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aeonwren , which I thought included a lot of good information - a sort of "users' manual for this journal and its author." The basics:
50-something, white, neurodivergent (autism, anxiety, ADD, depression), male. United States (far northern - more specific location information is presented only in f-locked posts). Former medical transcriptionist, working on career change to museum work. Master's degrees in both history (primarily British history) and art history/museum studies. Married. He/him pronouns.
The blog:
I write about music, art, books, comics, manga, video, fandom, history, current events, the Olympics, and anything else that tickles my fancy. There will be personal posts (mostly under f-lock).
I am, as my wife puts it, "easily amused," so consequently a statement that I liked something should not be taken as an indicator of quality. I have a tendency to speak in absolutes in the heat of the moment, then have to walk back my statements after I think further about things.
You can find my comment policy here and my fanfic here (AO3) and here (asianfanfics.com). Note that all fanfic at asianfanfics is also posted at AO3 but there is fanfic at AO3 that is not posted at asianfanfics.
I am, as my wife puts it, "easily amused," so consequently a statement that I liked something should not be taken as an indicator of quality. I have a tendency to speak in absolutes in the heat of the moment, then have to walk back my statements after I think further about things.
You can find my comment policy here and my fanfic here (AO3) and here (asianfanfics.com). Note that all fanfic at asianfanfics is also posted at AO3 but there is fanfic at AO3 that is not posted at asianfanfics.
The fandoms:
I’m a multi-fandom, multi-shipper kind of person. I'll read fic for fandoms where I've never read (viewed, played, etc.) the canon. Hell, I'll write fic for fandoms where I've never read the canon. I will read and write real person fic. My sense of fandom is very much more aligned with transformational fandom than with curatorial fandom. (And the fact that I know and use those terms should tell you something about my fandom.)
The "interests" section of my profile is perpetually out of date; I really should get around to updating it.
Subscription/access/commenting policy:
Any entry that contains my location on a level more precise than which region of which country, as well as any entry with substantial information about my family, will be under f-lock. This is not because I have illusions of being able to keep my online identity and my "real world" identity separate, just that I don't want to make it any easier for anyone who wants to gather information on me. I give out access pretty freely, though - access and subscription are still pretty closely linked in my mind; once you've demonstrated that you're a real person who I find interesting and who expresses an interest in me, I tend to give you access. (Not that there have been too many f-locked posts recently anyway.)
Feel free to comment on my entries even if we haven’t talked before, or if you don’t feel you have a lot to say. Short comments are love. Emojis or <3 are great.
Feel free to comment on my entries even if we haven’t talked before, or if you don’t feel you have a lot to say. Short comments are love. Emojis or <3 are great.
I think I've finally gotten in the habit of including verbal descriptions of pictures I post. If you need any other sort of accessibility to be able to enjoy my journal, please let me know. I've deliberately kept the layout clean and simple because it's also the layout I use when reading my f-list and that's what works best for me.
A note on languages and how I comment:
As much as it pains me to say it, I'm functionally monolingual in English. I'm currently studying French, Japanese, and Korean, and I have in the past also studied Spanish, German, and Swedish. If you really want/need to comment to me in a foreign language, I could probably - given sufficient time and access to reference materials - read simple comments in French and German, very simple comments in Japanese, Swedish, and Spanish, and a handful of simple nouns and common phrases in Korean (hello, thank you, I'm sorry, man, woman, child, book, etc.).
Another language I don't speak is sarcasm. I don't tend to use it, and if you use it on me, I'm more likely than not to take you literally. I'm also not a fan of April Fool's jokes - any post I make on April 1 will be no less truthful than the posts I make on other days.
Another language I don't speak is sarcasm. I don't tend to use it, and if you use it on me, I'm more likely than not to take you literally. I'm also not a fan of April Fool's jokes - any post I make on April 1 will be no less truthful than the posts I make on other days.
I'm always happy to talk, so hit me up if any of this interests you.
Comments on this entry will be screened, so you can ask me anything or introduce yourself in private if you want!
Addition (25 February 2023):
Knowing where you are:
I like knowing where my readers are, so I'm aware of when/if any of them are affected by various world events and also because it helps me to remember to include context for people outside the US when I think it might be necessary.
To be honest, this is also because I tend to remember information, at least in part, geographically and visually. When reading a history book, I remember the information better if I have a map to locate the events on. (Even better is if I also have photos, drawings, or paintings of the dramatis personae.)
Addition (25 February 2023):
Knowing where you are:
I like knowing where my readers are, so I'm aware of when/if any of them are affected by various world events and also because it helps me to remember to include context for people outside the US when I think it might be necessary.
To be honest, this is also because I tend to remember information, at least in part, geographically and visually. When reading a history book, I remember the information better if I have a map to locate the events on. (Even better is if I also have photos, drawings, or paintings of the dramatis personae.)
To facilitate this, I've set up a post here were you can comment with your location in as much or as little detail as you feel comfortable, if you feel comfortable. The comments are screened, so only I will see them.
