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2017revivalName: My username here is a shortened form of my first name.
Age: Soon to be 54 later this month.
Location: Canada (more precisely, Toronto).
Tumblr/Goodreads/IG, etc:? I am on Twitter (@procedurepols), but it's not a personal account -- follow it only if you are really interested in Westminster parliaments and politics (UK, Canada, AUS and NZ primarily). I did create a Goodreads account a few years ago and have since completely ignored it. I was briefly on FB but hated it and deleted my account over 3 years ago. I have a separate wordpress blog that I use to write about parliamentary procedure and related matters. So that's it.
Describe yourself in five sentences or less: Married to a younger man, Table Research Clerk for the provincial Assembly, two pet degus, like to cook, read, try to keep fit, love, love, love my job, find it sad that that what I do bores the pants of pretty much everyone else because parliamentary procedure is, quite frankly THE BEST thing on the planet. I am most likely one of those "elites" everyone keeps warning us about. Atheist, no kids, slightly aspergic, sarcastic and definitely an introvert.
Top 5 fandoms: I always thought "fandom" simply meant really liking a show, and then discovered it was a whole lot more than that. I don't do fandoms. I do have a number of TV shows that I really enjoy and will happily discuss, but, as a general rule, I don't do/read fanfic, make gifs, get all into the actors and all that sort of thing. Some of my current fave shows that I will happily discuss with others are: The Expanse, Outlander, Vikings, Black Sails, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Star Trek (all of them, even Enterprise), The Fall, Unforgotten, Silent Witness, The Last Kingdom, Designated Survivor and a bunch of others. I quite like TV, not much into movies.
That said, I guess I do have one real fandom -- parliamentary procedure. I totally fangirl over UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
I mostly post about... Just the goings-on in my life -- work, personal, etc. I don't tend to discuss politics much because my job requires me to be totally neutral. I'd talk about TV shows more, but don't seem to have any current friends who share the same interests in that area. Would love to connect with other fans of any of the shows listed above. I am not exciting. You have been warned.
My last three posts were about... I did up a sticky post for how I plan to use my Dreamwidth journal - e.g. policies re: subscribing/granting access; the latest installment of the 30-day music challenge thing I'm doing this month; and a general post with a few bits and bobs of daily news. My husband and I are moving apartment at the start of May, so a lot of my posts for now have to do with moving-related matters.
How often do you post? How about commenting? Posting: I would say that I post at the very minimum of once a week. More often, I post daily, or at least every other day, and some days I may post more than once in a single day. Then occasionally, I won't post anything for 10 days or so. I'm a researcher, so my work means I do a lot of writing, and sometimes I just don't have the energy to post on LJ. The vast majority of my posts are access-only, so if you go over to check me out, you won't see much. However, I have started doing some public posts to track what books I read (I know that's what Goodreads is for, but I can't be arsed to use that site at all) and I am trying to think of other semi-regular things I could post publicly. Most of what I post gets cross-posted to LJ.
Commenting is a whole other kettle of fish. I read my friends' entries daily, and usually check in several times a day in the hopes that someone has posted something. However, I comment only if I have something to add. And when it comes to new people, I might go weeks, maybe months before I start commenting regularly because it takes me time to get a sense of you, understand the people in your life, what's going on, etc., especially if you have some complicated, long-running family or other dynamics happening. I'm like that in real life too -- I don't talk much unless I have something valuable to contribute, and prefer to listen when new people are around until I get a proper feel for them. I don't do small talk (as mentioned above, I'm on the ASD scale -- Aspergers). So while I may not say much, especially at first, please do know that I am reading everything you post.
A GIF to describe how your day has been today so far: I don't do gifs.
Other: As I said, my journal is mostly access only, so just go ahead and subscribe to me. I will grant you access so you can see what I'm like. If we don't click, just unfriend me -- I won't take it personally. I mostly keep my journal for my own sake. It's nice if others are interested in my life, but not mandatory!
Age: Soon to be 54 later this month.
Location: Canada (more precisely, Toronto).
Tumblr/Goodreads/IG, etc:? I am on Twitter (@procedurepols), but it's not a personal account -- follow it only if you are really interested in Westminster parliaments and politics (UK, Canada, AUS and NZ primarily). I did create a Goodreads account a few years ago and have since completely ignored it. I was briefly on FB but hated it and deleted my account over 3 years ago. I have a separate wordpress blog that I use to write about parliamentary procedure and related matters. So that's it.
Describe yourself in five sentences or less: Married to a younger man, Table Research Clerk for the provincial Assembly, two pet degus, like to cook, read, try to keep fit, love, love, love my job, find it sad that that what I do bores the pants of pretty much everyone else because parliamentary procedure is, quite frankly THE BEST thing on the planet. I am most likely one of those "elites" everyone keeps warning us about. Atheist, no kids, slightly aspergic, sarcastic and definitely an introvert.
Top 5 fandoms: I always thought "fandom" simply meant really liking a show, and then discovered it was a whole lot more than that. I don't do fandoms. I do have a number of TV shows that I really enjoy and will happily discuss, but, as a general rule, I don't do/read fanfic, make gifs, get all into the actors and all that sort of thing. Some of my current fave shows that I will happily discuss with others are: The Expanse, Outlander, Vikings, Black Sails, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Star Trek (all of them, even Enterprise), The Fall, Unforgotten, Silent Witness, The Last Kingdom, Designated Survivor and a bunch of others. I quite like TV, not much into movies.
That said, I guess I do have one real fandom -- parliamentary procedure. I totally fangirl over UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
I mostly post about... Just the goings-on in my life -- work, personal, etc. I don't tend to discuss politics much because my job requires me to be totally neutral. I'd talk about TV shows more, but don't seem to have any current friends who share the same interests in that area. Would love to connect with other fans of any of the shows listed above. I am not exciting. You have been warned.
My last three posts were about... I did up a sticky post for how I plan to use my Dreamwidth journal - e.g. policies re: subscribing/granting access; the latest installment of the 30-day music challenge thing I'm doing this month; and a general post with a few bits and bobs of daily news. My husband and I are moving apartment at the start of May, so a lot of my posts for now have to do with moving-related matters.
How often do you post? How about commenting? Posting: I would say that I post at the very minimum of once a week. More often, I post daily, or at least every other day, and some days I may post more than once in a single day. Then occasionally, I won't post anything for 10 days or so. I'm a researcher, so my work means I do a lot of writing, and sometimes I just don't have the energy to post on LJ. The vast majority of my posts are access-only, so if you go over to check me out, you won't see much. However, I have started doing some public posts to track what books I read (I know that's what Goodreads is for, but I can't be arsed to use that site at all) and I am trying to think of other semi-regular things I could post publicly. Most of what I post gets cross-posted to LJ.
Commenting is a whole other kettle of fish. I read my friends' entries daily, and usually check in several times a day in the hopes that someone has posted something. However, I comment only if I have something to add. And when it comes to new people, I might go weeks, maybe months before I start commenting regularly because it takes me time to get a sense of you, understand the people in your life, what's going on, etc., especially if you have some complicated, long-running family or other dynamics happening. I'm like that in real life too -- I don't talk much unless I have something valuable to contribute, and prefer to listen when new people are around until I get a proper feel for them. I don't do small talk (as mentioned above, I'm on the ASD scale -- Aspergers). So while I may not say much, especially at first, please do know that I am reading everything you post.
A GIF to describe how your day has been today so far: I don't do gifs.
Other: As I said, my journal is mostly access only, so just go ahead and subscribe to me. I will grant you access so you can see what I'm like. If we don't click, just unfriend me -- I won't take it personally. I mostly keep my journal for my own sake. It's nice if others are interested in my life, but not mandatory!
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Date: 2017-04-07 05:44 pm (UTC)Would you like to mutually add one another? Thank you and best wishes. : )
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