moving in

[aria]

Okay, here is a real first entry!

I decided not to import my entire LJ here, mostly because there is something vastly relieving about not having a journal that starts with my freshman year of high school (but instead the summer before my senior year of undergrad; I'm sure it will be just as embarrassing in a couple of years).

I'll be using this journal in basically the same way I used the LJ: fandom talk, real life talk, talking-with-people, &c. One of the nifty things about Dreamwidth, though, is the seriously wonderful access/subscription feature: not only does the loaded word 'friend' come into it nowhere, but it makes organising things a lot easier -- such as this thing I want to try where I'm going to more or less divide up the fandom talk and the real life talk. The idea of separate real life and fandom journals hurts both my head and soul, because there is probably no way I will ever be able to actually separate real life from the fannishly tinged, but I think I can probably at least get away with an unlocked-locked dichotomy. The unlocked content will therefore be reviews and meta and silly picspams and links and fic; the locked content will be all the real life stuff (at the moment, mostly job and grad school dithering). If you're just here for the fannish stuff, feel free to subscribe and lurk happily away; if you want to know me and my dithering real life ways, come say hi.

I know pretty much everyone subscribed to me right now is a refugee from my LJ flist -- so I'd love to take a headcount. LOOK A HEADCOUNT POLL.

Poll #279

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22

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how are you using dreamwidth?

View Answers

as my primary journal (content mirrored from lj)
8 (36.4%)

as a secondary journal (content mirrored from lj)
3 (13.6%)

as my primary journal (with different content than lj)
6 (27.3%)

as a secondary journal (with different content than lj)
5 (22.7%)

not really at all -- I have no idea what I'm doing here yet
9 (40.9%)

as something else entirely, which I will explain in comments
0 (0.0%)

TICKY BOX
10 (45.5%)

If your content is mirrored from LJ, I will probably filter you off my default flist and read you over here instead; no matter what you are doing, if you are using Dreamwidth as a reading list in any way, feel free filter me off your default flist also and read me here instead.

I think that's all the housekeeping right now. Guys, isn't this place still shiny?

Comments

[aria]

I THINK YOU SHOULD WRITE LOTS OF AMAZINGLY THRILLING THINGS ABOUT YOUR LIFE OVER HERE.

IDK, honestly, but I am trying to get everyone over to Dreamwidth through sheer force of will because in some vague way it feels like the socially responsible thing to do.

[anekdot]

*DIES* YES BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE HAVING A THRILLING LIFE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I think it is that I would just feel sort of... redundant jumping over here to do "SARES' BORING LJ: THE SEQUEL!!!!" so I had vague ideas of somehow... doing something... different... in... some way, but this requires having ... interesting ... ideas.

[aria]

Oh well this is just "ARIA'S LJ: THE SEQUEL! NOW WITH PROBABLY DUE SOUTH RECAPS INSTEAD OF DOCTOR WHO ONES!!" which ... y'know, is probably mostly interesting to me? But uh tell me your ideas, even if you think they are boring ones!

[anekdot]

NO NO NO IT IS INTERESTING. It is just my weird neurosis that if I have a new journal plus username I should also do something new!!!! Or something. It r make sense in my head.

UM I had vague vague VAGUE ideas of doing, I don't know, unlocked history blog type stuff, and then your usual "sares freaking out about classes/talking about chorus AGAIN make her shut up" stuff locked. But this would necessitate me having interesting bloggy things to say???

pee ess did you see the mp3 I put up on LJ.

[aria]

No I think that is a good idea! Also I know you self-edit like mad but I bet you could do an interesting history blog even if it consists entirely of "SOVIET RUSSIA IS HILARIOUS: HERE IS WHY." Because I bet at least me & Emma & Ji would find it appropriately entertaining.

pee ess now I have seen it! I THINK I WILL GO DOWNLOAD IT NOW

[anekdot]

While this is clearly ALL LIES you make me happy in my pants soul. This is... probably what will end up happening then, after I finish running the gauntlet of FINALS aisjogdiojhesddf. (GOD I HATE MY ECON PROJECT SO MUCH isn't it awesome I'm taking ADVANCED MICRO next semester hahahaha oh my god.) THEN I CAN USE THE SUMMER TO MAKE TERRIBLE HISTORY JOKES ON THE INTARWEBS!!!

w00000000t.

[delight]

I would really enjoy that too, if it counts for anything!

[anekdot]

It does, thank you! ^^;;

[aria]

This is my goal, ma'am! Especially if finals are eating you alive, which, OH GOD WHY ARE YOU STILL IN SCHOOL DO THEY WANT TO KILL YOU. On the other hand I guess it means they are giving you more time? which means ... slow murder instead of a quick death. Ahaha.

PLEASE USE YOUR SUMMER TO MAKE TERRIBLY HISTORY JOKES. THIS PLAN IS ARIA-APPROVED.

[anekdot]

UM WELL CLASS ONLY JUST ENDED ON FRIDAY? Perhaps Amherst is on a slightly different schedule? WHO KNOWS.

OKAY AWES I WILL KEEP THIS IN MIND.

(pee ess um does my solo sound like pure 100% not from concentrate crap? *hides*)

[aria]

Ohh okay I guess you guys are a week behind; you are in reading period now, da?

(oh yes it is horrible, no, you stupidface, it is awesome. <3 I mean, says she who knows nothing of music, but as always I really love your singing voice.)

[anekdot]

Well it is called reading period, but really it is just the weekend. ^^;; BUT YES. On the bright side, I am going home on Friday! although I guess this makes it worse because since the end is SO CLOSE I am having even more trouble focusing. OhmygodIcan'tdealwiththisI'mgoingtobeaCOLLEGESOPHOMOREwhattheflyingfuck.

(EEEEEEEEEEEEEE. You do not need to know anything about music to know whether or not I sounded like ass! SO I TAKE THIS COMPLIMENT TO HEART. *squees quietly*)