I swear, I get some of my best writing done when I'm upset about something! Being depressed doesn't usually work too well, but other kinds of upset seem to really get me going. It doesn't hurt any that I've started using writing as a sort of therapy.

Like I said, no worse than anybody else, but it hurts.

Japanese are weird, pt. 23c:

The following is a trailer for a Japanese tv show called approximately "The Ancient Dogoo Girl." What qualifies it to be here is a brief sequence in which a guy gets zapped and appears to sprout breasts. Other than that (well, even including that), it's just plain weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHK_UbtFXgE

Any fans of Japanese graphic culture who are familiar with this genre of entertainment, feel free to fill us in on the background and such!

Well folks, I'm just here to tell you that in just over a week, Penny and I will be packed into my little Peugeot and cruising down the boulevards of La Belle France - hopefully with the roof down - on our househunting camping trip.

We're really excited as we are going to be seeing about ten houses, three of which we are very keen on. The rest would be nice, but may need too much work to be within our grasp. The three we do like are actually habitable, one of which is more than habitable, it's perfect.

Oh well, we'll have to wait and see, won't we?

I couldn't believe this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8579523.stm

Hugs
Sue

The link is to a story posted on the BBC website. Despite supposed equal rights, the hijras of Pakistan and India still get a raw deal compared to more Western societies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10166519.stm

Angharad

I first posted on TopShelf 2007 May 25 -- the story was Sk8r Grrls. It feels both like it's been longer and not as long!

I'm revising and reposting the story now, and hoping that folks enjoy it!

So, I have been busy getting Soldier Boy ready to send to an Agent. That should be nice. The problem there is, since I am doing that I am not really writing as much stuff. So there many be a severe lull between postings, perhaps worse than now.

However, because you have been so nice, let me post the synopsis of the story. I am hoping that I can get that published and make some money. Enjoy.

One of our Authors has taken me by the hand and led me to a place on this site that I did not know exists. It is indeed a very pleasant surprise to find a spot in the "Add Stories" um thingie, that says TG Universes and series.

Would it be posible to have a tab that would take us to those Universes so that we might read the the stories?

Much Peace.

Khadijah Gwen

Well, 9 is posted and it took sweat not ink. Sorry about the bile that threads its way through the chapter 9 like poison but I had to say it! Something of a rant; sorry everybody.

10 is ready for posting but until I get through 11, I cant post 10 unless there's some re-writing to do to maintain plot and continuity. (At the moment, I think I'm sometimes losing the plot!)

I'm only just keeping up with this story at the moment, been on a bit of a downer these past few days.

See the viputrative diatribe I posted as a comment on dear Drea's story 'Becoming whole 2'.

As I sit here, trying to confound and astound my readers with further adventures, I wonder if I am always on the right track.

By this, I am constantly trying to balance what I like to write with what my readers like to read. I hate being stuck in a pigeon hole, so I tend to write on different subjects, time spans, ages etc. I would hate to think that people see my name and think, ‘Oh here is a typical Sue Brown story.’

There are days, weeks even years where self doubts affect us all.

I've been feeling particularly below par in the 'passing' area.

Today ended that feeling for me. I was pulling out of my driveway when this guy walked in front of my car. He was young and attractive and definately my type.

He takes off his sunglasses and looks into my drivers side window (which was down) and asks... "Wendy? Is that you?"

Well I don't know who Wendy is, but I'm glad he even got the gender correct!

Are there any contributors here who have British Military experience? I was in the US ARMY in the 60's, so I know about general military stuff in America. I get the impression that , at least for a Leftenant the atmosphere in the British Army is considerably more professional and far less militaristic than the US Army. It is also my impression that if a soldier gets fed up, they can simply resign and go home.

I also do not know about a Leftenant taking a post on a Heavy Machine Gun for a short while because one of his men had another short task.

Okay, so enough have dropped subtle hints about the whereabouts of chapter five and I can quite happily advise you all that it's at the cleaners.

Yes, it's actually gone for editing, proofing and to be given the Gabmeister seal of approval.

Not long now...

Rami

A male Broward County Florida High School Student who wanted to go to Prom in a Dress was suspended.

See Link below

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pembroke-pines/fl-d...

RAMI

This Guardian article highlights an aspect of the Malawi case I hadn't appreciated.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/22/malawian...

Robi

Has anyone else noticed that the opening credits for the current season of "Fast Forward" seem erily like the description of the 'Great Shift'?

Some kind of experiment is shown, things colide... a wave begins to traverse the earth... people pass out...

Check it out.

Nobody.

Nearly finished chapter 10. Frank's given me an inkling of where to go next.
Skipper's cottage is good place for anybody to recharge batteries.
I don't usually like 'going backwards' but sometimes it's necessary.
"Will Martina become a 'Yo-Yo kid' I ask myself in these difficult times.

First off, sorry for not getting Mana 2 up until just now. I got home too late last night and the internet connection was so slow it might as well have been non-existent. Then when I logged on today I got involved reading... ;)

It came and went, no big deal - like most birthdays after thirty. I've spent somewhere between one and two thousand hours writing it, over a period of about two years and ten months. Now I have to decide what I want to do with it.

There are loads of loose ends to tie up, which is just like a real person who dies, or like we all have everyday, so there are always plenty of plot lines to follow or I could end it where it is - if the latter, as it's written in the first person, there would be no more, the narrator is no more. I know I tried that before and popular demand resurrected her.

Apparently it's the 30th anniversary of the release of Pacman today.

So of course Google has to celebrate with one of its famous doodles. Although there's more to this one than meets the eye. Apart the [I'm Feeling Lucky!] button being replaced with [Insert coin].

This one's written in Javascript (so those with NoScript installed may already have spotted something's up!) and is a playable version of the game - apparently all the way up to level 255...

Well, I have been looking at a lot of hands lately, ever since I heard that guy's ring fingers are longer than their pointer fingers. Well, in a week, I have seen three women with guy fingers. One of them has a baby, and the other two are either extremely good T girls or genetic women. And, to top it off, I know a guy with so called girl hands.

Hmmmmm

Gwen

recently Cael (my external HDD, not the healing mishap character.) died. in this little event I lost:

ALL healing mishap chapters.
ALL RWDWP chapeters
ALL of my final projects
ALL of my legally obtained game data
Most of my personal photos
Most of my music
Most of a lot of other stuff I am too lazy to make a count of.

I need a translation again. My assassin is in Brussels so I need another translation, either in Flemish or French. A police officer is entering a hotel and asks "Wait sir, I would like to speak to you."

I find myself feeling rather fearful and nervous about meeting I am attending at 12:00 today.

The purpose of it is to comment on Treatment Protocols for the GBLT set at OHSU, here in Portland. I don't find myself feeling very charitable toward them as I think they are a pretentious, self important bunch. They seem to filter everything one of us says with filters that put some sort of bizarre Freudian spin on it.

They seemed to feel rather insulted when I walked away from them and went on to actually have a real life, and without their mind numbing drugs.

Things keep getting better and better, even if there's still a long way to go.

I have really been struggling with flashbacks lately. I was talking on a chat site with someone, and they were flirting, and i really wanted to do something, but as soon as we started talking sexy, i froze up, and started to cry and shake. Since then, I cant seem to get it out of my head. I would like it to stop now.

Donna Milo is a transgender candidate in the republican primary here in Florida. Thought this might be of interest.

Rami

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/16/1632958/transgender-ca...

http://donnamilo.com/

I think I'm going to be sick. I mean, literally, physically want to run to the bathroom ill right now.

While doing some research for my next writing project in Robin's life, I stumbled across an article on transgender student athletes in Connecticut. The responses almost brought me to tears, thinking that human beings could be so cruel toward CHILDREN in their comments!

I warn you, this is NOT for the faint at heart, like myself, but you have to be one sick, callous son of a bitch to write this kind of bile.

Sad or what?

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153...

It all began at the beginning of last week when we noticed that the brand new surround sound system we have, which we use instead of the TV speakers was turning itself up on its own.

Victoria Kolakowski, an Administrative Law Judge, is running for Alameda County Superior Court Judge Office #9 in California and has an excellent record on LBGT issues, as well she might.

http://kolakowskiforjudge.com/

Puddin'

Just in case you're not a mathematical genius (or have easy access to a spreadsheet), 12,053 days (or, if you prefer, 289,263 hours) translates as 18th May 1977. On that rather dubious day in history, at about 5:31pm, one new life amongst many entered the world...

Anyway, Mum and Katie (my sister) popped over on Sunday, including this very attention-seeking ten year old...

Well, I had a couple of experiances that left me wondering if I will ever belong anywhere. The first happened Sunday morning. I was looking for a accepting church, so a quick search led me to one close, and I went. Now I am not the most conservitive Christian ever, but a church which has a hymn to Gaia just didnt seem like a good fit for me. Then Sunday night, I got into a heated discussion with the other members of the group at Pride, and I left wondering if I can ever belong there either. Ah, well.

I'm back home. The surgery went well. It turned out to be not a hernia OR a cyst, but some kind of hydro seminal blockage or something like that. The upshot is they fixed the blockage and did take one of my testicles, so I'm halfway to an orchiectomy. This also helped allay some of my fears about undergoing surgery under a full anaesthesia, since I came through this well.

The Tour of California started today with the first stage being won by Mark Cavendish. VS. (Versus) is again providing daily stage coverage. The TV times (and race information) are here: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/tv-schedule.html. There's more info and video on the VS. site: http://www.versus.com/shows/tour-of-california/

from San Jose Mercury News

I have been working on a story for me that is in a very different voice, and feels very different than anything I have ever written. It is action, funk and gore, Sci Fi and lots of other devices that I have never used. I am just a little concerned that where I take the end will offend some of you. It is not intended. I am an American Citizen, a Veteran, and very loyal to the US.

I thought I had it finished a couple weeks ago, but then my muse drug me off to Worcester for a month. GAH ! My protag really needed shopping therapy! LOL My research has been exausting

About 430 PM PDT we hit 10,000,000 visitors here on BCTS. It took us almost exactly 4 years and 11 months to do that. Other versions of BigCloset, before and during the time of TopShelf, have clocked about 1 million additional visits.

Congratulations are in order, I suppose, if for nothing else than that we survived. :)

Hugs to all,
Erin

Okay here is your chance at an old newbie. Hows that for an oxymoron?
After reading so many stories and lurking here a thought (hare brained?) came to mind.
'I could do that!' Then reality arrived. Maybe I can do better than some I've read where
it was actually painful to read. No punctuation, no uppercase where needed, etc.
Hopefully won't come across as some no talent idea stealing hack, if I do manage tolerate
the result, I hope to entertain with my submission.

Does anybody know any of the gay and transgendered policies of the Canadian armed forces?
I'm going to try to work it into a story I'm going to write soon but I kind of want to get it at least mostly right.

I need some help with how to write a story on here. I keep seeing stuff that just confuses me. I write in MS word if that helps. I have no clue how to copy or paste stuff, and I just want to write a story on here. Can I just write a story in the body section like for a blog? Would that work? People sometimes get ticked if protocols are followed, and I don't really get the submission instructions, I'm still new to the computers now-a-days.

Help me please.

well, I went to the school, and told them my story, including the fact that I am tg. They are going to recomend me to the goverment agency that does retraining. I will see them at the end of the month, and if they approve, they will pay for my schooling. I almost cant belive it, everything could really fall into place.

Some culture courtesy of the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/13/cross-dressing-w...

Angharad.

The Lil Orphan Annie comic strip wil be ending after 85 years. sniff!