You know what we haven't done in a while?

[shadesong]

FRIENDING FRENZY.

If you want more LJ readers, post a little something about yourself and your journal in comments! If you want to be reading more nifty people, check out the comments and friend people!

(This is also a good way for me to figure out who you are; I don't always get the chance to investigate on my own, so help me out!)

Comments

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

Vat if you vant ze nekkid vimmin?

(dear lord people will take this comment seriously, I just know it. HA! Awesome!)

[coffeeinhell.livejournal.com]

Y'know, every time you've done this before, I've come in when the comments were already in the triple digits. But now ... top of the page, baby! Prime real estate!

Crap. Now I feel pressured to perform.

If anyone would like to friend me, I'm a writer and film critic. I do a little radio. I'm also going through the hit-and-miss, mistake-addled process of starting an Internet-based chocolate concern. Mostly I blog about things that make me cranky. But I'm so darned lovable that it all ends up happy in the end, like a 1970's sitcom ... only with zombies.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I vouch for her! She's worthy. So's her review writing and her chocolate.

And all things would be better with zombies. Do I even need to say this?

[enderfem.livejournal.com]

I'm an attorney currently working in public interest. I don't like 90% of other attorneys.

I am fiercely passionate about: my family, my friends, politics (quite liberal), philosophy, popcorn, sexuality, poetry, napping, music, bubble wrap, reading, and life.

I like intelligent, funny, and irreverent conversation. And Buffy. And your mom.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

And your mom.

That's what she said.

:)

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I write and draw! Aliens and elves!

[oldewolfe.livejournal.com]

OMG!!11! *friends you*

Heeeey.. waitaminute...

[shellefly.livejournal.com]

I'm Shelle.
I'm a freelance writer for Talisman Studios, currently working on the Free Musketeers. I have a six year old son named Archer. I live in Philadelphia. My latest projects are making jewelry and assembling steampunk costuming.

That's pretty much what I write about in my LJ.

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

My userinfo bio is short and sweet and (sort of) to the point:

I am many things to many people--mother, lover, friend, healer, ally, teacher, student, creator of beautiful things. I am memories, good and bad. I am wistful dreams. I am warm comfort, and the cold splash of reality. I am the Goddess of Amaretto and I am She Who Organizes the Library. I am the distraction of someone nibbling on your neck.


That and I'm one of the editors of Ravens in the Library, along with my beloved partner satyrblade.

[bitsyboo.livejournal.com]

I'm very much looking forward to reading Ravens. Mind if I friend you?

[ravenskye8.livejournal.com]

I love new friends, but I suck at writing stuff about myself like this...

Hrmmm...

I'm a creative trying to get along in a mundane world... I've been called a "rennaisance woman" due to my varied interests and talents... I am a geek of epic proportions...

I tend to comment more than post because: everyone else has beat me to posting about something cool; I lack the time to write something decent; or I self-censor because I think "gods no one wants to read this drivel"...

When I do post it tends to be personal, something funny, or a rant on something I'm passionate about... I also have a writing filter for folks who are interested in my very occasional brain droppings...

I enjoy humor, intelligence, snark, and fandoms... and damn this is starting to sound like a personal ad, ain't it?

I shut up now.

[oldewolfe.livejournal.com]

Well, I tripped over you in haikujaguar's journal, found you to be extremely interesting and articulate, and felt compelled to 'friend' you.

My own journal is a random collection of experiences and happenings in my life. It's hardly a daily affair and I certainly don't expect people to add its sporadic ramblings to their reading.

I'm 45, single, and have a dog named Reid.

You want more?

I'm retired from the U.S Navy, currently working as a systems engineer for an avionics company.

I play WoW from time to time, fly flight simulators, and fly remote-controlled aircraft. I love fishing, camping and hiking, and horseback riding.

I've been known to draw on occasion.

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm Hugh. Despite my best efforts, I seem to be popular. Go figure. ;-)

I'm a financial specialist. I'm a writer. I make movies. I help run a sci-fi con. I'm a geek.

What else do you want to know?

[e-scapism101.livejournal.com]

Where were you on the night of January 16, 1983?

[e-scapism101.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. I'm a stealth geek. As in "But you look so normal!" I really don't update my LJ nearly as much as I should, possibly because I need encouragement to tell stories. Like the step-chicken. Although that's really better in person, what with the facial expressions and the crowing.

I like books. Books and cats and knitting. I like Buffy and Veronica Mars and Dr. Who and Torchwood and cheesy shows about people with heaving bosoms who talk to ghosts. I have a Discworld Mappe on my living room wall. There is a stuffed Stellaluna hanging from my chandelier and a Skippy John Jones on my entertainment center. I play WoW with my husband and I'm rolling a Belf Hunter with a white gorilla named Dr. Worblehat. I've sworn to give 5 gold ingame to the first person who gets that reference. I work in a Local Retail Giant whose name I try not to mention because then they might read my blog and feel the need to reprogram me. I'm really quite dull until you realize that my inner child is a 12-year-old boy with potty mouth and I have a sex swing in my basement...which, really, we haven't put to use in entirely too long because the children want us to do things like pay attention to them and feed them. Parenthood is interfering in my fantasy life these days.

I live in a small town on a peninsula that's on a larger peninsula. I like the word peninsula. I recently schooled a workmate on the difference between tartan, plaid, and flannel. Because he didn't know and I find that appalling.

I'm happily married to a man who actually gets me most of the time and I have two lovely boys who at 4 and 7 are Developing Opinions. One is currently of the opinion that he wants to be Indiana Jones. We share our house with a hamster, two possibly lesbian zebra finches, the world's most neurotic Golden Retriever (which is probably what we get for naming her after a dead movie hooker), and a Siamese cat who thinks she owns us. She's probably right.

[minor-architect.livejournal.com]

Would like to Friend you, if you don't mind? :)

[grntserendipity.livejournal.com]

I am a pansexual, poly, pagan, gamer geek feminist. Oh yeah, with bright red hair!

who wants to friend me? :) I love feminist dicussion and random musings.

looking at the others, i should add more detail...

[grntserendipity.livejournal.com]

I'm from northern IL. I work in residence life at a mid-sized school in Wisconsin. I love my work, most days. Previously, I was at a flag-ship institution for my masters and I got my bachelors in English for a mid-sized IL university.

I love reading, watching geeky tv show (currently Torchwood) and cross-stitch.

It is my lifes ambition to move to Boston. I hope to move there in 2.5 years.

Please forgive any misspellings, I am writing on my blkackberry on my way to another meeting.

[magenta-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm Carrollee. I have an 18 month old son, a husband, and 2.5 dogs. The .5 is because we had to send one to a farm (no, really we did send him to a farm, not a euphemism) temporarily because we can't have three dogs in our current home. I have recently moved back to my hometown after almost 14 years in Atlanta.
I write and do other crafty things like knit, crochet, cross stitch, paint, sew, blah blah. I love to read.
I don't know that my journal is very interesting but it's who I am.

[jarien.livejournal.com]

I'm a ex-Woburn resident, living north of Albany now. I ran across you through ahf and caulay and some of the other Boston-area friends. Met you at a few cons, and you even recognized me at Arisia (which I know is not common for you at cons, so I was tickled-flattered).

Personally, I'm an almost-divorced zaftig redhead. I write -- sci fi and fantasy and erotica. I'm interested in the SCA, but haven't gotten to explore much yet beyond a few Bardic practices and last year's Pennsic. I'm always looking for new people to talk to and learn about/from/with. I'm a gamer chick and a computer geek, I've LARP'ed and I table top and I play WoW a few times a week.

I'm a Scorpio, with a water aspect to my mindset. Foxes and kitsune are a fascination of mine. I'm known for giving solid support and advice when needed, and blowing shit up when that's what's needed instead.

My journal is 95% friends-locked because of the above-mentioned divorce process, but if you comment in the first post and say you saw me here, I'll friend you into my weird mind.

[findyourfloor.livejournal.com]

I'm a professional organizer in the Boston area. I write about that! Friend me!

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

Wow, I need this info; I'm trying to help my mother-in-law organize her house. Friended you. :)

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

This is a nifty idea. I may have to steal it :-)

Oh, and I'm Jim. I write books about kick-butt princesses and unheroic goblins.

[minor-architect.livejournal.com]

Let's see:

I am one of the many librarians that shadesong has attracted to her journal. I work at a two-year college in North Carolina. I live with my beloved fiance' and our two Fluffbombs of Destruction, otherwise known as "cats." My journal is primarily a photoblog, since I have an amateur's interest in photography. I also talk a little (in Friends-Only posts) about the non-profit sector because I hope to change careers one sunny day. You will also find photos of wild critters on my blog, as I sponsor animals at the Conservators' Center, Inc. and the Western NC Nature Center. (Which means that I've had the grand opportunity to hand-feed lions, hold serval kittens in my lap, see wolves up close, and...uh...watch a months-old white tiger nearly pull my pants off. Long story!)

That's me. :)

[thesilentpoet.livejournal.com]

Mind if I friend you? I'm currently working on my master's towards a library/archives degree, plus I like photography.

(yeah, this is sort of awkward, isn't it? :0P)

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I am ranty and a lefty. I am very ranty right now.

But I post a lot of first drafts for crit and the occasional poem. Game design, too, sometime.

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

shadesong knows who I am, but others likely don't. I live in a large town that calls itself a city in Southwest Virginia and lead two lives. My wife Anita, my goofy dog Loki and my demon cat Donna are consistently part of both lives.

In one life, I'm a journalist working for the city newspaper who covers court proceedings: lawsuits, petty plea bargains, capital murder trials, you name it. I do not post about this life often except on the rare occasions when it intersects with my second life; for example, when the paper publishes one of my book reviews.

In that second life, I'm the editor of a poetry journal, Mythic Delirium, and an anthology series, Clockwork Phoenix; an occasional stage performer; and I'm also a multiple award-winning poet and as of two weeks ago a Nebula Award-nominated short story writer. That's the stuff I actually post about on my journal ... when I'm not just killing time and goofing off.

[shveta-thakrar.livejournal.com]

I just got the first Clockwork Phoenix antho from the library today! :)

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I'm me. That's me in the icon. I'm a media geek, talking about film, books, Portland (Or.) radio, language, and more. I do my best to be a good listener. I've started writing reviews for Geek in the City, a Portland-based website run by a guy who's leading an effort to rename our town's NE 42nd Ave. for Douglas Adams. I'm trying to write more in general; I'm also a photo hobbyist, though perversely I have none of my photos online (I'm technically deficient when it comes to online visuals). I've lived in several places (thanks to Dad being career Navy) but always kept coming back to Oregon, and I've lived in the state since 1992. And I could ramble more, but hey! Read chris_walsh and learn more!

Thanks for this, 'Song.

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

I'm an artist, former state arts agency employee, and a mom. I write about being a mom, being an artist, and being a mom AND an artist. I also post a lot of art. :)

[arianhwyvar.livejournal.com]

I work for a software company as a release engineer, but over the past couple of years my greatest enthusiasm/time suck has been making jewelry: lately, mostly clockwork key pendants and other wire wrapping. I haven't done as much LJ posting as I used to, so a lot of my posts are updates on recent things I've made or experimented with in crafting.

I also play rather a lot of live action roleplaying games, and sometimes post about those. And sometimes links to other things I find delightful, or interesting, or thought provoking. And once in a longer while, I will rant about things that I'm thinking or that are important to me. I also post updates on what I've been doing, which may not be of interest to people who don't know me personally.

Things I think are cool: thoughtful discussions of difficult topics. Roleplaying game theory (even if I don't talk about it so much anymore). ursulav's winged phalloi. Steampunk. Books. Discussions, attitudes, and lives that go beyond the typical mainstream views of gender, sexuality, relationships.

Very little in my journal is friendslocked; for the most part, what you see publicly is what tends to get posted.

[shellefly.livejournal.com]

I LOVE your pendants! I'd like to learn how to do wire work - so far I have been stringing beads, which is fun, but has its limits.

HI!!!!!

[brother-bliss.livejournal.com]

I'm a comic book creator/writer.
I enjoy geeking out at comic book and sci-fi shows and pissing off my wife.
I will soon be starting a blog on reviewing comics.
I would love to meet mor people on my friend list.

I think the only two I met are Shadesong and Jenwrites.
My goal is to start enough comic book titles to start my own comic studio.

Re: HI!!!!!

[onezumi.livejournal.com]

Hi fellow comic creator!

networking is a good thing!!

[bitsyboo.livejournal.com]

By day, I'm the head engineer of a direct wine selling company (DBA work mostly, though a bit of web programming too). Completely opposite to my techie career, I majored in visual art and creative writing at Brown and got my certificate in children's book illustration from RISD and also used to play the cello quite avidly. On the side, I'm a writer trying to get published, but as of yet, have sold only a handful of poems. Hoping this year is my year!

I'm relatively new to the NYC suburban area (I live in Westchester County) and am hoping to meet writer/art/comic book types nearby.

My lj entries are usually about cooking, wine, books, gaming, art, writing, comics. That sort of thing. Used to blog quite a bit about politics, but no longer.

And just to TOTALLY make this sound like a Facebook profile: in a monogamous relationship!

Re: networking is a good thing!!

[bitsyboo.livejournal.com]

Wow, this entry sounds like I'm applying for a job, not looking for friends... whoops...

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

I really shouldn't do this. I really shouldn't do this. I really shouldn't do this.

I need to spend less time online. I need to spend less time online. I need to spend less time online.

And yet, here I am. And with nothing interesting to say. Oh, dear.

[yendi]

I'm married to 'song, which means that I Win At Life. What more could you possibly want to know?

That said, why don't I swipe what I wrote some six years ago, during the first frenzy (with a few updates)?

I'm a writer and geek (amateur and professional).

I currently review books for Publishers Weekly. I've been the horror columnist for Bookslut.com, a former comics columnist for chud.com, and the animation columnist for smrt-tv.com. I've also written for a handful of other publications.

I'm a Mac snob.

I'm an agnostic.

I'm politically left-of-center.

I don't consider people evil if they happen not to fall into one of the three above categories.

I read a lot. I'm opinionated as hell about what I read, and what I don't.

Some days, I'll post ten or eleven times. Other days, you won't see a thing from me.

I'll post about geekery. I'll post about Elayna. I'll post about movies, comics, games, and occasionally the futility of being a Mets fan. I'll post rants about work (well, I've posted such rants two or three times). I'll post rants about other stuff. I'll seem to care a lot about things that most folks consider minor. I occasionally will make a personal post (I've been told I should make more).

I know how to use LJ-cut tags, and so should you. I also know that LJ-cutting writing is a little like saying, "here's something I wrote. It's not important." So I don't lj-cut my writing.

I post lots of comments, but I used to post more. I wouldn't want to add you as a friend if your stuff wasn't worth commenting on. But if I go a few weeks without commenting, it's not because I'm not reading you. It's because I either have nothing to say, or no way to say it better than someone else already did.

I'm a morning person and an insomniac.

I recognize puns as a form of High Art.

I ramble. I also quote The Tick and Freakazoid more than most people do. But not more than most people should.

[perseph12.livejournal.com]

I need to comment on your entries more often, as I have already friended you and am a yendi fangrrl of sorts. I look forward to your 3-D film (it will blow the Jonas Brothers one outta the water), but until then, I will giggle at your sarcasm and gasp at your Dollhouse spoilers ;).