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sound_of_silence) wrote2022-04-22 11:32 am
sound_of_silence) wrote2022-04-22 11:32 am
Here and Now — A Friendzy
I don't know about you, but lately I've been bored by the redundancy of friending memes. It feels like I'm always being asked the same things — favourite books/movies/games/fandoms, things I post about, things I look for in friends... This is all well and good, I don't have anything against those questions — I've found so many good LJ-friends through them, why would I? — but I find myself hoping to be asked something new at every friendzy I participate in.
And then I thought, why not organize one myself?
So here I am, with an attempt at an original friending meme! Share, comment, find friends, you know the drill!
The more, the merrier:
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Age: 51
Location: Chile
Currently, what are you...
... Reading?
Revisiting old Harry Potter fanfictions for a personal project [An excuse like any other] and a bookbinding manual.
... Watching?
I don't watch much TV, in general, whatever my husband is watching while I'm next to him doing something else. [Mostly reading fanfiction]
... Listening to?
I'm going through a Ziggy Stardust phase ... 50 years too late.
... Playing?
My musical ability is reduced to ringing the doorbell. Does that count as playing an instrument?
... Working on (job-wise and/or leisure-wise)?
Job-wise,
I am a social science researcher: I read, collect data, write, guide theses and complain about university bureaucracy.
Leisure-wise,
I'm learning to bind fanfiction; I'm a very amateurish member of the Renegade Publishing guild. There, generously, they have taught me a lot. So far, I have created three volumes by hand (two successful and one disastrous). In the medium term I want to hand bind All The Young Dudes, which is a big challenge for me.
... Looking forward to?
My daughter's dissertation.
... Worried/concerned/annoyed about?
Where should I start?
I am anxious about the successful completion of the constitutional reform in my country. (A long history, which begins on 11 September 1973 with the Pinochet dictatorship and whose ghosts still haunt us).
What were your last three DW entries about and when did you post them?
Today, Apr. 24th, I wrote about a small earth tremor, my family and some bookbinding.
Yesterday, 23th A funny rumour at my university
Apr. 21st, my mood and health.
Anything else?
In these 18 years I have met many people, some of them became good friends. We have accompanied each other in our daily lives; as well as in our engagement in the Harry Potter fandom, some no longer participate in it, but the friendship continues.
Though I don't write much on the subject, my social and political views are born from the horrors of a childhood and adolescence spent under an alt-right dictatorship. I feel strongly about human rights violations of any kind.
My English grammar is not the best, but I try to express myself as well as I can.
Thoughts
I am a social science researcher: I read, collect data, write, guide theses and complain about university bureaucracy.<<
That sounds fascinating. I like social engineering: efforts to lift the hood of society and fix what's broke.
>> Leisure-wise,
I'm learning to bind fanfiction; I'm a very amateurish member of the Renegade Publishing guild. <<
Awesome! I've seen bookbinders at Renaissance faires. Marbling paper is a popular accompaniment.
>>I am anxious about the successful completion of the constitutional reform in my country.<<
I can see how that would be nerve-wracking. I hope it goes well for you.
>>Though I don't write much on the subject, my social and political views are born from the horrors of a childhood and adolescence spent under an alt-right dictatorship. I feel strongly about human rights violations of any kind.<<
My sympathies. The United States has some serious problems from the far-right attacking human rights. More insidious is the creeping tide of utilitarianism. "You can very easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." The results of that analysis are often disturbing.
Re: Thoughts
Chilean politics has some things similar to the USA; others not so much. The alt-right groups here and there are very similar.
Re: Thoughts
If you don't mind making a huge mess for sometimes mediocre and sometimes spectacular results, try marbling Easter eggs. There are a variety of kits, and they're probably on sale this time of year. Or you can do your own.
This DIY version is basic:
https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/2018/03/marbled-easter-eggs-diy.html
This one is a bit more elaborate:
https://www.craftymorning.com/water-marble-easter-eggs/
This modern approach to marbling doesn't use a liquid suspension medium; the paint itself marbles as it is poured onto a surface:
https://www.creativegreenliving.com/2019/04/how-to-paint-marbled-easter-eggs.html
>> I am taking baby steps; I want to get a firm grasp on what I have learned before learning new things; however, I am itching to learn many of the artistic techniques associated with creating a book.<<
Sensible approach.
>> Chilean politics has some things similar to the USA; others not so much. The alt-right groups here and there are very similar.<<
It seems that progressive politics can go in many different directions, but regressive politics tend to converge as people hate many of the same things. Different colonial dynamics can create very different fracture patterns too.
Re: Thoughts
So, true!
"Or you can do your own"
Don't tempt me with marbling! My learning wish list includes: various forms of bookbinding, how to make recycled paper; painting foredges in a sophisticated way (I do it the brute way); handmaking headbands; using book layout softwares; digital drawing, creating dust jackets, embossed and debossed covers; handmade title printing techniques and a huge etc.
The fascinating thing about bookbinding is that it converses with so many arts, it's a world to learn! So far, life has been so crazy, I've only learned a couple of binding techniques and I have achieved it with some dignity. Anyway, there's still life ahead of me.
Do you have any hobbies?
Re: Thoughts
*laugh* So very true. But the results are beautiful
>> The fascinating thing about bookbinding is that it converses with so many arts, it's a world to learn! <<
I agree. It's a very agglutinative art form.
>> So far, life has been so crazy, I've only learned a couple of binding techniques and I have achieved it with some dignity. Anyway, there's still life ahead of me.<<
That's a good approach.
>> Do you have any hobbies? <<
I have so many hobbies! :D Gardening and photography are big at this time of year.
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/tag/photo
I dabble in all manner of crafts, from beadwork and scrapbooking to freestyle creations inspired by found items. A few examples:
https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/6069203.html
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13435312.html
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13487190.html
I also write, which many people consider a hobby, but that's my dayjob. Today is my Poetry Fishbowl, with a theme of "Making Do." I encourage you to drop by and give me prompts. Crafts will fit right in!
Re: Thoughts
I like gardening too, this month it's my turn to prune as we are in mid-fall.
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Re: Thoughts
Thank you!
>> I'm also big for human rights trying to get my part done.<<
Right now, I'm finding it darkly hilarious that the Supreme Court is !!shocked!! and !!outraged!! that anyone would dare violate their privacy and boundaries ... regarding a brief that predicts they're going to violate women's privacy and boundaries in reproduction. If they want a world with privacy and boundaries, they're some of the extremely few people who actually have the power to push in that direction, and they don't seem to realize that they're shooting themselves in the foot.
>> I'm more on the practical side of things working in the field sometimes relying on those studies :D
Practical is good.
>> Add? <<
Go for it!
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