Here and Now — A Friendzy

[sound_of_silence]

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!


<b>The Basics (Can't Really Change Them)</b><br /><i>Name:</i> <br /><i>Age:</i> <br /><i>Location:</i> <br /><br /><b>Currently, what are you...</b><br /><i>... Reading?</i> <br /><i>... Watching?</i> <br /><i>... Listening to?</i> <br /><i>... Playing?</i> <br /><i>... Working on (job-wise and/or leisure-wise)?</i> <br /><i>... Looking forward to?</i> <br /><i>... Worried/concerned/annoyed about?</i> <br /><br /><b>What were your last three LJ entries about and when did you post them?</b><br /><br /><b>Anything else?</b>


The more, the merrier:

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[ganimede]

The Basics (Can't Really Change Them)
Name: Nathaniel
Age: Over 18 and old enough to know better
Location: The wilds of Lancashire, North West England

Currently, what are you...
... Reading? Spellbreaker by Charlie N Holmberg. I needed a book with a white cover for my reading bingo and I'd got this as a free Kindle book ages ago.
... Watching? Far too many things! They’re all either streaming or recorded, but I still have a schedule as to which programme I watch on what day. I can never tell if that's incredibly organised or incredibly sad. Anyway. Current programmes are: Life After Life, The Almighty Johnsons, Starstruck, Mutant X, Jonathan Creek (rewatching), Crossing Swords, and Black Books.
... Listening to? Nothing at this specific moment in time! I generally listen to Absolutely Classic Rock, Spotify playlists (often ones that I’ve made), or podcasts. My podcasts of choice are Stuff You Should Know, My Dad Wrote A Porno, and David Tennant Does A Podcast With...
... Playing? Ohhh, how long have you got? I have huge backlogs of games on Steam, GOG, and my PlayStation. I got The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for my laptop last week and I’ve been playing that a lot since. I also play Sims 4 regularly too. I’m replaying LA Noire on my PS3 to 100% it. I recently found the mobile game Spellcraft so I’ve been playing that on my phone. I think I have a gaming problem. Too many games and not enough time!!
... Working on (job-wise and/or leisure-wise)? Work-wise - I'm currently a full-time unpaid carer for my mother. It involves doing all the housework, cooking, gardening, shopping, ordering medicines, taking her to appointments, and generally just being there. It’s 24/7 so it takes up a lot of my time and energy.
Leisure-wise - Most of my leisure time at the moment is spent reading or gaming.
... Looking forward to? I don't have any specific event coming up, but I'm seriously looking forward to being able to get back to cons and cosplay, and going on day trips. Oh, and getting a haircut. Really really looking forward to that.
... Worried/concerned/annoyed about? Well, let’s take the current pandemic and situation in Ukraine as read, shall we? Current worries would be the fact that I am still suffering from the concussion I got a few weeks ago, which anti-virus to get when my free subscription expires at the end of the month, and how long my hair is getting omg.

What were your last three LJ entries about and when did you post them?
- 19th April: what I did over the four day Easter weekend. Spoiler: it was mostly gaming and reading.
- 24th April: my usual Sunday summary of the books, TV programmes, games, and films that I indulged in over the week.
- 26th April: the annoyance that is calling people and waiting for them to call back. Particularly when it’s to do with medical stuff or prospective tradespeople.

Anything else?
I post regularly and tend to do fairly lengthy posts, often with photos. Interaction is important to me as I like getting to know the people who have added me and making connections.

I’m Trans and identify as FTM and pansexual. I'm rather geeky, and I love learning new things just for fun, especially languages, history, and science. I'm mostly right-handed and I find it quite difficult to answer any survey/questionnaire type thing completely seriously. I make a Reading Bingo card each year and post a monthly update of my progress. Oh, and food. I often try new meals or bake cakes, and I post photos of them. It's a terrible tease. I do apologise.

[eclips1st]

David Tennant has a podcast?! SHUT UP! I never listen to podcasts, but now I guess I HAVE TO!

[ganimede]

There's been two series so far but I have no idea if he's intending on doing a third. It's just him chatting with various celebrities. It's on Spotify or you can find it all here: https://play.acast.com/s/davidtennant

[ayebydan]

you sound pretty cool and I think we'd get along. My profile is probably more help than my post here but feel free to have a look.

[ganimede]

Aww thanks! Feel free to add :)

[firecat]

Added you, fellow pansexual non-binary FTM sort of person

[ganimede]

Thanks for the add! Your journal seems to be just fic posts, is that right?

[firecat]

About 2/3 fic posts, 1/3 random nonsense.

[anonne]

You seem to post about a lot of interesting things – I've subscribed! No worries if you don't want to friend back, a lot of my posts are fandom-orientated so you may not be interested.

[ganimede]

Thanks for the add :)