Last week, my truck broke down just a few miles from home and I had to call a tow truck to come. I was out in the sun for three hours before the jerk showed up. After he tows me to the garage, he asks me for my Drivers license when I handed him a check. He then says "Are you aware that they made a mistake on your license? I played dumb and said I wasn't aware of that. He then say "Goodbye sir" I was seething mad. I will never ever allow my car to be towed by that prick or his company ever again if I can help it. He actually insulted me twice by charging me an outrageous amount as well.

Welcome to the third volume of my now semi-weekly blog of Princess For Hire User Recommendations!

In a recent comment on the story, one "PB" recommended that I should consider doing profiles of each of the Princesses so that readers have a better grasp on what each one's motivations and feelings are concerning the program.

Is this something that other readers would be interested in seeing? And if so, what characters would you like to see the most?

Are you curious about what Amos/Amanda's favorite nail polish color is?

Is Kirk/Kylie a closet comic book geek?

To the fans of Miss Cheyenne Moon

She just stated on her update page, her health is failing. She is considering in taking down the Isle of Maxxis website at http://www.cheyennemoon.name/

She has provided some great stories over the years. I suggest you get there to download the stories posted there.

'No drama, no trauma' keeps relationship fresh

Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't posted a blog entry in awhile, but since returning from Hot Springs, there hasn't been anything drastically different enough to be blog-worthy. Basically it all ties into the second big trip I'll be taking this summer, which is why I'm posting this :-)

Well! I have to thank the comments made by Kristina,Susan,Bailey and Lindale.
Kristina's observation that BC is a more 'feminine site' than some other TG sites gives gives me an intersting insight into the sort of readership that comprises possibly the majority of devotees of BC.
The other observation about readers preferring to read of empowerment through the trials and tribulations of transgenderism is an interesting insight.

A friend from here and I correspond by email and the other day she asked me to post something she had included with that email.
She titled it: A Bizarre But True than True Story. What follows is what I received.

A bizarre but ‘truer than true’ story

I have a friend, not a very close friend but more than an acquaintance, who has recently done something very strange.

One of you, or I think it is one of you here has sent me an invitation to join something called "Grouply". My problem with the invitation and so many others is that they want access to my address book, and I feel that my privacy in that regard has been invaded enough.

Now days, I am wondering why I have an address book on my computer at all.

I would really like to talk to you, but I do not think that grouply is the correct medium.

Much peace

Khadijah Gwen

If you read Angharad’s Easy As Falling Off A Bike (aka Bike), you might just learn stuff!

Someone messed with the radio in my car and rather than my usual Tweeny Pop station, I found myself listening to Public Radio. They were reviewing a book by Jessica Stern called "Denial: A Memoir of Terror. This woman has been to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and who knows where else interviewing known terrorists. She says she interviewed 40 of them and in every single case, the boys in the Islamic schools were subjected to sexual assault as a means to control them and to aid in radicalizing them. As she talked to these individuals, every one of them wanted to disgrace the west or their victims.

Well I suppose the fall off in comments to Sissy farm shows that most have read it before on Fictionmania or perhaps it's a bit too strong for most of the readers on this site. Or perhaps it's just not up to standard.
I'll just take the advice offered and post one about every 3 days until I reach the revised/re-written chapters.
Well the other news is that I've reached chapter 8 of The Angry mermaid. Once I've finished it, I'll create a TG Version for BCTS.

Back Soon.
Beverly.

So, anyway, one day I was looking through a pile of free books and I happened upon "Sexual Conversion Therapy", so out of curiosity, I picked it up. I was once a very devout Christian and of course subjected myself to years of praying, anointments, and condemnations, thinking that my problems were of the devil. Finally, coming to my senses, I gave up on that and was forced to accept myself.

Here’s an excerpt from Part 763 of Easy As Falling Off A Bike by Angharad:

Hooray!!!!

Vacations must work!!!

Just got back from a five day 'Vacation' in Pathos Cyprus attending my brother in law's wedding. (Seemed to have spent the last four days with a bloody video camera stuck in my right eye and attached to my right hand!!!

Pension rights and transsexualism new ruling by appeal court. See link to the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jun/22/woman-sex-change-r...

Several month's ago I wrote Tis a Gift.

http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/16088/tis-gift

Now this story comes out in the press.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/bernard-mad...

I didn't miss by much.

Jill

Crying over my balloon - Trying to give frustration expression     by Bobbie C.

Do I handle such things any better now that I'm older? Maybe not... And maybe this is not the time to think about the greener side of life. Being an adult isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Hi, apologies for the wait on this next chapter of Maiden by Decree. Real Life has once again conspired to keep me from the keyboard and I know this one is short. I wanted to make sure all you believed me when I was telling you I hadn't dropped the story and it will be completed.

I can tell you that the chapter after this one is going to get really exciting and will be longer.

Ma'at, Part 4, is one of my favorite chapters. In trying to get back into writing, I've been reviewing what I already posted.

The last few pages of Part 4 have been revised to fill out the ending a bit.

Hope you all enjoy it.

Nicole ( a.k.a. Itinerant, ...)

Welcome to Volume 2 of my request for user assistance on my story Princess For Hire!

I'm working on adding in bits and bobs from Volume 1 into the story as it goes on, but while I'm doing that I had some more questions for my readers.

School is out for the summer.
I have survived the first year of nursing school, and have a B+ average.
I only have one year to go.

While I am in school, I really haven't any time to read. I try to catch up during the summer.

The one draw back of summer time is that my kids are out of school, too. That means I am not free to dress however I want.

Melody

I am really struggling to hold on to my faith right now. I have had moments of doubts before, but not like this, where the idea of a heaven seems laughable. I feel 3/4 dead, just going through the motions.

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's 18 year old daughter is now their son, Stephen Ira [click here for story]. Dad is said to be publicly furious.

Stephen now joins Chaz Bono as one of the more famous FtM children of celebrities.

In my opinion, or perhaps just hope, such public transitions of "Inside Hollywood" -type names help to undemonize transgender issues in the public mind.

Discuss.

How many ways can I name Terri's future version, without actually calling her Terri?

Doppelganger
Lexi's mother
the other...

The problem with having a conversation between two versions of the same person is that how do you help the reader tell them apart.

Any suggestions?

Erin:

I am sorry, I could not resist posting this. I know there is nothing T about this except I really like his beard and he could drag me off to his lair if he wanted to. I'd even tickle his cute little belly! I must be PMSing this morning, been up and down all morning.

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-456247?hpt=C2

K

The documentary Prodigal Suns http://www.prodigalsonsfilm.com/drupal/index.php is on Sundance Channel Monday night 8:00 EDT. I've been looking forward to seeing it for months!

{{Hugs}}

Frank

I know a lot of folks here don't go to FM anymore...however there is an excellent story on there called "Lilim Tales" two of four chapters have been posted so far:

http://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyI...
http://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyI...

It would come under the heading of Sci Fi/Fantasy for those who like this kind of stuff....

{{Hugs}}

Newspaper item from New Zealand:

Transgender group left with few options

“An attempt to help young transgender sex workers find new jobs outside the sex industry has been hit by the axing of a Government job scheme.”

The statistics at the end of the article make sad reading when you look at the proportion of TG folk who are working in the sex industry. The population of New Zealand is presently about 4.37 million persons.

Positions Severed

I will be away on holiday in Cornwall for just over a week from Friday, so I won't be doing any writing for a while. (Hooray, I hear you say). Thankfully, I have had my anti-Piskie shots, so I shouldn't catch anything more nasty than a hangover.

Anyway, I will be starting a new chapter of Changes soon and I would like to have suggestions regarding the name of Samantha's new boat/yacht/ship.

It will need a sense of taste and decorum as Dotty will be re-launching her with a bottle of Bollinger or two.

I will be out of communications from now until probably... well, I may be able to check in this weekend!

Won't be around for a week or so, (TBC). Going away to the med. I've been threatened on pain of death, that If I take my laptop she'll divorce me (or worse,)take hers.
Cheers for now,
Beverly.

I edit for a number of authors here, and do not ask for any notice in print, either on their stories, or elsewhere. I do it to help them with their stories, for as most will admit, And I certainly will on my own writings. The author is usually too close to the story. When looking it over, the author sees what they meant to write / thought they had written, instead of what actually went down on paper ( or in pixels on their screen). It is always helpful to have at least one extra set of eyes look at the story.

Well, that's the last of 'Martina's story' for a couple of months but I'll keep posting Sissy Farm as I work through the story prior to re-writing chapters 20 to 25. I'll be out for most of the summer savouring those couple of days a year we get without rain. Mostly on my bike and mostly around Glyn Corrwg.

By for now, I'm off for a rest.

Bev.

I spent some time this morning reading Tips and being left with the desire to read the entire trilogy. I had never looked at my postings the way other readers at this site might find them. I must say I am very pleased with the way the behind the scenes editors/administrators have put everything together. I opened up Five Love Stories en Brochette when I realized I hadn't posted a correction to the epilog. Several readers took exception to what happened to one of the characters, and I realized there was no reason to have done what I did. That is now fixed.

I find that I am struggling with guilt in regards to my rape. I had a moment of clearity in my counsiling thursday, when i realized I actually missed my attacker after i stopped seeing him. This, coupled with the fact that i experianced pleasure on some level during my attacks has really thrown me, and I am having trouble wrapping my head around it. Sigh.

THIS IS A STORY IDEA FOR ANYONE WHOSE MUSE IS UNINSPIRED

Little Johnny was a special little child. At three he had the vocabulary of a 4th grader and had begun on the Piano; doing astonishingly well for someone with hands so tiny. At 4 he realized that his thing was an outie and his sisters, a year younger than he, had none. Hmmmm

I don't want to whine. It is just confusing how life goes some times.

I don't do bars, dope, steal, or stalk anyone. I live in a little apartment, own a little car, go to Prayer on Friday, and help anyone who asks me if I can. So, no drama if I can help it. I don't drink or do Pot. Not that I am so holy; I am just a boring person.

As the holidays are nearly upon us and you all need some vacation reading matter, for a limited period - up to June 30th 2010 you can purchase selected Gaby books at up to 30% off the usual rates!

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You got to love Florida

*****

ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Sheriff’s dispatchers didn’t know what the problem was when they got a frantic 911 call at 1:20 a.m. All the caller could do is yell his address and tell them he was “crushed.”

According to Deputy Don Dalton, the head was so heavy the man couldn’t move, but his cell phone was close enough to his hand that he was able to call for help.

*****

Call this delayed karma. The water buffalo was shot a decade ago and was given to its present owner.

Phew! It's taken long enough, but finally the EAFOAB Episode Summaries are completely up to date.

Every single one of the 1,020 episodes to date has been summarised and entered into a Google spreadsheet. I intended to complete it before we reached 2¹⁰ episodes, and I've succeeded :)

I don't know what happened to me! It is not my fault, I did nothing wrong! My intentions were pure before Allah SWT!

It was pure boredom, and in total desparation, that I turned that glass thing on in the living room, and after a short time found myself laughing until my sides split. And to my total shock found that the program I was watching was called "Friends"! OH MY! What has happened to me! I solemly swear that I never watched that program before because it causes brain damage to anyone I know who has watched it.

Some random thoughts on life:

"Life . . . don't talk to me about life" Marvin the Paranoid android

"Life is a paltry player who struts and frets his moment apon the stage and then is heard from no more. It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

signifying nothing." McBeth

"life is pain, princess! anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something" Wesley, from the princess Bride

"One sure thing about life. Nobody gets out alive" Annon.

"The secret to a happy life? Lowered expectations." Me

Children of lesbian couples do well, study finds
Study tracks kids of same-sex couples from insemination
Reuters
updated 11:18 a.m. ET, Mon., June 7, 2010

Being raised by a same-sex couple is no hindrance to healthy psychological development, researchers say as the first generation of children conceived by lesbians through donor insemination is coming of age.

In fact, lesbian mothers rated their 17-year-olds higher in social and academic skills, and lower in rule-breaking and aggression, than did mothers of teenagers who also had a father.