and layout designer.
14. Do you have a car? Yes.
15. Do you work out every week? Absolutely not.
16. Have you ever kissed someone you never saw again? More times than I care to admit.
17. Have you ever sung in front of a crowd? Very, very rarely.
18. What kind of bathing suit do you wear? The top has black and white stripes and ties around your neck, halter-style, and behind your back, and the bottoms are little black shorts. Super cute.
19. Do you like your eyes? I do. I feel they’re one of my strong points. I mostly tell people they’re green, but they have lots of grey and also blue in them. My mom thinks they’re blue, actually.
20. Do you think you are pretty? I think I am kinda pretty — at least unconventionally pretty. Again, I’m a trans woman in flux, but given that, I think I have a decent amount of natural prettiness to me. I had a lot of feminine features to begin with. … That said, I would never describe myself as beautiful, and never, ever as “hot.” I don’t think I’d even want to be described as “hot.” Not really my style.
21. Who was the last person you talked to in person? My co-worker.
22. How much money is in your account? In my checking account, $414.24. In my savings account, $15,000. Or so.
23. Are you single? I have been single for nine years.
24. Do you want kids? That’s a tough question. I feel like I’d like to be a mother, but at the same time, I feel like it would have to be a very long way off. Because I can barely take care of myself at the moment. And it’s not like the prospect of a partner and kids is coming down the line anytime soon. And I’m not getting any younger.
25. Tell me what your backpack looks like: I don’t have a backpack. I have a purse, black, leather, sort of boxy, with a silver magnetic clasp.
26. What celebrity do you think is hot? I don’t really think about celebrities much, but if I had to pick a few … Léa Seydoux, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Carey Mulligan, Nicholas Hoult, Parker Posey, Scarlett Johansson. … I like pale skin and pouty lips. Oh, Andrej Pejic, definitely. And Charles Guislain — can we count him as a celebrity?
27. Last movie you saw in theatres: “Argo,” at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis.
28. Are you dating the same person you dated last year? I have not dated anyone seriously since 2004. I dated a ton in college, and since then I’ve had a fling or two, but things always just seem to fade. I have lots of great friends, but when it comes to relationships, it often starts strong but one or both of us always loses interest. Clearly, I haven’t met the right person. Which is sad because I’m a romantic at heart. … Nowadays, I feel like it would have to be a special person, someone I really trust, because I’m feeling more fragile as I go through transition.
29. Has someone you were dating ever cheated on you? Not that I’m aware of, but it wouldn’t surprise me. My last fling (2011) ended when I found out he was maintaining a long-distance relationship with his ex in San Francisco.
30. Have you ever cheated? No.
31. Have you kissed someone whose name starts with a ‘J’? Oh god. Josh, Jon, Jimmy, JJ, Jason, Jamie, Jeff, Jenny, Justin (x3), Jacob, James. … That’s 13. I could go on. (There were a couple of years in college when I had a lot of fun.)
32. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I do a lot of thinking and reflection. I sleep. I take drives around town and take various day trips. I take photos. Occasionally, I model. I visit friends out of town and host them here. I listen to a lot of music. I work on getting better at makeup and hair (right now I’m exploring ways to pin up my hair). I hang out in coffee shops with my laptop. I read. I smoke a cigarette once in a while. I mentally edit grammatical mistakes when I see them, on signs, online — Tumblr is a nightmare for this (and yet, I made the decision to blog almost all in lowercase). I shop. Occasionally, I go out with friends at night. I hope for the best with my transition. I hope I meet a beautiful, amazing partner someday. I think about the future. I think about the past.