Let's party like it's 2005

[darkmarcy]

NAME: Call me D for now, my real name is too powerful knowledge to give away to just anyone.

AGE: Old enough to remember the LJ strikethrough (thirtynothing)

Pop culture personality test type things: Gryffindor, Team Valor.

LOOKING FOR:

I miss journal culture, modern social media mostly makes me uncomfortable with all this using real names, not understanding fandom history, posting selfies everywhere thing. I'd like to have cool people on my Friends I mean Reading page.

I love snail mail and sending letters and postcards. Looking forward to sending nice things to strangers via holiday_wishes soon!

INTERESTS & HOBBIES:

Movies! From blockbusters to smaller releases, old and new ones. I try to watch more films by women directors but this year's goal of 52 films is... not going that great to be honest.

Comics! My favourites are Phonogram, The Wicked + The Divine, Chew, Hark! A Vagrant, Nimona, Long Exposure and The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal. Looking forward to Farmhand and various Iron Circus releases.

TV series! I should catch up on AMC's Preacher (fan of the comic), The Good Place, Silicon Valley, B99, Endeavour and Doctor Who. Can't wait for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Star Trek Discovery to return. Sad there's no more Chewing Gum, it was hilarious.

Books! I'd read Stephen King's shopping list if I could. Liked Harry Potter back in the day, don't care about the movies or whatever happened since the 7 books came out. Have a tall To Be Read-stack to which I add things every time I visit the library, which is often!

Music! Film scores and soundtracks are good, but pop music wise I seem to lag like 7-9 years behind of what's In Right Now. Recently I've been jamming to Yoko Ono remixes from 2007.

I'm interested in soccer, (calling it football tho bc I'm an European) random international teams/players and my local boys. Even I love the beautiful game I will not deny its ugly sides. This does not make me very popular because I'm always ruining people's moods by mentioning that player X doesn't pay his taxes and team Y don't have a women's team. :p

Not really into video games (okay, I enjoyed Firewatch and Dream Daddy) but Pokémon Go is a fun thing to make me go outside. I'm not like, good at it, I just like collecting the creatures and giving them stupid names.

I am a fandom fiend and a shameless rps shipper, but you know, a sensible polite one who respects the 4th wall. I understand if people find rpf creepy, but I wouldn't dream of being shit to actors' wives or linking unsolicited fanfic in a celebrity's IG comments. I just want to read cute stories of hot men smooching in peace, that's all. I can't write for shit though and am shy to make/post fan art anywhere public.


ANYTHING ELSE?:

I don't think friends need to have 100% same fandoms and interests to get along. But I would like to have friends whom I don't have to fight with about actually important things. So, I am pro women's rights, BLM, LGBTQIA and the environment. I don't journal about these things that much, I get to argue them enough in rl and want to keep my DW a more relaxing place. Just so you know.

I write mostly about my day to day life which is attempting to do art, studying, wasting time and hanging out with my nearest and dearest. I talk about movies and pop culture in general or list things that made me happy. I like puns, making pop culture references nobody understands, and curse words. Sometimes I paste askbox memes from tumblr and answer all the questions in one entry. I read and try to comment if I feel I have something to contribute.

Comments

[kaleidodope]

You seem dope. Add me if you like!

[darkmarcy]

Hahaha we'll see :D Added!

[silver_chipmunk]

You sound interesting. I'm a 56 year old librarian in New York City who posts every day so you will always have something to read. I'm going to add you. Add me?

[darkmarcy]

Ooh, librarians are the best, I hope one day to become one :D Added you!

[silver_chipmunk]

Welcome!

[teirae]

Hey, I'm keen to take it back to old school if you want

[darkmarcy]

There's no school like old school :D

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Recent social media is much too cramped for my style; I need a venue with lots of room to write and thread replies. Some days I just post little tidbits, but I also post a lot of my writing, and sometimes long thinky posts. My audience occasionally gets into very deep discussions. I think this is a lot like what used to be the norm in blogging. I encourage you to drop by my journal and see if you like it.

Re: Well ...

[darkmarcy]

Yeah, it's like there's no room for good conversations anymore, just Likes and reblog messes that get tangled and misunderstood and who knows what. Subscribed!

Re: Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I feel the same way. I can't discuss quantum physics or climate change in a tweet, you know? I'm friending you back.

[evilpettingz00]

I think we would get along. :) Added!

[darkmarcy]

Yay, added back!

[flikkeren]

I see a lot in here that reminds me of me, and I dearly miss journal culture as well. Going to add you :)

[darkmarcy]

Great, I'll add you back!

[tropicsbear]

Subscribing! I'm also game for mutual access if you are :)

[darkmarcy]

Sure! :D

[aaronlisa]

We have a few fandom things in common. I am trying to get back into regular journaling because I miss the old days of it. I feel like social media is too impersonal as well as scary.

When I post I tend to post about RL - either work, my cats and the like. Add me if you'd like.

[darkmarcy]

Added! Anti-social media blogging is so much nicer than public tidbits to everyone :D I post mostly about the banality and wonder of RL too

[foliedemars]

Whovians Unite!!! Big Doctor Who fan, occasional cosplay and all.

I'm brand new here and would love some friends. Thank you for considering. :)

[darkmarcy]

You seem cool, welcome to what the hell this is! :D

[quodthey]

you seem really interesting! i was on lj for years and i really miss journal culture - would love to see posts in my Reading page that lead to actual discussions. friending you :)

[darkmarcy]

That's very kind of you to say, welcome to see if I am interesting in practice at all xD

[yarrowkat]

another older-than-i-should-be veteran of the LJ strikethrough here. ;) i am attached to long-form journal entries and love reading others. i migrated here in 2017 and have no regrets. your real life sounds very interesting! friends?

[darkmarcy]

I seem to say this often but sure, welcome to whatever the hell this is!

[theuncertainhour]

Hello fellow Doctor Who and Endeavour fan! A few of our interests overlap - plus we seem to agree on the important things - so I've added you. I went from LJ to Tumblr and I really miss the journal aspect of things so I'm hoping to create a new group of friends on here!

[darkmarcy]

Oh yeah, I too remember when LJ turned into a ghost town and everyone flocked to tumblr and... here we go again xD I hope you'll have fun here!