Basic information meme
Jun. 14th, 2008 02:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
juushikaIgnoring the fact that I haven't done a personal post in so long that basic information is irrelevant; ignoring the fact also that the introduction is horribly worded (and I'm too lazy to rewrite it): the basic information meme, stolen from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
azhure.
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? since when were they working THERE? since when were they dating HIM/HER? since when?" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-word answers seldom help anyone out.
1. First Name: Jessica. I answer to Juushika/Juu as I've been using the name online for eight years; unless you're a very close friend I don't answer to Jess.
2. Age: 22.
3. Location: (Willamette Valley) Oregon, United States.
4. Occupation: Unemployed.
5. Partner? Devon, who I often refer to as the boy.
6. Kids: Only the fuzzy kind. I'm childfree.
7. Brothers/Sisters: One sister, Allie, who is three years my junior and in many ways my polar opposite. The boy's youngest brother lives with us most of the time. We're not close, but we have a good relationship.
8. Pets: Three guinea pigs, Dink, Kuzco, and Alfie. They have their own introduction page as well as numerous tagged entries throughout my journal.
9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
1. My mental health problems. I've been diagnosed with dysthymia , major depression, anxiety (unspecified), and agoraphobia, and have a history of self harming behavior. My major depression lead me to change schools and eventually drop out. My agoraphobia keeps me largely housebound. Currently I'm in a safe and low-stress living arrangement, so—for the first time in a long time—I'm largely happy and unstressed. However, I'm still prone to rapid declines.
2. Books. Reading, writing book reviews, and potentially writing my own novel—books occupy the steady majority of my time and energy. I read pretty widely (always non-fiction, preferring general lit, YA lit, classics, non-high fantasy, and good sci-fi; I often latch on to new subgenres and read them obsessively), I generally borrow instead of buy, and I read between two and six books a week. I'm a naturally critical reader, and so I write a lot of book reviews. I love it when those reviews lead to discussion, so feel free to comment! I'm also always adding to my to-read list, and recommendations are much appreciated.
3. My boyfriend. His name is Devon, I usually refer to him as the boy. We've been dating for five years and are just now living together for the first time. He is remarkably loving and patient, and puts up with my particular brand of crazy as if it were no difficulty at all. I love him very much.
4. Gaming/anime&manga/BPAL. I play RPGs, open world games, and Second Life. I loves shoujo/josei, sci-fi, and apocalyptic anime/manga, among others. I collect BPAL perfumes when I have the money and appreciate them very much. I do reviews of all of the above when mood and content strikes me.
10) Where and for what did you go to school for? Whitman College for two years before transferring to Reed College. I attended for about one year, broken by a leave of absence, before dropping out due to mental health reasons. I was an English major concentrating on Shakespeare, but I have no degree.
11) Parents? Mother and father, healthy, still married, and living about five minutes away. I have an on-and-off rocky relationship—largely related to my mental health issues—which is just beginning to improve.
12) Who are some of your closest friends? The boy is currently the only "close" friend I have, insofar as he's my best friend and our relationship exists offline. Most of my social networking occurs through the internet. I'm closer to some people than others, but they know who they are. ^_^ And the rest I'm always happy to get to know better. Regardless, these folk rarely come up on my LJ.
azhure. You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? since when were they working THERE? since when were they dating HIM/HER? since when?" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-word answers seldom help anyone out.
1. First Name: Jessica. I answer to Juushika/Juu as I've been using the name online for eight years; unless you're a very close friend I don't answer to Jess.
2. Age: 22.
3. Location: (Willamette Valley) Oregon, United States.
4. Occupation: Unemployed.
5. Partner? Devon, who I often refer to as the boy.
6. Kids: Only the fuzzy kind. I'm childfree.
7. Brothers/Sisters: One sister, Allie, who is three years my junior and in many ways my polar opposite. The boy's youngest brother lives with us most of the time. We're not close, but we have a good relationship.
8. Pets: Three guinea pigs, Dink, Kuzco, and Alfie. They have their own introduction page as well as numerous tagged entries throughout my journal.
9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
1. My mental health problems. I've been diagnosed with dysthymia , major depression, anxiety (unspecified), and agoraphobia, and have a history of self harming behavior. My major depression lead me to change schools and eventually drop out. My agoraphobia keeps me largely housebound. Currently I'm in a safe and low-stress living arrangement, so—for the first time in a long time—I'm largely happy and unstressed. However, I'm still prone to rapid declines.
2. Books. Reading, writing book reviews, and potentially writing my own novel—books occupy the steady majority of my time and energy. I read pretty widely (always non-fiction, preferring general lit, YA lit, classics, non-high fantasy, and good sci-fi; I often latch on to new subgenres and read them obsessively), I generally borrow instead of buy, and I read between two and six books a week. I'm a naturally critical reader, and so I write a lot of book reviews. I love it when those reviews lead to discussion, so feel free to comment! I'm also always adding to my to-read list, and recommendations are much appreciated.
3. My boyfriend. His name is Devon, I usually refer to him as the boy. We've been dating for five years and are just now living together for the first time. He is remarkably loving and patient, and puts up with my particular brand of crazy as if it were no difficulty at all. I love him very much.
4. Gaming/anime&manga/BPAL. I play RPGs, open world games, and Second Life. I loves shoujo/josei, sci-fi, and apocalyptic anime/manga, among others. I collect BPAL perfumes when I have the money and appreciate them very much. I do reviews of all of the above when mood and content strikes me.
10) Where and for what did you go to school for? Whitman College for two years before transferring to Reed College. I attended for about one year, broken by a leave of absence, before dropping out due to mental health reasons. I was an English major concentrating on Shakespeare, but I have no degree.
11) Parents? Mother and father, healthy, still married, and living about five minutes away. I have an on-and-off rocky relationship—largely related to my mental health issues—which is just beginning to improve.
12) Who are some of your closest friends? The boy is currently the only "close" friend I have, insofar as he's my best friend and our relationship exists offline. Most of my social networking occurs through the internet. I'm closer to some people than others, but they know who they are. ^_^ And the rest I'm always happy to get to know better. Regardless, these folk rarely come up on my LJ.
