Hello!

[nimueth]

NAME: Olivia
AGE: 32
INTERESTS & HOBBIES: I like to draw a lot, and mostly make fanart of whatever I'm fixated on at any given time. I like to take long walks as I listen to music that fills me with energy. I enjoy knitting, and though I first learned the basics 5 years ago, I still consider myself a beginner (the most complex thing I've ever knitted was a slouchy hat, hahah). I love everything sci-fi, both hard sci-fi and sci-fi that flips the bird to science. Aliens, monsters, mutants, if it's big, scary, and unknown, it has my full attention. I love animated movies and cartoons and I don't discriminate between old and new- I love the roundness of old toons just as much as I love the angular look of those of modern times. I'm very fascinated with robots and I'm looking forward to the day we'll all have a sophisticated robotic A.I. in our homes (probably won't happen in my lifetime sigh). I love cats and dogs, and my home doesn't feel complete without at least one furball (or wrinkly ball- I love, love, LOVE Sphynx cats!). <3

LOOKING FOR: Mainly personal journals. I was on DeadJournal until LiveJournal opened the gates to the general public, which if I remember correctly was sometime in 2003. I came to Dreamwidth shortly after LJ redesigned the look of comment pages, and removed subject lines in late 2011. So I practically grew up with online journals, and I still view my DW as a central point in my online presence, though admittedly the recent trend of microblogging has somewhat killed my mojo. I'm ok with fandom content, as my own journal is a mix of both RL and fannish stuff, but I'm looking to get to know people on a more personal level. I'm not interested in RP and fanfic journals.
ANYTHING ELSE?: I'm queer, non-binary, left leaning, childfree, and suffering from MDD and anxiety (both diagnosed by a professional, if that makes a difference to you), so that should give you a very good idea of what I'm not looking for. Life is pretty crappy if you don't conform, so I'd like to expand my online circle with like-minded individuals.
ALSO KNOWN AS: I'm Nimueth everywhere unless it's taken. I'm on most platforms, but I'm planning to drastically decrease my activity on them, and instead really focus on rebuilding a space here on DW. I'm not opposed to adding people on, say, Twitter, but I'd prefer to get to know them on a more personal level first. This is because I'm tired of the background noise of microblogging sites, they feel too fast paced and overstimulating in a bad way, so I'd rather not add more movement to my dashboards right now. It's different once I get to know someone, because then I know I'm interested in what they have to say!

Comments

[zesty_pinto]

Hi, I post about my life on here as a way to vent out my life without using regular social media. I'll usually obsess on some hobby or another, so you'd have to deal with that, but aside from that I'm always looking for an excuse to keep refreshing my reading page.

You might eventually hear me talk about getting kids since I have a fiancee that is getting pressured about it though, just to warn, but the rest I'm totally cool with.

[nimueth]

Oh, I'm fine with parents and future parents! I work as a baby-sitter, so I'm used to kids, I only mention that I'm childfree, because I do occasionally rant about people getting all up in my business about my choice.

[zesty_pinto]

Whew, good to know! Thanks for the add, and I'll look forward to keeping up with your life, misadventures, and maybe even potential gripes about the Naked Emperor in our office.

[dray]

Hi Olivia (or if you prefer to go by your journal name, I can do!)

Sounds like we have many similar interests. I'm in the same place right now, wanting to be more active on a personal journal (even if I've fallen a bit off the horse wrt posting every day, woops)--and it's nice to get to know folks in journal format.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the snowflake challenge entries. It's a nice way to get to know folks. :)

[nimueth]

Either is fine!

Yeah, the likes of Twitter and Tumblr really killed the motivation for long winded, personal posts, haven't they?

I really need to catch up with the snowflake challenge, I'm still at day 5! x_x

[zetetopia]

I use my journal on a personal level, write and consume science fiction (outside of DW), love love love pets, and am childfree. Adding you!

[nimueth]

Adding you back!

[workday_dreamer]

Hi Olivia. I mostly post day to day stuff, although that sometimes can drop off when I get too caught up in work. I'm not very expressive and I ramble sometimes. We have a cat and a dog and I sometimes write post about something that I have baked.

[nimueth]

Ah, I love baking! Pastries, in particular. I like to try out new recipes from time to time!

[workday_dreamer]

Ooo! I haven't tried too many pastry recipes, but I hope to make some Danish pastries sometime this year!

[witchymint]

Hi, I'm Lena! I'm 30, queer and also childfree. And high five for Sphynx cats, I've been trying to talk my wife into getting one once our two cats pass away but she won't budge :( I mostly talk about my life, the books I read, the whole shebang.

Would you like to give it a go?

[nimueth]

Hello fellow Sphynx enthusiast! Sadly mine passed away in 2015, but he was the best boy! <3 Hopefully, given time, your wife will ease into the idea of having a wrinkly goofball in the house!

And sure, I added you!

[borlandia]

Your "anything else" section is pretty much me (aside from the non-binary, queer part). Added.

[nimueth]

Added back!

[slayer_bon]

hello. :)
glad to see someone who appreciates sphynx cats. they are so cute. I was friends with someone who had one... I miss seeing pics of that cat. such a cutie.
I am also nb and deal with anxiety... among other things. childfree and left-leaning as well, heh.

my journal is personal... though I don't write in it a whole lot. when I do, it tends to be kept short. I'm more timid on here since I don't know anyone 'round here on a personal basis. so I don't talk at length about most things.

I'm not sure if we share much in terms of interests, but I will add you!

[nimueth]

Sphynxes are like a drug for me, I love them to pieces! <3 Mine passed 4 years ago and I miss him terribly.

Don't worry, I understand! Short entries are nice too, they're easier to keep track of and comment on.

Added!

[yesgalaxies]

Hey there!

It sounds like we could possibly get along very well! I used to be really active on LJ, but then tumblr was suddenly the thing and took everyone away :/ I'd be lying if I said I hated that platform, I think it's nice to look at pretty things, but it's not very conducive to developing new friendships and connecting with people.

I'm also queer, childfree, I have an anxiety disorder (diagnosed) and love cats (and dogs).

Mind if I add you?

[nimueth]

Hard agree on Tumblr! I really dislike it now, but I used to be a big fan. I was suckered into it back when it first became popular (2010-ish?) and at first it was great, but soon I started noticing that talking to people was much, much harder. I tried to participate in conversations so many times, to no avail. It made me feel like there was no point in writing if I didn't have anything useful to say, which affected this journal too, so for a long time, before writing an entry, I would ask myself things like "is this thing I'm about to say benefiting anyone? If not, why should I share?" which was really frustrating. I think I deleted my "social" account in 2015, which was very liberating!

Woops, sorry for the words, that was longer than intended. Added! :)

[yesgalaxies]

I agree. I have fallen out of the habit of writing personal post now. I feel like nothing I have to say is interesting and it's all pointless when in fact the point of my journal is just to keep a record of what's happening in my life.

Hah, it's alright :) I added you back!