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August 2nd, 2015

05:02 pm - Friends-only request post As most of this journal is now going friends- only, I am putting this in here for requests by anyone wanting me to add them to my friends-list. Please tell me where/how you found me, that would greatly help. Simon EDIT: The xxasimont LJ gradually took over all my time (too much hassle logging in and out with multiple LJ's), I'm only updating my old 2 enough to keep them from being deleted as inactive(which recently happened to a friend's LJ that was way younger and more recently updated than the two early ones I have. 16 January 2008 Current Mood: annoyed

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February 8th, 2006

11:48 pm - Special Friends If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Scarborough Fair-Simon and Garfunkle

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January 16th, 2006

05:14 am - International Asperger's Year 2006 FEBRUARY 18, 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hans Asperger, discoverer of Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. Asperger deserves greater recognition for identifying a major condition that affects people of every land. 2006 also marks the 25th anniversary of Dr. Lorna Wing's paper "Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account," which helped bring AS world attention. International Asperger's Year, 2006, which marks these two anniversaries, is an appropriate time to: - Honor the contributions of Hans Asperger, Lorna Wing and other pioneering researchers and clinicians; - Encourage people who might have AS to seek diagnosis; - Correct misconceptions about AS; - Recognize the special needs of adults with AS; - Publicize Asperger role models and achievements; - Improve and expand Asperger public services; - Harness AS passions and talents for positive use; - Develop AS mentoring programs; - Salute the parents, families, friends, volunteers, advocates and professionals who work so hard to improve the lives of people with Asperger's Syndrome; and - Enable Asperger communities around the world to become better acquainted with one another. Prof. Tony Attwood, Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen, Prof. Uta Frith, Prof. Michael Fitzgerald, Hon. Angela Browning MP, Stephen Shore, Roger Meyer, Michael John Carley, Barbara Jacobs, Prof. Brenda Myles and Jerry Newport have endorsed International Asperger's Year. The Committee for International Asperger's Year, composed of 35 organizations from 22 countries, coordinates IAY. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/asperger-year/ Current Mood: excited

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December 25th, 2005

08:54 am - Merry Christmas To those of my friends who celebrate Christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS. To those who follow other or no belief systems, HAVE A GREAT DAY Hugs Simon Current Mood: happy

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December 3rd, 2005

02:37 am - Medical update Ok, I still have to see a specialist next Wednesday, but Dr Ceber told me what the problems were that postponed the surgery, after I explained that I was going to stay a lot saner if I could research than if I had to wait a week to find out anything. So now I know what is wrong. 1. Polycythemia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycythemia 2. Chronic Renal Disease Neither are life threatening in the short term at least, but the Polycythemia has to get stabilised before they can operate (the fatality rate for surgery on someone with untreated Polycythemia is around 30%, which explains the postponement of surgery!!). Fortunately as an ex blood donor who has no problems with needles, the primary (and probably only) treatment isn't really going to worry me- having approximately 500ml (about a pint for my US based friends) of blood drawn 2 to 3 times a week, to lower the excess red cells. Once it is at a normal level they can operate, but from what I've read, the treatment (Blood letting or phlebotomy)is likely to be less frequent, but ongoing on a fairly permanent basis. Don't think there is much they can do about the Chronic Renal Disease, as we suspect it is primarly Analgesic induced from over 20 years of heavy analgesic use while I had the fibromyalgia, but it seems to be in the fairly early stages (no physical symptoms) so hopefully that will be able to be kept to a minimum in the way of deterioration. I haven't really been online much since I spoke to the Dr, other than to do research, which is why it's taken me so long to post an update. I will try to do better from here on, it just takes a bit of withdraw and think about it when you realise you're probably facing 2 permanent chronic illnesses you had no idea about (in addition to what I already deal with). Will update more later, I'm going to bed, as it's 2.36am, and lavanderbozz and I are hoping to get the old bed base out of my bedroom and put my new one in tomorrow, as the rest of the time she is down here either one or both of us have plans most days. More later. Simon Current Mood: scared

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November 16th, 2005

05:01 pm - pics please? Stolen from beetlebomb- great idea, I'd love a photo of my friends Reply to this post by posting a picture of yourself in the comments, then post this sentence to your own journal. Current Mood: hopeful

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October 29th, 2005

07:27 pm - Top Commenters Top Commenters on asimont's LiveJournal (Self comments excluded from rankings) 1 little_sista 44 2 pippi_az 31 3 bluewren 29 4 curlygrrrl 19 5 lavanderbozz 18 6 unico_love 16 7 xxasimont 15 8 shadowitch 13 9 priyatelka 13 10 flexibeast 12 ( 11-63 ) Total Commenters: 64 (1 not shown) Total Comments: 406 Report generated 29/10/2005 7:27:59 PM by scrapdog's LJ Comment Stats Wizard 1.6

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September 14th, 2005

09:19 pm - ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE DAY OF WONDERFUL THINGS! Appointment with Dr Kennedy from the Monash Gender clinic at 10.30 this morning. Firstly, I found 2 hour parking directly across the road from her office (rare). Her secretary Margaret told me she wasn't running behind today, so I got in to see her about 10 minutes after my appointment time. She had a smile on her face, like she had some good news for me. Not just good news, INCREDIBLE news! The Committee met last week, and not only have I been approved for chest surgery ASAP, it will be done by Mr Ceber (who is absolutely excellent), but THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT!! I spoke to Dawn on the phone today, she does all the appointments, and she's making an appointment as soon as possible with Mr Ceber and has been instructed to tell Masada Hospital that the clinic will be paying the bill. Dr Kennedy is hopeful that I can have this surgery over with before the hot weather gets here!! At the end of the appointment (we discussed linkey's assorted threats, and I supplied her with a printout of the whole of the recent 'debacle' which she has filed. She laughed, said that it was a load of rubbish and linkey had said nothing at her appointment, and even if she did, Dr Kennedy knows exactly what went on and would take absolutely no notice of anything she did say. She understood my concern, but told me not to worry about it. Ended the appointment by telling me to have a good day and go and celebrate!! Other good stuff today, but I'll make that a separate post, maybe even tomorrow, as I am very tired after today's excitement. Simon (cross posted to my asimont LJ. Current Mood: ecstatic

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August 7th, 2005

05:31 pm - G.I.S.G. meeting Today's Gender Identity Support Group meeting was really great! Current Mood: cheerful

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August 4th, 2005

05:52 pm - Do you read me? - meme Taken from tatterdemalion Do you read me? If you read me on a regular/semi regular basis, leave me a comment and let me know. Then post this in your LJ and find out who reads you. ** extra question: would you read if this LJ went friends-only totally?** Current Mood: curious

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July 29th, 2005

12:10 am - MASSAGE HEAVEN Yes, one of my rare 'public' posts! For anyone living within commuting distance of the Cranbourne, Melbourne (Australia) area, who wants an incredible hour or so of absolute heaven, I had a back massage from heaven (and for someone with a severely stuffed back like mine, that in itself is a not so small miracle) from shadowitch. First time I've gone in with a back that had been driving me to pain meds too often lately, had a relaxing and pain-free session, and no pain afterwards!! Definitely reccomended! It was absolutely wonderful, and a very special treat for the last day of being 45 years old (by the time she'd finished my back no longer felt several decades older than the rest of me). BLISS!!

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July 25th, 2005

09:49 pm - One more day One more day and then I will be starting to seriously feel old. One more day of being 45 (which at that is half of 90). I don't like the feeling that my life might be close to halfway over! Current Mood: anxious

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July 22nd, 2005

01:12 am - Bek's first Manga Furry drawing for me Last time bekaj3 and I went to the bookshop, on Monday, I got the new Harry Potter book and a Spanish Dictionary, and bekaj3 got a book on drawing Manga. There was a really cute Furry one in there, and I asked her to have a try at it for me one day. Today (all of 3 days later) I got my drawing, not just an enlarged version of the one in the book, but sitting the opposite way too. I think this little one is SO cute. I now have 2 of bekaj3's drawings, the Mothers Day one, which is too big to scan so I'm going to photograph it later, and this one, which being A4 was not too big for my scanner. Now looking forward to gradually getting more of her artwork- seeing the ones she's done just since she got the book, it looks like this is another area of her artistic talent. (any feedback will be forwarded on to her) Current Mood: creative

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July 19th, 2005

03:33 pm - Perspectives on the past Inspired by a post in my friend melsmarsh's LJ. I was born in 1959, but brought up by grandparents born in Dad-1916, Mum-1920. TV A frightening proportion of my favourite actors are now dead, even scarier, mostly of old age! My early memories of TV were that it was in B&W, there were 4 channels, and the latest one went off-air at about midnight. I was 16 when I saw colour TV for the first time. I OWNED my first ever colour TV with remote control about 3 months ago(at the age of 45). I was never a big TV fan, hated most kids shows and all cartoons (but I like Anime).I remember loving Marcus Welby MD, Quincy, Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, now I love CSI, Law and Order etc, guess my tastes haven't changed from age 8 to 45. TECHNOLOGY Until I was 15, the only music playing machine I had was a transistor radio about twice the size of a large cigarette packet. My first 'upgrade' from that was a cassette radio player. I have used a punch card machine to punch computer cards in Fortran, my first computer was a 386DX, 2 meg RAM, 120 Meg Hard disk, running Dos 5. I swore I would never have a mouse!(that's before I met Win 3.1) All music was on vinyl records, during my teen years reel-to-reel tape players and cassettes were introduced. I bought my first CD at the age of 29. In primary school we graduated from pencil to cartridge pens with liquid ink. Biro type pens were rare, and expensive items used by adults for work. Felt tip pens (in the form of chunky textas) were a rarely seen item, we had pencils or crayons for coloured work. TOYS Didn't have many, I was more interested in books. I do still have one of my dolls and my teddy though. Teddy was given to me for my first xmas in 1959, the doll (jet black, not the PC 'brown') was given to me in 1962. Toys were definitely divided into 'boys' and 'girls' toys, and if you didn't have an opposite sex sibling you usually didn't see toys designated for the other sex. I first discovered Mecchano only because they used it for engineering students at my Dad's work-I had SO much fun with that. WORLD EVENTS I remember watching live on TV coverage of the Vietnam War, the first Walk on the Moon. Anti war protest marches were regular and interesting too MUSIC I remember when the songs of the protest era were on the 'top 40', my first live rock concert "Black Sabbath". INFORMATION ACCESS Access to information was restricted by libraries that rarely had sufficient current books. Nothing was cross-referenced so you had to know the exact words for what you wanted information on. Books were banned for what in todays world would be considered extremely mild sexual references (D.H. Lawrences "Sons and Lovers" for mention of oral sex, same with "McCabe P.M.-sorry don't remember author). Information on homosexuality was limited (and only on how to 'cure' it), on transsexuality was non existent. Sex education was limited to procreation, usually with a 'don't do until after you're married' statement. MISC Milk being delivered by horse and cart (in the metropolitan area of Melbourne). When all supermarkets did home delivery, and many did phone order and delivery. When I was young, no one EVER said anything about periods, bras or similar in front of a male. Pads and tampons were sold in paper bags so no one would see what you were buying. Safe sex was to make sure you didn't get pregnant. There was no AIDS. Condoms were only stocked behind the counter of chemist shops (pharmacies) so you had to brave the shop assistant to buy them, and no female EVER did. If their boyfriend wasn't 'prepared' and she wasn't on the pill, they either took a chance or said no. Abortion was illegal, so there were more babies avaiable for adoption than there are these days. Disabled people were 'warehoused' into institutions. There were no special ed classes, you either sank or swam in regular classes or went to one of the few 'special schools' where you were taught basic living skills (reading was not considered a basic living skill). If you had a 'recognisable' disability such as Down's Syndrome your entrance to an institution was usually within the first 12 months of your life. From that point on you were treated like an animal (in some cases worse than that). ABUSE There was no system for reporting child abuse. There were some institutions but they were for 'uncontrollable' children. If you were the victim of child abuse, there was no one to talk to, no one to help you, and no one really cared. Parents had the right to hit their kids. There were no domestic violence refuges. Women who left their husbands were 'bad', no matter what their husbands had done, there was no recognition that there was any justification for breaking up a marriage. SOCIAL I knew all the adults in the street I grew up in, and could go to any of them if Mum wasn't home when I got out of school. There were no after-school programs, few if any day-care centres. If a parent was on their own, neighbours would take the kids after school. What a different world we live in now! Is it better? Don't know, ask me in another 45 years! Simon Current Mood: nostalgic

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July 18th, 2005

05:46 pm - Contented, excited, sad, lots of different emotions at once. Ok, lots of good things happening at the moment. I actually remembered it's rubbish day-note putting reminders in mobile phone works well!! Went and picked up the 2 dining chairs yesterday, got home and a few hours later I was successful in my dream bid, on a lovely wooden rocking chair with custom made chair pads!! Have to go over to Blackburn South tomorrow evening to pick it up, haven't been over that way for a long while. Makes me sad, because I can't drop in and see David, which I usually would have done. I hate losing people close to me to death- it's been over 20 years since my Dad died and I still miss him horribly. Finally went down to Frankston today to get the Harry Potter Book (Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince), had just pulled up in the car when I got a call from bekaj3 to say she was in Frankston also, so we met before I went to the bookshop. I still had some book vouchers (for the right bookshop fortuately), so I got the HP book, and a Spanish Dictionary, and bekaj3 found a really GOOD book on Drawing Manga, so we got that as well. Then a quick snack to eat, and she went back to the bus stop and I went back and grabbed the car, and came home. I'm going to MAKE myself do the kitchen and rubbish before I will allow myself to open the new book-that way it will get done. Have to get my car serviced and stuff soon. Noticed today that sometime in the last 24 hours or so, either the cable has come off the speedo or it's broken,as it is no longer working. Hasn't been that way for long though, as I watch my speedo very carefully. I was talking to a guy who runs a coffee shop that used to be my corner milk bar when I lived in Petrie St (closer in to Frankston centre), and he gave me contact details for a really good mechanic and service person. Hopefully he might even be able to work out whether what is up with my car CD player is fatal or not (if it can be fixed or ditched). Oh well, I guess I'd better get down to some work around here if I ever want to read this new book! Current Mood: confused

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July 16th, 2005

12:30 pm - Interests- how many do you have? I posted something similar to this in the asperger community, but it also seems to apply to those on my friends list, would be interested in feedback, so I'm posting this to my own LJ's as well. How many interests do you have listed? Do you find the upper limit of 150 interests annoying? If you want to share what those interests are, that would be wonderful too! For those who don't want to open the cut, I have lots of interests (117,150 and 150)and yes, I find the limit frustrating. ( my LJ's and their interests-longish ) Current Mood: curious

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12:30 am - Last post on a 19 month nightmare This is the end- I have absolutely and totally had it with the lies, fabrications, ingratitude, and now defamation I have been through in the last almost 19 months with linkey. I'm going to write down a few facts, because I know, I have seen and heard, a lot of the rubbish that has sometimes been accepted as truth by people who don't have full facts. Dec 2003, she posted that her parents had thrown her out and she was sleeping in her car. Concerned for a young and vulnerable person I invited her to come here until the refuges and other 'helping agencies' opened their doors again after the Christmas break, as this occured on xmas eve, possibly the worst time in a so called Christian country to have any kind of crisis. Dec 2003-May 2004. Really stressful time. I was going through post-traumatic-stress-disorder, my daughter was dealing with health problems caused by memories of abuse by a former partner, I ended up in hospital, which at the time I did need, if for a break and a chance to sleep. Difficulties when the doctors started to plan for me to leave hospital because someone who had been a 'temporary guest' since Dec 2003 was trying to refuse to allow me to return to my own home. May 2004-February 2005.Slowly increasing stress, lack of access to my computer as someone else was using it for up to 12 hours a day. During this time, I paid for her car to be repaired and urgently needed new tyres put on, continued to pay all rent, bills and food. Increasing demands for extra money for takeaways, shopping, to buy things wanted after her pension was spent in a few days after receiving it. Complaints increased about the contents of the shopping (which I did either alone or with little_sista taking me, and more complaints about increasing numbers of aspects of the way I live MY life. Feb 2005. I finally reached breaking point, and wrote a very polite and kind letter (which was also read by 3 independant people AFTER she had been given it and I was assured that what I was saying was perfectly reasonable. I said that I was no longer willing to keep being an 'open purse' for just about everything she wanted, and that I thought that after 14 months, it was about time she started to pay her share of food, bills and rent. I actually went to a motel for 2 nights to give her time to think about what I had written and calm down, as I find her very scary when she is angry. Initial SMS communication was concilliatory and apologetic, however this was followed by threats to contact the people who handle my housing, and also the Gender Clinic in an attempt to stop my transition (and this from a supposed mtf person!) The entry I wrote a few days later, when I found that she actually HAD contacted the housing authority, is at http://www.livejournal.com/users/asimont/41355.html . When I discovered what had been done, I sent a message telling her to get out, that her property would be quite safe here until she could collect it but that I did NOT want her coming back here except by arrangement to collect her property. Next LJ entry of mine was http://www.livejournal.com/users/asimont/41719.html Feb 2005 Received SMS from young friend I have known for about 6 or more years, someone had contacted them and said I hated the young friend, which was totally untrue, and a cruel thing to do to a young 16 year old who has never had much in the way of 'family' who cared except for my daughter and I. May 2005 After a conversation on Yahoo where I queried some rather discriminatory statements made about someone I don't know very well, I was WARNED that if I spoke to Dr Kennedy (psychiatrist at Monash Gender clinic) and anything about linkey was mentioned there would be trouble. This, by way of explanation, is demanding that I either lie to the psychiatrist if she asks, as she did, how things were going as she was under the assumption that linkey was still living there. I was informed (quoted from yahoo-sent 'threat' "Oh I hear that you are seeing Dr. Kennedy on Wednesday. If I hear any stuff about me in my next appointment there will be issues rasied and presented to Dr. Kennedy and the Monash Team". So she demands that I lie to my doctor? July 2005 (today) A post on a community (I had posted a brief enquiry as to whether the community was still active), and this time I was referred to as s/he (I am ftm, and have been since she has known me), and publically accused of "I still find out that s/he has still attacked my via other groups that I am connected with" -which is odd, as I haven't mentioned her in any community at any time. Since February, when she left, I have once more been able to become active in things I had not had time on computer to do. I have an active social life, with many friends who visit, places to go and things to do. The depression induced by being increasingly treated as a distasteful but useful free meal ticket is gone. Sadly, it has made me extremely reluctant to ever attempt to help anyone else, especially if that help involves anything resembling any part of this 19 month nightmare. Simon Current Mood: nauseated

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July 15th, 2005

11:51 am - Today my "baby" turns 16 I feel old, but at the same time happy and excited. 16 years ago exactly, I was in an operating theatre, having just cried my eyes out in happiness when I saw how beautiful my new daughter bekaj3 was when she was born (caesarian by epidural so I was awake fortunately). Right now I have 16 years of pictures of my wonderful daughter doing a slide-show in my head, and almost every single memory makes me smile, the only ones that don't were ones where she was hurt and I either didn't know or was powerless to do anything about it. This child who is a child no longer is one of the most caring, loving and accepting people I have ever known. A talented artist, poet, friend and musician. And the most wonderful child any parent could dream of having. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEKI! More later from a very proud parent! Current Mood: thankful

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July 11th, 2005

10:11 pm - My first "public" erotica Ok, please be kind, this is the first time anyone other than my lovers have EVER seen the small ammount of erotica I've written. ( story-a transguy and a cd ) Hopefully cross posted to gendererotica Current Mood: horny

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07:06 pm - Hmm, not bad asimont's Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 12 Average number of words per sentence: 27.58 Average number of syllables per word: 1.41 Total words in sample: 3337 Analyze your journal! Username: Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern Don't think I can do my other LJ, xxasimont because of it being friends-only, but I think I write fairly much the same in both of them.

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