Just thought I'd drop a blog and say that I'm here, just dealing with a few things. first is the Through the years. I had it mostly ready, well next chapter at least, but then I thought of stuff to add to it, so working on that.

Also been in a very bad mood since right around Christmas. I got a jury duty summons. In this county though, they take you for the month. So for 6 days I may have to show up. The worst is this coming Tuesday. I have to call at 11 am and if I'm needed , I got to be there at 1 pm. Really? Two hours to find out and be there? Talk about cutting it close.

Writing here is for amateurs, amateurs in the original sense of people who do what they do for the love of doing it. If you're not happy about how long chapters are or how often they are posted, be polite and kind because if you simply make demands you might as well kick the authors and tell them to stop having fun.

For me, it just means changing this;

back to this;

Also, changing the accompanying text back again.
So, one last Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! = D
*HuggleSnugglePurrs for everyone* <3

Tomorrow at a local church there will be a funeral for a fallen soldier, and a certain group whom we all know, will be there to protest and promote their hate.

The good news is that a radio station’s morning show has asked there fans to be there and line the street to create a wall to bloke these idiots. Believe me I will be there.

http://www.wyff4.com/news/30143621/detail.html

FBI changes definition of rape to include men as victims:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-06/fbi-rap...

Some random thoughts:

I was watching the first season of "Heroes" the other day. I'm a lot like Peter from that show - I was the family screw-up while my brother overcame our background to become a success. And yet he would drop everything to help me in any way possible.

I wonder where my poetry muse went? Its been a long time since I've written a new original piece.

My ex hasnt noticed the earrings yet. I wonder how big my front will get before she notices that?

Information for a story is what I need. I don't want to talk about IED's, guns, bombs or anything like that.

What I need is information about the living conditions of mountain country Afghan people who are touched by the Taliban. We can talk a little about the Burqua, but having worn one, I am pretty much up on that.

I just saw this and have to repost it! Big brother sticks up for little brother picking out a "girly" present.

[Click Here For Story]

It was very well done. For those who don't know European history leading up to ww1, I suggest you look into it before seeing this film to increase your enjoyment. However it isn't necessary to know this to enjoy this film. Robert Downey is excellent as always and Jude Law fills the part of Watson admirably.

I have a new ebook, "The Haight", exclusively at Amazon for Kindle. It's part of the Kindle Select program, which means Amazon Prime members can get it for free.

It's the story of ...oh, heck--here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Haight-ebook/dp/B006SU6R4Y/ref=sr_...

"The Haight" is set in 1967 San Francisco, and is more mainstream than some of my other books; TG is only one of several elements in the story. It has famous, real-world people in it as well as fictional characters, and is as historically and socially accurate as possible.

Okay, I had built up a buffer of stories, but after a few PM's yesterday, I looked through the story again. I can see what they are talking about, and it's sending the story off the track that I had planned. I'm not changing anything that's been posted already-just the next few chapters. Unfortunately, this means that I have to do some more writing to get what I want, so I won't post today-but I should have the next chapter tomorrow morning. Sorry!

Wren

The links to Marine are:

Amazon.com MARINE

Amazon.co.uk MARINE

To Fight for a dream are:

Amazon.com TFFAD

Amazon.co.uk TFFAD

Tanya

You know, waaaaaay back when I sometimes gave in to my need to be a girl, I would just assume becoming one was pretty much impossible anyway. I could look with envy at the lives of females, but I could never have one. I would look down that path, and see impassible mountains and large guarded gates between me and my desired destination. But now that I'm finally trying to make it happen, I'm finding it almost easy. Those "mountains" are turning into gentle hills, those "gates" are not only unguarded, but unlocked, and open at a touch.

It is a repeat of the post. I tried to post, got tripple post, and while deleting, deleted it all. I feel blond.

I tried to write an introduction, but got too angry remembering parts of my life (or was that frustrated? It was a whole lot of different emotions). So I just stopped midpost.
Damn.
May be I'll write it next time.

Okay. I know a lot of you are gonna read this blog entry and go: "Jeeze, Cathy! Will you just make up your damn mind and DEAL with life as it is?"

The problem is that I have more questions than answers... about me, my life, where I go from here, and on and on, ad infinitum. Yes I know, this doesn't set me apart from many other people, or even the majority of people, but I do have issues in my life that I keep to myself. These issues cause me to go "quiet," or stealth, or whatever you want to name being uncommunicative for periods of time.

Rami

There were two articles of interest to this community in my local paper, The Ft. Laudrdale Sun-Sentinel, today.

The first, concerns how some Gynecologists are becoming more Transgender friendly is positive. The other about the new television show "Work It" is positive only in the sense that the reviewer pans the show, otherwise ABC should be chastised for showing it. It appears there is a betting line on how quickly it will be cancelled.

The links are below.

Gynecologists opening minds, offices to transgender patients

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/story/2012-01-02/mother...

This is just too much a feel-good story not to share...

Sorry no Bike tonight, I'm too tired have a tummy upset and need to get to bed - I'm working tomorrow. Hopefully, will do some tomorrow.

Angharad.

Developing slang...

Well, I've developed a few slang words for the final chapter in my Ragnarok Rising trilogy and I've become a bit conflicted on one particular slang word.

First, let me explain. The protagonist for this story is eighteen and I figured that he and his friends would be much more prone to using slang words than other previous characters. So I developed some terms like splurged, thatched, maer, frizz, and Rekk.

A very interesting story about a strange and complex man whose talent for double dealing and perfidy knew no bounds yet who seemed to persecute those who shared his sexual proclivities to avoid attention to his own. A thoroughly wicked person, and not one mention of vacuum cleaners - unless one relates it to Tricky Dicky's comment!

I'm sure this isn't news to our readers in America, I suppose it isn't to me either, except in the amount to which his corruption permeated the US government. As one psychiatrist said, Hoover would have made a first rate Nazi.

There are a lot of clubs in the world. There are dance clubs, and country clubs, athletic clubs and book clubs. And then there is this club. Some famous people are members. Oprah is, for example. Its not exclusive, but it sure can cost to be a member. But once you're in, you belong for life. There isn't a secret handshake, but some members say they can recognize a fellow member without them saying a word.

What is this club?

The sexually abused.

One club nobody ever wants to join, but estimates say 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will become members.

That's all I have to say for now, but it's worth saying!

Happy New Year everyone! Just a note to say a new Morpheus story is up on FM. "The Day the World Changed." http://fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyID=13...

Hugs
Grover

Warning!!!!!!!
Unlike his Legacy stories this one is not Work safe. It has a lot of sex in it!

Just got up and back to my puter. So happy new year everybody. (Yeah, I know it's pretty late but hey! I didn't get in til' eight.)

Love and hugs to everybody!

XZXX.

Bev

Hello!
I just finished the first draft of the first chapter of my first story on this site.
I'm searching for someone to proof read and edit it.
PM me if you are interested.

Happy New Year!

Religious Bra
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do you need a laugh?? What Religion is Your Bra?

A man walked into the ladies department and shyly walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, 'I'd like to buy a bra for my wife. '

' What type of bra?' asked the clerk.

'Type?' inquires the man, 'There's more than one type?'

'Look around,' said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, colour and material imaginable.

'Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only four types of bras to choose from.'

I am coming to recognize how I have allowed the events of my past to make me paralyzed in the present. After having my ability to act or think or feel for myself broken, its going to take some doing to learn how to take charge and to no longer be a victim. Its not going to be easy to break this, but break it I must, if I want to be more than a pinball in a pinball machine, as a friend said. I have to learn to trust myself to make decisions, to live with the consequences, and to stop being a deer in the headlights, because we all know how that turns out.

Well, yesterday was a pretty tough day for me. It went well until I got a phone call from my ex asking me where my mother was with Sam. I knew mom was taking her to a show, so I told the ex they probably are running late, maybe picking up some food for supper. Now, I was supposed to go to my ex's and pick her up and take her to her job at the doctor's office at 6, and she phoned twice more before then, getting more angry that my mom hadn't shown up with every call.

OK folks, listen up. This is really good video series by ABC and I think it is important enough that I wrote them to thank them for running such a complete and caring series. The world is getting better for us. Be brave.

There are I think 6 videos in this series.

Gwendolyn

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/jackie-transgender-kid...

think we've all asked that question on occasion. But maybe it has special meaning for trans people like me. More than anything, I feel a need to know if my gender issues were caused by my rape, or would I have them regardless? I believe I was always going to be Dorothy, no matter what, but I don't know that there is any way to be 100 % sure while I'm still alive. The only real proof I have that I am on the right track is that I have made significant progress in dealing with my past, and there's no sign of a decrease in how much I want to be a woman physically.

Today is the anniversary of my first year here. I have found a lot of acceptance for my stories here. I am so grateful to the readers and the wonderful people here. I also love the encouragement I get as a fledgling writer. I am working on the next part of Alexandra's Story. I have ideas of where I want it to go. I am thinking of moving it from the forced aspects into a more romantic tale. I guess as I get older I am mellowing out. Anyway, I can't believe it has been a year already. Thank you for letting me share my stories here.

Well, I know I wanted to keep this blog more positive, but today was not a good day at work. I ended the day accidentally slicing through a water bottle, spilling the contents all over me, and the floor. To add insult to injury, I was running so late I ended up having to leave the skid for the day staff to finish. Worst of all, my response to all this stress was to get very angry, and I almost said something nasty to my supervisor, but reined myself in in time. Here's hoping today goes better, I have a headache now.

One down. More to go.

I am planning on getting a few more things worked on over break. This should help those who have been missing my writing. I am not sure which story is next on my list but something is going to be worked on and uploaded.

No wonder the bosses of banks get away with huge bonuses - those lower down the food chain seem rather dim.

The story in yesterday's Daily Wail is astonishing, it should have been in the Fortean Times,
how a preop transsexual impersonated glamour model Katie Price and stole from her bank.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078962/Kerry-Marsha...

At least they used correct pronouns. The same story on the BBC makes no mention of her gender status.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-16355229

Well, my brother sent me a friend request on face book. Here is hoping he likes what he sees ....

Just returned home after spending christmas in hospital, had a stroke on christmas eve causing me to lose my mobility and speach, turns out I have a tiny hole in my heart, probably there since birth that caused a clot that blocked the vessels leading to my cerebellar for long enough to kill a number of cells that control movement, speach and balance.

My speach and balance are better now but my left arm has problems with fine motor control. I've been told there was evidence of a previous stroke and will need to have the hole in my heart blocked to prevent further risk of stroke.

Thank you all that have read Part Eight of Assassin, the first post. Imagine my surprise when I returned home to the bay area from Los Angeles to find the second and third parts of the story already edited by Holly. She must have worked without sleep over Christmas. Needless to say I will be posting them, number two in a day or two and the third after the reads go down on part two. These are the last parts of the story and it will be complete. Thank you for the kind words you've all written as comments about the story.

Hi people I havent been posting due to personal issues (too many panic/anxiety attacks) hopefully they will finish soon and I can go back to writing.

oh how do you do, young willy mcbride
do you mind if i sit here down by your graveside
and rest for a while in the warm summer sun
i've been walking all day, and im nearly done
and i see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
when you joined the great fallen in 1916
well i hope you died quick
and i hope you died clean
or willy mcbride, was is it slow and obscene

[Chorus]
did they beat the drums slowly
did they play the fife lowly
did they sound the death march as they lowered you down
did the band play the last post and chorus
did the pipes play the flowers of the forest

Okay... I am still moving and stuff. The semester has been pretty intense and class has been pretty intense. Thinking I was going to fail two classes can do that to you. I managed to pull off an A and a B in the two classes, so I clearly don't suck at the school thing. My GPA is really decent and that was a nice relief. Having a Grad school mentality with Undergrad classes can be problematic. ;)

Have you read about the new hydraulic bikes? You pedal them and a liquid transmission sends the power to the wheels -- they're going to market them under the name The Viscous Cycle.

:)
Erin

Had an amazing moment at work last night. I was in a good mood, but then I went from being just happy to something beyond anything I've experienced. I had this feminine energy flowing through me, filling me. I felt so female that if I spontaneously had a sex change I wouldn't been at all surprised. It put an extra wiggle in my walk, that's for sure. I rather hope this happens again. Here's hoping and praying it does.

I know I've been a bit of a Negative Nelly lately, and as good as it might be to get those kinds of feelings out on paper (or on computer screen, as the case may be, its past time for me to start focusing on the positive. So, I'm going to list all the things for which I am grateful.

I want to wish everyone the happiest of holidays, whether you celebrate today, or another day, or every day, whether you're religious, or secular, observant, or not! And, best wishes for peace, equality, health, wealth, and happiness in the New Year!

To you all!

As a special treat i've posted a new update on my site with a special new gallery!

Head right over now!

http://maddybell.com/page600.html

Look out for more updates this week!

Best seasonal greetings from windy Yorkshire

Maddy

I hope everyone has a good holiday.

Well, I've just about survived Christmas dinner with my ex. I'm glad I had Sam, but we also ended up having Jason and Joel, the two boys who are the sons of my ex's best friend. Sam sees them as cousins, so they had to be included, I guess.

It wasn't horrible, but I hated having to hide the present Mom got Dorothy, and I dont feel very well, like I'm coming down with something.

I guess it could be worse. By next year I might be fighting my ex for the right to see my child at all.

Ah, well