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YESSS. In the unlikely event they put one in one of the US parks, I am there. 100%. Can’t even stop me. I’ll sell my soul or something to afford it. Probably something more valuable like toenail clippings but I WILL GET THERE.

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A (age): Sometimes like, 40. Other times more like 17. Also maybe 80. Kinda immortal hence the name. Probably gonna die young. It’s a tough question. 

B (biggest fear): Ladybugs. Well, that’s more of a phobia-ish thing. Ladybugs are to me what snakes are to Indiana Jones.

C (current time): 9:48 pm when I started

D (drink you last had): Not sure. Some soda at the movie theater.

E (easiest person to talk to): My sister, though I am probably more open with people in general than is strictly smart.

F (favorite song): Come on, you can’t make me pick ONE. I can’t even pick a favorite genre.

G (grossest moment): was actually really weird and probably no one would believe it if I tried to explain it

H (horror yes, horror no): Yes, but I’m really picky. I make fun of things that are too predictable or stupid. It has to have a good story, not just “ooh grrrrr dead things coming to life eating people grrrrr blood grrrrr”. I like classic suspense, and genre crossing with scifi can be really fun. I’m an ex-film major so gimme some oldies but goodies and bring on the popcorn. Just be prepared for me to nerd out sometimes because that’s what I do.

I (in love with): Life, the good in the universe in general, any shred of hope whatsoever that I can cling to…dancing…my beautiful cosplay coat…I’m aro, what do you want from me what is romance

J (jealous of): People going to the bigger cons, who get to meet up with their fun big cosplay groups and play with huge bunches of friends and do goofy videos, etc. Grr. Also, people who live in houses. With rooms. And kitchen appliances. And who have working showers in their houses. Kinda jealous of you people who have real beds and floor space and kitchen counters and tables, too. And big fridges for making lots and lots of jello.

K (killed someone): from overwhelming good looks!

L (love at first sight or should i walk by again?): Well it hasn’t happened so far, but I’m willing to keep an open mind

M (middle name): Danger.

N (number of siblings): Depends on if we count blood relatives or not. Most of my real family is not related so…tons.

O (one wish): I have a lot of wants and selfish dreams, but ultimately my one wish is just that everyone could be happy. I guess that sounds corny, but the way things are it’s like…the worse it gets, the more I just want to make people laugh and forget the world, even if it’s just for a moment. 

P (person you last called): USPS. Trying to track down a missing package.

Q (question you’ve always been asked): “Who taught you to make that?” I taught me. 

R (reasons to smile): My pet ball python, cosplay, my buddy coming to visit this summer!

S (song you last sang): O-O-H Child by The Five Stairsteps. There may have also been dancing.

T (time you woke up): Off and on all morning since around 5 am I think. I had a weird nightmare about gardening.

U (underwear color): purple, like Marty McFly!

V (vacation destination): Disneyland! I’d love to go to Disney World, too. Or Disney Shanghai and ride the Tron coaster.

X
(x-rays I’ve had): There is no part of me that I think hasn’t been scanned at some point. Most recent is my ankle.   

Y (your favorite foods): Taco Bell. I kid you not. I have always loved that junk. Also Mongolian Grill, Philly Cheese steak, really any West Coast Mexican food (hate Tex Mex), and various alien concoctions that really don’t have an Earth equivalent but are still freaking delicious.  

Z (zodiac): Aries. Most people seem to be surprised by that. If the stars really have anything to do with my personality, they must have been doing some weird shit when I was born.

Once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, you need to send this to your favorite followers. (How many that is, is up to you!) (This originally said it’s “non-negotiable” but in my case this is 100% optional!) ♡♡♡

1. My hair is so thick that it forgives me when I chop it off, and doesn’t look terrible even though I don’t know what I’m doing.

2. Any time I don’t know what I am doing, my creativity or my resourcefulness mostly make up for it and make me look far more effortlessly successful than I really am.

3. My sense of humor may be weird, sort of dry, and at times inappropriate, but it is unrelenting.

4. I’m oddly physically coordinated and pick up things like skiing and dance moves quickly if I relax and let it happen.

5. I’m pretty emotionally resilient. That’s not always looked upon as a good thing, but I mostly don’t mind it, myself.

@virescent-phosphor your radar is just fine, lol.

Apparently I need my own  readjusted because I seem to be the most surprised of anyone. It’s amazing what one weekend at comic-con and one brain montage of Little Life Moments can do to undo decades of self-delusion. Finally realizing I wasn’t a fail at being human was amazing. And also that a lot of my choices in life sort of stemmed from being uncomfortable with being shoehorned into a gender role and orientation that didn’t fit. Oh yeah, I’m gf too.

As for LDR, yeah I have done that a few times. The longest one lasted years and it was epic…until we spent a lot of time together in real life and I realized we weren’t really a great match.

@virescent-phosphor said: I was just thinking about writing about how the character of Leia impacted me, too…

I read it. You really said a lot of what I was thinking, not just about Leia, but Carrie herself.

Star Wars was and is such a huge part of my life, my coming-of-age, my history. The first story I wrote was Star Wars “fanfiction”. The first “scary” movie I watched was Star Wars, after much begging and pleading I was finally allowed to watch the sequels, too (rather conservative upbringing). I remember when Episode IV was re-released, and we all went to go see it. It was so cool to see it in the theater! I had a toy Han and a Millennium Falcon, but I couldn’t find a Leia so I made my own with a scrap of cloth and a small doll I had. She kicked all the butt, even though her rubber band often broke and her “dress” fell off. I also did attempt some of her hairstyles, though there doesn’t seem to be any surviving photographic evidence of this.

To me, Leia was everything I couldn’t be. She stood up to oppressive figures (overbearing father? check) and ran around with guns and mouthed off to everyone. She wore pretty clothes and no one said she was being too “girly”, and she also wore pants and camo and no one said she was being too “boyish”. No one got in her way for long, really. She was smart and resourceful and sassy, and mostly, it was Han who needed HER to rescue him. She could do anything.

So many of my happiest childhood memories are wrapped up in Star Wars, in the Leia character, in that world and that family, I can’t even describe them, I can’t even begin to, I’m not sure I could share them. I will always cherish them. Always.

Growing up, learning about Carrie’s struggles and personality, I realized how much of herself was in Leia’s character. Seeing her return to the screen in TFA was probably the best part of the film for me. I know what goes into a day on set, and I also know what it is like to live with a mental illness, and I know it couldn’t have been an easy accomplishment. Particularly on a film like that, with the entire world watching every follicle of hair movement.

The world has lost an exceptional voice; her particular flavor of wit and courage. I hope she will be long remembered for her accomplishments and her bluntly honest words, and not fade into the end of a list of casualties of a particularly brutal year.

virescent-phosphor:

I’m in Portland and…it’s cold, but I was expecting it to be way more unbearable than this, because I’m enjoying the cold.

It’s generally not bitterly cold in that area unless they’re getting some freak storm, or unless you’re at Timberline. Mostly, it’s just cool and wet in the winter. Pretty mild! Occasional snow and ice in gross slushy piles, but more toward mid to late January. Enjoy your visit!

virescent-phosphor:

immortalspark
replied to your post “I kind of want to move out to England and get a piece of property…”

The Pacific Northwest has quite a few England-like locales that are very mild, rural, and farm-friendly. Lacks the ancient history but makes up for it in pioneer ruggedness and funky cultural centers *native PNWesterner who dated a Brit for 7 years*

Oooooooh. That’s quite tempting. I’ve also thought about Texas, somewhere close enough to Austin so it’s still kind of culturally liberal and I won’t completely stick out like a sore thumb. I love living in the LA area, but it’s so expensive…

Yeahhhh! It was an interesting experience. We actually had our first “date” in LA and toured around Disneyland, Griffith Park, etc. Good memories ^^

I have also lived in CA (Sac area, rural town of Woodland) and now in Texas, but nowhere near Austin unfortunately. I spent every summer growing up basically in Los Angeles, so it’s almost a second home to me. I have also lived in the Midwest, briefly, and visited the East Coast.

Of all the places I’ve lived, I was personally happiest in Woodland…partly because of the proximity to LA (compared to where I grew up anyway) and partly because of the climate. But if you want to live somewhere in the US that is probably the closest in climate to England…I’d definitely recommend the PNW on the coastal side of the Cascades. There are some truly lovely farms to be had and the culture is typically liberal. Land can be quite expensive as opposed to Texas (land is super cheap here aaaah) but not as bad as LA. And there’s water for crops and animals, lush pastures year-round. The land is GREEN IN THE SUMMER. It’s a weird place 😛 Rains a lot, but so does England. Gets a little snow and ice in the winter, but not more than a dusting, usually. My BF and I used to constantly have the same weather patterns. It was a bit funny. There’s a ton of choices in area too, everything from gently rolling prairie to mountain hide-aways to rocky shores. My favorite was the little hidden valleys surrounded by mountains, full of small farms. People riding their horses down the street, etc.

There is a HUGE difference between living in a city and living in a small town, and the PNW area really seems like the best compromise, where you aren’t right in the city all the time, but you’re never so far away that you don’t have options (unlike where I live now, which I don’t recommend unless you absolutely hate all human beings and/or grew up in nowhere). Farm life is not for everyone, but it is a fantastic way to live! I’m sort of starting a mini-farm of my own (eventually, when I get my house built).

Texas has mood swings in weather. I don’t know much about the Austin area except that they get flooding down there, sometimes pretty bad. Where I currently live in North East Texas, we don’t get heavy ice or snow or hail like they get in Dallas. We do get tornadoes, normal wind that tears shingles off houses, hard hard hard rains like I never saw in the famously rainy PNW, hot humid sticky wet air, lightning strikes…and all of that can happen in the space of 24 hours. I wouldn’t call it mild at all. It is a bit more relaxing than the Midwest.