Expat wanderings and wonderings

[sravakavarn]

Name(s): Sravakavarn here, I have been winegodeatsyou, thesandsabrase, and sravakavarn on LJ, skepoet on twitter (which I only use to promote writing, I really don't like the format), derickvarn on instagram.

Location: Egypt, but I am ending my expat job to relocate to the states after seven and a half-years abroad, so soon Utah.

Describe yourself in five sentences or less: I am a poet, teacher, editor/reader, former professor, and podcaster. I work in International schools primarily as my day job, and I work for Zero Books on the side as well as writing semi-professionally and editing Former People, a literary journal, for effectively no money. I am intensely interested in sociology, religious history, economic history, and education as well as the arts.

Top 5 fandoms: Song of Ice and Fire, Manga, Image and Marvel Comics, Obscure religious history, Soviet History (I realize those two things are strange fandoms, but my obsession with it mirrors people's I know obsession with Dr. Who)

I mostly post about : politics, travel, personal psychology, poetry, my family, and probably about reintegrating into the US. Posts from from flippant to intensely personal.

I rarely post about: Fanfic.

My last three posts were about :

1. Mistakes made by people when talking about the Middle East and Asia
2. cancer survivorship and living apart from your spouse (expat unsexiness)
3. Why I enjoy this form of blogging

How often do you post? It's sporadic, right now a lot. Sometimes once a week, for a while on LJ, it was becoming like monthly, but dreamwidth revival has me enjoying this form again.

How about commenting? A lot. I come here because algorithm doesn't decide who and how I engage with people like on SOME social media.

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Comments

[fidget]

You seem like an interesting person to read. Would it be okay if I added you?

[sravakavarn]

Yes. It is totally okay.

[jenny_evergreen]

I think you are interesting! But I might be too boring for you, so if you add me, I will add you. If you don't, we'll just pretend this never happened. :)

[conuly]

How about commenting? A lot. I come here because algorithm doesn't decide who and how I engage with people like on SOME social media.

Hear, hear. I can't believe people just... put up with that.

[savvyliterate]

Oh yes, I know the pain of living apart from your spouse. That was our first 18 months of marriage before he got his green card.

[endeni]

Oh, you seem a really cool person! *g* Also ASOIAF, Marvel! And manga - which titles?

[sravakavarn]

Junji Ito's work, One Punch Man, Beserk, Claymore at the moment.

[endeni]

Ah, I think I know of Berserk but the other titles are totally new to me...

[sravakavarn]

I am also reading a lot of classic Manga like Lone Wolf and Cub.

[endeni]

Haha nope, not familiar with that one either... *facepalm*

[olivia_beige]

Asoiaf, obscure religious history, and most importantly Mistakes made by people when talking about the Middle East and Asia? YES PLEASE. I'd like to follow you, please. :D

[mommy]

Religious history, economic history, western comics, and Claymore are all things I find interesting. Would you mind if I subscribed?

[sravakavarn]

That's fine