UPDATE : WE MET THE $5000 GOAL ON ( THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE HELPING HANDS FUNDRAISER TRAIN TONIGHT! Thank you all so much 🖤 Still an entire day left of this event too so I set a new "stretch goal" to meet. 🤩 Anything collected at this point is beyond goal, but still helpful & appreciated. Thanks again, all 😭)
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I am known by many names but for the sake of this fundraiser, you can call me Mercy, hostess of The Whimsical Blasphemy Show on Twitch.
After over a year of being unable to find consistent employment that pays the bills in this useless job market, and just narrowly getting by surviving on freelance media work, I am now being evicted for non-payment of rent, but do have valid counterclaims that will likely allow me to win the eviction, or get the amount that I owe reduced drastically.
However... I was just hit with a court ordered interim use and occupancy fee, meaning that I have to pay a set monthly amount, to continue to stay in our place until the trial. If I'm unable to pay, it will end my opportunity for a jury trial making my valid counterclaims worthless and even worse- force myself and my family (two teenagers & two cats) out right away, and we don't have a place to go right now or the means to move. My goal is to keep us here until then, and hopefully finally find consistent full time work in the meantime, that will pay the rent moving forward.
While I was able to get the monthly amount owed reduced at a hearing, I now must have $2500 by the 15th of May, and then on the 1st of every month, after. On top of that, these payments can’t just be Venmo’ed. They have to be turned into cashier’s checks and mailed to my landlord’s lawyer to be put into escrow, which will take days of preparation to move funds around and be mailed out in time before the deadline.
I’m keeping more personal details and further commentary private because this involves my family and legal stuff, and I need to protect our safety.
But here's what I can say:
I do have some income, from a part time media contract, Twitch payouts (because my lovelies are the greatest), and other random odd jobs I am fortunate to get sometimes, which has allowed me to survive thus far, but it is not enough to make these payments at all, combined with other living costs we have.
I’m STILL continuously hunting for consistent full time work, more contracts and hours, and leads or networking opportunities to land a full time job that pays the bills (Do you know of any? Please message me, read the PS note below)
I’m talking to local programs and charities to try to get more help behind the scenes, too.
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I plan to update the fundraiser goal to $5,000 to cover two months of these housing payments but am starting with $2500- which will be a major victory if I can reach it by May 9th, which should give me just enough time to transfer the funds, and get the first one mailed out in time. I will need the rest of it by May 25th to ensure I meet the June 1st deadline in time.
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That would give me a tiny but crucial window to
Keep the roof over our heads while I continue to job search, sparing my family immediate homelessness, which is priority.
Keep me in the fight to make it to the trial, where I have a strong chance of winning or at least getting the past amount drastically reduced with my counterclaims.
If you hang out in my whimsical little pocket realm of Twitch, enjoy the music and the lovely folks who gather here, engage in chat, fling emotes about, or just lurk in the shadows, or even if you don't - and are in a position to help- I would be unbelievably grateful if you could. If you’re not in a place to donate- that's ok, please take care of yourself first. A share with someone who can help is also huge support, and thank you just for being here, and a part of the show in any way at all. <3
From the bottom of my exhausted and grateful heart: Thank you for reading. Thank you for helping. …and thank you for believing I can make it through this.
With gratitude and defiance!
Your Hostess, Mercy
PS: CAN YOU HIRE ME? PLEASE?
As mentioned, ultimately I am seeking work, and not having a consistent job is the source of all my woes. So... If you are in need of a general digital media sorceress - content strategist, copywriter & editor, social media manager, communications & PR associate, community engagement lead, project manager, web/graphic designer, anything of that nature - or have any leads on who may need my services, please message me right away at WhimsicalBlasphemy@gmail.com.
Aside from years of successful experience in these roles, for a variety of clients and organizations (from the obscure and niche to the more traditional and ordinary), I also hold a BA in Communications focused in Digital Media (Summa Cum Laude, 2019) and am very AI adept and savvy, with an AWS certification to prove it. Happy to share more details, my resume, portfolio, and references, if you reach out to me.
