10 year LJ-aversary! (and only almost 5 since I last posted!)
I am emerging from my HARDCORE lurkdom because I could not let the fact that I was signed onto LJ, on my computer (where typing is oh so much faster than on my S3), on the actual 10th anniversary of me signing up for my account pass me by.
Brief summary for those of you who have forgotten me after 4.75 short years, after law school kidnapped me. My name is Rumidha, Rumi for short. If you already know me, it's almost definitely through Buffy the Vampire Slayer, specifically Buffy/Giles. There may be 1 or 2 of you from Grey's Anatomy and CSI. Also from the law school communities. Hello!
The extreme gist of these last few years is that law school, and then the bar exam, ate my brain. They had to be my focus, and they were. Passed the bar exam on the first try, and in a state where the pass rate is less than 50%, that felt pretty fucking awesome. I delayed my return to fandom because I wanted to have all my ducks in a row, job wise, before diving back in. Turns out the legal market is still total shit, and I had to make my own job. After a year and a half of licensure, I started my own practice, and omfg, if I thought I was busy in law school??
But I have been wrestling with the thought of returning to the participation side of fandom for quite some time now. I'd love to, and I know exactly how much fun I have and how lovely everyone is, but I also am very aware of how much of a time drag it can be, and I know I can't afford that till everything is more settled.
So this is probably another long-term goodbye, but it should be shorter than the last one was!
<3, Rumidha
P.S. (Got into the fandom side of MCU just as I started studying for the bar, so this would have been Dec '11. The little bit of fic/pretties I allowed myself helped me stay sane, and my absolute number 1 ship is Steve/Tony. Do you know the novelty of actively shipping one of the popular ships in a big fandom? IT'S AMAZING.)
Brief summary for those of you who have forgotten me after 4.75 short years, after law school kidnapped me. My name is Rumidha, Rumi for short. If you already know me, it's almost definitely through Buffy the Vampire Slayer, specifically Buffy/Giles. There may be 1 or 2 of you from Grey's Anatomy and CSI. Also from the law school communities. Hello!
The extreme gist of these last few years is that law school, and then the bar exam, ate my brain. They had to be my focus, and they were. Passed the bar exam on the first try, and in a state where the pass rate is less than 50%, that felt pretty fucking awesome. I delayed my return to fandom because I wanted to have all my ducks in a row, job wise, before diving back in. Turns out the legal market is still total shit, and I had to make my own job. After a year and a half of licensure, I started my own practice, and omfg, if I thought I was busy in law school??
But I have been wrestling with the thought of returning to the participation side of fandom for quite some time now. I'd love to, and I know exactly how much fun I have and how lovely everyone is, but I also am very aware of how much of a time drag it can be, and I know I can't afford that till everything is more settled.
So this is probably another long-term goodbye, but it should be shorter than the last one was!
<3, Rumidha
P.S. (Got into the fandom side of MCU just as I started studying for the bar, so this would have been Dec '11. The little bit of fic/pretties I allowed myself helped me stay sane, and my absolute number 1 ship is Steve/Tony. Do you know the novelty of actively shipping one of the popular ships in a big fandom? IT'S AMAZING.)