Make with the intro post? Okay. Boing!

[chanter1944]

Does an intro post appear with a boing! or a foomph! or maybe a sudden cloud of multicolored glitter? Or something else? Uuuuummm... I'm not even sure. :)

Name: Chanter (this has been my online handle in some form or other since roughly 1998, because I am predictable that way)
Age: I was six going on seven when the Soviet Union collapsed, and yes, I remember those events
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: female, pronouns she/her/hers, please

Tumblr/Goodreads/IG/etc: I'm Chanter on AO3. I have a twitter, but I don't tend to give that out quite as readily unless I know you from somewhere, online or offline. It's full of politics and cycling squee.

Describe myself in five sentences/bullet points or less:

Oh, this got unsurprisingly wordy... :)

*Geeky, nerdy, exuberant eccentric who never entirely grew up; the day I am no longer at least partially the daydreaming girl with a desire to travel the stars, something's gone horribly wrong. Radio lady, shortwave, mediumwave and longwave DXer, technician class ham operator with a penchant for old-fashioned CW and SSB, especially on-foot mobile work (call given upon request). Communications officer without a starship, basically.
*MOGAI and proud - I'm a charcoal grey-bisexual verging on ace, a romantic of as-yet uncertain further definition, and a demisensual, which is, as I understand it, a rare variant indeed. Also kinky, but I prefer not to define that variable any further in public space.
*Science fiction, speculative fiction, and lyrical poetry author, currently of the crowdfunded variety. My readership is still much smaller than I'd like!
*Progressive, liberal (in the U.S. use of the term) activist; I fight for justice, but I try not to be the stereotypical, much-maligned SJW.
*Neurodiverse (I don't use this term intending to co-opt it from anyone on the autistic spectrum, and if I've got the wording wrong in an insulting or minimizing way, please tell me and I'll fix it. I'm working from an understanding that there are many ways to be neurodiverse, and I'm quite certain my wiring is not standard for most people.) Diagnosed dysthymic/mild depressive, undiagnosed but very obvious anxiety sufferer, but also a happy multivariety synaesthete. Ears like a bat--or a Sentinel, take your pick--due to decades of heightened use. Nearly totally blind, as in Braille reader and screenreader user, hence the hearing thing, as well as a lifelong musician, reader, orator, culture and language fan, and radio nerd. Hence... the hearing thing! She who has approximately zero chill. She who notices the details everyone else misses, but misses the glaringly obvious.

Top five fandoms: Not sure I'd call myself involved in fandoms in the way that some people out there are, but I'm a fanfic reader and, very occasionally, writer, and some things will forever give me the warm fuzzies even if I don't currently read or write for them. So! Right now I'd say Star Trek (mostly DS9 and TNG), Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, Babylon 5, Band of Brothers, Hamilton, and... I'm going to count both ysabetwordsmith's Polychrome Heroics series and aldersprig's Addergoole/Fae Apocalyps series here. Also the original Battlestar Galactica, and... alright, I'll admit, Space Cases. I was the right age in '96, and I fit the profile (see above). Still do. That's far more than 5 fandoms--eek!

I mostly post about: Original writing, local and national politics, daily life, cute kittyness, fandom flailing, and occasionally signal boosts. Once in a while an interesting meme or two.

My last three posts: From least to most recent: The LJ disaster, a new iteration of the ever-circulating cliff/shag/marry meme (aces can play too!), and a daily life post about the convergence of a blood donation and the march for science.

How often I post/comment: I comment on other people's journals much more often than I post, but I'm trying to get better about the posting thing. I've been far too inactive lately. So call it variable for my own posting, and quite frequently for the commenting on others' posts thing.

Not sure if I sound boring, bizarre, or interesting. Hi there, anyhow. :)

Oh, and this may make zero sense to anyone, but if any other former SouCon players are out there and happen to read this post, you are utterly welcome to pounce on me! Please do, even.

Comments

[songofcopper]

"...exuberant eccentric who never entirely grew up... lifelong musician, reader, orator, culture and language fan..." - well, you sound fabulous! :-D I shall subscribe directly.

(My intro post is here if you're curious ^_^ )

[chanter1944]

Now I have the warm fuzzies! :D Thank you! I've subscribed in turn.

[songofcopper]

Marvellous! :-) Lovely to meet you.

[meepettemu]

I would like to add you if that's ok?

[chanter1944]

It is! :) Add away.

[hitokage]

You had me at Babylon 5. XD Shall we friends? (my post here, for reference)

[chanter1944]

Aha, another B5 fan. :) Fair warning, the PsiCorps horrify me, and I have rather a season 1 bias... See a fairly recent post or two of mine for why.

Friending suits me! *subscribes*

[annathepiper]

Hi, I believe you were talking with my spouse solarbird. :)

I'm the old NC player with an archive of logs up on annathepiper.org, yes. F'hlan, bronze Tzornth's rider, and his daughter Mehlani were my main characters there. I was on SC but only very, very briefly; the two characters I tried there didn't take.

My logs archive is still available; annathepiper.org is my fandom/personal site, as opposed to my author site, angelahighland.com.

Anyway, wanted to say hi!

[chanter1944]

*squeaks and flails* It *is* you! :) Yes, I was yakking with solarbird and being very worried I was crossing the line into creeptastic territory by recognizing the Annathepiper name. I was known in MU* circles as a voracious log-reader, including logs dating from RL years before my time as a player - I always wished there were a log of Th'main's Impression from the stands, for instance. Oh wow, Mehlani, I was right! And evidently I haven't scared you or Solarbird off--whew! Did I mention exuberance+anxiety? *coughs*

Hi there! :)

[annathepiper]

It's all good, "annathepiper" is a known public username of mine, I've had it for years. So it's hardly private. :)

And I DO love me some logs; it's why I've kept them around for ages. There was a PernMUSH Refugees group that just recently opened up on Facebook, and I shared my logs with the folks there, too.

Glad to make your acquaintance!

[cosmolinguist]

You sound very my kind of person. :) Adding you.

[chanter1944]

Thanks very much! :) *subscribes in turn*

[smile_n_cuddle]

You seem fun! I'm a liberal activist too... new to the game, since the election, but busy all the same!

I have three cute parrots and do lots of writing, reading, hiking, gardening....

[chanter1944]

Thanks! :) *hits the subscribe button*

[vampiresincowboyboots]

Does an intro post appear with a boing! or a foomph! or maybe a sudden cloud of multicolored glitter? Or something else? Uuuuummm... I'm not even sure. :)
I think a foomph with panache and a glitter sound good to me!

Even just based on your intro post here I love your voice and want to hear more from you. I've added you :)

[chanter1944]

Awwww. Thanks! :) *subscribes in return*

[buttonsbeadslace]

Hi! It sounds like we have some fandoms in common (Star Trek, B5, Young Wizards, Hamilton) as well as some other stuff-- I'm bi and gray-ace too. (And I like the idea of "charcoal" as a degree of ace-ness, although I would probably be more of a light gray?) I also have a variety of anxiety issues, and I'm autistic.

P.S. You're totally fine re: using "neurodiverse" or "neurodivergent". My understanding is the same as yours, they're meant to be general, umbrella-type terms.

[jesse_the_k]

I've had the good fortune to be a subscriber for a couple of years, but I had to pop in to say She who notices the details everyone else misses, but misses the glaringly obvious is a lovely way to phrase it, and so you.