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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 14h

All of my fashion principles are derived from sports uniforms 😂

What a shock Mona is wearing Seahawks colors again.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 17h

Hydrate or Die-drate y'all 💧💧💧

Mona holds up a water bottle before class starts.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 17h

I was lukewarm on it the first time I saw it, vibed with what it was doing/enjoyed it more the second time around. 👍👍

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 17h

This is a great look on you, and you're already quite pretty, so put that all together and it's 🔥🔥🔥

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 20h

That's exactly what I was going for at the time, too! So thank you, friend ☺️

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 20h

(Anti-Clockwise, starting in the upper right corner) 10/8/07 (age 32) 10/8/14 (39, freshly out as trans) 10/8/18 (43, "peak maxx fem" era) 10/8/21 (46, 5 mo post bottom surgery, embracing being non-binary) 10/8/26 (51, casual comfy Mona)

Photos of Mona taken over a period of 19 years

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 20h

You look like Mary Elizabeth Winstead here (complimentary)

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 22h

(I was 13 when The Kids in The Hall hit US television, got immediately addicted to it, so I figure that counted)

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 23h

Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick you look AMAZING 🤩

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bobby Wagner remains a free agent going into week 5, so I'm gonna say he's retired enough for me to put his jersey back in my rotation. Which rocks, bc Bwagz gave Santa Clara FITS for a decade 😁🏈💙💚🩶🏈 #Seahawks

Mona models her college navy Bobby Wagner Seahawks jersey while femmed up.

Her makeup

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Sleek Satin Lipstick: Centre of Attention

Ulta Cream Eye Shadow Stick: Make A Splash

Ulta Automatic Eyeliner: Metallic Emerald Shimmer

Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy Wednesday, Bluesky! Today's Makeup 💄🏳️‍⚧️ Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick MAC Sleek Satin Lipstick: Centre of Attention Ulta Cream Eye Shadow Stick: Make A Splash Ulta Automatic Eyeliner: Metallic Emerald Shimmer Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

Mona takes a selfie, femmed up, wearing a grey tee with light blue trim and sleeves

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OK yeah, I'm really happy I can look both of these ways. #NonBinary

Mona presenting casual and comfy vs presenting fem on October 6, 2026

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My favorite R.E.M. album, Automatic For the People, came out 34 years ago today. (New Adventures in Hi-Fi is a VERY CLOSE 2nd) Fun Fact: For my weekly political talk show at KUGS-FM in Bellingham (The Democratic Circus), my theme music was the intro to Ignoreland. youtu.be/Wa_Y7cE61sw?...

youtu.be

Ignoreland

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

YES! I got that vibe from Bryan, but now it makes more sense. "Stupid... fuckin'... monsters..." Not just mutants who vomit acid, but everyone standing in the way of her egg getting all the way cracked open 😁

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Apologies for being one of the only queers who hasn't watched Euphoria, but, uhhhh... Now my crush on Austin Abrams makes A LOT more sense. Obviously now I'll see Bryan in Resident Evil as secretly an egg for all time. Hon, you are frantically trying to inject the wrong magic potion 😂🏳️‍⚧️

Oh hey it's Austin Abrams in drag and that isn't scorching hot.. at all...

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bonus pics, mainly for my trans fem Bluesky friends 😊

Mona takes a mirror selfie wearing a Seahawks throwback tee under a blue hoodie

Mona takes a selfie wearing a Seahawks throwback tee under a blue hoodie

Mona takes a selfie, femmed up and wearing a navy blue tank top style sports bra

Mona takes a mirror selfie wearing a blue tee with grey trim, tan women's cargo shorts from Eddie Bauer, and her Altitude women's Merrell Moab 3 hiking shoes

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Giving Primetime another look. Will I bump it up from ⭐⭐⭐? Stay tuned!

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Age 27 vs age 51. Hoo boy look at the smirking little shit I was 😂

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Uhhhh... I love Laura Linney. And yeah, you do

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trying to replicate a look from exactly 9 years ago today. I have found that those frames I loved a decade ago annoy the shit out of me now. I prefer transparent frames now. Also, in 2017, tons of Mary Kay creme to powder foundation. Don't miss wearing that every day! Makeup in the alt text! 💄🏳️‍⚧️

Mona in 2017 vs 2026.

Makeup in 2026

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Macximal Matte Lipstick - Russian Red

Ulta Cream Shadow Stick - Silver Lining

Ulta Automatic Eye Liner- Matte Charcoal

Heroine Make Volume & Curl Mascara - 01 Jet Black

Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Early voting has begun in Ohio! Voted almost straight Democratic ticket, but I couldn't quite reach the lever to vote for Amy Acton, seeing as I'm still entangled in the gears of the bus she threw me under. 🏳️‍⚧️

I still miss the old I Ohio Voting stickers.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is the movie that came out before you were born that you've watched the most times?

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

9 years ago today, saw one of my all time favorite movies for the first time. Anyone else still hyperfixated on Blade Runner 2049?

2017 Mona brandishing her Gateway Film Center Geek Sneak Lanyard for the premiere of Blade Runner 2049

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quarry Trails walk with Nat! Such a beautiful evening 🤩🤩

Mona takes a selfie out for a walk with her spouse Nat

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm unreasonably excited for MNF. Falcons have this weird tendency toward putting up huge offensive numbers in primetime games, and ATL vs NO is a rivalry steeped in true, intense hatred.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh my God this looks so good. Fun facts: 1. Japanese curry might just be my favorite food and 2. Coke Zero pairs very nicely with it.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Long road ahead of me until I get my Canadian Citizenship Certificate in hand (TL;DR? Found out my bio father was Canadian, need to get my Washington BC amended to include him before I send anything to Ottawa), but getting a Canadian 12 Flag is a big symbolic gesture for me #Seahawks 🇨🇦 #12North

A Canadian 12 Flag flies alongside the Progress Pride Flag in front of a house in Columbus, Ohio

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So, I had all these lanyards I got for my previous job. What to do with them now? Popped my faculty ID in a new card holder and bam! I look slightly more official-ish.

Mona getting ready for class on October 5, 2026

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well I clearly just rediscovered an old photo album. On the left, it's NYE 2000 -> 2001, I'm 25 years old. On the right, it's October 2, 2026. I've been on HRT for 14 years and out as trans for 12 years. I'm 51 years old.

Oooh, do you remember using landlines all the time? I know I didn't have my own cell phone yet in the photo on the left.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can't even do fantasy football 😂 I can't handle it when the interests of my fantasy team conflict with the interests of the Seahawks 😂😂 It's more of an autistic hyperfixation than a thing I do for fun. It can be fun, but that's not why I've watched every game live since 1983. Mona crazzzyyy

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I mean, I'll be transparent and admit that I do not have a sense of humor about my beloved Seattle Seahawks. I cannot take it, so I tend not to dish it out unless provoked.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Snacking innovation: I cut open one end of a Kare Pan I got from Belle's Bread, stuffed a Colby Jack cheese stick in there, and nuked it for 40 seconds. Delicious!

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cue the entire national football media giving Seahawks no chance to beat Santa Clara next Sunday in 3, 2, 1... 🙄

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That was an irritating way to spend over 3 hours, but light it up, bayyyybeeeee, the Seahawks got the dub 😁😁😁

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