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Alright, so I closed down my journal to general viewing a while ago, but was far too big of a lazy ass to put up this post.
I love new friends, though I can get a bit overwhelmed because I like to comment an annoyingly frequent amount :P So, leave a comment here if you'd like to friend me and tell me a bit about yourself. Unless you say something prejudiced about any people, I'll add you back. Comments are screened :)
Some stuff about me:
I'm Canadian, currently living in the frozen hell of Alberta, where I'm going to school to become an RN. NEVER tell me I'm smart enough to be a doctor. I know I am. I'm also compassionate enough to be a nurse. /biggest pet peeve
I'm learning violin, I am knitting a bastardized Fourth Doctor scarf, and I have very little time for doing anything except reading textbooks and practicing clinical skills. When I do, I try to get to concerts or plays, or sit around with friends and watch cheesy movies. I am a bit of an anglophile and could wax poetic about Stephen Fry and Mark Gatiss, amongst others...
In terms of real world things, I care deeply about the environment and long for the government to start up a proper carbon tax. There is no evidence to the contrary that global warming is occurring, so the only proper arguement is whether we need to do something about it or not. I will gladly argue that with you, or give you facts and graphs about climate change if you care to know, I will not accept Fred Singer's "facts" spewed at me.
I also try to avoid derogatory comments about groups of people. You are more than free to hate individuals, but I can't stand people calling things "gay" as an insult or paranoid prejudices against people from the Middle East, etc. Leave your hate at the door.
Fandom-wise, I love a lot about a lot. I don't really partake in a ton of fandoms, but I will gladly squee about any number of things, and I'm always willing to be introduced to something new. Here's some junk I like:
TV: Doctor Who, QI, Sherlock BBC, Fringe, Battlestar Galactica, Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes, Castle, Firefly, Boston Legal, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, 22 Minutes, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, and I'm sure there's many more.
Movies: The Princess Bride, Amadeus, anything Muppets, The Green Mile, Singing in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, Shawshank Redemption, Grease, Rear Window, Disney/Pixar (Up! most especially), blahblahblah.
Books: Sherlock Holmes, the Michael Slade books, Harry Potter, LotR/Hobbit, Good Omens (and most everything by both Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett), Heart of Darkness, Catch-22, Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-glass... I read a lot (or used to, when I had time), so just know I like books.
I suppose I'll share my least favourite books, so you can get a picture: Twilight (though I rarely actively deride it), those Dan Brown books, and Gulliver's Travels.
As for comics, right now I'm following Detective Comics, the Unwritten, American Vampire, and Doctor Who. I adore Sandman, Watchmen, and John Constatine (from Hellblazer). Despite appearance, I do enjoy Marvel, too.
My music section would go on for centuries, so just know that I love the blues, I listen to a lot of classical (including neo/pseudo, I just like epic music. Like Muse), Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty have my heart, The Who, AFI, and a few others have my childhood, and I have Mumford & Sons on repeat rather a lot of late.
Pleased to meet you, feel free to ask any questions you want to know about me!
