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Friending Meme 2016!

Hey everyone, how's your weekend going? Is it a good time to make new friends, or to connect with some you've known longer? YOU BET IT IS!

Here it is, the all-new 2016

1_million_words friending meme! Come on in, the water's fine! Tell us about yourself, then read through everyone else's replies and make friends!

The Questions

Name: What you’d like us to call you
LJ age: How long have you been on LJ?
What is your Creativity Goal this year: Written and/or image count
What is your goal this year beyond that: Something a little more personal
Where in the world are you: Just generally, we're not planning on camping on your lawn
Current Fandom(s): Ones you create in currently
Earlier/old Fandom(s): Ones you used to create in, but don't so much any more
Do you Original fic? Read it, write it, both?
Favorite comm(s): Other than us
Gen, Het, or Slash:
Languages you write in:
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: Movies you'll watch again and again because they make you laugh/cry/feel better/whatever
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): Horror-comedy and SF-comedy? ME TOO!
What inspires you? Do you have a muse who whispers things at you randomly, or perhaps you read headlines in the newspaper and then think Barney Rubble would look so good doing that!
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily:
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at:
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: What's your poison while you create, after sex, or while you sneak-read under your desk at work?
Tell us about your Pet(s): Does your dog beg for tidbits, is your cat a burglar in its spare time, do you have bunnies that multiply more than the ones in your head?
Do your friends/family encourage you to create?
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby:
How's your memory: Like a goldfish, an elephant or somewhere in between?
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: How lazy are you?
I don't think that word means what you think it means: Something you always get wrong when writing
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up:

Copy the contents of the box below and answer in a comment here!

Name: 
LJ age: 
What is your Creativity Goal this year: 
What is your goal this year beyond that: 
Where in the world are you: 
Current Fandom(s): 
Earlier/old Fandom(s): 
Do you Original fic? 
Favorite comm(s): 
Gen, Het, or Slash: 
Languages you write in:
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: 
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): 
What inspires you? 
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily: 
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at: 
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: 
Tell us about your Pet(s): 
Do your friends/family encourage you to create?
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby:
How's your memory: 
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: 
I don't think that word means what you think it means: 
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up:

And I'll get us started; now you! ;-)

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Hopefully so soon. The right people know I want to do this, so we shall see!

LOL

~~I actually got an enrollment letter from AARP the other day. O.o~~

Name: Online I'm called Angelus, Angel or A2h
LJ age: It will be 10 years on March 15 in RL I'm older than most here
What is your Creativity Goal this year: To write more, to make graphics more and to finally vid some of the ideas I've written down.
What is your goal this year beyond that: I've way too many to name
Where in the world are you: North Carolina
Current Fandom(s): Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Andromeda, Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Charmed, Farscape, True Blood, Star Trek, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Fifty Shades of Grey, Once Upon A Time, Stolen Women Captured Hearts, Doctor Who(2005) P.S. I Love You, Once and Again, Moonlight, Bitten, The Hobbit, Merlin, Sherlock(BBC), Dark Matter, Being Human US,.... I know there are a lot more but none are coming to mind
Earlier/old Fandom(s): My old fandoms are my current fandoms as well. I don't let go of a fandom just because I find a new one. I just welcome them into the fold
Do you Original fic? Yes, sometimes
Favorite comm(s):

1_million_words,

smallfandomfest,

nekid_spike, etc... and the list goes on
Gen, Het, or Slash: Pretty much all
Languages you write in: English
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: Tequila Sunrise, People Will Talk because no matter what's going on those movies are guaranteed to lift my spirits.
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): I really don't have a favorite genre. I watch a movie based on who stars in it. The only genre I won't watch is horror.
What inspires you? Anything and everything. Sometimes I'm amazed at what does inspire me.
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily: In Fandom: writing porn it just comes to me (if you'll pardon the pun) In RL crocheting
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at: all of it
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: Water and hot tea
Tell us about your Pet(s): I have two Great Danes (Hercules and Sammy) They are both inside dogs and are great big babies. My olderst daughter has a Maine coon cat and she brought him inside and they almost had a heart attack. They screamed and ran and hid behind me.
Do your friends/family encourage you to create? My friends do and so do my oldest two daughters. My other kids are too young to care except if I'm crocheting something for them and then they're all for it.
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby: Country Bumpkin by Cal Smith or Teddy Bear by Red Sovine. There are others but there's no use in proving what a big baby I am.
How's your memory: Eh, comes and goes. I use post it notes a lot.
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: Walk or car
I don't think that word means what you think it means: Good writing is hard. It's my experience that even when my writing is bad it's hard!
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up: Photobucket's being a pain uploading gifs so I'll just say I welcome any and all new friends. :D

Edited 2016-01-12 12:47 (UTC)

I LOVE that they hide behind you. I love it when big dogs are chickens. Eggs is afraid of everything except squirrels, of course if one of them turned and yelled at him instead of running....

:D

I think that character expositions would be the best way to get into a fandom when you're new. That sounds awesome!

*fingers crossed* for you on the job front!! YOU CAN DO IT!

Ah, happy sigh at the sight of Jack and Ianto kissing. That was my first fandom.

Name: alba
LJ age: almost 8 (how did that happen)
What is your Creativity Goal this year: Nothing specific. Keep writing on a regular basis. Maybe finish a vid. Maybe make a podfic.
What is your goal this year beyond that: Exercise 5 days a week and lose 20 lbs. Get enough sleep.
Where in the world are you: Washington DC area
Current Fandom(s): MCU - Captain America (Steve/Bucky mostly), Daredevil, Agent Carter
Earlier/old Fandom(s): H50, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes (Ritchieverse), Torchwood
Do you Original fic? once in awhile
Favorite comm(s): Not very active in any other than this one. I sometimes play at comment_fic or femslash100.
Gen, Het, or Slash: My OTPs are always slash but I’ve written everything.
Languages you write in: English, hopefully.
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: I love movies but usually only rewatch ones I’m fannish about.
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): I like a lot of things! Contemporary drama, historical drama, sitcoms, superheroes, etc. etc.
What inspires you? If I get an idea in my head and it won’t let go.
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily: Short written things. I also knit and sing.
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at: Longer stories, vidding.
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: Black coffee in the morning, water, herbal tea, the occasional Diet Coke (trying to quit), the occasional latte.
Tell us about your Pet(s): Two cats. My dog died last month. :(
Do your friends/family encourage you to create? No.
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby: Yesterday by The Beatles, just to pick one of many.
How's your memory: Terrible.
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: All plus ice skating.
I don't think that word means what you think it means:
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up: Any day is improved by Chris Evans laughing.
(http://s522.photobucket.com/user/alba8613/media/tumblr_nfcsncb65R1tyyn3ko1_500_zps220eed87.gif.html)

Edited 2016-01-12 19:48 (UTC)

I am so very late. So very late.

Name: E.
LJ age: a lot. I missed getting an early adopter account by this much.
What is your Creativity Goal this year: Write and finish something! Maybe more than one thing!
What is your goal this year beyond that: Finish so many unfinished things in my life.
Where in the world are you: Chile.
Current Fandom(s): Captain America, a few related Marvel comics.
Earlier/old Fandom(s): from first to last: Buffy, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Horatio Hornblower, Lost, Generation Kill.
Do you Original fic? I try, sort of. Maybe.
Favorite comm(s): I need to be more active in my comms.
Gen, Het, or Slash: All of the above.
Languages you write in: English.
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: Clueless! It never fails to cheer me up.
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): Vikings, at the moment. I like drama, crime, historical stuff.
What inspires you? Wish I knew.
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily: Do adult colouring books count? I'm also trying my hand at origami.
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at: Writing, but also visual arts.
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: tea, juice, vodka - though not all three at once.
Tell us about your Pet(s): My beloved fifteen year old cat passed away on Christmas. The younger cat does what she can to cheer us up, bless her crazy little heart.
Do your friends/family encourage you to create? They don't know I create, not about my writing anyway. Oops?
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby: Portishead's Roads.
How's your memory: Not so good.
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: Walk.
I don't think that word means what you think it means: Me either.
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up: I'm late. I'm always late. I was born late.

Edited 2016-01-12 21:04 (UTC)

It's good to see you here!

Oh hello! We were talking about trying to write Steve/Bucky fic, right? Would you like to be friends?

Name: JJ or Jay
LJ age: This account was made in August '04, but my previous account was made in October '01, so I've been around a long time.
What is your Creativity Goal this year: At least one full-page drawing a week. No specific writing goals other than "do that more"
What is your goal this year beyond that: Make some progress on my health, mental and otherwise. Try to make the gap between aging out of my dad's health insurance and landing my own plan as small as possible.
Where in the world are you: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Current Fandom(s): DC is my huge one right now, mostly of the comics and animated varieties, though I dabble in live-action (I look forward to the movies, and I'm somewhat into Flash and Supergirl - love-hate relationship with Arrow though)
Earlier/old Fandom(s): Harry Potter, Yu-Gi-Oh, Sailor Moon, Gundam (G and Wing), Avengers/MCU, Star Trek
Do you Original fic? Not often
Favorite comm(s): This one, though to blow off steam I rather like reading the entries over at bsc_snark
Gen, Het, or Slash: All of the above. Particularly because I am a total friendship junkie so gen is where it's at then. Also at the moment my favorite ship right now is a triad, so, hey, het and slash all in one.
Languages you write in: Just English, I'm afraid
Favourite 'go to' movie(s) and why: Spaceballs. I've probably got most of the script memorized by now, and yet I still pick up something new most times I watch. Also sci-fi and parody are both my jams. And Rick Moranis is a delight.
Favourite movie/TV show genre(s): Well, ~apparently animation is its own genre, so that or superheroes, I guess? Oh, or musicals!
What inspires you? So many things, but tbh I have an eye for lost/wasted/unused potential, and almost nothing gets me quite as fired up to create and explore that. (Ask me about my love affair with rewriting bad sequels.)
What type of creative project(s) do you find you can do easily: I doodle a lot! Writing's become tougher for me the past couple of years, but my tendency there has always been toward drabbles and oneshots, particularly character introspective stuff
What type of creative project(s) would you like to get better at: One of these days I will finish a multichapter. I'd also really love to get the hang of laying out comic pages. Oh, the many comics I'd draw if I could figure out the damn boxes.
Coffee, Pepsi, tea, Coke, water, juice, vodka: Iced tea, with the occasional fruity liquor
Tell us about your Pet(s): There are six cats in this house. My two are Caramel and Sundae, and they are very cuddly longhairs.
Do your friends/family encourage you to create? Somewhat. There's some pressure, actually, though on the family front they tend to have skewed expectations of both my skill level and what types of art I'm interested in.
Name a song that always makes you cry like a baby: I'm actually, like, aggressively not a crier, but... okay, I've been known to get weirdly emotional about Gotham City by R Kelly?? Also I'm okay listening to The Impossible Dream, but I'll probably be misty by the end if I'm singing it. Go figure.
How's your memory: Scattered. I miss my train of thought regularly. In fact, I once read someone comparing the ADD brain to trying to navigate the Library of Congress without a card catalog, and honestly I feel that in my soul.
Walk, jog, bicycle, car: Walk, though mostly I get around by bus. I'm still puzzling out driving, I'm afraid, and sadly I never actually learned how to ride a bike.
I don't think that word means what you think it means: Hm. I honest-to-goodness never remembered how to spell 'restaurant' until I took Spanish in high school (because they're kind enough to pronounce the U, you see)
And lastly, anything else you want to say, or finish with a gif that sums you up:

You are absolutely right! Everything goes better with a laughing Chris Evans.

You know how you have a mental image/ideas about people that you talk to but don't actually know? I don't know why, but I absolutely picture you as being from Illinois. I'll try to stick DC in my head.

Yay knitting, *hugs* for the puppy.

Write and finish something! Maybe more than one thing! You can do this! That's why we're here! That's why you're here! We've got this!

Clueless is AWESOME!

*hugs* about the cat.

I cannot begin to tell you how much I enjoy this gif!

Oddly enough in life, I never had much exposure to the DC universe. And then a friend forced me to watch the Young Justice cartoon series and I can't stop squeeing about it!

:)

It is beautiful. It is cider with blackcurrant cordial stuff in so it tastes really nice like berries with still that underlying sour alcohol tang! I am passionate about Strongbow Dark Fruits!

:D It's so exciting!!

You’re not wrong. I was born in Illinois and lived there my first 4 years. Later I went to college in Chicago and lived there 8 years. :) That icon is so cute.

Maybe I knew that! HA!!

thtwzjustadream made it for some challenge here! I fell in love!

True! ;-)

And what a wonderful one to get started on, too! ;-)

It really is! We've been planning it for over ten years!

As for cats, they really are! ;-)

I bet those puppies keep you busy! My sister has three Border Collies and it's nuts when we go there, but so much fun!

Good luck with WW! ;-)

I'm a procrastinator too! It's so annoying but hard to shake, isn't it!?

I think it's awesome your mum is so encouraging! I think it's very cool that she did some beta-reading for you. ;-)

Oh, you're a Flash & Arrow girl, like me! That's cool; always good to find others who like things you do! Plus I was into Lost in a huge way (my first real fic-writing fandom!).

Your pets are VERY cute!

And I love a lot of your go-to movies too - gotta love a good B-movie or 'have watched so much, I know the lines' film, right? ;-)

Good luck with those goals; I'm intrigued by the crow one!

I would just like to say that I had to look at salt and shaker peppers about five times before I could see what was wrong with it. *rolls eyes*

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