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.