2017revival | Hi there!

Name:

scarlettina
Age: 55 (Good G-d, how did that happen?)
Location: Seattle, WA

Describe yourself in five sentences or less: I’m a New York transplant living in Seattle with two cats and way too many books. I am creative and opinionated and still express myself like a native New Yorker, which makes some Seattleites uncomfortable despite my best efforts. I am a theater geek, a movie buff, a lover of tabletop and board games, a reader, a writer and a jeweler.

Top 5 fandoms: I’m a second-wave slash writer (second-wave as in: the first wave was in the early 1970s, the second in the mid-’80s to early ’90’s; everyone else came after) who hasn’t written fanfic in a while, but when I was doing that it was Star Trek, Starsky & Hutch and, more recently, Doctor Who (see my fanfic journal at

scarlett_key). I have loved watching and discussing Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, so many more. How do you pick just five?

I mostly post about: My personal life, which also tends to be sprinkled with bits about politics, the science fiction community, movies, theater, books, travel, cats, my family, writing and observations about life in general.

I rarely post about: sports, math, the giant hornbeam tree in front of my condo, jackalopes, and my collection of porcelain hands (yes, really).

My three last posts were about: I occasionally do the Friday Five so this morning’s post was answering last week’s questions, two particularly striking dreams, and discovering the pile of get-well cards I received when I was in the hospital last year.

How often do you post? I currently post about once a week, though I’m aiming for better.

How about commenting? I try to comment on at least half to two-thirds of the posts that I read.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

summerstorm

You had me at how did that happen, and then there was Seattle? and cats? I don't know that we have that many fandoms in common (possibly not even one, though I know the ones you mentioned and I've read in a couple, I think I even wrote a couple things for one once) but I'd love to be friends based on the rest of your interests.

scarlettina

I would love to have you! Will add tonight! And thanks! Looking forward to the correspondence!

lycomingst

May I add you?

Please do--and I'll add you.

cosmolinguist

Adding you.

Thank you! And I'll add you!

rueckenfigur

Hi! You sound both nice and interesting, so I have granted you access to my journal etc!

strangelyjonathan

I'm also a Washington state transplant, and it's definitely not easy fitting in here. Additionally, a theatre geek, and yes - board games! We share some fandoms, but commenting here more because you sound interesting. Add?

Will do! I hope you'll add me!

Thank you! I've added you! :)

kshandra

You have a Jay Lake quote on your profile. That's all I need to know. (Jay was on a panel with my husband at BayCon one year, and when it was discovered that

gridlore was the only panelist who wasn't published yet, Jay declared that this was now the "Get Doug Berry Published" panel. I miss him SO much.)

Jay was a dear friend; we had a . . . complicated history, but there was always affection there. I'd be delighted to add you. Hope you'll add me too!

Complicated seems to describe a lot of his relationships (reading Lisa's post about breaking up with him after he was already gone was heart-rending). But he was apparently worth all that complication.

I look forward to getting to know you better.