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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Re: Thoughts

[nocturnus33]

I would love to learn how to marble paper! 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.

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

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I would love to learn how to marble paper! <<

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

[nocturnus33]

"Regressive politics tend to converge as people hate many of the same things"

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

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> 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. <<

*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

[nocturnus33]

How beautiful is everything you do! You have got taste and delicacy to assemble the pieces.

I like gardening too, this month it's my turn to prune as we are in mid-fall.