Livre d'Or

Identity: I'm a geek girl in her upper 20s who loves tinkering with code--I do that for my grown up job now (how exciting is that!), after having gotten my Bachelor's in Computer Science and my Master's in Bioinformatics! I have a boyfriend, slowsculture, that I adore, and also a very fluffy kitty who demands much love and a violent but robust fish named Gilgamesh. I was raised LDS, but am now a fairly passive-about-it atheist that sometimes still tries to analyze what my left behind religious cultural heritage means to me. My family's currently in the (ugly) process of splitting up, and I'm still trying to figure out what that means to me, too. I am very nonfandom. I know that my default icon creeps people out, I'm just not sure what else I'd want to make it.

Passions: I am fascinated by science and especially love learning about nature and animals, especially the weirder ones, so you'll find me posting in wtf_nature. I'm fond of my city, seattle. I'm fond of cross_stitch, and I love to read, and am starting to learn swing dancing. I love food. I have a hobby of applying the bechdel_test to movies. I'm not a gamer, but I like to play games anyway. Actually, Dreamwidth is one of my big hobbies--I'm unreliable and easily distracted but do jack-of-all-trades kinds of work on it, including code development, styles work, occasional Support requests, etc etc. And in spare moments sometimes I do data analysis on Dreamwidth stuff, like on memewidth--and I'll probably do a network graph run soon for Dreamwidthers! So, if you want somebody to help show you around the place, I am a good person to ask! I like nurturing communities on Dreamwidth, too, so you shouldn't be surprised if I give you a suggestion to share some post on your journal with a community.

Dreamwidth use and examples: I haven't posted a lot lately in my personal journal, but I'm just about to get back into the habit. (I've been posting much more to communities!) Sometimes, I pose ridiculous questions and provide answers. I am an observer and reporter of amusing awkwardness. I will ask questions and solicit advice! And, under access and sometimes filters, I'll talk about my feeeeeelings.

Recs: I totally think people should join communities I'm in and make posts to them, like our homegrown metaquotes. Look at my profile and join them and make me happy! You should also read piranha if you like photos, pippin if you like fantasy and fun wonderings about it, chebe if you like awesome geeky projects and crafts, charmian if you like social media analysis, etc etc, really, just poach from my read page all you like.