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Sherryutah October 4th, 2008 3:20 pm MDThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DPV-vswIM[1 comment]
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Sherryutah October 4th, 2008 3:18 pm MDThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DPV-vswIM[Comment on this post]
What I wrote My Congressman regarding the US Economy
Jon October 1st, 2008 2:11 pm MDTI've been so disgusted listening to the Talking Heads spew bullshit on what needs to be done to get the Economy going again that I decided to write My Congressman. I encourage everyone to do the same, whether your view is in line with mine or diametrically opposed to it. Here's what I wrote My Congressman.
I'm writing to ask you 2 things and also to express my opinion.
1. Please Vote NO on any Tax Payer funded Bailout, of any kind, for Banks and Financial Institutions. As a Tax Payer, I do not want to see my Hard Earned Tax Dollars going to help out Companies or Institutions that have made irresponsible decisions. Large Firms should be treated no differently than Small Firms. If they can't stay afloat on their own, they should be allowed to go under.
2. Do NOT use my Hard Earned Tax Dollars to Subsidize the Mortgages of others. If a person was irresponsible enough to take out a Mortgage larger than they could afford then they should be foreclosed on. People must be held responsible for their actions. It would be grossly unfair to use My Hard Earned Tax Dollars to help pay off someone else's Mortgage. I have a hard enough time paying My Mortgage and My Monthly Bills without the Added Burden of Subsidizing someone else. Taxes are not levied by our Government to Redistribute wealth and it Offends me that it's even being considered.
My opinion on what should happen going forward...
1. Banks should require Substantial Down Payments before rewarding a Mortgage.
2. Banks should Verify Employment and Yearly Income before rewarding a Mortgage.
A comment on 1 and 2 above... This is what Banks always did until Our Government, towards the end of the 1990's, started pushing Banks to loosen their requirements so that more people could own homes. Well, guess what, not everyone can afford to own a home. I think that's pretty clear now and should have been obvious from the beginning.
3. Financial Institutions must be held responsible for the types of Financial Instruments they buy and sell. If they bundle up Worthless Sub Prime Mortgages into Financial Instruments and then can't sell them, well, that's life, they should be stuck with them. If it causes their Collapse, so be it.
To sum it up, Corporations AND Individuals must be held accountable for their actions. Using My and other people's Hard Earned Tax Dollars to Redistribute the Wealth to help the Rich OR the Poor, goes against everything this country stands for and the thought of it makes me sick to my stomach.
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Surviving Ike
Alexandra MacGregor September 29th, 2008 9:07 am MDT2 weeks after Ike battered SE Texas and after a week offshore I'm finally back home and it is nice to be somewhere that practically can't get hurricanes (only if it is a very rare southern one). I have to say it was an experience to weather out a hurricane and especially a direct hit. Thankfully I was on the western side of Houston so we didn't get hit by the full ferocity of the storm but still had a hell of a clean up. No water for 2 days and no power up to the point I left for the rig a week after. I feel sorry for those still without power. Definitely glad I wasn't in Galveston or on Bolivar. From what little I saw in the aftermath these areas got hammered. The official death toll I fear is far too low considering the damage. I hope that it really is low but instinct tells me it will be much worse. However, that said they were told to evacuate so if they stayed they only have themselves to blame. That said Ike was an oddball. It was a Cat 2 storm according to the wind speed at ground level but had a Cat 4 storm surge and Cat4 to 5 winds at about 100ft. And it's shear size made it an abnormal storm in that respect. At 600miles across it practically filled the Gulf of Mexico. So you did have to think if you evacuate where the hell do you go to? Anyway, it's finished and the clean up/repair is well underway. Really hope everyone gets back to normallity as soon as possible and people can get home and rebuild. i for one will not be sticking around next time if I can help it. Hugs to all affected by Ike xxxx[Comment on this post]
Erowid: Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives
Jon September 12th, 2008 1:37 pm MDTJust a neat little site that I ran across...
http://www.erowid.org
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And they say women can never make up their minds!
Alexandra MacGregor September 5th, 2008 9:00 pm MDTAs I am stuck in limbo waiting to go back to the rig it makes one wonder why people think girls can never make up their minds. Hanna seems to know exactly what she's going to do but Ike is bimbling along not sure where he's going. Is he going East or West of Florida? Is he going to weaken or strengthen? Don't care just as long as he makes up his mind and the powers that be here can decide to send us back to work. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov if you want to see for yourself xxxx[Comment on this post]
NC Pride Sept 26 27 28
Emma Sloan September 5th, 2008 2:33 pm MDT This weekend is probably going to be a waste since we'll be having rain, rain, and more rain due Hurricane Hannah making landfall. And next weekend may not be much better with Hurricane Ike closing in and Josephine right behind him. Oh well, I have my hurricane supplies, fresh mascara, lipstick, nail polish, wine, nylons, and a new bottle of Tangueray Gin. Yes, there is food things, flash lights, and lanterns too. Perhaps someone will be having a hurricane party,... The last weekend of the month is NC Pride which looks to be a fine weekend with lots of events in the local cities. Dinners, parades, meet and greets, dancing, and friendly people everywhere. Hopefully the hurricanes will stay away since I want to attend as many of the events as possible. Last thing is about the fake event last weekend. Seems that person had been very busy sending out emails from multiple accounts. The result is her scam has pissed off probably every Tgirl for 100 miles each direction. Everyone I know had some sort of notification of the party, from URNA, from Yahoo, from Craigslist, or direct email when she knew their address. I suspect things are going to be tough on the poor girl. It is one thing to mess with a few people but the Annual Labor Day Transgender Fashion Ball or Transfest she advertised to be hosted by the Raleigh Area Translady Society did get a lot of girls attention. Especially since she told everyone it would be a fall pageant with the areas top transexual ladies. So show up for a night full of prizes, musical entertainment, and fabulous gowns. There was supposed to be dinner and floor shows in the main ballroom with door prizes and an evening gown contest. Everyone was encouraged to get or share a room at the host hotel. Only problem was the hotel staff (good friends of the REAL Raleigh Tgirls) didn't know anything about an event. I do feel bad because at least one girl drove 125 miles to attend. Yes,.. it going to go hard on the faker when she is seen out in town again,.. Everyone, even those who didn't come to town are pissed,..[Comment on this post]
The Fake Social
Emma Sloan September 2nd, 2008 6:09 pm MDTI had a strange experience this weekend which started with an email invite by a Tgirl from URNA. I had seen this local person's profile but never had any contact. So when she announced a Tgirl group in Raleigh I was a bit surprised because between myself and my friends we thought we knew most everyone. Even more intriguing was the location of the social, our own favorite downtown hotel bar. There were several red flags, but I was a bit intrigued if maybe there were other Tgirls in our town that I didn't know. So I forwarded the invite to a few special friends and asked if anyone knew this girl. My message was sort of miscommunicated as an invite to this special party and that is where it gets strange. One of my close friends sent this person an email and received back a message telling about having an eveing gown event in addition to the dinner and social. As it happens I was going out on Saturday to meet friends so I responded that yes, I would attend the social. To make this short, no one but my friends showed up at the hotel bar, our bartender never heard about any group event, and some of my friends were not only a bit pissed, but offended that this person would pull this kind of crap. I'll be sending an email to Jon asking if there have been any other complaints about this member, but should she show up at one of our many regualar hangouts it might not be a pretty picture. I just don't see how another Tgirl on URNA could play such a silly game. But for your reading please, here is the original invite and let me know if being stood up was a special insult to my friends and myself. But have no concern for our Saturday night,.. we had a good time at the hotel bar (always do), at the club we met a lot of friends and danced, and danced, and danced,.. Then later at another place met some more friends and even made some new ones,.. What is almost funny is we're known by every bartender, every doorman, every DJ, the hotel staff, the bar and restaurant owners so no matter where we go, we have friends. I wonder if this person will have the nerve to show up at any downtown place,.. Ok, here is the email,... Hi there ladies. Do not be alarmed at this email. One of your lady friends has given us your emails address and we just want to in invite you to a local event this weekend in downtown Raleigh. We are a local group of discrete transgendered and cross-dressing ladies that meet several times a year in the Raleigh area. Your friend thought enough of you to include you in this group and it is an honor to be asked to attend our meetings. We try and keep things very quiet and only invite ladies that are looking to meet other ladies and enjoy an evening of entrainment and fun at a local hotel. We always pick hotels that are t-girl friendly and can offer some degree of comfort for our ladies. This year we are meeting at the clarion hotel in downtown Raleigh. They offer enclosed parking and several exclusive areas just for us including a bar area that has an exquisite view of the Raleigh sky line. This is a fun environment for any ladies that want to come join us for a fun time and meet other ladies with similar interests and passions. Many of the local Trans woman and performers from the local clubs attended. It is a fun evening and is open to all ladies that can behave in public and need a comfortable place to meet. Please come join us this Labor Day weekend and have a gala time with the ladies. We are meeting Saturday the 30th about 800 pm. This is after dark and will afford all our shy ladies a chance to get out after dark. If you would like to get a room for the evening, the group rate for this sat is $89, and you can remain totally anonymous, dress I your room and join us in the bar.We will meet there from 8 until 10 and then we will have a late night dinner at 10 pm If you care to attend in guy mode the first time that is fine. Many girls are shy at first and we love to meet new shy ladies. After dinner we usually have a show and then we have some activities for the bold and the timid. Usually we have a live performance in the meeting room form some of our local t-girls and then we visit the local bar scene for drinks and meeting men. Let us know if you would like to attend and if you will be getting a room for the evening and we can put you in contact with some of our ladies if you would like adjoining rooms. Please let us know ASAP if you would like to attendThe theme for this meeting is: lace lace.The ladies of theRaleigh area trans-ladies societyPs: all your information and correspondence is totally confidential and your information is only available to you and ladies that you want to correspond with. We are very discrete for obvious reasons.If you are a bit shy that is fine, we have several ladies that just dress in the room and you may attend in guy mode if you so desire. Many of the ladies attend in guy mode and then retie to their room with a lady for the evening. Several ladies only dress in the room and have members come meet them for intimate times.If you are a local guy and would like to meet a local lady for a fun evening just respond and tell us what types of ladies you are interested in and we will let you know when they are available.We are a very open and loving group. Always play safe and wear your rubbers.If you would like to be taken off the list just say so in your response.[Comment on this post]
July - what a month!
Alexandra MacGregor August 8th, 2008 5:55 am MDTWell what a month July turned out to be. What with buying another property back in Scotland, all the hassles of trying to get a mortgage (still ongoing but looking better) and visiting the families it was somewhat hectic. Didn't help matters that the office in their infinite wisdom sent me back to the UK a week after I got home to do a 5 day training course. So I have had 2 transatlantic return flights in less that a month. Jetlagged and then some!! I actually worked it out and in July I have spent a total of 32hrs in a 777, 5hrs in a 767 and 32hrs wandering around airports in layovers. Whoever said travel was glamorous should be shot at dawn every day of the week, before having what is left stamped into a pulp by a pair of steel heel stiletoes. Flying sucks and departure lounges suck even more. So I'm back in de Caribbean for now until the office monkeys decide they want me to go to work again. Thankfully Houston is only 6hrs away but knowing my bunch of monkeys they'll send me to Africa or the Middle East.[Comment on this post]
It never rains but it pours
Alexandra MacGregor July 19th, 2008 4:07 pm MDTWell I'm back home in Trinidad after a very crazy and eventful fortnight back in the UK. I know I wanted to do some shopping but never imagined I'd end up buying a kilt, a suit and a house!! Yes we ended up buying another property in Scotland to rent out whilst we are living the ex-pat life and to build up a bit of a pension. So it ended up a bloody expensive holiday! Still managed to pick up a stunning black satin skirt whilst I was home so not a completely empty trip. Hopefully home for a few days before I have to head back out to a rig somewhere so I'l' catch you in the chatroom for a coffee and natter. xxxxx[Comment on this post]
Boston Pride Weekend 2008 Pics
Jon June 17th, 2008 2:11 pm MDTI just put up a Gallery of Assorted Pics from Boston Pride 2008. We had a whole bunch of friends up from Miami and we all had a blast, which I'm sure you can see from the Pics. The majority of pics were taken at Our place in the wee hours after Jacques Cabaret closed for the night.
Enjoy
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Gold? Ha!
Anna Sparks June 9th, 2008 10:35 pm MDTyou fuckin fags con us into paying more for a stupid gold membership and then you lock me out with the stupid login traps, this sucks[3 comments]
THIS IS ONLY A TEST! SOME JUNE THOUGHTS
Karen Reeves June 4th, 2008 7:13 pm MDTHi Everyone!
This is a test to see if I can input my journal entry. Fingers crossed!
Summer is almost here. I know that 90 degree weather and 95% humidity does not do much for makeup. The season does not always lend itself to dressing up. The dressed go into the box and the boxes go into the closest.
Why not slip into that swimsuit and go on out and get a great tan in a nice secluded surrounding. Or be more brave and go out in public with a cute, sleeveless top and min shorts/skirt. Give the guys some "eye candy!"
*Kisses*
~Karen~
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Hi Ho Hi Ho It's off to work I go (again!)
Alexandra MacGregor June 4th, 2008 7:30 am MDTBack from a very relaxing and restorative weekend and feeling much more like a human again. Pity I only have a few days before I'm back at work and running myself ragged again but c'est la vie. Silver cloud to the lining though I am heading back to UK for 2 weeks once I'm back from work so I mustn't grumble. With any luck I'll get some much needed shopping in whilst home and replace some of the items that got eaten by mould when I moved out to T&T. Catch you again soon xxxxx[Comment on this post]
Exhausted!
Alexandra MacGregor May 27th, 2008 11:24 am MDTAfter 3 weeks of non stop (and I mean non stop as in not even a pee break for 8hrs) work I've finally made it home. Been working on a land rig for a change and we were running a two man crew instead of the 4 I'm used to offshore, so it really was do it yourself. Drilling at 180ft/hr and trying to catch geology samples every 10ft is nigh on impossible, even for me, but that's what the company wanted so we had to do our best. There were days when the only time I sat down was at 5am to do the morning reports and to drive the 40miles back to the hotel. Rumble strips are a godsend believe me. Upshot of all this is I am absolutely creamed (cream crackered - knackered - very tired for all my non British readers) and in severe need of some TLC. Thankfully off to St Lucia for a long weekend on Friday so plan on doing nothing but read, drink and get pummled in the spa. If I get the chance I'm getting my nails sorted as work has completely trashed then (again!). Hopefully my bunch of idiots will be able to persuade the idiots at the oil company that a 2 man crew just is not going to work so when I go back for another 3 weeks it won't be quite so hectic. Fingers crossed anyway.[Comment on this post]
Memorial Day Weekend
Emma Sloan May 23rd, 2008 3:00 pm MDTHere we are at the summers start three day weekend. But this has always been more than just a long weekend, especially for those of us that grew up in a time when most everyone had served in some fashion. My father and all my uncles were veterans of WWII, myself, bother and cousins were all part of the Vietnam era, although through good fortune not everyone actually spent time in that place. Of my sons generation only he spent time in the service. Fortunately for our family everyone eventually came home, but there are many we know that didn't. I'll think about them this weekend as I go about whatever it is I'll be doing, which I have no idea yet what that will be. So last night I was chatting with a friend who was feeling depressed. This friend had SRS last year and still hasn't met anyone so she pretty much wanted a shoulder to cry on about her problems. For me I was hoping to have plans this weekend but nothing has worked out (no invites or notices) so I wasn't doing that well myself and probably didn't help much. But today I've been thinking about those problems and they really are so trivial when compared to what this weekend is about. Maybe tomorrow I'll just go downtown and watch the activities, and be happy that I can be who I am.[Comment on this post]
My Formative Years
Jon May 21st, 2008 9:42 am MDTI've decided to humiliate myself and post a Gallery of Pics of my Formative years, covering from about 1 year old up to about 18 years old. Click Here to have a look.
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Kind of Irritated
Emma Sloan May 10th, 2008 7:56 pm MDTThis will be short, I spent the last 35 minutes creating a jounal entry only to find when I pressed "Post Entry",..... my account had timed out. No recovery, the page is gone, I can't recover the thoughts, and I don't feel like even attempting to re-create the entry. I should have know, compose in Notepad, then post.[Comment on this post]
After 2 yrs
Christina April 29th, 2008 12:05 pm MDTWell, here we are a little over two years since I started to live full time as myself and since I started hrt. I knew exactly what I was in for when I started all of this so the way some people have treated me comes as no surprise. Unfortunately most people are very uneducated when it comes to any subject that they do not deal with on a day to day basis or doesn't effect them and that certainly includes gender issues. Far too many people can not understand or will not try to understand that there are people that are born with a body that just does not match their minds. It amazes me that so many people can understand other birth defects that can not be seen but they just will not except the fact that in some cases Mother nature has made a mistake with peoples outer gender. The simple fact is that it is a neuro biological birth defect but so many people see it as someone that has a fetish or something is just plain out wrong with them. Over the past couple of years I have come to understand especially when it came to my so called friends that they never really knew me at all. All that they knew was the lie I had been living for the majority of my life. Now since I have finally allowed myself to me and not what the rest of the world thinks I should have been, the person I am now is not someone that they would have ever have known. In just over two years there is nothing really left of the person I use to be. I have totally changed most everything about me. I can't say if it's the hormones or just me finally being able to be me. Obviously the phyiscal changes are from the hrt but the way I walk, talk, think, act have all changed as well. The way I look at the world and the things in it has changed. For once in my life I actually have feelings other than the rage and anger that I once had. I am actually a caring, loving, empethic, human being instead of the mean, pissed off miserable freak I use to see myself as and mostly was. To the people that say they can't do this because of this or that but truely want to. Stop wasting your time, make yourself happy with who you are, lifes to short to not be happy. To the people that say this was couragous or that they wished they would get the courage to transition. I don't see anything couragous about me. I'm just a woman that happened to be born transgender. There really is nothing all that special about me. I had just gotten to the point that I was ready to end my life if I hadn't done something to finally make myself happy with me for once in my life. If this is something that you truely want and need to do, you will do it, when it is right for you. Just understand that it may not be easy but nothing in life worth doing or having ever is. The last two years of my life may not have always been easy but they most definately have been the best of my life.[1 comment]
Where I've been...
Polly Andersen April 28th, 2008 9:44 pm MDTSo...I've been away for a while. Why? I've been thinking about how to carefully explain my feelings about this online world. I couldn't think of a good way to express myself so I guess I'll just be blunt. I don't like what I've been seeing lately on Youtube! There I said it...whew. Seriously though, some of the "girls" posting videos are not representing us fairly. I'm embarrassed by some the behavior. I don't know. I didn't want to sound like a Bitch about this but it's apparently unavoidable. I'll shut up now.[2 comments]