Here and Now — A Friendzy
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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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Date: 2022-04-24 07:30 pm (UTC)Name: JR
Age: 34
Location: Northeast US
Currently, what are you...
... Reading? Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. I'm on the last third. This year I have been bouncing between non-fiction and graphic novels. If you want, you can check out my storygraph to see if we have similar tastes.
... Watching? I mostly watch anime at the current moment but I want to try to watch more indie small films. Right now, I am watching the Hikaru no Go English dub Strange Dawn English sub, and Somali and the Forest Spirit English dub. Hikaru no Go is a really old shonen jump title about a boy's journey through the Go world (Go is a strategic board game, similar to chess but much more difficult). Strange Dawn is an old isekai/portal fantasy from 2000. Its a lot more suble and interesting than what we normally get nowadays. No power fantasy and lots of small things you have to pay attention to. No one is there explaining everything to you, you have to draw your own conclusions. Somali and the Forest Spirit is a delightful robot father, human daughter traveling through a monster world looking for humans.
... Listening to? Mostly I have just been listening to anime openings/sound track songs. I tend to like things that get me pumped up and awake while I am doing chores. But I have been getting into A Tribe Called Red and Halluci Nation.
... Playing? Not much right now. The most recent video game I played was Heaven's Vault, a small indie title involving translation, history, actually meaningful choices and the future of a small, dying world. Its such a breath of fresh air compared to other games. Truth be told I like to watch Let's Plays more than play games. I don't play tabletop games, my last two remaining brain cells can't handle it. Also I don't really do sports either.
... Working on (job-wise and/or leisure-wise)? I've been using the Finch App to add a bunch of small tasks to do like small bits of cleaning, cooking, exercise, make time for things I want to do but then don't, etc. I also makes posts about my progress every so often. I also want to travel more, especially for zine fests but not sure if I will get to do this, this year.
... Looking forward to? Zine fests and other nerdy activities. Travelling this year. Going to parks. Being more active in general.
... Worried/concerned/annoyed about? How easily tired my brain and body get. My past history of dropping activities. I guess political things too but not sure if I am going to blog about it. I guess it depends on how bad it gets or if it affects my life.
What were your last three LJ entries about and when did you post them?
I am new so I only have a couple of entries from the past couple of days. One post is about my boring life stuff like cleaning, exercise, cooking. Another is about the anime I'm watching. Another post is about the graphic novels I've read this year so far and my thoughts.
Anything else? My interests: science fiction/fantasy, ecofiction/solarpunk, low tech, zines, working on improving my life, learning, anime, manga, light novels, ace attorney, etc.
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Date: 2022-04-29 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-05-02 03:29 pm (UTC)friends? :D
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Date: 2022-05-07 04:34 pm (UTC)