Semi-obligatory intro post
It's hard to write a post about oneself; one takes so much for granted ...
... but, okay, that first sentence probably told you all you really want or need to know.
The cold, hard facts: I'm English, female (I think that one's self-evident, but you never know), older than your average LJ or, indeed, internet user, a cat person, a book person, and a media fan of very long standing. The long standing may or may not account for why I suffer from chronic tiredness, but that's by the by. I've been phoebesmum for about eight years now; I'm also A S Lawrence for fan fiction writing purposes, and have been many other things in fandom over the years, including, oddly enough, me.
My fandoms are almost all TV based, and I classify TV shows according to a bizarre and Byzantine grading system of my own devising. There are one or two shows that, for completely irrational reasons, I dislike so much I can hardly stand to hear them mentioned. There is a vast swathe that I'm wholly indifferent to. There's another substantial wodge - this includes nearly all police procedurals and hospital dramas - that I'll watch cheerfully enough if they happen to be on but wouldn't shed a tear if I never saw another episode. Then there are quite a few shows where I faithfully watched every episode of the first season and then just somehow forgot to pick up the next one. There are lots of shows that I love - Firefly, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Carnivale, Farscape, Torchwood, Highlander, The West Wing, Fringe - and watch devotedly, but about which I'm otherwise not fannish at all. And, every so often, along comes a show that consumes my life to a quite admittedly psychotic degree. In the dim and distant past it was the original Battlestar Galactica, then Quantum Leap; for the past six years it's been Sports Night, and still is. The closest thing in years to a new contender was Dollhouse, and see what happened to that.
I'm not sure what conclusions can be drawn from any of that other than that it's lucky that I don't gamble, as I appear to have an uncanny knack of picking the underdog.
Oddly, given the above, I don't actually watch that much TV, but I am addicted to the internet and have, from time to time, to be forcibly removed from my PC. I held out for the longest time on getting a laptop as I knew that that would be the first fatal step on the slippery path to never getting out of bed at all.
Other interests: film, although I seldom have the chance to go to the cinema any more; theatre, ditto. My favourite author is Georgette Heyer, with Diana Wynne Jones a close second. And Bruce Springsteen can call me any time he likes.
I check out LiveJournal as a matter of course every day, and read all the personal posts (I skim the communities somewhat), even when I don't always comment. I adore meeting new people, making new friends, and finding new interests.
Maybe even getting hooked on a show that'll last for more than one season ...
ETA: All of the above has been rather superseded, as I'm presently battling peritoneal cancer. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
... but, okay, that first sentence probably told you all you really want or need to know.
The cold, hard facts: I'm English, female (I think that one's self-evident, but you never know), older than your average LJ or, indeed, internet user, a cat person, a book person, and a media fan of very long standing. The long standing may or may not account for why I suffer from chronic tiredness, but that's by the by. I've been phoebesmum for about eight years now; I'm also A S Lawrence for fan fiction writing purposes, and have been many other things in fandom over the years, including, oddly enough, me.
My fandoms are almost all TV based, and I classify TV shows according to a bizarre and Byzantine grading system of my own devising. There are one or two shows that, for completely irrational reasons, I dislike so much I can hardly stand to hear them mentioned. There is a vast swathe that I'm wholly indifferent to. There's another substantial wodge - this includes nearly all police procedurals and hospital dramas - that I'll watch cheerfully enough if they happen to be on but wouldn't shed a tear if I never saw another episode. Then there are quite a few shows where I faithfully watched every episode of the first season and then just somehow forgot to pick up the next one. There are lots of shows that I love - Firefly, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Carnivale, Farscape, Torchwood, Highlander, The West Wing, Fringe - and watch devotedly, but about which I'm otherwise not fannish at all. And, every so often, along comes a show that consumes my life to a quite admittedly psychotic degree. In the dim and distant past it was the original Battlestar Galactica, then Quantum Leap; for the past six years it's been Sports Night, and still is. The closest thing in years to a new contender was Dollhouse, and see what happened to that.
I'm not sure what conclusions can be drawn from any of that other than that it's lucky that I don't gamble, as I appear to have an uncanny knack of picking the underdog.
Oddly, given the above, I don't actually watch that much TV, but I am addicted to the internet and have, from time to time, to be forcibly removed from my PC. I held out for the longest time on getting a laptop as I knew that that would be the first fatal step on the slippery path to never getting out of bed at all.
Other interests: film, although I seldom have the chance to go to the cinema any more; theatre, ditto. My favourite author is Georgette Heyer, with Diana Wynne Jones a close second. And Bruce Springsteen can call me any time he likes.
I check out LiveJournal as a matter of course every day, and read all the personal posts (I skim the communities somewhat), even when I don't always comment. I adore meeting new people, making new friends, and finding new interests.
Maybe even getting hooked on a show that'll last for more than one season ...
ETA: All of the above has been rather superseded, as I'm presently battling peritoneal cancer. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.