SAMANTHA IS HOME FROM JAPAN!

SAMANTHA IS HOME FROM JAPAN! I'm so excited!

One of my best friends has been studying abroad in Japan for nearly a year. She just got home and I'm really, really excited! I missed her so much!

One of the things I love about Samantha (that is her name preference) is that she's trans as well. I've gotten to know a lot of trans people throughout my process of transitioning, but there are two that I met before I started to transition who have been behind me every step of the way. Samantha is one of them.

She was born biologically male, but identifies as female.

One of the awesome things about her, though, is that when we're hanging out, all of the trans stuff goes completely out the window. We're so wrapped up in being weird with each other that all the LGBT issues become secondary. For me, at least, I've always seen Samantha as a girl. Some other people may not, but she's always been a girl to me. It doesn't even occur to me to see her any other way, especially when we're hanging out and being ourselves and attracting strange looks from people nearby who have no clue what the f*ck we're talking about.

The conversation between Samantha and I gets so ridiculous that sometimes even we can't follow it. It usually goes something like this:

Me: (random story)....the end.

Samantha: Well, that was random. And pointless.

Me: I hate you.

Samantha: No, you don't. You love me.

Me: No. I definitely hate you. I'm gonna set Sniffleface on you.

Samantha: You can't. He works for me.

Me: Then I'll set Laser Rainbow on you!

Samantha: Nuh uh. He's too scared of Sniffleface to come near me.

Me: I'm gonna hit you!

Samantha: (Japanese)

Me: (random unrelated Spanish)

People nearby: What the hell...?

Did that make any sense to you? Because it made very little to me, and I've been in the midst of those conversations.

My point is, Samantha and I see each other for who we really are. Absolutely insane freaks. Gender has nothing to do with the fact that we're both f*cking crazy.