Whoa, who’s that?? 😵 I’m living my dream! It feels weird to look in the mirror and finally see the person you were always meant to be, after living so long as the person you weren’t ... wrap your head around THAT one!! 🤯💋 Oh and I got my alumni badge from BSU!! ❤️🐻 #girlslikeus #transgirlsofinstagram #mytranslife #bsulife #bridgewaterstateuniversity (at Bridgewater State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm6sbqfAc9E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cjr9vnxngrto

Regrets roll about my tongue twenty-four times a day; so young, so old - whence too late to start anew?

Me and Muhibb Dyer after his event at lhu! This guy was soo cool and woke too, im so glad i got the chance to meet him!

Gotta balance out the recent posts with a super casual look; repping my alma mater @bridgestateu #girlslikeus #casual #larkfilter #BSUlife 🐻 https://www.instagram.com/p/BmuBxoxg_N_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x5cklsdyip48

1'st time on my college campus as myself!! I did a presentation on gender studies that day in my colloquium on Great Britain 🇬🇧❤️then went to the pride center 🌈💜✨

After leaving Takato Castle grounds, where we participated in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, we visited someplace very special - the home of Shuji Isawa, a Bridgewater State University exchange alumni (the very first) who traveled there to study higher education and translate Western contemporary scholarship into Japanese. Upon returning to Japan, Shuji Isawa finished translating English academic texts into Japanese, including several books on geology, mathematics and Darwin’s theory of evolution, amongst several others. He was later officially recognized by the Japanese ministry for his efforts, and became a national intellectual hero. The stone you see in the top panel is a memorial to the life long work of Shuji Isawa, and represents the gratitude of the people of Japan for launching the land of the Rising Sun into a new era of academic learning and intellectual thought, blending the traditional Japanese learning of poetry, philosophy, art and history with contemporary sciences and advanced mathematics. Shuji Isawa was the second Japanese national to travel abroad to the United States and return with great intellectual property for the betterment of Japan; he was also a student of the first - Jo Manjiro. Both Japanese students spent extensive time in one U.S. state - Massachusetts; 📖📝✒️ 🇯🇵

My timeline was a little off; but I got my FB and Tumblr posts mixed up. Before we arrived in Nagano, we spent Tuesday in the famous, ancient Japanese city of OSAKA! After arriving at the sweepingly beautiful modern station district (pictured below in a separate post), we took the train to another of Bridgewater State University's sister exchange Universities - KANSAI UNIVERSITY 📓Here, we had a katsu lunch, toured the University, had a meet & greet with the program director of their international exchange program, sat in on a Japanese history class taught in English by an Australian Martial Arts expert and got the chance to see an authentic Japanese tea house!! I was more than honored to be able to spend even just a short time here, and can't wait to see the campus again on my return visit!!!😎👍🏼

I suppose I can pretend away my disappointment but my smile comes out awry and I am ugly.