Pink Library #6: Houndstooth

I found this story only recently but it really hit my preferences so much.

That story is Houndstooth by Lyodor Tolstoyevski and it can be found in:

Funky Lady: A TG Mixed Tape

These Mix Tapes are a lovely compilation of  short TG stories, interviews and essays and are a great rear if you're just getting into TG fiction. The same Tape also contains an interview with Morpheus although the interviewer sadly (for me anyway) doesn't ask if one of my fave concepts, the Role Exchanger, will be coming back. I had read an earlier story of Lyodor's in another Mix Tape and I will probably talk about that another time.

This story is quite short, in fact I've written bigger captions but that's definitely no bad thing at all, and concerns a man and a woman on the bus. The woman (wearing a stylish houndstooth skirt) falls onto the man (wearing jeans) as the bus stops short and they slowly swap garments. Now anyone reading this knows how much I love clothes swaps and this one is one of the best and most original I've ever read. The slow description works so well as the clothes reform starting from their zippers and slowly switching material with the narrator unaware of the changes; his world reshaping around him. At the end, it's never confirmed if a TG change has even taken place and I would guess not since the woman is definitely still a woman. This does not matter one jot though especially as the narrator doesn't think it odd that he's in a skirt. The final line suits it perfectly too.

I definitely need to check out more of this author's work.
 
Lovely piece of writing!

A stylish Houndstooth skirt

Photo Source: wholesaleclothing4u.com via Pinterest

Love Is A Drug

So then, Valentines Day again.

I've been feeling a bit down today for obvious reasons. Least not because last year was the only time I was able to do the day properly so it's not perhaps the day itself but just the memory of last year. Looking back, I think that was the day my relationship started to fall apart. The first time we tried to have sex. Thinking about it recently perhaps even if we did have a decent sex life it wouldn't have mattered. It might have kept her around for a few more months before she still decided to go. Still, I would have felt better and although there are always things left unsaid it's the fact that this is hanging in the air that depresses me the most. I feel not only that I let her down but I don't feel like a proper man. I had a few chances and I physically couldn't do anything about it. It makes you feel so helpless. I think that was also a factor for her in that she couldn't stand how frustrated it made me feel. Not that she ever did that much to help me, mind.

I've been thinking a lot about starting dating again recently and for that means dating websites. Finding someone in the big wide world has never been a skill of mine; I'm not a person who can go to bars and pick up women so I guess this is my only chance. A friend of mine said to me I shouldn't date until I'm ready but  have to at some point. There's not a day go by when I don't think of my ex and I keep expecting a call or text from her but would I even want to get back with her now? I would have done like a shot a few months ago but now I'm not so sure. I guess you keep going with the thought that there's someone better out there, someone you click more with and, for someone like me, a girl who will love to feminize you. Dating again does both excite and frighten me and it's scarier when you realise you might be pissing in the wind for the rest of your life when you thought you had someone.

Love is a drug though and once a spark is struck, your find yourself wanting more. It happened to a friend of mine a few years ago. The first time I met her, I don't think she dated much, I never used to hear about boyfriends or anything but about 5 years ago she started up with another friend in our circle. They broke up but since then she's nearly always had someone new. I really do want to experience other people and I did have some worries that that part of my life was over when I was with my ex but that's just my nature. I'm always looking back and over analysing stuff, afraid that I had missed out on stuff. The grass is always greener on the other side, as they say but if I was to have ended up with her for the rest of my life I would have been lucky. I always wanted a relationship so perhaps that was it. My one shot, my one chance and now that's that, over and done with. The rest of my life. Things were supposed to be a lot easier when I reached this age. I was supposed to be in a different place. I was supposed to be normal. But I keep lingering on like this.

Apologies for the long, whiny post. I'll be going back to the Quantum Leaps at some point, promise.      

Men In Tights

I came across the below article today:

Men In Tights: The Latest Trend?

It seems that a lot of designers are using tights in their shows however the reality seems that it's this current cold snap rather than a desire to follow fashion that has sent blokes searching through their partners' drawers. I didn't even realise that there was a store that did tights for men and the idea of a fly in them seems a bit odd. The writer is correct though crossdressers will most likely go for women's tights.So much softer and patterned I expect. You can see men's tights as being a very functional rather than a fashionable item for showing off your legs.

It's interesting to read some of the comments below the article ranging from the usual whines of "gay" to the delights of many men in macho professions such as the police and army admitting to wearing them on cold night shifts to keep them warm. Of course these can easily be popped under a pair of trousers rather than being on full display.

The reporter used an odd phrase though 'my female' to describe his partner as if he doesn't quite know what she is to him.

Anyway, it's certainly a good thing and it's interesting to see how the ways the world has been turning recently.