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[erda]

"I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your journals, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Some of you I don't know at all because I didn't friend you back (yet?). Perhaps you haven't been around for long, perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so..."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear."


So, dear f-list - give me some fun random facts about yourselves!

I'll start: I don't like memes. It's like when I find a greeting card that says exactly what I want to say to someone. I feel like I have to apologize for being trite. But I really would like to know you people.

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[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I'm 26, I work as a microbiologist. I have a Master's degree (ahhh bad grad school memories aggghhhhh). I didn't get into SGA fandom until this year, after I went to WisCon (a feminist SciFi convention). I grew up on a hobby farm and was very active in 4-H. :)

[keefaq.livejournal.com]

Except for buying and reading Star Trek fanzines about 25 years ago, I've had no involvement in fandom until very recently. Started reading Stargate SG1 stories while stuck away from home for several weeks, then started on SGA. All the links to good SGA stories led to lj, so I asked my daughter what lj was and joined up.

Feminist science fiction and feminism in general are big interests of mine. I'd love to go to conventions and meet people, but I get extremely anxious in groups.

4-H is great but membership and participation is declining dramatically. There are just too many things to do and not enough time. It's a shame, but times they are a-changing.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I'd love to go to conventions and meet people, but I get extremely anxious in groups.

Sorry to hear that! WisCon was a good first convention to go to--very open and friendly, rather bookish and intelligent, and in my own town no less. I met tons of cool people there, and it was a good confidence builder for me. I've stayed in touch with a lot of the people I met there, through LJ.

Agree with you about 4-H. I got so much out of the program; I'm sorry to see it struggling.