Please post, I want to see where all my friends come from!
 

(As an update, I'm doing great, msg me sometime!)

For anyone who actually *READS* this... http://scottishrose.deviantart.com/ is where I'll be found from now on. And all my pictures.

First of all, for those who don't know, I have a job and am working my ass off (happily) to earn as much money as possible through the holidays so I can save, hoard, or whatever you wish to call it, every cent I can and put it towards driving lessons and school to come. Of course the job is just for the Christmas season, though I hope and pray that I'm kept on after. I like the job, I like the people, it's not bad at all and it's something I could stand working 40+ hours a week. I just have to remember that just because I work in the mall, I can't go shopping every lunch break or I will fail to save any money what-so-ever.

The Christmas music hasn't gotten to me yet, I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and I know by the time Christmas rolls around I will be tired of the cheerful seasonal music.

Next topic, I helped one of my best friends go shopping for furniture for her new apartment, and we’re really good. We found a couch and loveseat for $91 total and a side table for $8. (though someone stole the table from us) We’re still looking for a coffee table, found a possible pair of barstools, and I’m leaving her and her boyfriend to look for the rest. She’s really surprised me how mature she’s become and how she’s confident and just how she’s changed in the last few months. The move really helped, and her getting her N and car.

Speaking of a car, I found a good driving school, though I have to do a bit of work on my car and fix the leak in the radiator. And check the rattle underneath which may be just a heat shield or a cracked boot.

My boyfriend and I are doing excellent, he’s hoping to finish school in a few more months, and he’s enjoying it immensely. Between work, and his school and studying we don’t get much time to see each other, though that hasn’t hurt our relationship at all, if anything it’s made us stronger.

For those who didn't know. My family had quite a scare on my little cousin's 1st birthday, the 22nd of November, he was rushed to the hospital after a couple hours of seizures and unsteady breathing. Transported to the Children's Hospital he was tested for meningitis. Enduring spinal taps, cat-scans, too many blood tests and needles, and a very painful, trying experience he was finally able to go home 6 days later. All the tests came up negative so the doctors hope that it won't re-occur whatever it was. Our family has been able to breathe a sigh of relief and realized just how precious our little one is.

I’m looking forward to another holiday season, one where I can share it with my friends and my family. I think it will be quite enjoyable.

Happy Holidays to all

December 9, 2005

Still settling into my new neighborhood, haven’t met anyone yet, save my sister's friends who are all around age 12.  Finally found a job, and now settling down into it.. It's only one day a week, which sucks, but money is money.  Looking for another job in the area since I can't drive my car.  Gas prices are so high though driving would just suck more money from me. Though the steep prices also keep my friends from driving out to see me much. I'm resumed my anime and manga collecting to keep me somewhat busy when I'm not doing housework.

Other news... My boyfriend's grandmother passed away suddenly and that was sad, but on the up side: One friend moved back from Quebec to the Valley with her Fiancé -whom I still need to meet and welcome both of them home- A close friend was proposed to and now engaged ^^ yea! So I have to weddings to look forward to and after another couple, which I've known for a while, were just married in July.  So a lot of couples and happiness and such going around lately...  (And no, nothing will be happening for me for quite a while... Still saving up for school and my dream of escaping my sister and moving out. Devin has school and work and is quite busy. But we're celebrating our 1-year anniversary this month, so I'm happy)

 My little cousin is growing up nicely, he's celebrating his 1st Birthday in November, and that's going to be fun...  Been spending time with my family, stayed overnight and hung out with my Grandmother for a day, we both enjoyed that. Then my Aunt, Uncle, Grandfather, Father and I all took a day off and went sailing out past Stanley Park on English Bay.  It was a wonderful experience. I can't wait for Thanksgiving next week and more family time...  I've learned, enjoy them when you can, you never know when they'll be gone.

Well that's all, I'll try and remember to update more often... or you can check my other site - scottishrose.deviantart.com which I try to update also.

 

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.

Repost this if you believe homophobia is wrong."

 

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