Meme Day 01: Or, an introduction.
Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 - Your parents
Day 04 - What you ate today
Day 05 - Your definition of love
Day 06 - Your day
Day 07 - Your best friend
Day 08 - A moment
Day 09 - Your beliefs
Day 10 - What you wore today
Day 11 - Your siblings
Day 13 - This week
Day 14 - What you wore today
Day 15 - Your dreams
Day 16 - Your first kiss
Day 17 - Your favourite memory
Day 18 - Your favourite birthday
Day 19 - Something you regret
Day 20 - This month
Day 21 - Another moment
Day 22 - Something that upsets you
Day 23 - Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 - Something that makes you cry
Day 25 - A first
Day 26 - Your fears
Day 27 - Your favourite place
Day 28 - Something that you miss
Day 29 - Your aspirations
Day 30 - One last moment
Being new to Dreamwidth, now's as good a time as any. (LJ, I will repeat my life at you!)
So. I'm Jasmine, or Jazz. I don't know that I have a specific preference, only that certain people sound right saying one or the other, and if you can get away with calling me "Jazzy" you're probably either very cute or one of my parents.
I live in a southerly region of Canada with two boys I met in school and two girl-cats -- one stray who followed me in, and one kitten who came out of her.
I'm a twenty-something graduate student doing an impractical Creative Writing degree. I also work at a literary magazine and do freelance editing. I am a workaholic of sorts, so I usually take on more work/academic/life projects than I should at a time. When I'm not doing that, sometimes I write poems. And songs (with my guitars and keyboard). And cook for people. And take photographs, lately.
I hang out with friends a lot, despite my awkwardness. Mostly I do geeky things with them, like roleplaying games, and then really typical things, like drinking and having silly conversations. Amongst my friends, I'm the "approachable" one, but mileage otherwise varies a lot. I have a lot of friends, but very few close ones.
I'm a serial monogamist who is never single, and not just because I'm always dating someone, but because I'm in love with love. I am literally that dolt who smiles at happy couples on the street a few hours after my own breakups. Love (in all its forms) is basically the point of my life. I fall a little bit in love with almost everyone.
I'm bisexual, technically, though passing straight because I have zero luck with women.
I'm not too opinionated, but am quick to stand up to anyone who would want to take away someone's right to live their own life. Being that I have a violent temper, I've learned to cope with a very long fuse and tend to distance myself from things that'd piss me off; if someone cannot hold a logical argument in a civil tone with me, I'll walk away. And I can't ever watch the news.
I enjoy media a lot, though, and I spend a lot of time exposing friends and boyfriends to movies and shows. I'm a big rewatcher and I have a fair collection of DVDs. Witty dialogue means a lot to me. Also I still buy CDs, like a big dork.
I'm a fairly sensitive person. I used to struggle with some depression, if therapy can be trusted, but I think I do all right when I take care of myself. My life hasn't seen anything "out of the ordinary" in terms of awfulness, but I've gotten most of the typical shitty experiences, especially family/relationship/friendship ones. And generally in explosions of melodrama so over the top that the stories are laughable, and make up many of the anecdotes I'm known for. The bright side of that stuff is that I actually have a lot of experience in common life situations to offer to the people around me.
Also I'm absolutely typical in terms of my astrological chart, which I find hilarious and is probably why I like astrology. So I suppose if this doesn't give you a clear picture, you can look up my birthday and know exactly how I am. Ha.
That is all.