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Dr. House’s Surgical Professional Fee Coder…

It’s the end of month and so the craziest time of the month is among us!

I love House MD. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time. But as a Professional Fee Surgical Coder, I would have to get paid some serious money to code his and his team’s procedures. Not only is the diagnoses for the patients wacky (and would most likely have “other” tacked to them and half of them being “post-procedural complications”) the procedures themselves would most likely be unlisted codes that would make Quality Management’s brain explode.

Not to mention, Dr. House never does his notes, clinic time, rounds, operative, most likely post operative. (Actually, he’d make someone on the team do the post op visits, who am I kidding) I imagine he’d be suspended on a regular basis until he is *needed* so he gets away with not doing his notes far more often than he should.

I can’t imagine being the one reaching out to him as his coder saying “please provide your op note/office note/rounds”so I can get this billed for you…::snort:: I don’t think House has any idea about timely filing… you know that hospital is paying through the nose for him and his team…

Yep. That would be a freaking nightmare…

#medical coding and billing #surgery #icd10 #cptcodes #procedure #work humor #cpc #hell no #house md #clinic #dark humor #gregory house #seriously #i dont get paid enough for this #medical coding #surgical coder

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(almost) A Year Later

Almost a year ago, one of the most significant adult friendships I ever had ended and to this day, I still think about them. I wonder how they’re doing, what they are up to. If I remember correctly, their local Apple Festival should be happening soon or it’s already passed. Last year, we had chatted about Kennie and me going up for the festival, even made a plan for where we’d stay. We’d laugh about fandom stuff and talk about our kids. We were trying to set up a DnD game but some of my issues (Depressive episode and ADHD) were getting in the way of us actually playing. I did manage to get my character created though. We spoke everyday for almost a year and if we didn’t talk, we texted or emailed. Nothing was better than hearing from my best friend… and they truly were my first adult friend. 

This last year a lot has happened, too much to really list but anyone in the Good Omens fandom would know the big stuff like Good Omens season two wrapped up filming. We got Sandman on Netflix. We got a weird pirate show on HBO Max that a lot of Good Omen fans have started shipping. For me, up until just now, I haven't written anything for me since January. During the last nine months, I was focused solely on finishing my associates degree, which I did August 15th. I have made friends across the country while studying for my degree and tutored more. I made close friends with people in the fandom I didn't think I ever would (it’s funny now how I had thought some of the prolific writers were untouchable. Now, I consider two writers who were affected by all this in one way or another, very close friends and they are just as human and beautifully imperfect as the rest of us) and they have been a rock for me as I dealt with the nuclear fallout of first losing an important friendship and then learning about things I didn’t know about my old best friend and what was being told to others about myself. Learning those details broke my heart. I don’t know how I kept myself together during the first few months. Other people came into the fold and I felt supported while being so terribly alone. I don’t keep up with everyone like those first few months, but I wish everyone the best. 

I think I have gotten some healing done too, this last year, and it’s been hard some days while easy on others. I still haven’t found a connection to someone like my old friend, I think on the hard days I am wary of connecting with someone like that again. At one point, I had thought that I may have made a friend that would fill that spot but I learned, rather recently, that connection has to flow both ways and it’s actually a rarity. I also learned that I am worth more than trying to buy someone’s affection and I am worth more than just to put up with sly remarks and sweep things that aren’t right under a rug for the sake of keeping someone happy… which also means, keeping them in my life. I think I am stronger now, if still terribly lonely. There is still something to be said about feeling wanted and cherished even if it’s a slow drip of venom in your vein. I hope that someday, I can feel that I am wanted and cherished without being gaslit and manipulated. I have to hope.

Speaking of being gaslit. I read my first open letter before writing this and all I can say is, I was misled. I have apologized to everyone affected by that Open Letter but almost a year later, I apologize again. It was cruel and I didn’t know a damn thing about ANYTHING I was talking about. The lessons I’ve learned from all of this, we never really know what’s happening and make sure you DO know before voicing an opinion.

I am looking forward to the future within this fandom and in my life. I still think about my old friend and miss what I had with them, I sincerely hope they are well, happy, and living their life to the fullest. For me, I hope to get my writing bug back. I've decided to remove Reunion from AO3, that time in my life is over and there’s no point in trying to get it back. I do have two WIPs that I will be trying to get reacquainted with, Only in my Dreams only has two chapters left and Confession is still a baby, no idea how long that one is going to be. 

I wish you all the love and peace in the world. Stay safe.

-Stormie

#one year older #good omens #crowley & aziraphale #good omens fandom #wip #personal post #reflection

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Where can I find them? I wanna meet them!

Just a group of sapphic dryads (they’re all dating each other)

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Monster

Rating: E

Chapter: 5/6

Words: 19k

Relationship: Aziraphale/Crowley

Tags: Vampire Crowley, Human Aziraphale, Crowley is a rock star, Top Crowley, Bottom Aziraphale, Age Gap, Crowley is a sweetheart, Crowley needs blood to perform, Vampire Sex, jealous Aziraphale, a little, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, but not too much, no homophobia, they both love each other and they're sweethearts, BreakUps, Happy Ending.

Summary:

At the age of twenty-five Aziraphale still lives in the family home with his four overprotective siblings. They have planned out Aziraphale's life perfectly, and are determined to make sure he never strays from his path.

Yet, they haven't accounted for him meeting and befriending the charming and mysterious Anthony J. Crowley—a rock star, of all things. But what they don't know is that Crowley hides more than just one secret…

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A Return to the Good Omens Fandom Open Letter, an introspection

Not too long ago, I wrote an open letter to the Good Omens fandom about things I had seen happening within the fandom and the disappointment I had with all the negativity that had seemed to had blanketed my experience. It was wonderful to see folks in the fandom rally to try to make things better and opened discussions on various social media forums about what I had observed and a wonderful out pour of love and support to myself. It meant so much to receive that support and it was truly amazing to know that I was not alone.

I’ve never quite figured out a good way to differentiate my day to day life with my fandom life as my fandom life is real too but in this context my “real life” is the one where I’m working, going to school and raising my daughter. Real life is heavy stress. Bills and appointments and medications and insulin and blood sugars and mental health and day care and preschool and college and full time work and wanting to grow within my field and the responsibilities… this fandom, with these amazing characters and tales are, in fact, my happy place… my relax and recharge and escape real life a bit. It had lost its “happy” part of the happy place title with all the negativity I had observed.

However, since the open letter, I’ve learned a few things, this is truly an introspective.

The biggest thing I’ve learned is there is more than one side to a story and when you’re fed only one side, you’re not getting all the information to make your own decisions about the story. I’ve learned the true meaning of “two cakes” (someone finally corrected me) and I do read the same troupe told by different writers all the time. I understand it now. And I have a better understanding of plagiarism. (Thank you academic advisor at school) plagiarism is still happening within the fandom. It is a shame and it takes away from the original writer and the ingenuity and creativity they used to create their art. “Two cakes” isn’t plagiarism, taking someone’s work word for word is and I realize in the open letter I bundled these two things in together, minimizing a real problem. Plagiarism is not ok. Period.

I also learned that expectations of the writers we readers have can be unrealistic. We expect the “bigger names” to be perfect. To always be on and be grateful for all they get and never show a darker emotion (I wouldn’t say negative because emotions are just that, not positive or negative) they may have high numbers of kudos or comments, they always respond to said comments in a bright and positive manner and engage with their readers. We readers forget, they’re human. They are allowed to have opinions and feelings, even the ones that get shown in moments of insecurity and frustration. How they feel about themselves on a bad day has absolutely nothing to do with the collective “we”. That’s how they’re feeling. I’m a “little” writer. I get my usual 10-12 comments from folks per chapter and it makes me happy. A “Big writer” who gets significantly more comments ends up having a bad day and voices it does not negate my value as a writer. They’re just seriously having a shit day. The collective “we” the readers, need to remember the “Big Writers” are not immune to having moments.

Lastly, I learned you never truly know someone. I had used the term gaslighting in the Open Letter only to realize since then that gaslighting can come from people you trust and can’t actively see it happening when in the thick of it. There are people in the world that are manipulative, attention seeking and will escalate the drama if it wavers off of them including creating a fake profile and using a stock photo from the internet to show legitimacy or commenting on fics with an anonymous handle to be completely nasty to a fellow writer, or paying for a friendship just to call out bad behavior. It’s heartbreaking to be manipulated to a true breaking point. In hindsight the fandom is about 95% of fluffy goodness where that last 5% is the seedy hellish drama.

I ask anyone who reads this, to be kind to one another. We’re all here to build each other up and support one another in these trying times and have a happy place where we can talk and dream and write and draw and sculpt these beautiful characters. We have the gift of a season two being filmed which means more material to play with as fan artists.

Thank you for being here, you’re amazing.

Much love ❤️

Stormie

Find me on Ao3

https://archiveofourown.org/users/StormiePassions

#good omens #fanfic #aziraphale #crowley & aziraphale #crowley #good omens fandom #introspectiontime #round 2 #im done

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Aziraphale and Crowley went pumpkin picking today 🎃 A rainy start of the trip, but Aziraphale brought his umbrella. After some time spent at the pumpkin patch, they decided on one to take home. Luckily, the rain had let up by now so they could enjoy some time outside, admiring their find, and each other's company. At home, they got to the task of carving their pumpkin and ended up with a jack-o lantern for their porch, and lots of pumpkin for eating 😋 Now they are all done for tomorrow!

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Oh no!!!! Poor Aziraphale!

@racketghost’s 13 Days of Halloween: DAY 2: CONJURING

WRONG DEMON!!

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Chapter 7 is out!!!

Only in my Dreams

*******Explicit*******

Yep it’s been a hot minute and honestly I wasn’t sure if I would be continuing this fic but we do what The Muse tells us to do and Agnes had her say as well

❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for reading my nonsense!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33905179/chapters/86627230

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Amazing right???????

@racketghost’s 13 Days of Halloween: DAY 3: MIDNIGHT

The thing that follows you at midnight

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Chapter 6 of “Only in my Dreams”

**** explicit **** (we got there!)

Crowley is bored and Aziraphale is shoveling snow be seriously, it’s way more interesting than that!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33905179/chapters/85894765

#good omens #crowley & aziraphale #human au #wip #aziraphale good omens #crowley good omens #fanfic #good omens fandom #aziraphale #crowley #there was only one bed #anathema

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Fic recommendation!📖😈😇

Hello beautiful Good Omens Fandom!!

It’s been a week! Things seem to be moving towards a more positive light and for the first time in a long time, it’s been fun and light EVERYWHERE!

I got a fic recommendation for y’all!!!

@christocentricqueer “Brave to Stay, Brave to Leave” I actually haven’t finished reading this amazing Epic Fic (rated Mature with 26 chapters and 140,000+ words super Epic!) but it is a beautiful fic.

We have a Trans man, Pastor Aziraphale Fell and gender fluid Anthony Crowley and this gorgeous, organic relationship building from two people who sit on opposite sides regarding faith. Crowley pushes and questions while Aziraphale answers as honestly and transparently as he possibly could. Quite frankly, I identify with Crowley on so many levels. Not everything is sugary sweet and there is some pain but it’s well worth the story.

And seriously, Crowley calling Aziraphale first “Daddy Aziraphale” and then later a “pilf” aka Pastor I’d like to Fuck is LIFE!!!!

Much love,

Stormie

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26806723/chapters/65397001

#fanfic rec #crowley & aziraphale #trans man #good omens fandom #good omens #human au #aziraphale good omens #crowley good omens #pilf

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Open Letter to the Good Omens Fandom

Fellow Good Omens Fans,

The past few weeks, maybe even a month or longer really, things have been tense. There is a lot of drama going on within the fandom and I thought it was time for me to say something. 

What on the Almighty’s green earth is happening here?

When I first found the Fandom, it was after I saw Good Omens on Amazon Prime. I saw an Angel and a Demon completely mess everything up (”Just imagine how awful it might have been if we'd been at all competent.”) but still save the world from Armageddon. I saw an Angel and Demon who were friends, even if their respected sides were not and I saw them love one another (”To the World”). I also a kid deciding that his life, family, and friends were more important than power. I saw a witch who decided to break free from her familial expectations and burn the second book of prophecies. I fell in love with all of them and I found the most amazing group of people who loved this tale too, everyone was open and loving and welcoming writers and artists and readers and musicians... Queer friendly and cheered one another on. It was awesome. 

I slowly became brave myself and decided to take a stab at writing fan fiction and frankly reading that story now make my eyes hurt, it was bad. But again, there were cheerleaders out there who rooted for my writing and I have never felt so much support in my life. 

Then, things started to change. I think I was subconsciously effected by the shift because I stopped spending a lot of time in the Facebook groups and I never really got into Twitter until recently. My favorite writers and artists were no longer active in the groups. One of the most supportive writers (and beta) was kicked out of a group. Writers who weren’t the Select Few were getting less and less readers and support. Artists who also weren’t the Select Few were getting less support and love. Whispers started about bullying and blacklisting writers.

 Now I am, as someone who loves Good Omens and these characters, is stressed about everything that has been happening. It is difficult to write when you hear about “Two Pies” and if you’re going to be next in someone saying you’re copying them. It’s horrible to see this amazing group of artists and writers fight for Power... The Select Few can destroy a new, inexperienced writer or artist; just the fact that they only interact with one another’s fics and art creates a line of Us and them. Gatekeeping is a term that I just recently learned but it fits the bill on what is happening within the Fandom.

It hurts my heart. 

The only person who should have any say within this Fandom is Neil Gaiman. (Terry is no longer with us but if he were, he too would be right next to Neil) Us writers and artists should be grateful that Neil likes that we create. We could love a tale that the Original Writer would try to shut us down for creating fan fiction but instead we have the lovely Mr. Gaiman. If you want to be technical, we’re stealing from him his characters to tell stories that we want to tell and put them into situations that, perhaps, Neil wouldn’t want them in. But he lets us and supports us. 

I don’t want to walk away from this Fandom. It has helped me make it through my own issues with Depression and ADHD, survive Covid, stay a float when things got hard. I have made a few friends that I can’t imagine not talking to on a regular bases because of this Fandom. It gets so hard with the power struggles and the cattiness and watching people want to stay on top just as much as they want to keep people down. 

It hurts my head.

I plan to continue to write, at least my most recent WIP and I plan to continue to read whoever’s fics and look at whoever’s art. I enjoy them, kudos them, might write a comment if I have time and then read some more. But something has to give, this Fandom is going to destroy itself because of people sense of Self importance. We should love and support one another. Enjoy the gift that we have in Good Omens and Neil. The Select Few are not Gatekeepers if we don’t let them be Gatekeepers. 

Everything Hurts.

Lets build each other up. No one else will do it for us. 

Much love to you all.

Stormie

#good omens #good omens fandom #Crowley and Aziraphale #anathema #the them

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Chapter 5 “Only in my Dreams” is up!

Crowley gets a bath and Aziraphale starts talking!

This WILL become explicit in future chapters but in the meantime it’s just them learning about one another.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33905179/chapters/85300666#workskin

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And the debate continues on… “Only in my Dreams”

Is Nutella or Mini Chewy Sweet Tarts best?

Personally, I love both pretty equally but the Tiny Terrorist is partial to “Chocolate Toast”

#good omens #crowley & aziraphale #human au #wip #fanfic #aziraphale good omens #crowley good omens #sweets #nutella #sweet tarts #debate #one bed

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Chapter 4 of “Only in my Dreams” is up!

And I oughta mention the new tags… awkward flirting annnnnd There was only one bed!!! So! Crowley’s off the sofa and there’s a mini meltdown over a chamber pot! Come see!!

*****Explicit in future chapters*****

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33905179/chapters/84917749

#good omens #crowley & aziraphale #human au #wip #fanfic #crowley good omens #aziraphale good omens

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Bad writing days happen to everyone. Thank you Neil, I needed this this morning ❤️

Yesterday was a bad writing day. I spent a lot of time staring at a screen. Lots of Tumblr replies. Lots of Twitter (the Netflix Sandman trailer going out didn’t help). Lots of being grumpy at myself and convinced I couldn’t do it any more. The script was a mess. I was doomed. This morning I printed out what I had to fix, picked up a pen, made a few notes and started typing. It was fun and easy and straightforward. I finished it and sent it to the people who needed to see it, and just got an amazed call from our script editor saying she was laughing while crying and couldn’t work out how I’d done everything in a day.

And I hadn’t done it all in a day. All of the being miserable yesterday was necessary for it to fly today. All of the knowing it was insoluble and awful made the work today relatively easy. I had to get out of my own way, and had to read it freshly, without being attached to anything. And then I just did the notes. And to make the thing that worked today, a lot of stuff that didn’t quite work or sort of worked had to be written too. It’s always easier to fix stuff that exists.

Anyway. Yesterday = bad writing day. Today = good writing day. I thought it was worth telling people, in case there was anyone else out there who was having a bad writing day too.