Happy 'Journal Day - Take 2!

[ghost_light]

My Livejournal is 10 years old today! I am thinking a good way to celebrate this milestone is hosting a friendzy!

You probably, all know the drill by now - post an intro below, get to know some fun people.

I will start, if,'journal doesn't mangle this post!

Hi! I'm ghost_light, I'm 43 and I suck at writing intros. I live in Anchorage, Alaska with my husband LonelyDumptruck and 296,000 other people.

 

I work days doing data entry (why yes, that is as exciting as it sounds) and helping out at a small real estate to afford what I really like to do - theatre and roller derby! 

 

I am a Talking Woman and resident stage manager for a burlesque troupe and I  stage and house manage for the Performing Arts Centre where I have been heckled by Bill Engvall and had Kenny G. stick his tongue out at me as we passed in the hall.

 

I am a  Skating Official (referee) in
the Derby Intelligence Compliance Squad for Anchorage's roller derby league.  Yes, that means we are DICS.
I look forward to meeting all of you!

 

So, post an intro, make some comments, find some new friends to enjoy!

 

Comments

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on 10 years!


My name is Frank. I am also not great at introductions.

I live outside Boston Massachusetts with my wife of 20 years.

I am a mechanical engineer. I work for a company that makes giant robot freezers for the medical industry.

My wife and I run a sword troupe (www.phoenixswords.com) that performs up and down the east coast of the US. (We'd go farther if people bought us plane tickets...)

I like posting photos as they say 1000 words each.

[jenny_evergreen]

So, here's the thing, I need people who interact. I don't like "being read" and "reading"; just not my thing, don't feel judged! I'm not talking about commenting for the sake of it and I'm not keeping count, but if you are going to comment once or twice a year, pass this one by.

I'm about to turn 40. I'm currently a stay-at-home mom. Both my boys are finally in school as of this year, which was supposed to be my year of taking it easy, except that it doesn't seem to be happening! I'm very involved in my Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and planning to go back to school to become a UU minister. At this time, I must point out that I am either an atheist or a pantheist, depending on how important sentience is to your definition of deity. And, yes, I really talk like that.

I'm a warm, loving, supportive, honest friend. I believe that friendship needs reciprocity; I learned a long time ago to stop investing myself in people who do not invest themselves in me.

I'm geeky: Dr. Who, Hitchhiker's Guide and Star Trek inform my life in many ways. I'm finally getting back into table-top gaming and hoping that continues.

I'm liberal/progressive in my politics and opinions.

And I have to go test the refurbished Wii I got my kids for Winter Solstice, so if you want more, check out the links in my profile. I know it might not sound like it, but I could use a few more good friends. :)

[blue-eye.livejournal.com]

What a way to celebrate!

I am so in....

I'm Blue...long-time LJer since 2003.

I grew up in NYC and ran an art and custom picture framing business on the east coast.

In 2010, I moved to Florida with my husband to start a new life and enjoy the wonderful climate.

I am a freelance writer -- if the check clears, I am there!

I usually post every day, more than once a day sometimes.

I have a large friends lists, but part of the reason is that I never do cuts. well, I think I did one cut in 10 years.

I always welcome new friends.

[clementinelly.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I'm Clementine, I'm new to your journal!

I am a single mom, in my early 30s and I live in Australia.

I am a 'Financial Planner', and my role was recently made redundant by the Group I worked for. I am now looking for new opportunities. ...

Can't think of anything else :)

Congrats on journaling for 10 years!

[heathersmoo.livejournal.com]

Happy Journal Day. Mine will be 13 in Feb so I have you beat :P I like your idea of making new friends to mark the occasion though.

Intro!
Hi, I'm Heather, the Goddess of Smoo. I'm a native Floridian who still lives here. It is the best state ever. I went to Florida State University and I have a masters in biological science and a minor in chemistry.

I collect keychains and have have thousands from all 50 states and all seven continents. If you have any in any condition that you don't want, please send them my way! These days my journal focuses on one keychain a day out of my collection. It seems to be pretty popular with folks!

I started traveling at an early age which helped facilitate my collection. I spent a lot of time in the Far East when I was little and I'm always planning and looking forward to my next trip. If this all sounds interesting to you, just add me, you don't have to ask. Feel free to check out my interests and I'm sure we'll be great chums! :)

[clementinelly.livejournal.com]

I rarely do cuts either. I usually have friends I interact more with and less with :)

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Carrollee. I'm 41, currently a writer and SAHM. I have two sons (6 years and 18 months). My husband and I are going to try for the final child next year.
I live in Columbia SC, and in addition to the husband and sons have a dog (also male). If we don't have a daughter the next go round I'm getting a girl puppy. I'll probably get a girl puppy at some point down the road even if we do have a baby girl but I'm not doing the newborn and new puppy thing.
We're moving at the end of this year (to another house in town) and many of my posts are about that.
I'm politically progressive and Catholic. I don't really talk much about either politics or religion.
I read everything and comment some, but I don't comment on everything.

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

I'd like to add you, if you don't mind. I'm not a "comment for the sake of commenting" type person, but I do like interaction with my LJ friends and so I try not to just read and not say anything. We are close in age and both have 2 sons, among other things.

[tatjna.livejournal.com]

Also into interaction and I like that you talk like that. Friends?

[tatjna.livejournal.com]

Swords? Gamer? Yes please.

[jenny_evergreen]

Sounds great! Added you.

[jenny_evergreen]

Added! :)

[tatjna.livejournal.com]

Yay! ;-)

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Happy Journal Day!

Let me give this a go.... I'm Still Reluctant After All These Years Online To Give Out My Actual First Name, Even Though I Think Most Of My Friends List Knows It, so call me Mali Rose.

I just turned 46 a month ago, and I've been on LJ for...let me check...wow, eleven years. My profile is wildly inaccurate...I should fix that thing. I post mainly about my daily life. For the last year, I've been engaged in a project to post a photo a day. They were originally supposed to be photos I'd taken that day, but that sort of got off track. I will probably continue the project in 2014. (I use two different cameras, a Canon dSLR and an Olympus point-and-shoot with a lot of built-in bells and whistles, even though it's a pocket camera.)

What else? I'm a huge geek. I read almost entirely fantasy only, with the occasional SF or mystery novel. I'm a Trekkie from my teenage years, a Whovian of only slightly newer vintage (Davison was my first favorite, but now Eccleston is, and I am vastly amused by Tennant being married to Davison's daughter), loved the original Tomorrow People (not so sure about this new incarnation). And while I didn't see Iron Man in theaters, ever since I did see it, I have been captivated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

I've been a writer all my life (started with crayons and construction paper). I'm mostly writing fanfic these days, though, as my original ideas sort of dried up and blew away a long while back. Still, I'm not unhappy with fan fiction, so there.

And this is getting rather longer than it needs to be. So, um, hi!

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

Happy journal day, and thanks for hosting another friendzy.

I'm Liz. Former librarian, former public high school teacher (but I can't make myself do it anymore), Waldorf-trained teacher.

Struggling artist, mystic, and housewife. Just turned 44 two weeks ago, it's weird changing the number. We bought a house this summer and have been spending time remodeling the backyard/deck/patio and garage; I'm currently working on some writing projects and building the physical strength in my body; those two have been what I've mostly been writing about recently.

Spousetacular and I have two middle aged cats and have been unable to have children. I love kids and hearing about kids, though; I may Feel Feelings about it but I'm not bitter and I'm mostly not sad.

Let's see what else. Bi Poly Kinky History and Writing nerd. Been here on LJ about 10.5 years myself. Love steampunk aesthetic, dancing, and making art of whatever kind.

Swing on by and see if you like my writing style, I think I've got enough public posts to give folks a taste.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

hi! I have recently started to write an Avengers!fic after mainlining a metric ton of fic in that fandom. Where do you post your fic?

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

reciprocity, check. UU, check. Geeky, check, Progressive, check.

Hi! be welcome to poke around my journal, if you like.

[jenny_evergreen]

From reading your intro, we have a lot MORE in common, even! :) Glad to add you.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Congrats on 10 years! My journal will be 10 years next month!

I'm Maria, I live in the Kansas City area with my husband and 2 cats. I'm 47 and a housewife for now. I'm a big geek, very fond of sci-fi/fantasy with a touch of manga. I also love history and vintage things. Nominal Catholic with Pagan leanings, very liberal. Sometimes I rant about politics, especially since we just moved to a conservative area.

I tend to post just about every day, comments are lovely but not required. There's an intro post on my Lj if people want to know more.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

May I add you? I'm also into fandom and am getting back into tabletop gaming, also liberal.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Sounds like we have a lot in common. May I add you?

[jenny_evergreen]

Welcome!

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

Welcome, I added you :)

[mc-loco.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Michaelyn, and although I'm only 26 my journal will be turning ten in a few months! If you go back to the beginning you'll undoubtedly find a lot of angsty teen stuff, but now I post mainly about my daily life, the fun things I do, and the struggles of being a recession college graduate trying to find "adult" employment. Lately I've been posting about 2-3 times per month, but my inspiration comes and goes. I do read everything on my F-List though (I keep it pretty small) and I am looking for friends that I can really get to know. I will comment as often as I have something relevant to say.

Basics about me: I live in Portland, OR with my fiance Brian and our two cats Walter (2) and Isabella (9). I have been vegan for the last three years and it is a big part of my life. I am also a very active person; I climb mountains, go on ridiculous bike rides, and am always up for a good adventure. Sometime before I turn 30 I would like to complete a triathlon, but I suppose I need to get much better at swimming first--there's still time! I'm not much of a "fangirl" but I do watch a fair amount of TV. Some current favorite shows include Bob's Burgers, Luther, Scandal, Parenthood, and more. I also love music, but don't really like concerts. (I have a huge personal bubble).

Clearly, I am not a very articulate writer. I write in my own voice and I don't often proofread what I write, so if I sound interesting to you and you don't mind reading posts that are often very jumbled up, please feel free to add.

[mc-loco.livejournal.com]

Hi--mind if I add? I talk a lot about personal fitness and strength, too. And I also have two cats.