Hi!

[grayswandir]

NAME: Grayswandir (LJ: _grayswandir_)

AGE: 35

INTERESTS: Books and literature, languages, philosophy, mythology, religious studies, classical studies. Various fandoms (see below). Miniatures. Really old horror movies. David Bowie, The Cure, Pink Floyd. Charlie Chaplin. Monty Python. Tea. My latest ongoing obsession is basically "Hong Kong pop culture of the 80s and 90s" (or just any movie/show/record/whatever involving Andy Lau), so if you add me, you may end up seeing a lot of posts about that...

HOBBIES: Reading. Writing. Drawing/painting. Making and photographing miniature sets. Collecting vintage My Little Ponies (and maintaining a major collector's website on same). Studying stuff.

FANDOMS: I'm not really active in any fandoms right now, but in the past my main ones have been Lord of the Rings, M*A*S*H, Sherlock Holmes (mostly bookverse), Star Trek TOS, Les Miserables, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Harry Potter. I'd probably be writing fic for The Duke of Mount Deer (TVB 1984) right now if only it had a fandom in English. :P

JOURNAL: My entries are mostly excited and/or reflective ramblings about stuff I'm currently doing (reading, watching, learning, obsessing over), sometimes with pics behind a cut tag. (Lately I seem to spend most of my time trying to find excuses to avoid writing my doctoral thesis. One of my professors, observing my sudden irrelevant passion for learning Chinese, said, "You've taken procrastination to a whole new level." This is probably a fair character note for me.)

LOOKING FOR: Anybody who wants to be friends, really. :) I've been hoping for years that LiveJournal would somehow resurrect, but it's not looking like that's in the cards, so I'm finally trying out DW.

Comments

[silver_chipmunk]

You sound interesting so I'm adding you. I'm a 56 year old divorced librarian in New York City, with two cats and a turtle, and a married daughter. I'm not always very interesting, but I write unfailingly every day so you'll always have a post to read.

[grayswandir]

Just added you back. Looking forward to hearing more about the cats and turtle! :)

[gatheringrivers]

Oh, that's because LJ got bought up by the Russians, and the servers have been over there too now for a few years.

[witchka]

Those sets are darling and we share at least a few favourite fandoms, I think we might get on alright. :)

I'm currently humming and harring about a dolls house I want to build and a lot of trek, personally.

[grayswandir]

I think we might get on alright.

Hah, yes, it sounds like we might! :D

[howsmyenglish]

hi! we have so much in common I don't know where to start. well... take out the Hong Kong-something that I don't know: we share almost everything else. including taking a long time to write the doctoral dissertation. I'd love to be friends!

[grayswandir]

Awesome. :D I'm happy to add you back!

including taking a long time to write the doctoral dissertation

Aaaaaagh why is it so hard. :|

[howsmyenglish]

I'm looking forward to getting to know you and finding out why it's so hard for you;) I've gone through many stages, but the one we all have in common, I think, is that it gives us an inferiority complex and we never believe to be good enough. Still. We'll manage. You'll see.

[earthspirits]

We have several interests in common (including classic horror films, David Bowie, reading / writing / books, art, photography, etc.). I'm also a fan of classic horror actors, most especially Boris Karloff and Vincent Price, but also Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing.

Would you like to add each other to our access and subscription circles?

Thank you and best wishes! : )

[grayswandir]

Yes, I'll definitely add you. :) It looks like we do have a lot in common!

For some reason, Lugosi is my favorite of the classic horror guys, though I also love Karloff and concede that he's a much better actor. The other guys are great too, especially Price. And I might add Peter Lorre to the list. :)

[earthspirits]

Thank you, and have just added you back. : )

Oh yeah, I love Peter Lorre too! One of my favorites of his films is "The Mask of Dimitrios" -
most especially as he's the main character, and a good guy!

[grayswandir]

I haven't seen The Mask of Dimitrios, but Lorre in a leading non-villainous role sounds like something I need to find. Looks like it's "currently unavailable" on Amazon (but with almost a five-star rating, wow). I'll keep looking for it. :)

[rebeccarobota]

Care to follow me? Books, languages, religion, and mythology are all my cups of tea, and while I am not into miniatures per se, I adore seeing other people's collections of tiny things.

[grayswandir]

Awesome. I just glanced at your journal, and was interested to see your thoughts on Metropolis. And I love that your cat is named Catbus. XD

[zhelana]

we seem to have a few things in common. Friends?

[grayswandir]

Sure! Looks like we've got a couple of friends in common, too. :)

[sparrowfart]

You had me at books! Adding you!! (I really need to get back into M*A*S*H)

[sparrowfart]

(Also I had a peek at your dA, and g o s h)

[grayswandir]

Awesome, adding you back. :D Trek icons, yay!

g o s h

Hah, I had actually forgotten what I even had up over there. Maybe I should have put a slash warning with the link... XD

[megustalations]

Holy crap, your art is amazing! Also: Blast from the absolute past with the vintage MLPs. I remember playing with those when I was a kid. Can't for the life of me remember which of the ponies I had; I just remember having several of them.

Anyway — I've been hoping for years that LiveJournal would somehow resurrect. That has been me for the last I don't even know how long, too. I fell out of journalling back in the days when everyone did a pretty mass exodus over to tumblr, and while I tried to do the whole journalling thing on tumblr for a little while... it just wasn't the same. I'm super hoping to reconnect with that sense of community again through DW. So... friends? :D Here's a bit about me. No pressure to add me if you feel my journal wouldn't be to your liking. :)

[grayswandir]

Hi there! And thanks! :) I actually saw your post on the community and thought you sounded interesting, but I was hesitant to add you mostly because of the BDSM thing -- not because I have any problem with BDSM specifically, but because I basically try to avoid seeing/reading anything sexually descriptive at all (I'm asexual and am kind of grossed out by, like, everything about the human body). So unfortunately I think it might not work out. If I'm misunderstanding your post, though, or if you plan to keep the sex/TMI stuff behind cut tags anyway, just let me know. :)

[megustalations]

Yeah nah, I lj-cut pretty much everything, as I write walls of text usually. I definitely lj-cut any discussions about BDSM, with appropriate NSFW labels/warnings. It's cool if you don't feel comfortable mutually adding each other, though. Totally get it, man! Let me know either way - I won't be offended if you'd prefer to pass. :)

[tcpip]

> Books and literature, languages, philosophy, mythology, religious studies, classical studies.<

All of this counts as shared interests.

Also some mutual interests in the fandoms.

I'll add you!

[weedpizza]

I know I'm kind of late to this post, but - you seem really cool!! I like how you're so eclectic with your interests! I'd love it if we could be DW pals!

Also, your website is amazing! I own quite a few vintage ponies myself, along with other vintage toys I collect.

So yeah, have a look at my profile and my public posts (especially the stickies), and if you're interested, add me! I'd add you back, of course! No pressure, or anything.

P.S. Favorite Bowie album? Or top 3 (because I know how hard it is to choose just one!)? Mine (at the moment, at least):

1. The Man Who Sold the World
   
2. Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
   
3. Hunky Dory
   

[grayswandir]

Hi! Happy to add you. :) I don't post about toys and miniatures as much as I used to, but I'm hoping to get back to it. :)

It's very hard to pick even three favorite Bowie albums! A lot of different ones have been my favorites at different times, definitely including the ones on your list. I think right now I would choose:

1. Scary Monsters
2. Station to Station
3. Heathen

[beach_baby]

We have a bunch of similar interest. And you like Star Trek so you can't be a terrible person...:P

I'm also on LJ, i post to both though.

[corvi]

Is your username a reference to a fandom not listed?

[grayswandir]

Yes, yes it is. :D