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anonymousblueberryRight, so this is one of those 'all about me' posts that I never really know how to write.
I'm Beth, I'm 24 and I'm English.
I don't talk about religion or politics all that much. This isn't because I don't care, I do, sometimes I care too much, and since I have a lot of friends in RL with whom I discuss things, I tend to keep away from it on the internet, because it will at times make me cranky.
I'm vaguely fannish. I enjoy a lot of TV shows and films and books, and sometimes I write fanfiction, and sometimes I make icons and sometimes I produce fanmixes. I read fanfiction, I lurk around and generally enjoy the squee. Wank just tends to make me laugh unless it hits a nerve, at which point I back away very quickly.
Fandoms I have known and loved (and still do in some cases): Supernatural, Robin of Sherwood, Dresden Files (books mostly), Hellblazer, Constantine, The Authority, comics of a variety of sorts, Bubblegum Crisis, Lord of the Rings, Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis, do not get me started on Universe) and stuff.
I am utterly shallow at times, and will go for the pretty over the intelligent.
Music is really important to me. I play the clarinet and the piano, I'm trying to teach myself to play the flute and I can get a tune out of a bunch of other instruments.
I like brit-pop of the 90s sort, rock music, metal, folk, country and a whole heap of bits and pieces in between. Rhapsody in Blue is possibly my favourite piece of music in the world, and I think the Bohemian Rhapsody is painfully overrated.
I live alone, have a small group of friends and try to avoid my family for the most part (we all get on, they're just hard work a lot of the time). My mum died while I was doing my GCSEs thanks to a decade of alcoholism and my dad remarried a year ago. My stepmum is pretty awesome, and I got the house in the arrangement (he got the dog).
Despite living away from parents for a long time now, I still get excited at the fact that I could have cereal for dinner if I wanted to, and that I don't have to go to bed before midnight. The year or so between university and dad moving out were weird as we were both used to living alone and it took a lot of getting used to.
I have a degree in English, and while I wish I could do an MA I lack the time and money. I've just got a new job at the local university, and I've previously been a retail monkey and a workshop assistant, which I actually miss quite a bit.
When I'm not reading, wasting time on the internet or working, I help run a Live Action Roleplay group in the local area. I play that system and another local one, and have never had the guts or the funds to go to one of the big national events. I complain bitterly about some of the people who come to the system, although they are all marvellous people really. They can just get a bit demanding at times.
I also play D&D and a couple of other tabletop games, and I'm getting ready to run my first ever tabletop game of Unknown Armies at some point in the near future.
And that was a lot of ramble about not very much.
I'm Beth, I'm 24 and I'm English.
I don't talk about religion or politics all that much. This isn't because I don't care, I do, sometimes I care too much, and since I have a lot of friends in RL with whom I discuss things, I tend to keep away from it on the internet, because it will at times make me cranky.
I'm vaguely fannish. I enjoy a lot of TV shows and films and books, and sometimes I write fanfiction, and sometimes I make icons and sometimes I produce fanmixes. I read fanfiction, I lurk around and generally enjoy the squee. Wank just tends to make me laugh unless it hits a nerve, at which point I back away very quickly.
Fandoms I have known and loved (and still do in some cases): Supernatural, Robin of Sherwood, Dresden Files (books mostly), Hellblazer, Constantine, The Authority, comics of a variety of sorts, Bubblegum Crisis, Lord of the Rings, Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis, do not get me started on Universe) and stuff.
I am utterly shallow at times, and will go for the pretty over the intelligent.
Music is really important to me. I play the clarinet and the piano, I'm trying to teach myself to play the flute and I can get a tune out of a bunch of other instruments.
I like brit-pop of the 90s sort, rock music, metal, folk, country and a whole heap of bits and pieces in between. Rhapsody in Blue is possibly my favourite piece of music in the world, and I think the Bohemian Rhapsody is painfully overrated.
I live alone, have a small group of friends and try to avoid my family for the most part (we all get on, they're just hard work a lot of the time). My mum died while I was doing my GCSEs thanks to a decade of alcoholism and my dad remarried a year ago. My stepmum is pretty awesome, and I got the house in the arrangement (he got the dog).
Despite living away from parents for a long time now, I still get excited at the fact that I could have cereal for dinner if I wanted to, and that I don't have to go to bed before midnight. The year or so between university and dad moving out were weird as we were both used to living alone and it took a lot of getting used to.
I have a degree in English, and while I wish I could do an MA I lack the time and money. I've just got a new job at the local university, and I've previously been a retail monkey and a workshop assistant, which I actually miss quite a bit.
When I'm not reading, wasting time on the internet or working, I help run a Live Action Roleplay group in the local area. I play that system and another local one, and have never had the guts or the funds to go to one of the big national events. I complain bitterly about some of the people who come to the system, although they are all marvellous people really. They can just get a bit demanding at times.
I also play D&D and a couple of other tabletop games, and I'm getting ready to run my first ever tabletop game of Unknown Armies at some point in the near future.
And that was a lot of ramble about not very much.
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Date: 2010-09-12 02:57 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about being vaguely fannish. I used to be more active in fandoms, but I'm happier being more of a lurker now.
I must admit to you that I enjoy SGU (even though it's totally cheesy and makes me roll my eyes, but most stuff on TV does anyway). Please don't hate me now! ;) j/k... But since I don't make fanworks and seldom post at length about shows, you probably won't see that much.
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Date: 2010-09-12 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-12 03:14 pm (UTC)I loved SG-1 and Atlantis though. Some of the above applied as well, but there were also a lot of characters that I just adored. Most of them, actually.