Meme, Mini-Golf, and '80's Robots

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I would probably have to say Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman. I watched this film as part of my research on a gender identity paper and I found it to be very well done. It primarily explores the journey of pre-op male-to-female transgender who finds out that she has a son and as part of her therapy needs to deal with this unresolved issue before her surgery can be approved. I found it quite moving.

Day 13 - Your favorite LGBT role model/celebrity
Day 14 - Your favorite LGBT song or artist
Day 15 - Your favorite LGBT quote
Day 16 - A picture from your first LGBT relationship or of your first LGBT crush
Day 17 - Your first experience with an LGBT organization or event (Day of Silence, Pride, etc)
Day 18 - Something about the LGBTQ community you don’t understand or have a question about
Day 19 - Butch or Femme?
Day 20 - Maureen or Joanne? (Or your favorite LGBTQ show or queer-positive show)
Day 21 - Political LGBT issue that is closest to you or affects you most
Day 22 - An LGBT image that makes you smile
Day 23 - An LGBT image that makes you cry or makes you angry
Day 24 - The stupidest argument/comment you’ve heard about gay people or an LGBT issue
Day 25 - The LGBT slur you hate most or if you’ve taken back a slur and used it as a definition, ie queer or fag
Day 26 - Your favorite gay joke (we all need to laugh at ourselves)
Day 27 - Your favorite LGBT blog/tumblr/site
Day 28 - Write a letter to someone. It can be a coming out letter or a letter regarding how you hate their homophobia or whatnot. You don’t have to send it.
Day 29 - SHOUT SOMETHING! IT CAN BE HAPPY AND ABOUT PRIDE OR HATEFUL ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA!
Day 30 - Anything LGBT you’d like to end this on :]


In other news, Nick had the day off of work today so we decided to cash in on a few comp tickets we had for various places in Wisconsin Dells. The first of which was Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf. Now, I'm no mini-golf expert, but I do have fun playing and I'm generally okay with the fact that Nick has a record of beating me 100% of the time. Today, however, the tables were turned in my favor. I made par for the majority of the holes (medium difficulty) and managed to win the first game. Since Pirate's Cove has five courses and there were few people out today, we decided to try the most difficult course. That's when something unbelievable and totally squee-inducing happened...

I scored two CONSECUTIVE holes-in-one.

And even though I botched the next few holes after (four-five strokes), I didn't care. I could not stop smiling. I was smiling so much that my cheeks were starting to hurt. And Nick loved every second of it. (It's good to know that he's not a sore loser.)

After mini-golf, we went over to the Robert World and Exploratory. It hasn't changed much since I went there as a kid. There's still cheesy animatronics and the science/technology is way out-dated. I think it helped that we got in for free because that made us feel more free to be dorks and just enjoy ourselves. I particularly loved the infinity room...and not just because Nick and I recreated the famous Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader scene on the bridge.