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About me - Harper Gallagher

I'm a 30 year old goth girl from Cork in Ireland but living with my Beloved in Dublin.

I am a lesbian transexual woman, a pagan, a former pro-domina and a polyanna.

The first well I admit it openly because I am proud of every aspect of who and what I am.

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to get started writing a book once you have a great idea: 1 of 15
Way back when I was in school my English teacher told me something which I have heard repeated over and over again. "Every single person has one idea for a book in them and some people have a lot more than that." He and all the other people who have since echoed that sentiment are absolutely right anyone you meet has one stor... More..
Relationships & Family > Male / Female Communication Styles How to be vulnerable: 11 of 64
There it was after a year of hiding why I would sometimes cringe when she touched me I had finally opened up and revealed the truth. But it had been a long hard road to that point and it had at times seemed that what had been hidden it would destroy us before it could ever be revealed.You see I was like far too many people an... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Jaws of life: 5 of 27
She lay on the floor. There was nowhere else for her to lie down, the strangely spacious but very cold cell she had woken in had of no furniture of any kind. Nothing but the door made of steel bars at one end and a grate over a drain in the center of the white tiled floor. Across from her through the bars she could see anothe... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Subcultures Defending the 'Gothic Movement': 3 of 16
It's not easy being green or in this case being the outsider and that is probably one of the best words to use to describe a gothic or punk beauty. Outsider. The Outsider. She or even he is part of main stream culture now watch almost any action movie with a female lead in the last five years and she'll be there. The vampire,... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game review: Optimus Appartus, by Stolpskott Studios: 1 of 5
Taking the player back to those almost stone age days of the very early 90 Optimus Apparatus is a rather brilliant throw back to games like Nexus on the Amstrad CPC 6128. You take control of a lone fighter which has to blast it's way across various randomly generated landscapes while always being mindful that the pesky force ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game review: Obulis, by IonFX: 2 of 6
In the years since Tetris made that first huge splash almost every gaming company has made its own attempt at puzzling addiction. The latest attempt to repeat the nirvana that was Tetris is Orbulis by IonFX and they very nearly succeed.The aim of the game is to progress across the map by completing the puzzles which consist o... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game for review: Astro Miner, by Ugly Ralph: 3 of 6
While Ralph the character you play in Astro Miner may be ugly this little game is anything but. From the first moment the main menu opens up on your screen you know that you have real quality on the screen.The game is simple at heart a standard side scrolling shoot em up. The controls are simplicity itself with the cursors be... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition (Other) Avoid winter weight gain: 16 of 20
The evenings start to close in, you find yourself reaching for both the thermostat as well as the television remote with greater and greater frequency. Then you wake up one morning and yes the car windscreen is frosted over.How did that happen?Wasn't it Summer five minutes ago?Suddenly it's too cold, too wet, too dark and to ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Downloadable game review: Summer Session, by Tycoon Games: 8 of 9
Summer Session is a simple to play Anime based dating game. Guide your somewhat geeky male character through six gruelling weeks of summer school, struggling to pass classes while you make passes at your classmates and even one or two teachers along the way. Set out your timetable for the week, making sure to allow time for s... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Different ways people come out of the closet: 8 of 8
Coming out for many lesbian, gay, bisexual or transexual people is a significant if not the defining moment of their lives. But for some of us that word "moment" belies the fact that coming out can be a long drawn out gradual process. It certainly was and is for me. I came out three times in my life. The first was just funny,... More..