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I posted about perclexed's situation last night under flock, but she's given me permission to make a public post.

She has suffered an extraordinary period of bad luck over the past several months. On December 22nd 2009, perclexed lost her home and most of her possessions in a house fire. She was homeless over Christmas. Thankfully the Red Cross were able to find her a hotel, but it didn't lessen the devastation of the event. After several stressful weeks and days, she managed to find an affordable apartment, only for her job to end six weeks later. She thought she'd be able to go back to it; this did not happen.

She's been unemployed ever since. She has a meeting with her former employer scheduled for tomorrow (Friday), but she half-expects him to cancel. Apparently he's prone to it. While he dithers, she exists in a state of financial crisis; her rent is due and her bank account is overdrawn and about to be closed, her bills are going unpaid. And, oh yeah, she has to eat, too.

I've watched her sell and sell and sell what few possessions she has left in order to buy herself more time. She's a knitter; she's sold her equipment, what wasn't ruined in the fire, and she still has things for sale here, if you'd care to take a look.

Make no mistake, this appeal is not a solution to her problems. This is about buying perclexed some time, another month to be exact, and fandom taking care of its own. perclexed is a long-time fangirl; I've known her since the early days of Smallville. She's helped other fangirls when they needed it; I trusted her with my money during that school library appeal a few years back and I had no cause to regret it. She's a wonderful woman, she's terrifically strong, but everybody has their limit.

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The Mission:

1. The immediate target is $550 to cover her rent; anything over that is gravy. It would would be fantastic if we could get her overdraft fees paid off, too.

2. It will take $2000 to buy her that extra month of relative peace.

I think the usual way to do this is to set up some kind of auction or arrange all the money raised to go forward as one big gift, but we don't have time. If you can give anything at all, please send it direct to perclexed via PayPal:

perclexed at gmail dot com

Please consider leaving a comment here if you do drop anything in her direction. It would be good to keep track of the target. You know the math; if 50 people give $10, we're almost there. This is a very achievable primary mission objective! Check back here for an idea of where we're at; I'll do my best to keep you updated.

But if you can't donate, that's okay! Hugs are acceptable. We all know how important a kind word can be in our times of crisis. Also! Advice about how to survive a string of piss-poor luck like this would be gratefully received. If you have professional knowledge to share, or personal experience, please do so, here or direct to perclexed if you so wish.

And if you can't donate, and you don't feel comfortable offering hugs, and you have no advice to give - please, please boost the signal!

ETA1: LJ-repost button code courtesy of rhiannonhero. Thank you!

Total here so far: $55

I said in a comment below, I feel bad about asking people to declare, but it's money, you know? I was a bit concerned about transparency. Or ... something. If you want to give privately, please do! Money, hugs, or advice. All is welcome. :)

ETA2: YOU GUYS ROCK. I just spoke with perclexed and she tells me we have almost achieved the immediate objective. That is so seriously awesome. GO FANDOM GO.

And she's sending me to bed now, too, (because I are UK-er and I are now using exclamation marks too many and babbling) so I'll catch up with you in a few hours.

YAY!!! xx

ETA3: $95 listed here.

And now I'm going to bed. Crap, I don't wanna. But I am!