10 simple questions, potential for tons of friends. Feel free to pimp in your own fandom communities or in your own journals cuz who can't use a few more friends?!
1. Your name, age, and location: Val. 19. Yay Area!
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Spitalfield, Mark Rose, Anna May Wong
3. Favourite music: Spitalfield, Saves the Day, Relient K, Eagles of Death Metal, Street to Nowhere, Sondre Lerche. I am a rock omnivore.
4. Favourite movies: The Producers, West Side Story, Almost Famous
5. Favourite books: anything by David Sedaris
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: curling my hair, sewing
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm getting a degree in fashion design.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? semi-public. I write public fashion and style entries occasionally. Finished sewing projects. The rest is f-locked: school, music, hairstyles, sewing.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: I've always wanted Bettie Page hair.
10. Current obsessions: western wear (spurs, boots, and smiley pockets), Pacific Northwest totem poles, Mexican culture (sugar skulls and Aztec mythology), Asian-American studies, Monterey jack cheese
1. Your name, age, and location: Sara, 25, Washington, DC area
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Ugly Betty, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Harry Potter, How I Met Your Mother, Wonderfalls, The OC, Bones, 30 Rock, Chronicles of Narnia, Psych, Tin Man, Buffy, Angel, Batman, Firefly/Serenity, Twilight, Veronica Mars
3. Favourite music: Everything, but at the moment: Sara Bareilles, Rachael Yamagata, Rilo Kiley, Tegan & Sara, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Buckley, David Cook, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash, Boy Kill Boy, Apocalyptica, Duffy, In This Moment, I could go on for days...
4. Favourite movies: Batman Begins, Transformers, Iron Man, Stardust, Juno, Shrek, Ronin, American Beauty, The Weatherman, Persepolis, Talk to Me, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Princess Bride, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, American In Paris
5. Favourite books: The Red Tent, Ragtime, The Dante Club, The Secret Life of Bees, Twilight, The Mists of Avalon, A Moveable Feast, The Great Gatsby
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm originally from a small city in Maine, but have lived in Germany and in Jordan. I was a total tomboy as a kid, but loved wearing twirly skirts.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Friends-locked, but I add lots of people, so if you want to friend, friend away! I write about real life, work, health, fitness, movies, tv, music, things around Washington, DC and in Maryland and Virginia. Sometimes (rarely) post original fiction, and post links to my graphics journal dewdroplets.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions: Pushing Daisies, pie, very brightly coloured clothes, wearing flowers (real or fake) in my hair, sunshine, the ocean, funky jewelry and accessories
1. Your name, age, and location: Sonia, 26, Chicago Illinois
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): I'm a non-slasher/someone who loves Het, just to let you know right off the bat. Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series (Buffy/Angel forever!), Supernatural (I adore the Winchesters, but not WITH each other), Heroes (I love the Petrellis, again, not WITH each other, and Hiro is so my favorite)
3. Favourite music: AVENGED SEVENFOLD!! My 2 other favorite bands are Good Charlotte and Simple Plan.
4. Favourite movies: rom-coms with John Cusack, anything with Johnny Depp (Chocolat is my fave), martial arts movies, Iron Man jumped to the Top 10 today, and I am one of those horrible people who loves & constantly quotes Napoleon Dynamite & Juno.
5. Favourite books: I'm into the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer at the moment. I also read trashy Harlequin and Silhouette romance novels.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I've hugged Orlando Bloom. I've been to Alaska, Canada, and the U.K. to see my favorite bands and visit friends I've made here online :]
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? 90% of it is open. Those entries, if I'm not explaining/complaining about the fandom/online drama that finds me, I'm usually gushing about my current favorites (from actors to musicians to entertainment). The gushing tends to involve YouTube videos & picspams to show you WHY I'm going mental for whatever I'm going mental for. The other 10% is personal whinging about my life, which I tend to angst hardcore about, especially lately.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: That's about 2 weeks old, after I came home from seeing THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, which is brilliant!
10. Current obsessions: If you visit my journal and look at the right hand side panel, you can see pictures for yourself! :D
OMG, Wasn't the Forbidden Kingdom awesome? It had EVERYTHING! Also, I totally agree on being against Petrelli-cest and Winchester-cest - I just don't get it. *shrug*
1. Your name, age, and location: Sara, 25, Maryland suburbs of DC
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Veronica Mars (Veronica/Logan, big Veronica fan), Wonderfalls (Jaye/Eric), Scrubs (no pairing, fav character- JD), Smallville (Clark/Chloe, favorite character-Chloe), Dark Angel (no pairing)
3. Favourite music: Travis, Weezer, R.E.M, The Strokes, Creeper Lagoon, Matchbox Twenty, Placebo, Brown Recluse Sings, oldies, Juno soundtrack
4. Favourite movies: Aladdin, Gattaca, Back to the Future, Pleasantville, The Lion King 2, Garden State, Bambi 2, Saved!, V for Vendetta, Blood Diamond, Babe, The Naked Gun 2.5
5. Favourite books: Animal Liberation, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, When Elephants Weep, Living with Our Genes, How to Clone the Perfect Blonde, 1984, More than Human, The Science of Good and Evil, Good Natured, Drawing the Line, Why People Believe Weird Things, A Long Way Gone, Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees, Dispatches from the Edge
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Running (5Ks are my newest thing), jogging, swimming, walking through parks, reading, drawing, playing online games, surfing youtube, chillin' with friends
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I can talk like Donald Duck I'm a high school bio teacher in training
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? friends-locked. I write about my life, I post pictures, sometimes I do a political commentary or movie or TV review
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: Me feeding a goat! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/cartoondoggy/491157040106_0_ALB.jpg)
10. Current obsessions: Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls incidentally :)
That picture of you is totally adorable. We have a lot of fandoms in common and I just started going to the gym regularly recently and want to be a runner, so I'm starting a plan to see if I can eventually run a 5k myself. Mind if I add you?
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: Studying for a PhD in Astrophysics (though I'm on extended sick leave as I have CFS), I've met all the cast of Firefly and Joss Whedon
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? mostly friends-locked but I will friend anyone I share interests with. I write about random life stuff and my fandoms mainly
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: why?! Crap I hate pictures of me. Here's a sort of ok one from a couple of years ago. I haven't like any recent ones so it'll have to do!
10. Current obsessions: Stargate Atlantis, David Hewlett
1. Your name, age, and location: Iliana, 16, Los Angeles
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):Smallville (Chlark!), The Office (Jim and Pam), Pushing Daisies (obviously, fave is Olive), Harry Potter (Luna/Neville, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny is how I like 'em, but it's Harry/Hermione that really makes me cringe), How I Met Your Mother (I love em all!), Spider-Man (movies, new cartoon, 90s cartoon, a few of the comics I've read), Doctor Who (don't really like the ships on this show, but the Doctor/Donna friendship is FTW)
3. Favourite music:Showtunes (LOVE musicals), not super-obsessed with music, but I like these guys: The Killers, The Shins, The Postal Service, Muse, Tori Amos, The Beatles . 4. Favourite movies:Hairspray, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Garden State, Juno, Enchanted, Anything including Judd Apatow.
5. Favourite books:Anything by Christopher Moore (fave author). Anything by David Sedaris. The Lovely Bones. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Catcher in the Rye. Jesus' Son. About a Boy. A Long Way Down. Stravaganza. My Library Thing (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/stolenpostit)
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:Reading, writing, cruisin' the net.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: My sister calls my Monkey, but I beg you not to do it yourself.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about?Mostly public. I talk about random things going on in my life, but nothing to personal (or else it's locked). Sometimes I have a fandom-y post.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions: Spider-Man (the new cartoon is so awesome). Smallville (it's terrible and toys with my emotions, but totally addictive), musicals
3. Favourite music: Simon and Garfunkel, The Police, The Beatles, Sublime, David Bowie
4. Favourite movies: The Princess Bride, Children of Men, American Psycho (or anything with Christian Bale)
5. Favourite books: Catch 22, The Watchmen, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: drawing, playing the piano, thinking up nice quotable anecdotes for the next dinner conversation, occasionally sewing (but failing)
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I can recite the alphabet backwards and spell anything out loud in lightning-speed? (was raised that way, meh)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? F-locked, if only because I'm just generally very, very shy. Always glad to meet new friends, though!
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: Okay, it's a drawing, but s'all I got :\
10. Current obsessions: studying French so, kinda obsessed with that. I think I'm obsessed with Joe Anderson, as I co-mod happinessisjoe here on LJ. Yeah :))
1. Your name, age, and location: Andrea, 22!, Cali
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): D: I'll try to make this brief... - Supernatural = Dean, Dean/Metallicar - Heroes = Sylar, Peter, Peter Petrelli/Sam Winchester (xover pairing!) - Pushing Daisies = Ned/Chuck, Olive/Alfredo, Emerson, ABNER - Psych = Gus 'n' Shawn - The Office = Jim/Pam - Firefly = ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE TOO AWESOME. - Avatar: the Last Airbender = Sokka, Zuko, Toph, Iroh, Zutara, Sukka
3. Favourite music: I have eclectic music tastes... but i cannot stand modern "classical" music. *shudders* I'm... totally pop-tastic but not so much hip hop and rap... although i DO adore Eminem...
4. Favourite movies: Pleasantville, The Matrix, Dogma, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Boondock Saints, Forrest Gump
5. Favourite books:The Outsiders, Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird, America The Book: A History of Democracy Inaction
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Doodling, writing (badly), volunteering at the aquarium (and hopefully getting a job at one soon)
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm graduating this summer and hopefully getting a job taking care of animals as an aquarist. I am a diehard marine bio geek. :x
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? It's mostly f-locked. The most recent entries are... and i'm too lazy to go back and f-lock all the entires at the moment... so yeah. I write a LOT about Supernatural... :x and my life, which is only semi-interesting. I post a lot of crack!Fanart and PICSPAMS. I love me a good picspam.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: Yup. I'm not very photogenic. :) That's me in the middle... and mah boys.
10. Current obsessions: JENSEN ACKLES. Prettiest man... EVAR? Yes, i am just a little bit in love with him. And by "little bit" i mean "GASDLKAWJELAKSDJASDLKJ LET ME HAVE YOUR BABIES". I'm pretty in love with Supernatural in general. Peter/Sam is my pet ship... and the ocean and i are like THIS *crosses fingers together*
1. Your name, age, and location: Aleisha (leish), 23, Melbourne Australia
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): All things Whedon - Firefly/Buffy/Angel, Veronica Mars, Pushing Daisies, Scrubs, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, HIMYM, Supernatural, Black Books, Flight of the Conchords, the list goes on.... and on... and on... pairings? too hard.
3. Favourite music: Folk/rock - Foo Fighters, Silverchair, a lot of local Melbourne/Aussie bands noone will have heard of - Kind of pluto, cuthbert and the nightwalkers, floyd thursby and the definite article, scott edgar and the universe...
4. Favourite movies: Serenity, The Crow, Stranger than Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, knight's tale, fight club, wayne's world, this list also goes on...
5. Favourite books: Jim Butcher's series' 'the dresden files' (best. books. ever.) and 'the alera codex'
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: I like going to gigs - for bands and for comedy, I also like driving, drinking (not both of the last 2 at the same time), photography, playing in photoshop, seeing friends and spending time with family.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I own 3 cats, I almost got married last year, I have been to america 3 times for conventions. heh. FANGIRL MUCH?
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? open - i tend to write about my day-to-day life and every day drama. I do also post con reports and photos when i go, too :)
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/Leishpod/?action=view¤t=DSC_0229-1.jpg) *eeee*
10. Current obsessions:supernatural....GUH... and lee pace, who is just so beautiful.
1. Your name, age, and location: Jennifer, 26, Ohio.
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Willow/Tara), Xena: Warrior Princess (Xena/Gabs), The X-Files (Mulder/Scully), Bones (Brennan/Booth), Pushing Daisies (Chuck/Olive), Grey's Anatomy (Meredith), Desperate Housewives (Bree), Big Love (Margie), Harry Potter (Hermione), Wicked (Galinda/Elphie), etc.
3. Favourite music: Kristin Chenoweth, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Rilo Kiley, Pat Benatar...
4. Favourite movies: Fried Green Tomatoes, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Cold Mountain, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, What Lies Beneath, The Sound of Music, Practical Magic, etc.
5. Favourite books: The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Wicked, and lots more.
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Writing, reading, chatting, watching movies and TV, traveling, swimming.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I have two sisters named Stacy. I'm interested in becoming an FBI agent.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Friends-locked. I post about my life on occasion, sometimes I'll do a survey or two, and I like to talk about my favorite celebs (namely Kristin Chenoweth) a lot. I do "A Day in My Life" picture posts now and then, too.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v684/galinda_upland/ADIML%204%20March%2028%202008/?action=view¤t=smallmarch27.jpg)
10. Current obsessions: Emily & Zooey Deschanel, Rilo Kiley, Bones (the TV show), pretty dresses, flipflops, and always, always Kristin Chenoweth.
You and I have a lot of music and books and so forth in common. Also, KCheno is awesome! I love her on Pushing Daisies, but she was great in the West Wing! Unfortunately, I've never had the chance to see her on stage, but I love her voice as Glinda!
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Oh geez. A ton. HP (anything), Last of the Mohicans (Alice/Uncas), Sky High (Warren/Layla, Magenta/Warrern), China Garden (Mark/Clare), Newsies, Inuyasha, Sailor Moon (Senshi/Shitennou), lots more...
3. Favourite music: Pretty much anything except opera and rap (I like some). I don't like much country, either.
4. Favourite movies: Just a few: The Godfather, Last of the Mohicans, Love Actually, Amelie, Newsies, Wedding Crashers, The Princess Bride, Sabrina, Lucky Number Slevin, The Departed, Casablanca, Hairspray
5. Favourite books: Again, just a few: Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, The China Garden, Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, Suzan-Lori Parks' Red Letter Plays, If On a Winter's Night A Traveler, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm in law school (is that interesting?)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Open. Mostly fandomy things, but the ocassional political rant (warning: I'm super liberal, but I warn and lj-cut my stuff), original writing, and memes do sneak in.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: I'll come back to this one - don't have any handy.
10. Current obsessions: Writing original fiction, Post Bellum RPG, wanting to read Twilight, fandoms
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Twilight, Harry Potter, The Office, Moonlight, Robin Hood, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Lost, and Supernatural.
3. Favourite music: Linkin Park and many other rock bands (including classic stuff). Also listen to other types of music depending on my mood. Music is <3.
4. Favourite movies: Way to many to list. I love movies sooo much so I watch a ton and I have a freaking huge dvd collection. I do live for horror movies though. ;)
5. Favourite books: V.C. Andrew's novels, Twilight, Harry Potter, Eragon, The Lovely Bones, Bentley Little<333....
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Playing with my dog, playing basketball, cooking, reading, watching movies and listening to music.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I run an official website/blog for my favorite singer. ♥. I really hope to visit Ireland one day. :D
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? It friends locked. But I post mostly little things about life and fandoms. I tend to be a little random sometimes. ;)
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3563/l2841844e5e2db138464bbanr2.png
10. Current obsessions: Twilight, watching cooking shows, music videos, French movies...
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): High School Musical (Troy/Gabriella, Ryan/Chad); Pushing Daisies (Ned/Chuck); Final Fantasy VII (Zack/Aerith, Cloud/Tifa)
3. Favourite music: Showtunes, pop
4. Favourite movies: Moulin Rouge!, High School Musical (2 more than 1), anything Disney, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Amelie
5. Favourite books: Anything Jane Austen, the Harry Potter books, The Eyre Affair and its ilk, books about Broadway, A Great and Terrible Beauty
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Reading, writing, spending time with my fiance, roleplaying, watching TV
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I just bought a Wii and I'm a house manager at a Big Deal Chicago theatre.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Flocked - I usually write about my life (boooring) or post memes, but I also post a lot of pictures when Chris and I do something exciting around here.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:This is me and Chris at graduation (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/thegoodwitch/IMG_6718.jpg)
10. Current obsessions: Pushing Daisies, Pokemon, Lee Pace, (eventually) Wii and planning my wedding
1. Your name, age, and location: Chiara, 28, The Netherlands
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Shows: Grey's Anatomy (Meredith/Derek Derek/Mark (Friendship), Lost, Gilmore Girls (pairings: Luke/Lorelai), House (House/Cuddy, House/Wilson (friendship), SATC (Carrie/Aidan, Carrie/Big, Samantha/Smith, Miranda/Steve), Buffy (Buffy/Angel, Willow/Tara) Dead Like Me, How I Met Your Mother (Lily/Marshall, Barney/Robin), Pushing Daisies (Ned/Chuck), Ugly Betty, The OC (Seth/Summer), Ally McBeal (Ally/Larry), Will&Grace
3. Favourite music: Gianna Nannini (Italian rock singer), Robert Downey Jr., Robbie Williams, Dido, Elton John, Sting and The Police, Tina Turner, Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Anthony Stewart Head, Bryan Adams
4. Favourite movies: Notting Hill, Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Hours, Ocean's 11, The Sixth Sense, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Grease, Dirty Dancing, Silence of the Lambs, Discovery of Heaven, anything with Robert Downey Jr., anything with Hugh Grant
5. Favourite books: The Diviners, The Discovery of Heaven, Wilderness Tips, Surfacing, 1984, The Stone Angel, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, A Jest of God, Robber Bride, The Hours, Adrian Mole series, anything by Margaret Atwood or Margaret Laurence
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: tv, movies, concerts, reading, friends, traveling, rpg, music, cooking for people
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: Am my thesis away from getting my MA degree in Literature; I speak 4 languages fluently (probably not the most interesting facts but I can't think of anything else right now)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Friends-locked but I'm not shy adding people. TV, my life, my obsessions, some memes
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions: Gianna Nannini, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, House, How I Met Your Mother, Ellen Degeneres, Robert Downey Jr.
1. Your name, age, and location: Serena/mid 20ish/Canada
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Alias (Syd/Vaughn -- Weiss / Sloane / Spy!Daddy), BSG (Starbuck &/Six), Eli Stone, Farscape (Zhaan, John), Grey's Anatomy (Bailey), Heroes (Hiro, Sylar, Petrelli Bros), Lost (SAYID, Sawyer, Kate, Locke), Pushing Daisies, Scrubs (GUYLOVE ftw + Cox), Stargate SG1/Atlantis (Jack, Cameron, Daniel, Rodney, Sheppard) -- I also watched but not so much obsess about: Firefly, House md, Will and Grace, and 4400.
3. Favourite music: Mostly oldschool: Queen, Coldplay, The Beatles, John Lennon, Our Lady Peace, Snow Patrol, Pink Floyd, The Killers, etc.
4. Favourite movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Butterfly Effect, Donnie Darko, Mystic River, LOTR trilogy, Starwars 6, POTC, HP, ... anything sci-fi.
5. Favourite books: Anything Dan Brown, Stephen King...
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Making icons. And watching tv of course... why else would I have so many fandoms?
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I was the youngest undergrad in my whole university. To think I've wasted so much time I could've used wisely...
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Semi-friends. Sometimes I post entry viewable to public. Most of my 'mildy-interesting-if-you-really-push-it' personal rants are under f-cut though.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: Ha. You'll have to buy me a drink first.
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Spitalfield, Mark Rose, Anna May Wong
3. Favourite music: Spitalfield, Saves the Day, Relient K, Eagles of Death Metal, Street to Nowhere, Sondre Lerche. I am a rock omnivore.
4. Favourite movies: The Producers, West Side Story, Almost Famous
5. Favourite books: anything by David Sedaris
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: curling my hair, sewing
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm getting a degree in fashion design.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? semi-public. I write public fashion and style entries occasionally. Finished sewing projects. The rest is f-locked: school, music, hairstyles, sewing.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
I've always wanted Bettie Page hair.
10. Current obsessions: western wear (spurs, boots, and smiley pockets), Pacific Northwest totem poles, Mexican culture (sugar skulls and Aztec mythology), Asian-American studies, Monterey jack cheese
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Sara, 25, Washington, DC area
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):
Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Ugly Betty, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Harry Potter, How I Met Your Mother, Wonderfalls, The OC, Bones, 30 Rock, Chronicles of Narnia, Psych, Tin Man, Buffy, Angel, Batman, Firefly/Serenity, Twilight, Veronica Mars
3. Favourite music:
Everything, but at the moment: Sara Bareilles, Rachael Yamagata, Rilo Kiley, Tegan & Sara, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Buckley, David Cook, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash, Boy Kill Boy, Apocalyptica, Duffy, In This Moment, I could go on for days...
4. Favourite movies:
Batman Begins, Transformers, Iron Man, Stardust, Juno, Shrek, Ronin, American Beauty, The Weatherman, Persepolis, Talk to Me, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Princess Bride, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, American In Paris
5. Favourite books:
The Red Tent, Ragtime, The Dante Club, The Secret Life of Bees, Twilight, The Mists of Avalon, A Moveable Feast, The Great Gatsby
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:
Art, music, movies, reading, cooking, being outside.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself:
I'm originally from a small city in Maine, but have lived in Germany and in Jordan.
I was a total tomboy as a kid, but loved wearing twirly skirts.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about?
Friends-locked, but I add lots of people, so if you want to friend, friend away!
I write about real life, work, health, fitness, movies, tv, music, things around Washington, DC and in Maryland and Virginia. Sometimes (rarely) post original fiction, and post links to my graphics journal
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions:
Pushing Daisies, pie, very brightly coloured clothes, wearing flowers (real or fake) in my hair, sunshine, the ocean, funky jewelry and accessories
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Sonia
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): I'm a non-slasher/someone who loves Het, just to let you know right off the bat. Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series (Buffy/Angel forever!), Supernatural (I adore the Winchesters, but not WITH each other), Heroes (I love the Petrellis, again, not WITH each other, and Hiro is so my favorite)
3. Favourite music: AVENGED SEVENFOLD!! My 2 other favorite bands are Good Charlotte and Simple Plan.
4. Favourite movies: rom-coms with John Cusack, anything with Johnny Depp (Chocolat is my fave), martial arts movies, Iron Man jumped to the Top 10 today, and I am one of those horrible people who loves & constantly quotes Napoleon Dynamite & Juno.
5. Favourite books: I'm into the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer at the moment. I also read trashy Harlequin and Silhouette romance novels.
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: writing fanfic, traveling & going to concerts, taking photos
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I've hugged Orlando Bloom. I've been to Alaska, Canada, and the U.K. to see my favorite bands and visit friends I've made here online :]
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? 90% of it is open. Those entries, if I'm not explaining/complaining about the fandom/online drama that finds me, I'm usually gushing about my current favorites (from actors to musicians to entertainment). The gushing tends to involve YouTube videos & picspams to show you WHY I'm going mental for whatever I'm going mental for. The other 10% is personal whinging about my life, which I tend to angst hardcore about, especially lately.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
That's about 2 weeks old, after I came home from seeing THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, which is brilliant!
10. Current obsessions: If you visit my journal and look at the right hand side panel, you can see pictures for yourself! :D
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Sara, 25, Maryland suburbs of DC
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):
Veronica Mars (Veronica/Logan, big Veronica fan), Wonderfalls (Jaye/Eric), Scrubs (no pairing, fav character- JD), Smallville (Clark/Chloe, favorite character-Chloe), Dark Angel (no pairing)
3. Favourite music:
Travis, Weezer, R.E.M, The Strokes, Creeper Lagoon, Matchbox Twenty, Placebo, Brown Recluse Sings, oldies, Juno soundtrack
4. Favourite movies:
Aladdin, Gattaca, Back to the Future, Pleasantville, The Lion King 2, Garden State, Bambi 2, Saved!, V for Vendetta, Blood Diamond, Babe, The Naked Gun 2.5
5. Favourite books:
Animal Liberation, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, When Elephants Weep, Living with Our Genes, How to Clone the Perfect Blonde, 1984, More than Human, The Science of Good and Evil, Good Natured, Drawing the Line, Why People Believe Weird Things, A Long Way Gone, Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees, Dispatches from the Edge
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:
Running (5Ks are my newest thing), jogging, swimming, walking through parks, reading, drawing, playing online games, surfing youtube, chillin' with friends
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself:
I can talk like Donald Duck
I'm a high school bio teacher in training
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about?
friends-locked. I write about my life, I post pictures, sometimes I do a political commentary or movie or TV review
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
Me feeding a goat! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/cartoondoggy/491157040106_0_ALB.jpg)
10. Current obsessions:
Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls incidentally :)
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Kirsty, 28, UK
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):
Stargate Atlantis (McShep!), Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me
3. Favourite music:
KT Tunstall, Green Day, The Manics, The Rolling Stones, The Cream, They Might Be Giants, Snowpatrol, some movie soundtracks...
4. Favourite movies:
Serenity, Apocalypse Now, Garden State, Stardust, the Labyrinth, Shaun of the Dead
5. Favourite books:
The Dresden Files Series, Catcher In the Rye, Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes, The Stand by Stephen King, LOTR, Harry Potter,...
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:
Conventioning, Jewelry making, iconing, reading, drinking!, eating chocolate!
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself:
Studying for a PhD in Astrophysics (though I'm on extended sick leave as I have CFS), I've met all the cast of Firefly and Joss Whedon
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about?
mostly friends-locked but I will friend anyone I share interests with. I write about random life stuff and my fandoms mainly
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
why?! Crap I hate pictures of me. Here's a sort of ok one from a couple of years ago. I haven't like any recent ones so it'll have to do!
10. Current obsessions:
Stargate Atlantis, David Hewlett
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):Smallville (Chlark!), The Office (Jim and Pam), Pushing Daisies (obviously, fave is Olive), Harry Potter (Luna/Neville, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny is how I like 'em, but it's Harry/Hermione that really makes me cringe), How I Met Your Mother (I love
em all!), Spider-Man (movies, new cartoon, 90s cartoon, a few of the comics I've read), Doctor Who (don't really like the ships on this show, but the Doctor/Donna friendship is FTW)
3. Favourite music:Showtunes (LOVE musicals), not super-obsessed with music, but I like these guys: The Killers, The Shins, The Postal Service, Muse, Tori Amos, The Beatles
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4. Favourite movies:Hairspray, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Garden State, Juno, Enchanted, Anything including Judd Apatow.
5. Favourite books:Anything by Christopher Moore (fave author). Anything by David Sedaris. The Lovely Bones. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Catcher in the Rye. Jesus' Son. About a Boy. A Long Way Down. Stravaganza. My Library Thing (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/stolenpostit)
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:Reading, writing, cruisin' the net.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself:
My sister calls my Monkey, but I beg you not to do it yourself.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about?Mostly public. I talk about random things going on in my life, but nothing to personal (or else it's locked). Sometimes I have a fandom-y post.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions:
Spider-Man (the new cartoon is so awesome). Smallville (it's terrible and toys with my emotions, but totally addictive), musicals
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2. Favourite fandoms: Doctor Who, Psych, Pushing Daisies, Heroes, Entourage, BTVS
3. Favourite music: Simon and Garfunkel, The Police, The Beatles, Sublime, David Bowie
4. Favourite movies: The Princess Bride, Children of Men, American Psycho (or anything with Christian Bale)
5. Favourite books: Catch 22, The Watchmen, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: drawing, playing the piano, thinking up nice quotable anecdotes for the next dinner conversation, occasionally sewing (but failing)
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I can recite the alphabet backwards and spell anything out loud in lightning-speed? (was raised that way, meh)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? F-locked, if only because I'm just generally very, very shy. Always glad to meet new friends, though!
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
Okay, it's a drawing, but s'all I got :\
10. Current obsessions: studying French so, kinda obsessed with that. I think I'm obsessed with Joe Anderson, as I co-mod
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): D: I'll try to make this brief...
- Supernatural = Dean, Dean/Metallicar
- Heroes = Sylar, Peter, Peter Petrelli/Sam Winchester (xover pairing!)
- Pushing Daisies = Ned/Chuck, Olive/Alfredo, Emerson, ABNER
- Psych = Gus 'n' Shawn
- The Office = Jim/Pam
- Firefly = ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE TOO AWESOME.
- Avatar: the Last Airbender = Sokka, Zuko, Toph, Iroh, Zutara, Sukka
3. Favourite music: I have eclectic music tastes... but i cannot stand modern "classical" music. *shudders* I'm... totally pop-tastic but not so much hip hop and rap... although i DO adore Eminem...
4. Favourite movies: Pleasantville, The Matrix, Dogma, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Boondock Saints, Forrest Gump
5. Favourite books: The Outsiders, Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird, America The Book: A History of Democracy Inaction
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Doodling, writing (badly), volunteering at the aquarium (and hopefully getting a job at one soon)
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm graduating this summer and hopefully getting a job taking care of animals as an aquarist. I am a diehard marine bio geek. :x
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? It's mostly f-locked. The most recent entries are... and i'm too lazy to go back and f-lock all the entires at the moment... so yeah. I write a LOT about Supernatural... :x and my life, which is only semi-interesting. I post a lot of crack!Fanart and PICSPAMS. I love me a good picspam.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
Yup. I'm not very photogenic. :) That's me in the middle... and mah boys.
10. Current obsessions: JENSEN ACKLES. Prettiest man... EVAR? Yes, i am just a little bit in love with him. And by "little bit" i mean "GASDLKAWJELAKSDJASDLKJ LET ME HAVE YOUR BABIES". I'm pretty in love with Supernatural in general. Peter/Sam is my pet ship... and the ocean and i are like THIS *crosses fingers together*
That is all :)
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Aleisha (leish), 23, Melbourne Australia
2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings):
All things Whedon - Firefly/Buffy/Angel, Veronica Mars, Pushing Daisies, Scrubs, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, HIMYM, Supernatural, Black Books, Flight of the Conchords, the list goes on.... and on... and on... pairings? too hard.
3. Favourite music:
Folk/rock - Foo Fighters, Silverchair, a lot of local Melbourne/Aussie bands noone will have heard of - Kind of pluto, cuthbert and the nightwalkers, floyd thursby and the definite article, scott edgar and the universe...
4. Favourite movies:
Serenity, The Crow, Stranger than Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, knight's tale, fight club, wayne's world, this list also goes on...
5. Favourite books:
Jim Butcher's series' 'the dresden files' (best. books. ever.) and 'the alera codex'
6. Hobbies, activities, etc:
I like going to gigs - for bands and for comedy, I also like driving, drinking (not both of the last 2 at the same time), photography, playing in photoshop, seeing friends and spending time with family.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself:
I own 3 cats, I almost got married last year, I have been to america 3 times for conventions. heh. FANGIRL MUCH?
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? open - i tend to write about my day-to-day life and every day drama. I do also post con reports and photos when i go, too :)
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
*eeee*
10. Current obsessions:supernatural....GUH... and lee pace, who is just so beautiful.
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Willow/Tara), Xena: Warrior Princess (Xena/Gabs), The X-Files (Mulder/Scully), Bones (Brennan/Booth), Pushing Daisies (Chuck/Olive), Grey's Anatomy (Meredith), Desperate Housewives (Bree), Big Love (Margie), Harry Potter (Hermione), Wicked (Galinda/Elphie), etc.
3. Favourite music: Kristin Chenoweth, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Rilo Kiley, Pat Benatar...
4. Favourite movies: Fried Green Tomatoes, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Cold Mountain, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, What Lies Beneath, The Sound of Music, Practical Magic, etc.
5. Favourite books: The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Wicked, and lots more.
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Writing, reading, chatting, watching movies and TV, traveling, swimming.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I have two sisters named Stacy. I'm interested in becoming an FBI agent.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Friends-locked. I post about my life on occasion, sometimes I'll do a survey or two, and I like to talk about my favorite celebs (namely Kristin Chenoweth) a lot. I do "A Day in My Life" picture posts now and then, too.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions: Emily & Zooey Deschanel, Rilo Kiley, Bones (the TV show), pretty dresses, flipflops, and always, always Kristin Chenoweth.
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Oh geez. A ton. HP (anything), Last of the Mohicans (Alice/Uncas), Sky High (Warren/Layla, Magenta/Warrern), China Garden (Mark/Clare), Newsies, Inuyasha, Sailor Moon (Senshi/Shitennou), lots more...
3. Favourite music: Pretty much anything except opera and rap (I like some). I don't like much country, either.
4. Favourite movies: Just a few:
The Godfather, Last of the Mohicans, Love Actually, Amelie, Newsies, Wedding Crashers, The Princess Bride, Sabrina, Lucky Number Slevin, The Departed, Casablanca, Hairspray
5. Favourite books: Again, just a few:
Count of Monte Cristo, Pride and Prejudice, The China Garden, Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, Suzan-Lori Parks' Red Letter Plays, If On a Winter's Night A Traveler, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Reading, writing, cooking, knitting, travel, dance, theater, etc.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I'm in law school (is that interesting?)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Open. Mostly fandomy things, but the ocassional political rant (warning: I'm super liberal, but I warn and lj-cut my stuff), original writing, and memes do sneak in.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: I'll come back to this one - don't have any handy.
10. Current obsessions: Writing original fiction, Post Bellum RPG, wanting to read Twilight, fandoms
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Twilight, Harry Potter, The Office, Moonlight, Robin Hood, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Lost, and Supernatural.
3. Favourite music: Linkin Park and many other rock bands (including classic stuff). Also listen to other types of music depending on my mood. Music is <3.
4. Favourite movies: Way to many to list. I love movies sooo much so I watch a ton and I have a freaking huge dvd collection. I do live for horror movies though. ;)
5. Favourite books: V.C. Andrew's novels, Twilight, Harry Potter, Eragon, The Lovely Bones, Bentley Little<333....
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Playing with my dog, playing basketball, cooking, reading, watching movies and listening to music.
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I run an official website/blog for my favorite singer. ♥. I really hope to visit Ireland one day. :D
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? It friends locked. But I post mostly little things about life and fandoms. I tend to be a little random sometimes. ;)
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3563/l2841844e5e2db138464bbanr2.png
10. Current obsessions:
Twilight, watching cooking shows, music videos, French movies...
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): High School Musical (Troy/Gabriella, Ryan/Chad); Pushing Daisies (Ned/Chuck); Final Fantasy VII (Zack/Aerith, Cloud/Tifa)
3. Favourite music: Showtunes, pop
4. Favourite movies: Moulin Rouge!, High School Musical (2 more than 1), anything Disney, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Amelie
5. Favourite books: Anything Jane Austen, the Harry Potter books, The Eyre Affair and its ilk, books about Broadway, A Great and Terrible Beauty
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Reading, writing, spending time with my fiance, roleplaying, watching TV
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I just bought a Wii and I'm a house manager at a Big Deal Chicago theatre.
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Flocked - I usually write about my life (boooring) or post memes, but I also post a lot of pictures when Chris and I do something exciting around here.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: This is me and Chris at graduation (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/thegoodwitch/IMG_6718.jpg)
10. Current obsessions: Pushing Daisies, Pokemon, Lee Pace, (eventually) Wii and planning my wedding
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Shows: Grey's Anatomy (Meredith/Derek Derek/Mark (Friendship), Lost, Gilmore Girls (pairings: Luke/Lorelai), House (House/Cuddy, House/Wilson (friendship), SATC (Carrie/Aidan, Carrie/Big, Samantha/Smith, Miranda/Steve), Buffy (Buffy/Angel, Willow/Tara) Dead Like Me, How I Met Your Mother (Lily/Marshall, Barney/Robin), Pushing Daisies (Ned/Chuck), Ugly Betty, The OC (Seth/Summer), Ally McBeal (Ally/Larry), Will&Grace
3. Favourite music: Gianna Nannini (Italian rock singer), Robert Downey Jr., Robbie Williams, Dido, Elton John, Sting and The Police, Tina Turner, Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Anthony Stewart Head, Bryan Adams
4. Favourite movies: Notting Hill, Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral, The Hours, Ocean's 11, The Sixth Sense, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Grease, Dirty Dancing, Silence of the Lambs, Discovery of Heaven, anything with Robert Downey Jr., anything with Hugh Grant
5. Favourite books: The Diviners, The Discovery of Heaven, Wilderness Tips, Surfacing, 1984, The Stone Angel, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, A Jest of God, Robber Bride, The Hours, Adrian Mole series, anything by Margaret Atwood or Margaret Laurence
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: tv, movies, concerts, reading, friends, traveling, rpg, music, cooking for people
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: Am my thesis away from getting my MA degree in Literature; I speak 4 languages fluently (probably not the most interesting facts but I can't think of anything else right now)
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Friends-locked but I'm not shy adding people. TV, my life, my obsessions, some memes
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like:
10. Current obsessions: Gianna Nannini, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, House, How I Met Your Mother, Ellen Degeneres, Robert Downey Jr.
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2. Favourite fandoms (and characters or pairings): Alias (Syd/Vaughn -- Weiss / Sloane / Spy!Daddy), BSG (Starbuck &/Six), Eli Stone, Farscape (Zhaan, John), Grey's Anatomy (Bailey), Heroes (Hiro, Sylar, Petrelli Bros), Lost (SAYID, Sawyer, Kate, Locke), Pushing Daisies, Scrubs (GUYLOVE ftw + Cox), Stargate SG1/Atlantis (Jack, Cameron, Daniel, Rodney, Sheppard) -- I also watched but not so much obsess about: Firefly, House md, Will and Grace, and 4400.
3. Favourite music: Mostly oldschool: Queen, Coldplay, The Beatles, John Lennon, Our Lady Peace, Snow Patrol, Pink Floyd, The Killers, etc.
4. Favourite movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Butterfly Effect, Donnie Darko, Mystic River, LOTR trilogy, Starwars 6, POTC, HP, ... anything sci-fi.
5. Favourite books: Anything Dan Brown, Stephen King...
6. Hobbies, activities, etc: Making icons. And watching tv of course... why else would I have so many fandoms?
7. An interesting fact or two about yourself: I was the youngest undergrad in my whole university. To think I've wasted so much time I could've used wisely...
8. Your journal: open or friends-locked? What kinds of things do you usually write about? Semi-friends. Sometimes I post entry viewable to public. Most of my 'mildy-interesting-if-you-really-push-it' personal rants are under f-cut though.
9. A photo of yourself cuz it's always nice to know what your friends look like: Ha. You'll have to buy me a drink first.
10. Current obsessions: Alias.