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Writer's Block: Clothing Options

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:07:50 GMT

When it comes to clothes, would you rather be comfortable or fashionable?

Where am I going and who will I see. There are parameters to this question beyond the binary of comfortable or fashionable. Gypsey

Life Experiency

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:58:04 GMT

The Life Experience Test

Overall, you have partaken in 134 out of 169 possible life experiences.
Your average life experience score is therefore 79%.

The average score is 52%, making your experiences more than 99% of the people who have taken this test.
The average for your age group (55+) is 52%.

Broken down by category:
Art: 13/17 (76%)

Career & Work: 13/13 (100%)

Civics & Technology: 5/7 (71%)

Crime & Disarray: 2/11 (18%)

Education: 17/18 (94%)

Fashion: 7/10 (70%)

Fitness, Health and Sports: 7/7 (100%)

Life in General: 13/14 (93%)

Relationships: 14/14 (100%)

Religion & Politics: 2/4 (50%)

Social: 17/22 (77%)

Travel: 13/20 (65%)

Vices: 11/12 (92%)

Take the test and see how YOU compare

New book cover is ready to view

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:07:01 GMT

The Ark of the Covenant. The one true Ark that held the Ten Commandments, destroyed the city of Jericho, and has been sought by everyone from the Knights Templar’s to Indiana Jones. But what if there were more than one Ark? What if they were not vessels to hold the Tablets of Moses but an actual communication device with God; and not the God that we think of? And what if the Arks were weapons?

These are questions that must be answered by Claire Daniels and her group of planet savers when an evil power seeks to control the world with the Arks of the Covenant. Utah, Mt Ararat, Mongolia, Siberia, the Congo, and Ethiopia are backgrounds in this cat and mouse chase where you won’t know who is the cat and who are the mice until the very end. It’s another great adventure of Claire, Rachel, and the boys as they try to save the world from those that would open the gates to the Elder Gods and the Old Ones.

“James Bond fans will definitely want to read the Claire Daniels series by Gypsey Teague. The Arks Of The Covenant is fast paced and action packed. It has exotic settings and witty dialogue. I am still waiting to see the movie based on this series. Since the story is still unfinished, I cannot wait to see what Gypsey Teague has in store for us next. I admit it. I am hooked. These books are fresh and different. I enjoy the adventures that come from the fertile mind of Gypsey Teague.”

Dawn Myers www.writersunlimited.com.

I want to thank Susan for designing the cover and getting this book into print. It will be available after the first of the year for those of you that have read the other novels in the series. Gypsey

Fighter Practice today

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:20:17 GMT

Today we went to fighter/cavalry practice. The new shield worked great and I only have one bruised. I got to fight 4 different fighters, one being the past Crown who is going to work with me to get better. I was well over 15 past anyone there in age and now I definitely feel it. I'm going to bed at 9 and may now move again until 630 in the morning. Good night. Moi

Freya guide me

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:48:24 GMT

What kind of Pagan are you?
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You scored as Norse Pantheonic Pagan (Asatru)

You might well be Asatru, or Norse Pagan. With prodominantly Germanic and Slavic roots, the Gods of the Norse are strong, bawdy and passionate. Many men feel drawn to these gods, and this is the faith for those who celebrate courage, valor and strength. Home of one of the most well known Gods of mischief and fire, Loki, followers of this pantheon tend to be full of good humor and also strong in spirit and frequently the protectors of those they care for.

Norse Pantheonic Pagan (Asatru)

100%

Zoroastrian Pagan

70%

Shamanic Pagan

60%

Egyptian Pantheonic Pagan

60%

Ecclectic Pagan

40%

Celtic Pantheonic Pagan

25%

Kabbalistic Pagan

20%

Greek Pantheonic Pagan

20%

Roman Pantheonic Pagan

20%

Eastern Pagan

15%

Sumerian, Babylonian, and Mesopotamian Pagans

Catholic (Pagan?)

I love it when I don't have to change anything

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:31:14 GMT

Your Score: Online Quiz Writer

You scored 100% Badassness and 71% Social Savvy!

You are perfect. You are smart, talented, and incredibly attractive. Never change your ways. The world needs more people like you. Perhaps there would at last be peace in the universe if there were.

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End of year update

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:40:41 GMT

Everyone seems to be doing an end of year update. Well, hate to disappoint you all but there ain't one coming from here. I would say that the year was good, but I won't lie. I am very glad it is over and 2008 had better be a lot more positive. The only up point of the year is that I still have the most loving and wonderful wife on the planet. Other than that the year can just pass into history.

If yours was better then be glad. Have a great New Year.

A little honesty about being blonde

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:00:16 GMT

Okay, so I'm not really blonde, although I was when I was a very young child. But I grew out of it, until this morning. At that point I had the penultimat moment of stereotypical blondeness. You remember that I bought a new truck last month. Well it's a cab and a half, with jump seats behind the main seats. It's great for groceries but a pain in the ass to get to since the seats are set so far back on the front. Anyway I had it filled with boxes of files and my computer and I started unpacking this morning. I get almost finished when I see a small lever on the jam of the passenger's side. Now, never learning that you don't push buttons or pull levers you don't know what they do I pulled it and the fucking back door opened up. Yup, there were two doors in the back. Now, I'm thrilled at this but feel really blonde and dumb since I never thought that would happen and didn't see the seam or the hinge, which is internal to the frame. You may all laugh now, thank you. Moi

I'm Evil with a Capital E

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:10:57 GMT

How evil are you?

Cooking tonight

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:21:48 GMT

There is no metaphor to this subject line. I spent the afternoon/evening cooking. Yes, really cooking and then canning. Okay, before you split a gut trying to figure out what this time, here's the deal. All my life I've had certain off the wall foods that were staples in our house: smelts in the spring, venison and rabbit (think Bambi and Thumper) in the fall, real turnips, which is what they call waxed rutabagas down here, and my mom's chili. Just before my mom went into the nursing home we made a batch of the chili. This chili is from my great grandmother who was a cook in the lumber camps of upstate Maine. It's more like salsa. It's a combination of all sorts of spices, vinegar, salt, sugar, tomatoes, jalapenos, and onions, however, it's the mix that makes this stuff unique. Most people don't like it because it's sweet but it's also deceptive in the fact that you don't know it's so hot until it's too late. The use is as a base ingredient for other things like real chili, soups, and chilimac hamburger helper. It's a comfort food.

My mom died a year ago next Sunday and I haven't had any chili in three years. Today I made a batch. 9 jars of it and I'm hoping it's as good as I remember it. Either way, though, I got through it without crying about my mom, but the night isn't over yet. The last couple of months have been very hard for some reason. I want to cry almost all the time, but before Marla tells me to change my meds, I don't think that's it. I think it's the end of a long road of revelations and reinventions. I'm not sure if they were all good but they're all done so it's a moot point. Now I just have to live with them.

So that's why I needed to make chili, and then drink a Moxie while eating turnips dipped in Onion Soup dip. Get it? Comfort foods.

Oh, and I dyed my hair tonight back to Intense Auburn. I had planned on letting it grow out but it looked like hell and I would like to think I might get laid next week in Mass, or maybe tomorrow when some folks come over, so it was dye or celebat. You can figure out which won.

Off to bed.

Yes I get periods too!

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:14:29 GMT

I will be sooooo glad when my lovely spouse ends her period. Believe it or not I get one too. Not the bleeding part, did that once, didn't like it, so I quit. I get the cramps, aches and pains, acne, headache part of it. Many of us get them if we live with genetic women in close proximity, and for those that know us, our proximity is pretty close. I'm almost over it, though, because I get it FIRST! How un-damn-fair is that?

This weekend I"m going to do something I haven't done in years. I'm making my mothers chili recipe without her present. I helped her a few times when she was alive and I did it once with her helping me, actually the last time we ever made it, but this will be all me. Cross your fingers because when this stuff is good, it's awesome. It will take the paint off old cars it's so hot. However, it's sweet too so you don't know you're hurting yourself until it's too late. I use it in chili mac, deer chili, taco sauce, you name it. Also great as salsa.

We have another couple coming to visit Sat. They are Harley folks and she sounds like great fun on the emails. At least we'll have a common denominator: Milwaukee Vibrators.

Hope you all have a great night. Moi

tired and it's only 7 am

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:21:30 GMT

We watched Saving Grace last night. Typical Jesus movie with Holly Hunter but it's a little more hard edge. The high point is Laura San Giacomo, who is still hot. Also it's set in OKC so we get to see local sites that we remember from living there. I'll watch it again next week to see if it's just newness or whether it's going to be a fun series. There are so many good looking ones on the air this fall. We leave for Mass in a week so I'm excited about going home to NH. I'm going to see one of my oldest friends after 30 years. He's had his second knee replacement and he was a couch potatoe. I guess being active might just pay off. We'll both see how the other has changed. Off to work.

Another Sunday done

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:11:23 GMT

Today was a pleasant but low key day. I went and played 9 this morning. I now know I CANNOT ride a cart and play golf. I play much better when I walk to that's the deal. We also cleaned the pond, watered, and I painted another wall in the spare bedroom. Will finish it when we get back. It's now time for bed. Another long week ahead since my ref librarian leaves for MIT on Friday. That's all there is folks. Nite.

Beauty is skin deep...

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:39:37 GMT

....but blonde goes to the bone. Today was a blonde day. I finished my nails as Marla ushered me out the door to go shopping in Greenville. In Easley I was going to stop and ask about a new tattoo parlor when I realized I didn't bring any shoes. Yup, the blonde in me walked out of the house bare footed, which is not usually a problem. So...the first stop was a shoe warehouse where I found not one but two pairs of cute shoes for under 30$ total. Well shod we then went to the mall shopping, met Lucy and Cole and their kids at Sears, and we trolled the mall. Then back to Whole Foods for stuff and came home. I now have a great top and two pairs of shoes. Also saw some really cute things at Victorias Secret. That place alone makes it worth becoming a girl. It's now late, I'm drinking rum sours and getting ready for bed. Hope you all have a great night. Moi

Went to the asylum today. They let me leave

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:45:50 GMT

Today we went to the mental health facility in the county as part of class. it's a very nice facility with short and long term housing. It's a damned shame what the fucking Republicans have done to our mental health system. I wish they were all confined there for six months just for justice sake. Okay so much for the rant. It did, however, enforce the fact that I don't want to go into mental health at an institution. I'm going to hold to my plan of doing private practice with GLB and especially T clients. Also I've decided not to take insurance so I can charge an affordable rate and not get bogged down in the insurance scams, which are another F'n Republican inititative.

We might have friends over this weekend so I'm hoping it all works out. I'd like to finally have some sex again. These folks are really cute, which I can't say for some of the ones we've met recently. Tomorrow is Friday so I'm actually not going to work at anything except fun this weekend. We have to drive to Mass in two weeks so I'm resting up for that. I wish there was more for me to do up there, other than seeing one of my best friends from college and teaching a class. I guess I'll just drink a lot and rest, since I have a final the day I get back. Oh, yea. At least I can't blame the F'n Republicans for that. :) Gypsey

Golf Update

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:04:43 GMT

I went back to the golf course to play another 9 today. The owners daughter won the women's, which isn't a surprise since she's on a golf scholarship to a local college. She's a really nice little girl and a real sweetheart. You want to hate her for being so good but you just can't. I guess the woman who caused me the problems isn't any better thought of now than before. When I mentioned I had a problem on Sunday one of the guys in the shop, knowing who I was talking about, said I wasn't the only one. I know I should have just said "shut the fuck up" to her but I was trying to be polite. I won't make that mistake again.

We met a nice couple today for lunch. I think we'll see them again. He's from upstate NY so his sense of humor is similar to mine so we hit it off on a totally different level than sexual or other. And his sig-O is really nice too. Off to bed early tonight. Long day tomorrow with classes.

Gof This Weekend

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:55:10 GMT

The tournament is over and I didn't win. I was tied for first yesterday but got a really obnoxious cart partner today and she so set me off my rythim that when the lightening came on the 13th hole I just packed up my clubs and went to see Harry Potter, which wasn't any better than any of the other ones, in other words, wait for the video. I'll probably play in Greenville in August in another tournament and see how I do there. I have a real problem with pressure and can't seem to concentrate when the game really matters. I can walk a round of golf and blow the course away but even intimate that the round is important and my game goes to shit.

Makes you want to scream

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:34:25 GMT

Okay, here's the fucking stupid story of the day. I want a new birth certificate. I can get one from NH, where I was born, if I get a court order from the state I live in. Unfortunately I live in SC, where they won't even hear the case, lest it lead to an appeal that may cause them to actually admit I'm a girl, thus ruining their entire mysogenistic society. soooo I can't get a new birth certificate until I move to another state. Talk about fucked up? Okay I've vented enough. Tomorrow we have dinner with Harry, who had better put out since it's been a long week and I've really horny and have a golf tournament this weekend. Have a nice fucking night. Gypsey

"And for Gods sake be careful. I'm running out of deputies." Sheriff Cobb; Silverado

New and Updates

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:05:20 GMT

Hi everyone;

Today was an interesting day. Yesterday my reference librarian gave her notice to go to MIT. Sucks for me but good for her. Today we started plans to replace her. Yea right, like that's going to happen soon. She unfortunately was that good. However I also got asked to do an interview for the local newspaper on my writings, novels, and background. Complete with photos. Also I heard today that I'll be presenting at the 2007 Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta in Sept. I'll be lecturing on "Teaching Trans to the Non Trans: Bibliographic Instruction, Data Mining, and Syllabus Construction". All these things are good things, by the way. Hope you are all having a great night. I'm going to bed. Got to go try out a new driver tomorrow afternoon so I need my beauty sleep. No, the two are not related. Just put them in the same sentence. Love you all. Moi

A great day

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:17:26 GMT

Dear friends and neighbors;

Today was a very good day. Although I'm still dizzy we got up and drove to Georgia where we met our new friends Dave and Andrea at a great restaraunt just off the highway. They are both what we thought and we hit it off quickly and very well. After eating and chatting, about all sorts of things, but some of which was carbon fiber materials for race cars; which is what Dave does, and the car race today on TV had all his bodies on them, we went back to their place were Andrea and I talked on the couch in digressing forms of undress and my lovely spouse and hers spent two hours in bed. Needless to say everyone had a great time and we then drove home. We plan on seeing them again and often since they have a lot in common with us and are only an hour +/- away. It's now getting late and even though I dread going to bed since that's where I spin the most I'm probably heading that way soon. Gypsey

Talladega

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:20:47 GMT

I am not a real big Wil Farrel fan, like I don't like him at all, but I've got to say that I may recant some of that. I just watched Talladega Nights and loved it. I laughed through the entire movie. I now want to go to Talladega even more than before.

Okay, off my fantasy cloud and into reality. Yea the movie was really cute and yea I really do want to go to Talladega but I still don't know if I like Wil Farrel. We had a good day today going up to the mountains with some folks from church. The state park was beautiful and Marla and I paddled around the little lake they had at the park. Very relaxing, however after our nap back here this afternoon I got really dizzy and it's been going all night on and off. Probably too much fruit since it sometimes gets me high. Last night we went to Whole Foods and I got some great hard fruit so I've been eating way more than I'm used to.

Tomorrow we have a date with a couple that sound promising. He builds carbon fiber car shells for Nascar and she's a stay at home. We're going down in the morning to have lunch with them and see where it goes. I told them my background and he wants a copy of my text so he's cool with the whole TG thing. Hopefully these folks will work out and they're only an hour away. More tomorrow night.

Other than that all is normal here in the house. Cats are asleep and we're getting ready for bed. Have a great night.

Ultimate breast test

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:32:15 GMT

Okay, so I don't take tests often but this one I couldn't pass up. There was a photo that went with this but I removed it because, although she is very nice and this is LJ, where we talk about all sorts of things, right, I didn't want to offend anyone. Boy, talk about not being the old me, that would never have happened 10 years ago. :) Gypsey

Your Score: Near perfection.

You scored 88% Breast Beauty!

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A good day today

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:54:43 GMT

Today was a good day. I got my syllabus finished for my class this fall that I'm teaching on Transgenders in Society. I watched a couple of really good TS documentaries, and then I got the advanced copy of the journal that I have an article in about my library. After that I went golfing and I think I have my putting problem almost solved. Now I need to get my driving a little longer consistantly and now we're home after going to Olive Garden. I sat across from this incredible woman at the restaurant. Couldn't keep my eyes off her. We had such chemistry I took her home. Fortunately I'm married to her so it's okay with her too. Gypsey

Sunday evening at home

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:54:27 GMT

It's Sunday and almost time for bed. Today I slept late, painted the rest of the kitchen red and went back to bed. When I finally got up I put on the second coat in the kitchen and finished the face plates. Note to all: Valspar paint is great. Beyr paint sucks. Okay, moving on. Then I watched the Women's Open on TV while ironing my clothes for the week. After supper we went for a walk around the block, which for us is a mile oval track. Now it's 10 pm and I'm ready to go to bed. Been one of those great days.

However I have been talking on line to a group of tenure track TSs throughout the world. I'm thinking of trying to get Clemson University to help me sponsor a conference of tenure track transsexuals for networking and contact. That way they can get their credit for tenure and we can all benefit from our experiences as TSs. It won't be for a couple more years but it will be a worthwhile project if we can pull it off.

That's about it. Back to work tomorrow and more golf. I'm playing in the course championship in two weeks. More practice needed. G

Golf and the US Army

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:42:54 GMT

Two fun things today that made me happy. The first was golf. I went to Columbia SC to play a new course that we’re using for the Library Association Tourney in Oct. On the last hole I let one rip, and the guy about 20 feet from the green gave me the finger. I mean I really hit it and it rolled to him. When I got up there he headed my way and not in a good manner. I thought ‘oh, shit, I’m going to have to beat his ass in front of his kids.’ So I immediately apologized and said “I’ve never hit a ball that far before”, well at least not this year. That’s when he realized I was a girl. His whole mannerism changed. He stopped dead and stammered out, “nice drive.” He then went to the next tee. I looked for my ball where he was chipping but couldn’t see it. That’s when the maintenance man cutting the fringe said it was on the green. I drove 300 fucking yard tee to green on a par 4. I was out of my mind with glee.

The second thing today was just as funny but with far more reaching consequences. I went to Fort Jackson to update my Army Reserve ID card. I took the old one with my male photo and name on it up to the counter and said I needed a name change on my ID. The woman that was assigned to me never batted an eye when she started changing data. She looked at the court ordered name change and set right in on the computer. She changed my name, address, etc, and even changed my sex on the forms. Then she uploaded it, printed me a copy, and said come back in a couple weeks with my discharge orders and I could get a new ID. I was in and out in less than a hour on post.

Now the reason this is significant is that if they recall me I will go back in as a married lesbian, married to another lesbian. Our marriage is still valid so they will have to address the issue of dependent ID cards, separation pay, and privileges for Marla. Their heads will explode. More to follow. One more note. I didn’t realize how much I missed the Army until I walked back onto the base. I would like to go back in again, knowing and being what I am now. I could do a lot of good for the community and a lot of damage to the system. Have a great night.