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.

Edited 2026-04-25 01:31 am (UTC)