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Hi, I'm Jamie, and this video is part of a series about some of the physical aspects
of my gender transition. Today it is March 7, 2014, and it is the 235th
day of me taking low dose testosterone, so the 33rd week, and this is the 13th video
in the series. It's been about 2 months since the last video.
I'm going to talk a little bit about how I'm read, and then I'm going to do a voice test,
to test my range, and then I'm going to sing part of the same
song as usual. Lately I'm pretty much read as male all the
time. I am still occasionally called ma'am, mostly
when I'm not speaking though, and I'm still sometimes called my old pronouns
by people who have known me for a long time. But that's just sort of a thing that happens.
I had a concert last night and it was a half-hour set at Remedy and it went really well.
For the most part I was really pleased with how my voice performed.
I only had some voice cracky issues on the high notes on the zombie song that I do.
I was disappointed that I did it better when I was practicing than when I was performing.
But for the most part, I thought it went really well and I feel like my voice is a lot stronger
than it was before. As for my face, I'm actually starting to be
able to see the difference in my own face now, like, see whatever changes other people
are seeing. Because for a long time people were reacting
differently to me, assuming I'm male based on how my face looks, whereas I thought I
looked the same as ever. But now I'm starting to be able to see the
difference myself. But I still feel like I look like me. Which
is important. I think that's about it for updates so I'm
going to test my vocal range now. [singing]
So the top note is about a C#. [singing]
It's about an E. So I'm going to test how many octaves that is, because I've kind of
lost track. [singing]
So two and a half. So it's about the same as two months ago, about two and a half octaves.
Now I'm going to sing the first verse and chorus of This Is Where I Wanna Be. It's again
capoed to the fifth fret. Sometimes trouble makes me weary and sad
and it's hard to remember how to keep the good from the bad.
Sometimes all you have to do is think of what has gotten you through so far
and remember what it is that makes you you and say I like who I am, I like who I'm with
I like where I'm at, I like where I live There's nowhere better right now for me
I like my life. This is where I wanna be. [singing]
This is where I wanna be That's it for this time, talk to you later!
Bye!