I've made my living from words for most of my life. Former paperboy. Former high school English teacher. Former bookseller. Currently I'm paying the bills as a technical writer. They don't let me use many words at work, so I have plenty left over to babble on about things here. Beware my use of LJ cuts!
I am the folllowing: - a biblioholic - a cinephile - a costume geek - Magdalena von Wissersdorf, reenacting a Landsknecht camp follower with Das Geld Fahnlein - an occasional writer of fanfiction (various fandoms) - a squire for Autumn Tree Armored Combat Company (ATACC) (retired) - a freelance wench (semi-retired)
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My friends list is predominantly people that I know in real life (although I've recently started to loosen up and added a few people I've never actually met). I want to keep the "people I read daily" list manageable. If you're not on my friends list, that doesn't mean that I might not be reading your Live Journal. I lurk quite a few when I have time to spare.
Most of my posts are public. About the only posts that I friends-lock are when I vent about work. One, because that seems prudent since more and more employers Google new hires and two, because the office gossip where I used to work liked to Google us on company time and found blogs for two of my co-workers. If I know you, and you want to be added to my friends list, e-mail me and we can make that happen.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me." -Author unknown
"It's never to late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
"You deserve the best in life So if the time isn't right then move on Second best is never enough You'll do much better baby on your own" -Madonna, "Respect Yourself"
"Shared pain is lessened. Shared joy is increased. Thus do we refute entropy." -Spider Robinson