• Wed, 04:13: .@RepTomGarrett on 2/20, Devin Bowles was shot to death. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:24: .@RepTomGarrett on 2/18 Eric Adams was shot to death. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:32: .@RepTomGarrett on 1/7 Garry Harrison was shot to death. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:34: .@RepTomGarrett On 2/5 Christopher Andrew Veronee was shot to death. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:35: .@RepTomGarrett On 1/31 Mala and Rishi Manwani were shot to death. Did they deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:36: .@RepTomGarrett Jean Bryant was shot to death on 2/15. Did she deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:37: .@RepTomGarrett On 2/12 Stephen Davis Jr was shot to death. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Wed, 04:39: .@realDonaldTrump we don't need thoughts and prayers. We don't need flags at half staff. WE NEED A GOVERNMENT THAT… https://t.co/tZ1aybCBAE
• Wed, 04:45: RT @bessbell: RT if you've had even a single a teacher who shouldn't have a gun. https://t.co/NpJvj4bDp6
• Wed, 04:50: RT @eclecticbrotha: Initial reports indicate the #TwitterLockOut resulted in the greatest loss of life since The Bowling Green Massacre.

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• Thu, 09:21: @RepTomGarrett Alistair Smith was shot to death 2/13. Did he deserve to die? #GunControlNow
• Thu, 09:45: @RepTomGarrett 17 people are dead in Florida. Did they deserve to die? Will thoughts and prayers and the flag at ha… https://t.co/qSWWweNDJp
• Thu, 09:54: Unless and until @RepTomGarrett votes for sensible gun control, I am going to make sure he knows about as many gun… https://t.co/EyaoI8qZ1f
• Thu, 09:56: RT @nowamfound: see a common denominator/ angry white male/ assault weapon https://t.co/uzZt8jSbHm
• Thu, 09:56: RT @TJ_2019: Not regulating guns IS a mental health issue. Pretending like American male culture isn’t the cause of almost all society iss…
• Thu, 09:57: RT @SenFeinstein: Another mass shooting. Reportedly another AR-15. My bill to ban assault weapons is ready for a vote. How long will we acc…
• Thu, 09:57: RT @jimmacpam: YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #GunsAreTheProblem #GunControlNow #TakeActionNow https://t.co/tsCxL6R0CU
• Thu, 09:57: RT @ClintSmithIII: We don’t have to live in a country where school shootings are normal. We don’t have to live in a country where ICE is…
• Thu, 09:57: RT @kaitlancollins: David Hogg, a high school student who survived the Florida shooting, just looked directly into the camera and made this…
• Thu, 09:57: RT @cosmoksmom: Parents:Lock up your damn weapons. You can tell me all day longyour kid is the best, most stable kid in the universe that e…

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First my country, and now my old blogging site are run by horrible people.

I believe in human rights.

I have missed LJ. I guess this is a formal goodbye, at least until the new policies based on hatred are gone.

I am currently unemployed. I'm volunteering at a domestic violence shelter in Virginia and have applied for a job there. I'm told I have a good chance of getting the job but I'm still nervous. I love the place and the people I work with and the residents and I'll continue volunteering there whether or not I'm paid for it. Don't worry; there's no sordid story of violence that led me there, just what I've mentioned here before.

One of these days, I'm going to actually open my Etsy shop under the name of Vireo Beadworks. I'm still a bead freak, including maintaining a jewelry-making kit for the shelter, and making even more jewelry than I used to.

Overall, I'm okay. I miss what I had here back in the day but I guess that's gone now. I hope all of you are well.

Support shelterforhelpinemergency.org or your local DV shelter. Whatever. Just keep fighting for what you believe in, no matter what.