The Basics
Name: Jenn
Pronouns: she/they
Age: 38
Location: The PNW (slowly being consumed by moss)

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? Writing, mostly, but also cross-stitch, crochet, cooking/baking and gardening. I mostly talk about the last three and the writing, if I'm honest.
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? Not particularly. There's stuff I like, but it doesn't come up very often on the ol' journal. I do talk occasionally about ttrpg (not just D&D), but. Most of my fandom participation is off-site. I do post fic on AO3 (I'm hafnia there, too), but most of it's original work :)
Tell us about your pets: I have three cats, all of whom are absolute gremlins. The Little Cat is a three-legged wee tabby beastie, Hilda is an enormous chonky white cat with odd eyes (one yellow, one blue), and Gideon is a tabby/Siamese mix who wants to think he is a distinguished gentleman (he is incorrect).
How do you spend your days? Right now I am underemployed and trying to heal from some pretty intense burnout/a bad work situation I was in for too long. My days are mostly spent writing, working in my garden, and working on baking projects (mostly recently, sourdough — started baking it in February and am at a point now where I feel like I'm beginning to get the hang of it). I'm in therapy for the burnout stuff, but my life right now is pretty sedate, and I'm trying to focus, as I said, on healing.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? I did my PhD on group (IV) oxide materials for high-k dielectrics. If that makes you go, "huh?", note that it never comes up. I chose the name itself (hafnia) because it's the common name of the material I worked with the most, and it's very difficult to use internet search to connect to me, specifically (thank you, robots.txt!).
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? I've been on DW since 2009 (under another name), and have had this journal since 2012, though I imported all of my ancient lj entries (dating back to 2005) into it when I switched over a few years ago.

What do you post about? I mostly talk about my daily life, sometimes hobby stuff.
How frequently do you post? Every couple of weeks, at a minimum. I post when I have something I want to talk about; it's not all that often.

What do you like to read about on your friends page? I like to read about your life, too! Multiple posts a day, whatever, all good — I like to slowly get to know the people I follow.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend?Ideally you should also be above the age of 25 and have stuff you're passionate about, whether that's fandom or something else, and are working toward or living the life you want to have.
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? I cannot believe I have to say this, but an actual TERF did friend me, so...no TERFs! I'm nonbinary and my best friend is trans. No thanks. No rightwing politics.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: I am quite fond of booknook and usually read the reviews even if I don't comment.

Currently…
Reading: When the Angels Left the Old Country.
Watching: "This is a Gardening Show".
Listening to: I've been really big on ambient of late, mostly listening to 36.
Playing: D&D, mostly, and for some unfathomable reason I decided to boot up Skyrim for the first time in almost a decade.
Looking forward to: The Master Gardener Plant Sale being held next weekend.
Thinking about: Whether or not friends I'm seeing tonight will like the bread I'm taking them, what happens next in the novel I'm writing.

The Basics

Name: Private.

Pronouns: She/Her.

Age: 40's.

Location: United States. East Coast.

Getting to Know You

What are your hobbies? Reading, writing, little hobbies here and there.

Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? Most active fandoms are Heated Rivalry/Game Changers and Schitt's Creek, but I'm always game to geek out about Heartstopper, Parks and Recreation, Our Flag Means Death, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Buffyverse. And I love gabbing about media in general - books, movies, TV shows. I don't have as many specific fandoms as a lot of people, but I'm a very fannish person in general.

My fandom participation generally entails discussion (when possible - sadly, it's far too sparse these days), listening to podcasts or videos, reading/writing fanfic.

Tell us about your pets: None currently.

How do you spend your days? Working, normal adulting stuff, I guess?

Journal Info & Friending

What is the story behind your username? It sounded edgy when I was in high school, and it stuck even 25 years later. Although I did finally change it on A03.

How long have you been on Dreamwidth? I apparently joined in 2011, but I wasn't really active until 2016 or 2017.

What do you post about? Fannish things, thoughts on various topics (I love trying to get conversations going), sometimes rambling about writing. I occasionally talk about disability and neurodivergence.

There's some real life, but to be honest, this isn't really a "daily life" journal.

How frequently do you post? A few times a week.

What do you like to read about on your friends page? I love conversations, be in fandom or non-fandom. I love reading people's thoughts on various media.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend? Someone who's interested in the above, I guess?

Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? No bigots (this includes transphobes) or Trump supporters. Also, I'm not a big fan of "good vibes only". While I do generally keep things on the positive side, life isn't all sunshine and rainbows.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth:

Currently…

Reading: Looking for my next read!

Watching: The Pitt.

Listening to: Fleetwood Mac.

Playing: Not a big sports or video/computer game person.

Looking forward to: Seeing friends soon.

Thinking about: I'm not really sure.

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Oh, I'm really interested in discussion of fandom culture and participating in conversations about those topics, so don't mind if I shoot you a friend request...

Sure! Nice to meet you. :)

The Basics
Name:Opal
Pronouns:she/her
Age:50s
Location:Texas, US

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies?reading, writing, sewing, gardening, vegetarian cooking, Postcrossing, music, watercolors, stickers
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom?Not much anymore, but there's always the chance I'll fall into a new one. I mainly read (and still sometimes write) fic. I still dip into Marvel and Star Trek.
Tell us about your pets:Ella, my beautiful boxer dog, is perfect.
How do you spend your days?I teach middle school English.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username?It's a Tom Waits album, and I've had the name since my livejournal days.
How long have you been on Dreamwidth?My profile says I created my journal in 2009.

What do you post about?Life, teaching, my dog, my wife, projects, books, my cheese quest, music
How frequently do you post?I roll along with daily updates for a while and then I disappear for a few weeks when life gets in the way.

What do you like to read about on your friends page?I'm interested in what other people find interesting.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend?People who live different lives to mine are always interesting.
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers?Bigots

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth:beautifulmechanical, makezines, journalsandplanners

Currently…
Reading:One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
Watching:Shrinking
Listening to:Philip Glass
Playing:A Gentle Rain (Bloom Edition)
Looking forward to:Thai food tomorrow
Thinking about:My mom and how life has changed now that she's gone.

The Basics
Name: Meep
Pronouns: e/em (or she/her)
Age: 37
Location: Tokyo, Japan (originally New England, USA)

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? When I have time for hobbies (which is not often lately), I like writing (picture books, poetry, queer romance, fanfiction), doll collecting, crochet, indie web, cross stitch, etc.
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? I'm not very active in fandom but I write OC fanfic, mostly for The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion, and His Dark Materials. I'm always excited to talk about TSUBASA: RESERvoir CHRoNiCLE and Saiyuki, too.
Tell us about your pets: I have a black cat named Tiamat
How do you spend your days? I'm employed full time as a school librarian (currently job hunting) and I'm a part time grad student.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? I started sharing my poetry and I needed a surname, so I picked "Matsushima," the neighborhood where I was living at the time. That apartment is where I've lived the longest, other than my childhood home.
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? I signed up for my first Dreamwidth account in 2009 but it was mostly a back-up for my LiveJournal (created in 2003). I've been using Dw as my main social media since c. 2021 or so.

What do you post about? I write about my daily life - work, hobby projects, grad school assginments, cat photos…
How frequently do you post? Anywhere from 3-4 times per week to 3-4 times per day. (I use the backdate/"Do not show on reading pages" button when it gets excessive.)

What do you like to read about on your friends page? I like to read about whatever is going on in your life. I'm not the best fit for fic journals.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend? It's nice to comment back and forth a bit but I don't expect a comment on every post or anything like that.
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? Don't be an asshole. I'm a disabled neurodivergent genderqueer lesbian pro-Palestine Jew-in-progress so I'll let you make your own assumptions.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: getyourwordsout, agonyaunt, snowflake_challenge, thankfulthursday, fanmix_monthly, communal_creators…

Currently…
Reading: Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders, by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
Watching: Knives Out
Listening to: Maintenance Phase reruns
Looking forward to: Dolls Party 55
Thinking about: Applying to PhD programs…?

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The Basics
Name: Linky
Pronouns: They/Them
Age: 29
Location: Somewhere in the US East Coast

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? Drawing, Writing, Coding, Collecting, Working Out, Games, Reading, Birding
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? Yes! I'm in quite a few, my journal has more listed but the primary ones right now are Tokusatsu (Especially Kamen Rider), Witch Hat Atelier, LoZ, Captain Harlock/Leijiverse, and Abunai Deka. I draw, write, make icons, and run some comms and events. As well as the occasional cosplay.
Tell us about your pets: My family has a goldendoodle named Honey!
How do you spend your days? It varies from day to day.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? Once Purah called Link "Linky" in BOTW I stole it for myself.
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? My account was made in 2020 but I started actively using DW in 2021.

What do you post about? Mostly fandom things, but also what media I'm engaging with, what's going on in my life, cool stuff I find online, and in general whatever I feel like.
How frequently do you post? Usually a few times a week! I'm pretty active on DW.

What do you like to read about on your friends page? I'm open to many things, but I especially love seeing people talk about what they are passionate about. Fannish or not.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend? Someone who is an adult and has things they are passionate about.
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? People with anti/puritanical beliefs, trump supporters + rightwingers, terfs.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: femslashfete, thankfulthursday, anime_manga, snowflake_challenge, ficwip, fic_promptly, fandom_checkin, smallbatchicons, common_nature, kamenrider, drawesome (and the tokusatsu comms I run. :3)

Currently…
Reading: Witch Hat Atelier
Watching: Witch Hat Atelier, Kamen Rider Black
Listening to: Kamen Rider Gotchard OST
Playing: Tomodachi Life Living The Dream
Looking forward to: The con I'm going to next month.
Thinking about: Tomodachi Life Living The Dream

The Basics
Name: M
Pronouns: They/fae or rotating she/he/they
Age: 20s
Location: The USA, the DMV area

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? I write (occasionally), I read (occasionally), I draw (occasionally), and I go on research rabbit holes at 3 am in the morning.
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? I am a certified dyed-in-the-wool Fandom Weirdo, always have been, and I do a little bit of everything. I write fanfic, draw fanart, have started to dip my toes into Fanlore editing, and I've always had a soft spot for Fandom Stats. I'm really into anime/manga/General Weebshit, especially Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Ensemble Stars, though the visual kei/Jrock RPF obsession has returned to eat my brain. Pray for me...
How do you spend your days? Grad school + work is kicking my ass right now, so I haven't had a lot of time to engage in hobbies. The light is shining at the end of the tunnel, though...

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? It's actually a Homestuck reference! I wanted to make a clean break from my old online identity, but because I'd used the same username for so long, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and then I remembered what I used to go by on the old MSPA forums (I was a Jade Harley roleplayer), so I used that one.
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? 8 years!

What do you post about? Just whatever pops into my head, honestly. Lately I've been making link posts full of stuff I want to rec, and that's been fun. I dump meta and headcanons about my fandoms, I complain, I vomit out my random thoughts, you honestly get the whole smorgasboard when you follow me.
How frequently do you post? I'm pretty erratic with my posting frequency, honestly. Lately, I've found myself posting every other day or so, but who knows how long that will last?

What do you like to read about on your friends page? Pan-fandom/geek culture observations, meta, stuff Relevant To My Interests, anything involving kitty cats.

Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? If you're the kind of person who thinks that there are some things that are ipso facto immoral to create art about, or that fandom culture is inherently immoral, we're probably not going to be friends. Also, I don't get super political frequently on this journal, but I consider myself a left-libertarian, so if that's a deal-breaker for you, then sorry.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: I love participating in threesentenceficathon and snowflake_challenge, and I've been meaning to post more on vkotd.

Currently…
Reading: Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
Watching: Adventure Time
Listening to: SCARECROW by Buck-Tick
Playing: Stardew Valley
Looking forward to: Infodumping all about Jrock RPF trends starting tomorrow!

The Basics
Name: Jen
Pronouns: She/Her
Age: 40
Location: East Coast, USA

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? Photography, watercolors, baking, crochet, stationary, animation, reading, weight lifting, swimming, baking, napping.
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? Not really anymore. Like, I like stuff like BGIII, Dragon Age franchises, Mass Effect franchise, Severance, Hadestown, etc. But like, not deep into any fandoms.
Tell us about your pets: I have a 13 year old cat named Booker who is nasty to anyone but me.
How do you spend your days? I'm an animator for TV, but I've been on hiatus (aka got burnt out) and now I am currently a SAHM trying to find out what I actually want to do with my life.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? I really wanted a name that didn't have any numbers, and the name that I was on Livejournal was taken by an RP account. Pasta was the first thing I could get that didn't have numbers or more than one word. Pasta isn't even my favorite food!
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? Umm. I was on Livejournal since 2001, and I had a Dreamwidth since early on, but haven't used it until the last 4ish years or so?

What do you post about? I post about my life. My kids, my husband, my friends, places we go, my hobbies, and my work when I'm not on hiatus. I also post pictures or have a photo dump of pics from my cameras.
How frequently do you post? A couple of times a week since 2001. I have always been consistent.

What do you like to read about on your friends page? I enjoy reading about people's lives. Their jobs, their relationships, their hobbies. That's what I post and that's also what I like to read. Not really about fandom stuff, unfortunately.

What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend? People's lives!! I love long rambles about their lives and the people in their lives. I'm especially interested in people who don't live in a place like mine (suburbs of USA east coast). Different countries and experiences are so interesting to me. But just life in general. And very very minimal fandom.
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? Orange potato supporters and anti-vaxxers. No thank you.

Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: I don't really do communities.

Currently…
Reading: Project Hail Mary (re-read)
Watching: Survivor Season 50
Listening to: Hadestown Soundtrack
Playing: Pokopia. So much Pokopia.
Looking forward to: Taking a mini road trip with my husband and the kids for a week to visit my bestie in her gorgeous Airbnb-esque house right on the water.
Thinking about: What I'm going to do next on my Pokopia island.

The Basics
Name: Amanda
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Age: 40's
Location: Texas, USA

Getting to Know You
What are your hobbies? Learning languages (Mandarin, Korean), reading, cross-stitch, dolls.
Are you involved in fandom? If so, what fandom(s)? How do you participate in fandom? I watch Chinese dramas, and I'm a big fan of His Man and other similar shows. I also love manga.
Tell us about your pets: Two dogs: Wei (chihuahua mix), Jareth (lab mix). Five cats, mainly my husband's babies, but the two formerly-feral girls, Hestia and her daughter Hilda, are special to me. A green-cheek conure named Dewey -- I believe he's like 23 now.
How do you spend your days? I work 40 hours per week in the sciences. I spend about half of my evenings and weekends doing chores, and the other half reading, watching TV, or doing hobby stuff.

Journal Info & Friending
What is the story behind your username? "Azalea" is for the Azalea journal of Korean literature in translation, which was important to me leading up to and into graduate school. The "snow" is similar to a lot of my other user names in the past in that I love wintry aesthetics.
How long have you been on Dreamwidth? Since 2017.
What do you post about? This journal was originally for my doll hobby, but it's become much more my "life" journal, and my other journal has gone fallow.
How frequently do you post? About once a week, but sometimes it could be as little as once a month, or as much as once a day (but that wouldn't last for more than a few days at a time).
What do you like to read about on your friends page? Real life stuff and, if you are a doll hobbyist, words about what you do with your dolls, their characters, your work on them, stuff like that.
What are you looking for in a Dreamwidth friend? Understand if I'm away for a while. I do take long internet breaks sometimes. Don't feel like you need to comment on my posts if you're not on that page with me. Sometimes it can feel like a sting if I write a long emotional one, and someone responds with a quick reply to a trivial part of the post, i.e. "Nice new layout," or a back-handed compliment: "These photos are actually good."
Do you have any Dreamwidth friend dealbreakers? Yes, if you are a Trump/Abbott/etc. supporter, if you don't like ideas like equity, affirmative action, welfare, feminism, or if you are into AI -- honestly, that's also a "no" for me. Like, if you like to use Chat GPT to write stuff, we're probably not on the same page.
Favorite communities on Dreamwidth: The only one I really participate in is allkindsofdollsCurrently…
Reading: Charlotte Turner Smith's Montalbert.
Watching: His Man 4
Listening to: BTS, "Arirang"
Playing: I don't play any games.
Looking forward to: Going to New Mexico in the fall!
Thinking about: Finishing/posting/publishing my stories.

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