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Yes, for various reasons, I am f-locking my journal.
Comment here, and I'll most likely friend you. General rule--must be over 18. (Or whatever the age of majority is in your country.)
Most of my fiction is remaining unlocked. So if that's all you want, don't worry. | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Harry Holidays Sign Ups End today... | | Time: | 07:54 am |
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| I have so many amazing writer friends on my flist... PLEASE SIGN UP. :D (Some of you have, I know, just pimping my own fest for once. Weird to be moderating...)
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| | Subject: | x-posted to my lj | | Time: | 06:16 pm |
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| Okay, Master Blair is a friend of mine. I don't know the person trying to take her son, but I do know her son is about the same age as Delenn, and this entire thing is absolutely beyond imagination. Any help anyone can give, even just positive thoughts. Please.
I am reaching out to ask for help...any help you can give.
For some of you this will be repetitive/duplicative due to technical issues and I apologize, in advance! For others of you, this may be the first you've heard of what's currently happening in my life.
I've been able to keep up with lots of you, but many of you have not heard from me in some time. And a few of you barely know me at all. Perhaps a couple are even not especially happy to hear from me today. Wherever I stand in your heart, I genuinely appreciate you taking the time to read this!
I have committed myself to working ever harder to overcome ego and being willing to humble myself in any way necessary in the service of my son, Christopher Hamilton Nowell.
My ex and former slave, Bevin, who most of you knew as puppy, has filed in court to take my son. He has alleged that I am unfit/that my home is an inappropriate environment due to my involvement in Leather/BDSM, sexual orientation, poly, etc. Yes, he was guilty those very same things, but is no longer. And, yes, the court knows that he is transgendered and not biologically related to Christopher. I have also been clear that I have no desire to keep him from Christopher. Bevin is, however, attempting to keep my son from me. The visitation he proposes for me is negligible. I can’t put into words how painful this has been and still very much is. If you have kids, I know you understand, but I hope others of you do too.
Unfortunately, he is winning and has already taken my son out of state on temporary orders. The Magistrate definitely has seen SM and Ms as per se abusive thus far. It is a nightmare, to say the least, and I wake up shocked daily that someone I loved as much as puppy could be doing this to me and Christopher. Christopher has been gone 7 days so far and I miss him horribly and know he misses me.
Some of you are already helping. I have received donations to Christopher's legal fund from many of you and I appreciate it more than I can ever adequately say! For those of you, I'm definitely not asking for more money, but, if you will, pass the word along and let others know. Send to your leather family, friends, etc.
These are rough financial times. Many of you cannot donate to the legal fund. I :completely: understand. For those of you who can't donate, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Light a candle. Do magick. Ask the Divine to intercede. Send a message to the Universe. Whatever your belief system, please remember us in some way. I believe the accumulated positive energy will help.
For those of you who can donate, even $5 or $10 is absolutely helpful. Really. I have accumulated a little over $20k in legal fees thus far and have only paid $6k of that so I have a $15k balance and will likely have to pay for a costly appeal as well.
A local BDSM club, the Sanctuary, has already raised funds. And another establishment, Pavlovia, has offered to hold a fundraiser in a few weeks. A friend in NYC is also looking into raising funds there. The smallest of contributions add up!
Since late February, I have been maintaining a blog on the court battle.
http://nowellfamilynews.blogspot.com/
It has some photos and a PayPal button for donations. If anyone would rather send a check (no PayPal fees!), please let me know and I'll give you the mailing address, etc. If you will, please bookmark and keep checking the blog for updates. Also, feel free to Email or call me. I am often overwhelmed with all that I have to do right now, but I appreciate all of you, my brothers and sisters in Leather, and I will try to respond as soon as I’m able!
Please also note that the blog has been kept very vanilla. That is because I am trying to update a cross-section of folks on all that's happening. Comments are great, but please just keep the vanilla bit in mind, if you comment.
Also, if you know of any resources you think I should contact, please send those along. I have spoken to NCSF. I have been turned down by the ACLU. I have a few other things in the works as well, but advice, strategic ideas and especially amicus briefs would be of great benefit!
Blessings, Master Blair | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | because I forget about this journal | | Time: | 06:30 pm |
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| This was in my daughter's backpack yesterday. Common sense has official died. Let us mourn.
This is a note to remind you that *school name* has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to bullying. This includes all forms of pushing. Please inform your child that pushing on the swings is a type of pushing and as such is not allowed on our campus during school hours.
Thank you, Principal | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Remember me? | | Time: | 05:17 pm |
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| Okay, the play is next week already. Rehearsals are going until 11 p.m. and we have a 12 hour rehearsal on Sat. *falls over dead*
If you live in the Phoenix area and want to see it here's the showup.com info:
http://www.showup.com/event/detail/440091910
Also, there's a good possibility that I'll be moving to Oregon. If you want more info, call me, I'm not really talking about it much until it's a sure thing. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Blooper from Troublesome Transition | | Time: | 05:11 pm |
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| You may or may not want to read the fic first... this is crack and unbetaed.
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| | Subject: | Snarry Games fic... POSTED | | Time: | 06:59 am |
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| http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry_games/181838.html?#cutid1
Title: Troublesome Transition Author: mimiheart Team: Dragon Genres: Postwar, Canon Prompt: Infidelity Rating: NC-17 Warnings/Kinks: *Character Death, BDSM if you squint really hard and turn your head sideways* Word Count: ~5500 Summary: Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. ~Isaac Asimov Author's Note: Thank you to my wonderful teammates! Special thanks to beta and Capitan joanwilder. Thank you to the mods who put this on and put up with a bunch. You are the best!!!
Only one glaring error that I'm only seeing now. *sigh* That's actually my only complaint about fests. Someone else posts it so I can't edit at the last minute.
Otherwise, people seem to like it. Don't let the character death warning scare you off, it isn't what you think. | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Fic: Whatever Remains | | Time: | 10:16 am |
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| Title: Whatever Remains Author: mimiheart Rating: Pg-13ish Word count: 6,132 Pairings/characters: Snape/Harry, Albus Severus, James Potter, Lily Potter Summary: "Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?" -- Rose Kennedy Harry's life is turned upside-down. Warnings: Character Death (minor character for this story), h/c, Canon het, D/s if you squint, epilogue compliant Author notes: Thanks to knightmare_shad and leianora for the beta. This was my fic for me_midget for harry_holidays.
( Whatever Remains ) | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Wish list | | Time: | 04:38 pm |
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| Time to be selfish, what I want for the holidays:
Big things: I want a place to live--with three kids, two cats, and one dog, maybe two more dogs and my husband. I'd like it to be near work and Kyle's school. I want a new computer, preferably a laptop. A night off--I want someone to take my kids, and I want to go to the movies, play games, and sleep in the next day.
Little things: Snape/Harry hurt/comfort, or Charlie/Harry hurt/comfort, or Jim/Blair hurt/comfort... the second person needing the comfort. Starbucks gift card Target gift card Confessor by Terry Goodkind Paid IJ account | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Okay, just trying this out. I'll move everything over when the kidlets have let me use my computer again. *sigh* | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Captain Nemo vs. Snape, discuss | | Time: | 07:48 pm |
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| I just finished reading a VERY abridged version of 20,000 leagues under the sea to my son--97 pages in large print. Now it's been a few years (12) since I read the non-abridged version. But I can't be the only person to have seen a similarity between Snape and Captain Nemo. Black hair, black eyes, the whole moral-ambiguousness....
Thoughts? | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Voice Post--Everything Possible | | Time: | 08:25 pm |
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| Meh, me singing again.
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| | Subject: | Fic Post: Harry's Dragon | | Time: | 08:46 pm |
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| I wrote this just after OotP came out. It was my first HP story. For some reason, I've never put it on LJ, so here it is.
Title: Harry's Dragon Author: Mimiheart Rating: PG Characters: Harry and the Dursleys Chapter: 1/1 Summary: When Harry sees a film five years before going to Hogwarts, things start to make sense to him. Disclaimer: Disclaimed.
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| | Subject: | Dialogue Punctuation, or Say WHAT? | | Time: | 10:23 am |
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| | Subject: | Fic: Bed Games | | Time: | 12:06 pm |
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| This is actually an old fic that I'm just putting up on lj.
Title: Bed Games Summary: Hermione listens in while Ron and Harry do some... experimenting. Rating: PG-13 to be safe.
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| | Subject: | Fic Post | | Time: | 08:44 am |
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| Title: Why Me Summary: Even at a young age, Severus Snape didn't think much of self-pity. However, even he was not above the occasional bouts of it. (This is a new version of an old fic. It's been updated to comply with HBP canon.) Characters: Snape Rating: PG Beta: Lil-Padfoot ( Read more... ) | comments: Leave a comment  |
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