Well, I kicked out my roomate. No surprise there since that one was comming. He decited to go bugshit, drink a bottle of absinthe (that I Paid for!) and trash the house. Yea, time to go. On top of that my all in one printer-scanner-copier and fax was damaged as well. To top it all off, my laptop was stolen. Screw it, I called the cops. I have homeowner's insurance, but who knows what all they will cover. This sucks ass. So be paitent if I don't get back to you soon. I'm working on replacing everything but it's gonna take some time.

I did do one decent thing for myself, I went and saw Jane's Addiction at Ntelos Pavillion in Portsmouth. Front row, got to tell Dave Navarro he's a sexy bitch! I've been waiting 15 years to do that. Cross one off the bucket list.

Well, I decited to take an extended break from the computer. I could've written about crazy teabaggers, The GOP deciding to jump off the deep end, all that. I needed a break from all the loonies.

Other news, I finally broke down and went to therapy. My doc is ok. He's upfront and honest, not afraid to call me on my bullshit. Yea, I'm on meds too. For once they work. I do feel better, physically and emotionally.

And we now have a cat. Little black cat named Ozzy. He's a talkative little cuddle kittie, and a former stray. I took me a few days but he warmed up to me and after 2 weeks, he's now a lap cat. He's good therapy.

Well after the Dr. visit last week, he gave me some pills, That didn't work. I couldn't sleep. I'd wake up every 3 hrs or so coughing. So the Dr. gave me codine (no I can't spell it, but I can feel it). So with some good rest, I got my voice back and I'm not coughing near as much. And I'm high, legally! lol
Other than that, I'm fighting one hell of a battle with depression. There's a lot going on and I just don't see a way out of it. Trying to find help seems to be a lost cause cause even with my insurance, I can't afford it.

This sucks ass. I've lost my voice and got some horrible cold/cough that Draven brought home. I've been drinking tea and taking pills for days, ain't done a damn thing. I feel like my head is gonna explode. I haven't slept much,  no more than a couple of hrs at a time. I wake up coughing so hard my throat is raw, and I'm in tears.
I'm gonna call the Dr. this morning when I can. See if I can get in. I've had enough of this bullshit. I just want this shit out of my head.

Ms. Collette,
I still feel that parts of this story were not addressed properly, so I’ll go into my response to your e-mail and address the areas I felt needed to be addressed.

As a matter of fact, I DID speak to Vampires and Satanists. I gave them an opportunity to speak on camera about their beliefs and religion. They declined for the time being, but have agreed to possibly interview in the future. In my line of work, if you are not willing to go on camera to tell "your side of the story," it's very hard to present "your side of the story." I explained the piece to those I spoke with off camera. I told them how it got started and they agreed that children need to be aware that this culture isn't like what they see in the movies or in books. It's not a game. It's a REAL religion.
Well, I can agree that space and time is limited. The organized community doesn't want to be exploited by the press, which has a history of twisting their comments to be whatever they want them to be for the sake of ratings. It would've been nice to add at the end of this piece that you did contact members of the Occult community, and they chose not to comment. This is commonly done in other stories, I wonder why you left it out here. In all honesty, I don’t believe that you did contact anybody in that community. I might also say that in the Vampiric community, there is a longstanding prohibition against speaking with the press. In the future I’d suggest contacting Michelle Bellanger or Sebastian Van Houten ( or whatever name he’s going by this week, lol). Both have been longstanding members of the community and have done many interviews for the press. I personally cannot speak for their community, I can however try to inform where I feel that people have been given misinformation.

As for your next comment:
"This was tabloid reporting at it’s worst, and I think you should be ashamed as a journalist to run such trash. You owe the entire community at large an apology, not just the Occult community that you slandered. Next time, do your research. "
In no way am I ashamed about this piece and no apology will be given. I stand by my work. When a Sheriff Sergeant called me from the York-Poquoson office to tell me about an conference they held to discuss how to stop ritual and occult crimes that are on the rise in the area, I thought it was important to tell their story.
If any police department would like some help from someone in the community, I am available and I’m not looking to make $$. If there is a legitimate investigation going on, I’m willing to help. Feel free to forward my contact info to them if you wish.

Parents need to know what their children are looking at on the internet and reading in books. (...and I have read Twilight and loved the series. I'm just reiterating that parents need to pay closer attention).
Yes, I agree that parents need to pay attention, and be involved in their child's lives. Not just to worry about the Occult. You’d be surprised how many parents I come across who don’t know anything about their kids or their lives. Maybe it’s the whole keeping up with the Jones’ thing, but I think knowing your kids is more important than having a $600,000 house and 5 cars (that you don’t need). That and the "oh no, not my kid" syndrome. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. Studies have shown that kids who’s parents are involved in their lives are much less likely to get into drugs, crime and other kinds of trouble. I’m all for involved parents, however what you guys were pushing was hysteria. Satanic Panic is no joke and innocent people can and do get hurt. Sophie Lancaster, Tempest Smith and The West Memphis 3 are just a few examples of Satanic Panic that got way out of hand.

More than 200 investigators from across the state signed up to attend the conference because those crimes are growing and they need to be stopped. That is a huge number of people who are concerned about these crimes. Why? Because they've investigated them and have evidence that they're real.
Growing? According to who? Try looking it up online and the evidence to support that is lacking. I even tried the FBI. Thankfully they are concerned with real crimes, regardless of motive. According to my experience, real "Occult-Related" crimes are few and far between, and many times mistaken. I know of one case where a goat was found sacrificed in a church, so called "Occult symbols" were left in the church. The police and press were just convinced "devil worshipers were involved". When it came down to brass tax, the perpetrators were 3 drunk frat boys from the local college(with no ties to the occult), who deiced that this was a fun idea. This is just one of many examples I could give.
When it comes to crime I'd worry more about drugs and gangs which are clearly widespread in the HR area. Are Occult crimes real? yes. It usually involves people who have long histories of mental illness. I find it interesting that you didn’t mention the Lanning Report. Kenneth V. Lanning is a Supervisory Special Agent at the Behavioral Science Unit at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. The Center is located at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. It assists police forces throughout the US. The group is often called in as consultants by local and state police forces. In his report to congress, he noted that Occult crime was rare, and the perpetrators were people with long standing histories of mental illness. It also debunks many of the urban myths regarding SRA ( Satanic Ritual Abuse). That many so called "experts" are unqualified and some are part of The Christian fundamentalist movement to demonize other faiths. Also worth mentioning is OCCULT CRIME- A GROWTH INDUSTRY By Vicki Copeland, who points out that Satanic Panic/ Occult crime scares are quite a large money making industry.

As for the Satanic Bible and Satan worshipers, I fully believe everyone has the right to practice the religion of their choice. However when a father is murdered by his daughter in Maryland because he's trying to stop her from hanging out with "vampire friends" or when a father in Florida "sacrifices" his two children and then calls the police as he burns his house and tells them he is a practicing Satanist who did nothing wrong because he was following his "sacrificial beliefs," that raises a red flag.
There is a huge difference between "self-proclaimed" Vampires and Satanists, and those who are recognized members of the community. Once again, NEITHER ALLOWS FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. Don't believe me? Go to the Church of Satan's Website, or any website dealing with a serious, organized Occult group.
As far as the case involving The girl in MD, the man involved in her father’s murder did so not because of her involvement in Twilight (which wasn’t even mentioned in this article), but because he believed her father was abusing her! The article linked in the piece didn’t even bother to get straight the difference between the Goth community and Vampirism! Another case of media misinformation, all for the sake of ratings or readers. And you wonder why nobody will go on camera?
I might also add that the section regarding the attempted murder of a man who was believed to be a "Head Vampire" was interestingly enough changed since the last stories printed about it. The ringleader of that group, Teresa Davidson was not interested in "taking over the cult" but revenge. Other accounts claimed that she believed that the "head vampire" had either raped or assaulted her daughter, and instead of calling the police she had his roommates attempt to kill him. How do I know this? I had talked to the man in question after the event. He did help the prosecution. I will also state that after a time he made it clear to Mr. Rimer that he had no interest in speaking with him, and almost had to go as far as to have harassment charges placed against Mr. Rimer. I do not believe charges were ever filed, and I have not spoken with the man in question in about a year.
Still, some nut job with a history of mental illness and a good lawyer blames the devil (namely so he can go for an insanity defense) and the media eats it up. There will always be self-proclaimed whatever, but you don’t differentiate between the recognized, organized community and various nut jobs out there. For example, last year, when the Polygamist Mormons had their compound raided, and the mainstream Mormon LDS church was busting their buts trying to get it out to the press that they do not condone or practice polygamy. You see my point?

Are there problems with Christian religions? Yes...and we report on those almost EVERY day.
Funny , For one example, the BTK killer, was also a high ranking member of his Lutheran church but this fact was barely a blip on the radar. If he was Wiccan, Pagan, or involved in some other Occult related faith, it would’ve been everywhere. There would’ve been hour long stories about the "Occult background" of a serial killer. Nobody would even think of doing this to someone of a mainstream, Christian faith. It would be ludicrous.

The fact that Vampires won't let "children" into their religion is not necessarily true because they do have families whose children are practicing vampires. I was introduced to those families while working on this piece. The problem is children who are learning ONLINE about this culture and joining chat room conversations.
Yes, there are plenty of sites out there. Vampire Freaks, Vampire Rave are just 2 sites. My biggest complaint with them is that they don't screen out minors. However, the organized community DOES NOT ALLOW MINORS, PERIOD! Are there people raising their children in their faith? Yes, However they are not allowed to be involved in ritual work or any kind of blood letting (if that is what they practice) until they are of age. There are many Vampires who are not a part of the organized community, and they have their own ideas. They are the ones you hear about most in the news, although the news does not bother to differentiate between the two.

Vampires and occult members don't realize the true age of the child on the other end. They don't know these are kids wanting to get involved.
No, trust me. They know that kids want to get involved. However, I know that the sites run by the organized community (which does not include Vampire Rave or Vampire Freaks), do go out of their way to limit access to minors. The only way to access those sites is to be a recognized member of that community. I know for a fact that they do background checks on their members to verify that the person is who they say they are. Namely to keep out minors and criminals. There is 1 site that is run by the organized community. The only way to gain access is to get an invite by e-mail (only longstanding, recognized members are sent this invite). After this there is a complicated application process to fill out. Questions asked can only be answered by people who are members of that community and are familiar with their teachings (which are not widely available to the public). The application is reviewed, then if the person checks out, they are given access to the site. They go above and beyond to keep minors out of their site. THEY DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THEM!

Now, if someone from the occult community would like to finally agree to go on camera, show their face, and in a professional manner discuss their religion, I am willing to do that, but please do not accuse me of not doing my job, when even you don't have your facts straight about my piece.
I think my facts were as straight as they could be given the information I had to go on, namely your piece. Regarding going on camera to discuss "my religion" (when it comes to the occult, it’s more like religions, ranging from Wicca, Paganism, Voodoo/Hoodoo, Various Afro-Caribbean religions, all the way over to Satanism. All are separate faiths with their own beliefs and practices). Perhaps in the future I might be willing to do so under certain conditions. However, I do not feel that it is in my best interest to do so. I do not feel that you have any interest in doing a fair and honest story about this community, because quite frankly, it’s not newsworthy. I’m interested in giving real help to concerned parents and the police who are investigating real crimes. Do you think anybody is going to sit down and rationally, calmly have a serious, professional conversation with me after you guys try to turn me into a freak show so you can get your ratings? I think not.
I might also add that I am in no way a spokesperson for ALL the communities that make up the larger Occult community. Besides, I think you’d be rather disappointed by me. I won’t be in all black with three tons of make up, living in mom and dad’s basement. Just jeans and a t-shirt in my rather modest condo in the Norge area of Williamsburg.
I know this game, you want ratings. You could care less about the truth and who gets hurt in the process. It’s gonna take a lot for you to prove to me otherwise. I have ethics. I’ve buried stories in the past I felt violated people’s right to privacy (even if that person happened to be a rock star).
I recall years ago, a young reporter for "the Flagship" decided to go undercover and do a story on "Vampire; The Masquerade" (this was just after the John Bush incident back in 96). She went to one group of gamers, sat in, hung out with them later at a coffee house. When she turned in the story, it wasn’t published because her editor deemed it "not newsworthy". Guess we’re not interesting or "newsworthy" unless we are doing something criminal.

If you read the web script, this is one of the quotes you will find:
(((Rimer is quick to point out, not all self-proclaimed vampires are violent to people outside their culture. "Like in any society we have good and evil. There are people involved in that have no intention of committing crimes and then those who do."))) Would I have liked to have expanded more on that? Yes, but I needed the interviews and was denied.
True, but a one second blurb when the rest of the story is "VAMPIRES ARE DEVIL WORSHIPERS WHO ARE AFTER YOUR KIDS" ? Which part do you think stuck with the audience? That was nothing more than a CYA statement. Stories like these catch ignorant people and whip them into hysteria. Want an example? Last night I had a girl show up at my workplace, she was in a hysterical fit of crying, and babbling about her mother attacking her verbally and practically strip searching her. Why? Mom saw your report from Thursday and decided to search her daughter’s room. Mom found a copy of Twilight, a few books on Wicca, and a HIM poster (current popular Finnish rock band). Mom freaks out, hauls everything into the living room. Her daughter comes home late from a date with her boyfriend, mom accuses her of being in a "devil cult" and practically tries to strip search her daughter for marks. I was able to sit down and talk to the mother (who I admit, is not all there in the first place) and calmly explain that her daughter is not a "devil worshiper" but a rather harmless kid interested in Wicca (Which is in no way related to Satanism). Now this girl is traumatized, all because you folks wanted ratings. If anybody is due an apology it’s that 17 year old girl. Do you think that the mother would’ve sat down and talked with me after you ran a story that put me up as a nut or a freak? Nope, and I wouldn’t have been able to help this girl and her mother. Consider your actions when you do stories like this, AND THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO GET HURT!
As far as interviews go, unfortunately there is still plenty of bigotry and ignorance out there in the world. These people have families and jobs, and have no desire to be discriminated against for their beliefs. I know of one case of a man having his child taken away because of his involvement with the organized Vampiric community (his child was not involved in his beliefs or practices in any way, in accordance with their rules, "The Black Veil"). Social Services even took his books, his holy texts away (without a search warrant I might add). The judge in his case stated that he could not in good conscience let a child be raised by someone with Vampiric beliefs. I doubt that this would ever happen to someone who is a Christian. Talk about violations of civil rights, right here in the commonwealth. This is why you won’t have people willing to go on camera. I don’t blame them! We are not a freak show for you to exploit!
I’m also a little upset that you didn’t mention Tempest Smith or Sophie Lancaster. Those 2 girls died because of hate, hysteria and misinformation. That is why I speak up and speak out. I could probably also go into tons of other hate crimes directed toward my community. Thankfully, they’ve gone down over the years but I can assure you I will be on the lookout for any more crimes against us, and I would hope that your station would report them in a professional manner.

Again, I understand your concern and I thank you for watching. Feel free to email me anytime.
Not a problem, thank you for taking the time to read my e-mail. If you would like to contact me in the future my phone number is (removed), and I’m usually reachable after _ (I work nights and sleep days), or by e-mail. If you do come across law enforcement looking for help relating to an investigation, feel free to send them my way.
Blessed Be,
Darci H

To Katie Collett,
I’m concerned about your story regarding "teens and the occult"story that you ran on Thursday at 6. This was another "let’s bash the freaks" story that runs every so often in the news, whenever the news gets slow. This "story" is nothing more than a smear (and a poor one at that) against the Occult community, of which I have been a member of for over 15 years.
So your story followed the typical model, you interview some teenager or mom who’s face is hidden to protect her family from "retaliation". You interview Don Rimer, the "occult expert" who reads some shocking excerpts of the Satanic Bible, which he didn’t bother to read the entire section on "sacrifice" in the SB, otherwise he would’ve read the part that says "under no circumstances are you to sacrifice any animal or baby!". In fact, the Church of Satan expels members who violate the law. They also do not accept members under 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their country). I’m surprised that you didn’t run some stock footage of creepy looking locals (oh wait, they might sue).
I’ve seen Don’s "seminars" and they are a joke. The man has no interest in getting the facts straight. He’s more interested in portraying various sub-cultures as evil, to pander to scared parents and churchgoers. The only reason he does not do this to the Wiccan community is because he knows that they will hound and protest at his gatherings. He’ll tell you that he’s in good with the local Wiccans, and that they support him and invite him to their rituals. This is not true. I know many Wiccans who want nothing to do with him, see him as an oppertunitst and a con artist, trying to exploit their community for a quick buck. In fact he was kicked out of the local Drum Circle (held at Mystic Moon) and was told not to return, because he was harassing a female patron (who is also a student of mine). Don seems to have a problem with harassment, as he was charged with assaulting a female officer in Va Beach. He retired and the charges were dropped. Talk about the good old boys club.
At the end of one seminar, he said "if I’m wrong, I’m interested in speaking with you". I took him up on the offer. He dismissed me as quick as he could. I even offered to pay for dinner in a public restaurant to discuss where I felt he went wrong. He took off as quick as he could. I even gave him my contact info, and never once received a call or an e-mail. So much for wanting to get the facts straight! Interestingly enough, he claims to be an expert on "Goth Culture", yet had no idea who "The Cruxshadows" were! They happen to be one of the biggest bands in that scene, and their lead singer is a Christian! Thankfully, I had a lovely conversation with the pastor and paritioners and laid down some real facts, so that they knew that 99% of the Occult community are law abiding citizens. Mr. Rimer has been discredited many times over, buy different experts and others in the Occult community.
The Cycle Continues by Kerr Cuhulain
http://www. witchvox. com/va/dt_article. html?a=cabc&id=8939
And from THE WILD HUNT
http://wildhunt. org/blog/2009/03/the-return-of-don-rimer. html#respond
And from Witch's Voice
http://www. witchvox. com/wren/wn_detail. html?id=20446
The above is just a small list. He also tends to make wild statements, and does not cite any source to back up his claims. Nobody thinks to question this, or his "credentials" as an "occult expert". He is an outsider looking in. How can one be an expert if they were never a part of the what they claim to be an expert on? Don’s quest is to do "spiritual warfare" with "the powers of darkness". To him, anything related to the occult is evil, Satanic, etc. This could not be further from the truth. The word "Occult" means Hidden Teachings. It’s derived from Greek. Why were these teachings hidden? Namely because for many years, the church authorities who were also part of the government, had outlawed them. Anybody who practiced anything that was a part of the old Pagan religions was put to death. This was known as the Burning Times. Thousands of Men, Women and Children put to death over silly accusations and fearmongering.
You might say those times are over. Or are they? I’d look up the West Memphis 3 at http://www.wm3.org/. Ask them if the burning times are over.
The other thing that Don never mentions to crowds is that most Occult groups do not admit underage members. This is established practice in all groups involved in the Occult, regardless if they are involved in Paganism, Wicca, Vampirism, etc. Teenagers have issues with maturity, and personal responsibility. Those are not the kind of people that the established community (or I) would want as a student. Many of us encourage them to seek help. I might also add that these groups have strict guidelines regarding following the law of the land. For example, the organized Vampiric community has what they call "The Black Veil" which states, among other things, that they DO NOT allow minors into their community, and that it is forbidden to break "mundane law".
So now you have the same info that you could’ve got if you went to any New Age or Occult section at you nearest bookstore. Vampires In their own words by Michelle Bellanger is a good start.
Now, lastly there are always con men (and women) who will tell a confused, naive teen some wild story that they are a "powerful Vampire, Witch, Satanist, (fill in the blank here). These people are not members of the Occult community, they are con artists. They are wannabes at best, who were power hungry. Most established groups wouldn’t admit them or they were kicked out for violating the groups laws. I would tell parents to warn your kids of anyone making wild claims, always be a skeptic. Even if those claims are made by a so called "expert" such as Don Rimer. For parents, if you come home and find books such as Teen Witch by Silver Ravenwolf, or other books I’ve mentioned. Don’t automatically freak out and call an exorcist. Sit down and calmly TALK TO NOT AT your child. Read some of what the books have to say. Trust me, it’s not as scary as what people like you in the media would portray.
If you think that running stories like this doesn’t hurt anybody, think again. I suggest you look at the murder of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered in England by a gang of thugs who "didn’t like goths"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster
Or better yet, the death of Tempest Smith, who at 12 committed suicide because of the taunting of students at her school. All because she was Wiccan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_Smith
I place some responsibility for their deaths squarely at the feet of Don Rimer and other hate mongers like him.
Lastly, you didn’t even bother to go and try to get any comments from anybody who is a part of the Occult community. You didn’t even bother to try to get a comment and attempt to present a balanced story. This was tabloid reporting at it’s worst, and I think you should be ashamed as a journalist to run such trash. You owe the entire community at large an apology, not just the Occult community that you slandered. Next time, do your research.
I don’t expect that I’ll even get a reply from this. You got your ratings. Now let’s see if you want to get the facts straight.
Sincerely,
Darci Huddleston
Staff writer, PM Magazine
Published author, and Occult Researcher for 15 years.

　The above was the letter I sent to WAVY 10's Kattie Collette regarding her story on Teens and the Occult, Now here was her response.

Good afternoon Darci~
Thank you very much for watching. It is clear due to your comments that you are a professional. Thank you for pointing out that you are a writer as well. As such, you should know that not EVERY bit of research that is done can make it into a column of television piece because of timing (or space when it comes to print). Of course I am referring to this part of your email:
"Lastly, you didn’t even bother to go and try to get any comments from anybody who is a part of the Occult community. You didn’t even bother to try to get a comment and attempt to present a balanced story."
As a matter of fact, I DID speak to Vampires and Satanists. I gave them an opportunity to speak on camera about their beliefs and religion. They declined for the time being, but have agreed to possibly interview in the future. In my line of work, if you are not willing to go on camera to tell "your side of the story," it's very hard to present "your side of the story." I explained the piece to those I spoke with off camera. I told them how it got started and they agreed that children need to be aware that this culture isn't like what they see in the movies or in books. It's not a game. It's a REAL religion.
As for your next comment:
"This was tabloid reporting at it’s worst, and I think you should be ashamed as a journalist to run such trash. You owe the entire community at large an apology, not just the Occult community that you slandered. Next time, do your research. "
In no way am I ashamed about this piece and no apology will be given. I stand by my work. When a Sheriff Sergeant called me from the York-Poquoson office to tell me about an conference they held to discuss how to stop ritual and occult crimes that are on the rise in the area, I thought it was important to tell their story. Parents need to know what their children are looking at on the internet and reading in books. (...and I have read Twilight and loved the series. I'm just reiterating that parents need to pay closer attention).
More than 200 investigators from across the state signed up to attend the conference because those crimes are growing and they need to be stopped. That is a huge number of people who are concerned about these crimes. Why? Because they've investigated them and have evidence that they're real.
As for the Satanic Bible and Satan worshippers, I fully believe everyone has the right to practice the religion of their choice. However when a father is murdered by his daughter in Maryland because he's trying to stop her from hanging out with "vampire friends" or when a father in Florida "sacrifices" his two children and then calls the police as he burns his house and tells them he is a practicing Satanist who did nothing wrong because he was following his "sacrificial beliefs," that raises a red flag.
Are there problems with Christian religions? Yes...and we report on those almost EVERY day.
The fact that Vampires won't let "children" into their religion is not necessarily true because they do have families whose children are practicing vampires. I was introduced to those families while working on this piece. The problem is children who are learning ONLINE about this culture and joining chat room conversations.
Vampires and occult members don't realize the true age of the child on the other end. They don't know these are kids wanting to get involved.
Now, if someone from the occult community would like to finally agree to go on camera, show their face, and in a professional manner discuss their religion, I am willing to do that, but please do not accuse me of not doing my job, when even you don't have your facts straight about my piece. If you read the web script, this is one of the quotes you will find:
(((Rimer is quick to point out, not all self-proclaimed vampires are violent to people outside their culture. "Like in any society we have good and evil. There are people involved in that that have no intention of committing crimes and then those who do.")))
Would I have liked to have expanded more on that? Yes, but I needed the interviews and was denied.
Again, I understand your concern and I thank you for watching. Feel free to email me anytime.
Sincerely,
Katie Collett
Reporter
WAVY/WVBT
I do have a response on the way, trust me. I do find it interesting that she's attempting to bait me into an on camera interview. I would only do an on camera interview under certain circumstances, namely that I also have a camcorder  and tape recorder running as they are filming, and record the entire interview. Forget the black clothes, eyeliner and what not. This would be filmed in my home, which is not draped in black with bats hainging from the celing (sorry to dissapoint you). I can tell you right now that they will not agree, because they won't be able to turn it into swill.
I will also state that I am available to local law enforcement if they need help in a serious investigation, no bs. I don't want $$ or 15 min of fame. I just as soon stay home and read a book and go on with my rather quiet life.
　

Did anybody bother to watch the crap WAVY 10 bothered to put up as their "big story at 6" on Thursday? It must really be a slow news week. It is laughable.
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_wavy_hamptonroads_vampiresandoccult_20090312
Of course the story follows the same old routine, they hid the person's face because they fear reprisal (from unknown persons). Her daughter got over-involved with "Twilight", magick, (or insert subject here), and mom got scared. So what does mom do? She contacts the local "Occult Expert" (who we have seen time and again discredited). They read a bit from the Satanic Bible, namely sections that he knows would shock the mundanes. He shows a few shocking photos, and goes back into the last "occult related" crime in the area.
Of course, they never bothered to interview anybody who is a part of the "Occult community". No surprise there.
Well, the "Occult expert" is none other than our local Don Rimer, former Va Beach Police investigatior, with 20 years on the force. Funny how nobody talks about why he's no longer on the police force. 2 counts of assulting a female officer, anybody? He was charged, but funny how he retired and the charges were dropped. No comment from the female officer. The story used to be up on WAVY 10, but now you can't find it. Funny. I'll do another few searches when I have more time. In the meantime, here's some articles on Don that do more to discredit him
The Cycle Continues by Kerr Cuhulain
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_article.html?a=cabc&id=8939
And from THE WILD HUNT
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/03/the-return-of-don-rimer.html#respond
And from Witch's Voice
http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=20446

And if you wish to contact Don Rimer and tell him to stop spreading Lies, Hate and Fear, His e-mail address is nodevils194@cox.net .
 
So why do I bother to bring any of this up? I suggest you look at the murder of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered in England by a gang of thugs who "didn’t like goths"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster
Or better yet, the death of Tempest Smith, who at 12 committed suicide because of the taunting of students at her school. All because she was Wiccan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_Smith
I blame so called "Occult Experts" for spreading lies and fear among others, and almost encouraging hate crimes against anybody different from themselves. I place responsibility for hate crimes, such as what happened to Sophie at the feet of people like Don Rimer.
I decited to add this as well, the reporter on the story is Katie Collett. If you  are offended by this outlandish and just downright bad reporting, you can call Katie at 757-673-5391 or email her at  katie.collett@wavy.com. I suggest we let her know that we will no tolerate slander in our communities, nor feed into the bigotry they spew and call news.

Gods, on March 4th I'll be 32. I'm not looking forward to it. I'm getting to the point of where it depresses me. What have I accomplished in that amount of time? I have a home, ok. I did a couple of interviews, one got published, ok. Personal life? You're joking right? No husband, no kids. I work and sleep, so I have no time to date either. It sucks.
In some good news, Drinkupny.com is doing early orders of Jade "Nouvelle Orleans" on their site for $110. Plus side is that the site has free shipping for orders over $100, and yes they ship to Va. U can get absinthe spoons there too.

It seems that Jennifer Smith of Winchester Social Services is at it again! Recently she’s been hounding a woman who she dealt with last year (see last blog). About 3 weeks ago, she visited the home, spoke with the woman in question. Saw that there was food, that the house wasn’t a mess, etc. She even spoke with her daughter. In other words, no evidence of neglect or abuse.
 
Despite this, they have hounded this woman, even going as far as to sit outside her home and try to ambush her as she gets home! Why? Because of her working relationship with someone in the public eye (out of respect for privacy, I cannot tell you who). How is that any business of the SS? It isn’t.
 
Yesterday, She sheriffs were called out. Even they had told Jennifer Smith that the woman in question had every right not to speak to her or answer her door. I take it Ms. Smith has never heard of the 4^th or 5^th amendment and that it does apply to Social Workers as well. The Sheriffs told Ms. Smith that if she has any evidence, then get a search warrant. Otherwise, to leave the woman in question alone.

As far as the woman in question goes, I had already advised her and her daughter of her rights, namely that she has a 4^th amendment right to privacy, and that she does not have to let ANYONE in her house that she does not want in, unless they have (and produce) a search warrant. Also the 5^th amendment, which says that you do not have to incriminate yourself. In other words, your right to remain silent. You do not have to answer any questions, from police or social workers. The woman in question had referred the SS worker to her attorney. Despite that, Jennifer Smith still hounded her. Why?
 
There is no evidence of abuse or neglect, so why hound the woman? SS are not the paparazzi! So give me a good reason for Ms. Smith to be involved? The original complaint seems to be from the cooky Christian Dominionist neighbors next door who don’t like the woman in question, how she dresses, who she associates with, how she raises her daughter. All of which is none of their business, but they seem to think that they can use the system to harass her. So far it’s been working. I think someone needs to remind them of what the 1^st amendment says.

If things don’t change and harassment continues, it looks like I’m going to have to put my new camera to good use. I have also advised the woman in question to also put her camcorder to good use and document any interaction with SS.  I might have to go for a trip up to Winchester, and spend a day following around an SS worker and documenting violations of state, federal and civil rights laws (which Ms. Smith has a history of violating, and SS ignores it).

So does anyone want to contact SS about this?
Winchester Social Services
33 East Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia 22601
Phone 540-662-3807
FAX 540-662-3054
FAX 540-662-3279
socialserv@ci.winchester.va.us

There are so many things I wanna write about. I feel like my head will explode. So many stories to tell because no one else will tell them, their too afraid.
For now, I will go back to an old case. It deals with a situation that happened a year ago this May, in Winchester Va. 2 Child Protective Services workers (aka CPS, or the Gestapo), took a woman's child from her because her house was a mess. They took the child from her mother as they arrived at the airport, they had been out of the country for 3 months or so. The girl in question was screaming and crying, and the social worker, Mike Vandevelde allegedly told this child "be a good little girl  and be quiet or we'll throw you in jail".
The woman in question was a domestic violence victim and had left the country to get away from an abusive husband who was on drugs. She returned only to handle some family affairs in regards to the death of her mother. She and her child had no intention of returning to the house. The social worker, Mr. Vandevlde had FORCED this woman to return to this home, knowing she was in danger. He didn't care. When she explained that she was physically handicapped (MS, Fibromyalgia, Ashtma and Arthritis), the social workers acted like they didn't care.
When her husband had another violent episode, pulling a gun on her and threatening to kill her, she called the police. The Fredrick Co. police laughed in her face, arrested the man who disarmed her husband, and charged him with attempted murder (charges were later dropped when the facts came to light here). Another social worker came by, Jennifer Smith, who when told what had happened with the woman's husband allegedly said "I don't give a shit, clean the house or you will never get your daughter back". Last I checked that's called abduction by threat or force.
Well, that's when I said enough is enough. I contacted everyone I could  think of, from Governor Kane, Senator Jim Webb and Senator John Warner, Barrack Obama, Va Senator Tommy Norment, Rep. Rob Wittman, The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, NOW (Va and National), The Nicole Brown Simpson Foundation, The Haven, Avalon center for women and children, and anyone else I could think of.
Obviously they made some calls, because not long after, I got calls from Urmila Oberoi, Domestic Violence Communications Specialist with the Virginia Department of Social Services. I took these as a "let's let her vent so she'll hush" calls. The woman in question's daughter was returned soon after. Once word got out that she had a lawyer and that a Journalist had taken up the story, they got scared. Why would they be scared if they didn't do anything wrong?
Even better, this is an exact copy of the response I got from Gov. Tim Kaine's office, written by Judith Ahern,

Even worse, the "oversight board" of the department of the SS, CLEARED THE SS WOKERS OF ANY WRONGDOING! Excuse me but they broke state and federal laws here! Who is going to hold them accountable? I have e-mailed and wrote the Govenor's office numerous times, looking for justice, only to be dismissed and told to "go volunteer at Avalon and this matter is over".
No Govenor Kaine! No sir it is not over until justice is done!
So I'll post it here. Mike Vandevelde and Jennifer Smith have no buisness working as social workers and getting my tax dollars. They allegedly violated state and federal laws (namely Tile 18, USC, Section 241, Conspiracy Against Rights). I would love to know why they were not arrested and charged with these violations? Alexander R. Iden, The commonwealth's attorney in Winchester Va should be made aware of this, I think. I think we should demand that social workers who violate parent's and children's civil rights should  be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
So where do we go from here? Well, here it goes, I say we give them an ultimatum, These 2 "social workers" can be fired, or resign by May 1st, or face protests outside their offices.
I also think contacting the Govenor's office (since he was in on said conspiracy to deprive this woman of her civil rights, a violation of federal law),
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/AboutTheGovernor/contactGovernor.cfm
and we contact Urmila Oberoi, Domestic Violence Communications Specialist with the Virginia Department of Social Services, by phone at (804) 726-7550 or by e-mail at Urmila.oberoi@dss.virginia.gov.
along with The Commonwealth's Attorney's office in Winchester
http://www.winchesterva.gov/commwealth/
And the good old dept of the SS
Winchester Social Services
33 East Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia 22601
Phone 540-662-3807
FAX 540-662-3054
FAX 540-662-3279
socialserv@ci.winchester.va.us
So what are you gonna do? You've read this. Are you gonna sit there and do nothing?  Are you gonna contact the people in question and demand justice? They won't give it to you, you gotta take it.