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[al-aaraaf.livejournal.com]

hey everybody - just a silly question here. I recently found a pashmina on ebay for $6 and I was showing a friend of mine what it looked like (having just got out of the shower, my hair down) and he stops and says this:

me: I can't actually see what the webcam is doing
me: so I expect I look like crap on a stick
Him: um
me: but that's ok
Him: wow
Him: you really really look like a girl
me: haha really?
Him: especially with your hair down
me: hehehe
me: that makes me happy
Him: i mean wow
me: I doubt I could pass on the street though
me: you made me giggle, damn you
Him: if you learned to put make up on i think you could
me: really?
me: haha that's sweet of you
me: isn't it pretty though?
Him: you would need to curl your hair a little
Him: yes its very pretty
me: yay
Him: ive never seen you look that much like a girl

he knows I wax feminine from time to time (though most people I know can't even tell I'm gay, I don't even particularly flame or anything - though I do get "ma'am" on the phone from time to time) and I wasn't particularly trying to look female. I took a picture, though, and I'm curious now - do I pass for female here? if not, (I really have no idea - if I look like a man in a shawl just tell me) how could I improve it? I don't have a particularly burning desire to be female, but I don't really identify as male either, so if it were feasible and I wouldn't get a lot of crap for it, I wouldn't mind presenting as a woman every now and then - provided I could do it convincingly. so, what do you all think about this picture?