Name Change Paperwork and Question

[doni-dyke01.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I've got the forms (I don't have the money yet, no), and I plan to start filling them out, but I'll put the date on it when I get the funds. The problem is, the petition and order are confusing and complicated. What I'm asking for, is some help. I live in Monroe County, in New York (Rochester, actually), and I was wondering if somebody would be willing to go through the work with me. And now for the question. It says on the Order that you MUST post the information (including your date of birth and address) in the local newspaper. Do you have to post the information, or is there a way around it?

Thanks.

If you're willing to help, you can email me at kalen87[at]gmail[dot]com.

in response to Day of Silence

[bagelsrocks.livejournal.com]

who am I? today, I am self-expression. I stand for the darkness and for the light, and for the colors I can only dream of. I represent the thoughts and feelings that don't always translate to words.
but what I am also is compassion and community and communication. I have seen and felt the ache of the left unsaid, and I don't want to honor it. silence is as much a weapon as a spat slur.
so today I call for disarmament. I ask, in place, to complete some small act of sharing. to reveal a secret, to heal a broken friendship, or to have a conversation with a stranger (and the list goes on). instead of sitting down in solitude with the known hurt of the past, instead of trying to show you a wound that cannot be understood, I am finding new words today.

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[fireworkboy.livejournal.com]

Brief Cranbrook lockdown after report of man wearing women’s clothing
April 17, 2007
By EMILIA ASKARI
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Classes at Cranbrook went on as normal this morning after a brief lockdown, triggered by an allegation of a man wearing women’s clothing on the Bloomfield Hills campus.
A mother who was dropping off a student in the parking lot told authorities that she saw a 6-foot-tall man wearing a blonde wig, high heels, a skirt and a black coat.
“She thought it was kind of strange, so she called police,” said Bloomfield Hills Detective Lt. Paul J. Myszenski.

Classrooms were locked for about an hour and a half while police searched the campus. They found nothing suspicious.

“In the wake of what happened yesterday in Virginia, it’s better to be safe than sorry. It’s better to call us than have an oh, whoops,” Myszenski said.

In a news release, the school said, "Cranbrook Schools went into lockdown mode shortly after 8 a.m., when an unidentified person was spotted on the campus of Cranbrook Schools. Cranbrook contacted Bloomfield Hills police and followed its standard lockdown procedures. At 9:20 a.m., the lockdown was lifted and the students are resuming their daily schedules as planned."

Helicopters circled the campus and news media waited outside the campus gates during the search.

Michelle Kim of Birmingham had been waiting outside the Kingswood part of the campus to pick up her daughter since 8:40 a.m. “I was very, very worried about it because of what happened yesterday.”

When asked whether the alleged incident is illegal, Myszenski said no, but, “If you’re a man, you don’t hang around a school dressd as a woman."

“What kind of crime did this person commit? A fashion crime.”
Copyright © 2007 Detroit Free Press Inc.

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