I just want to applaud Jodie Anderson for her eminently sensible comments about the diversity of the BC and TG community. It's time somebody said it. I, for one, do not want to be hijacked into supporting positions being pushed by factional interests. I just want to enjoy the stories, the banter and the friendliness of most of the users.

Well, I have been going to Doctor De Witt about both my lower left leg and my hernia resulting from my gastric bypass back in 2001.
I 2001, I let the doctor open me up and perform the operation that should have helped me to weight. It did for awhile, but I regained all my weight and then some.

So as some of you may have noticed, Chapter 30 of Being Christina Chase was posted briefly yesterday, and then it disappeared. So basically, what went up accidentally yesterday was not the final draft of the chapter. I had in fact been making edits to the chapter yesterday afternoon to incorporate Holly Logan's changes and my own last minute brain aneurysms.

I am nearing my one year anniversary of my first post here at Erin's wonderfully Big Closet. During this time I've been blessed by having a great group of ladies step forward and help me. Alas nothing stays the same and with Dreaded Real Life and other issues taking their toll I find myself looking for help once more.

Years ago, in my super masculine stage, I had a wonderful hill climbing motorcycle called an OSSA. It seemed that for every hour of run time, I had three hours of repairs to make.

That was until I got my own Cunny.

Gwenellen

I visit Zoe Brain's blog regularly, and she frequently produces posts that summarize issues well. She's done it again with her post on TS 101.

Go read it; go share it.

Somehow the facts need to get out, and this is a good start.

Nicole ( a.k.a. Itinerant)

Pretty much since I started writing TG fiction, one thing I've tried to avoid is including anything sexual. This was for a number of reasons. For one thing, there seemed to be a lot of such stories already out there. Another reason was ... well, I just wasn't interested in writing them. Lately, I've been thinking of trying to do something that had a bit more ... I guess intimacy.

Animation script for Belle of the Ball! How cool is that?

http://stardustr.us/belle_of_the_ball_the_movie

- Erin

Little Katie, aka K.T. Leonard, is in the hospital in Florida with a bloodclot in the lungs. They think. Unfortunately, she has medical contraindications for the usual treatment for this condition, blood thinners, and she is in a lot of pain. She's been staying with her pastor lately, she's a Christian, and she would appreciate any prayers anyone might wish to make on her behalf.

Thanks,
Erin

For a while I have felt a story coming on whose emotional strength really frightens me, yet I want to write it; to get it all out; to laugh, to cry, to feel security, to express sheer terror.

Well, I have no idea how powerful my writing is nor do I know if there are those here who would be vulnerable to trigger words. When I finish it the story will expose my heart and soul.

Be warned.

So What's an average TG?

I have replied to the blog about average guys and wonder, what's the average TG person?

I'll bet that there aren't too many out there who can generalise are there?

It's probably the same for generalising about guys or anyone for that matter.

Here's your chance to play film critic, or spread the word about a movie
you feel people here at BigCloset should know about...

There have been 2 articles in this week's Guardian regarding Iran and changing sex, go to www.guardian.co.uk and put iran and sex-change into the search and they will magically appear.

I am a confirmed cross dresser. It took reading stories here and finding friends that are cross dressers for me to finally admit this truth about myself.
I find that many authors truly amaze me when I find out something new about them. When I do, I celebrate finding out that new facet about them.

Bits of songs and broken drums
Are all he could recall
So he spoke to me
In a bastard tongue
Carried on the silence of the guns

"It's been a long long time
since they first came
And marched through our village
They taught us to forget our past
And live the future in their image"

They said
'You should learn to speak a little bit of English
Don't be scared of a suit and tie.

Do you know a lot about organic chemistry? Do you speak German and know your way around Vienna? Do you speak Italian, and know your way around Rome? If any of these, and you are able to help me authenticate the plot of a lengthy coming-of-age novel set in the years just before World War One, I would love to hear from you!

Hugs, Daphne

When you can’t be amazed, I am sorry for you
Then no chance for you
When you can’t feel, it is over
You will stay empty
When you can’t forgive, You give up all
Is your slate clean?
When you carry on life like this
You never reach your salvation
You are not the child
That you were, that is true
Although, be what you once where
The child in you, wake it up
The child in you, bring it out
Maybe you are a good person
A good woman, a good man
And unwanted in this world
As unwanted as one can be
Please don’t give up, Keep your ears open

Abandon all seriousness, All ye who enter here! (look below!)

If you would like details send my a PM.

1.) The EMTs revived me.

2.) Within less than an hour the hospital installed a stent which opened the 100% blockage.

3.) Minor muscle damage.

4.) Minor rehab needed.

5.) I was discharged and walked out of the ICU today. In fact I went to my daughter's coccer game tonight.

If you just want to tell me I'm a no good horrible liar, don't bother to PM.

Jill (Angela Rasch)

Hello all --

I'm very happy to have joined this site, it seems like a nice family. And I'll keep plugging along with my little stories until someone tells me to stop, if that's ok with you!

I had a few questions, though, if you don't mind. Didn't want to do anything to step on toes, so I thought I'd ask first.

*- My wife turned.........39 again today. LOL, if I say her real age, Leonita may use the medallion on me. On second thought, I would like that. Can I be this woman?

We been married 18 years. Can you believe there is someone who can put up with me that long? As a Irish priest once said to me. "You're married to a saint and you think that you deserve her, you must go to confession!"

TopShelf was down for a little over an hour this morning, no idea why but it's back up now. :)

- Erin

Going to San Diego with some friends for the day with a nice plan for tomorrow in Orange. :) I'll look in on my laptop when I can. Bob will be looking out for major server problems and Sephrena will keep an eye out if anyone needs help formatting a story or something. Be good. :)

Hugs,
Erin

So it was roughly six months ago when I first started posting Being Christina Chase, and the response has been pretty good. The story is slowly creeping up in the all time popular content list, and I get a good number of hits on every chapter. All in all, I have to think I'm doing pretty well for a first time writer. That said, Holly has done a great job of cleaning my stuff up.

I am going to court tomorrow. It is civil, not criminal court.
I was at home, with the door open, a safety gate barring my doggies from harm.

A member of the "Green Police" called me to the door. "I" was charged with litter in the yard and abandoned vehicles.

Well, I had not been outside to patrol the yard that day, so I did not know that some "local yokel" had left several bags of litter on the side of the road.

As for the "Vehicles", they belong to my brother Randy, with whom I have the "pleasure' of living with.

Well, the yard is taken care of, but his cars are still a

Today, I faced the fact that I am not alone. John Smith, a fellow Church member. He volunteered to come do my yard work on Sunday, he showed up today.
He handed me the extension cord for his weed eater. I dutifully plugged it in,silently laughing because my brother Randy decided to play hooky from work today.
Randy complained because he thought he was being humiliated.
HELL! I am the one to feel humiliated!!!
If that Jackass had gone to work, he would not have been seen on the couch, sleeping.[he had a sheet covering him, so no porn in this blog.]

A few weeks ago, Steven Miller[student pastor] asked me to do the Scripture Reading in the Traditional Service.
I said I would. I thought, "Why not?" I have been apart of the service before.
Boy, was I ever scared. Then the girl to be the Acolyte [ Haliegh ] was running late.
I had been helping them to get ready by telling them when it was time to get in the robes.
Well, Jerri,[the lady in charge of the acolytes] was ready to let me help out.
Now, I had had no training, I was going at it "cold turkey." Was I ever frightened!!!!

Things are going really well for me currently! More another time!
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney

Hello everyone:

I am home again from SRS in Thailand. I loved the trip and it was about as recreational as surgery can be. I did learn some things about navagating the SRS maze that may help someone who has been fighting the system without success.

One thing I did learn is that the Harry Benjamin rules can miss classify a person. Sure it is probably the best effort to protect a person that they have but in my case, it prolonged things unnessesarily.

First off, a big thank you to everyone who has commented, voted and viewed my contributions. I know my story content aims are unconventional, but I do feel like I have this unique take on the whole TG storytelling genre. I don't know if anyone else writes from my perspective and even whether I can find appreciation here or anywhere but sometimes you just have to write what you feel - and it is what I feel. :)

Speaking of what I feel, I feel I need to comment on the recent influx of visitors to my Yahoo groups - and the difficulties some have had in accessing them. Please read below and I hope you'll understand why...

I went to see the doctor. The appointment was at 1:00 P.M. We get in there only to find out that he refuses to operate!!!
Reason; I had Gastric Bypass. He does not do that procedure. I have to go to a doctor that does both Hernias AND Gastric Bypass. Talk about wasted time!!!
Now I have to call my doctor for yet ANOTHER referral!! Can you believe it????! Has anything like this happened to you guys???

Monday, Sep 3, 2007 set a traffic record at BigCloset, well over 4300 visitors in 24 hours, more than 5% over the previous record set in July and nearly equaled in August of just under 4100. In fact, the average daily traffic for the last week is 3999, the highest weekly average ever also. :)

Submissions are also up and comments and sales through Doppler Press and activity on the ads at BC, it's all good. :)

Hey everyone! Brandy DeWinter has a new story up at her site. It is a Whateley universe fan story. Being a fan story it is not part of the official Whateley Cannon. You can find it here http://www.geocities.com/brandy_art/dream/dream1.html
Hugs
grover

I'd like to know what people think about the idea...
... of me going back and giving each Episode of Sk8r Grrls a 'Subtitle' of sorts. This would, of course, continue with new Episodes.
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney

When I say... "I am a Christian", I am not shouting "I'm clean livin'"

I'm whispering " I was lost,now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say... "I am a Christian", I'm not trying to be strong.

I am professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.
When I say... "I am a Christian", I'm not bragging of success.

Okay, I thought I would lay down my thoughts of Accidental magic.

I have been having a great deal of fun writing this, as well as reading the comments left by people about it. The speculations as to what I have in store for my characters is what amuses me the most, since there are so many good ideas there.

Hi I am new at this just wanted to say hi, I am 58 TG but have not done the change may never as it's out side my price range. I just wanted to say that there are some good writers here and I love this site. As with any there are storys that I don't like, Women who talk there husband or boyfriend into dressing then fall for a "MAN" and leave the poor guy hanging, there are storys that I really like but that is with anyone. I have left a few words to a few of the writers telling them I liked there story or some that I would never read there story again.

Jennifer deals with the gunman in the forest and then with some of the consequences before discovering ... well, that would be telling. Read it.

http://stardustr.us/belle_of_the_ball_chapter_twenty_six

- Erin

A warning first: Please excuse my poor english. You will read later on why.

Well, very few people do know me, and this is my first attempt do tell about about me and my first experiences of being a girl.

Hey Everyone! I posted Heroes of Justice some time ago but meant to include a graphic. The problem was I hand drew the base figure and scanned it to Paint. Once there I couldn't leave the Beep Beep Beepity Beep thing alone! I kept changing stuff! Finally I'm half way satisfied with it! I'm not a good artist but I'm stubborn to keep at it till it at least resembles what I'm envisioning. You can take a peek here. http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/3807/heroes-justice
Thanks again for everyone who commented on the story!
Hugs!
grover

Well, Blue Moon is done. My first novel since the obligatory, bad, coming-of-age tripe I wrote in college.

It didn't start out to be a novel; originally I just had a cute idea for a short story based on the calendar and having recently re-read Lainie Lee's incomplete "The Devil in Drag."

A lot of people asked me to continue the story, so I tried. It turned into a serial, then a serialized novel under the continued encouragement of several people.

Thank you all, you know who you are. ::smile::