Thought I would do something strange and unusual tonight, so here's a LJ update *g*. I started this LJ as strictly a fandom journal and now that my corner of fandom is a lot quieter, I haven't really been sure what to do with this space. I like the idea of blogging about my life - mainly as something I can read back, but I came into fandom when the attitude was mostly (though not always) that you did not share much personal information about yourself at all - RL and fandom squee was pretty separate, so the trend of linking together all your accounts and using your real name, and being quite, quite open about liking and reading fanfiction is kind of weird to me still. Slash fanfiction in particular. I'm still adjusting to the fact of how much that's in the spotlight now.

But I'll share a bit. I bought a car this month, which makes me very happy and full of squee. ( Car picture, clothes shopping and travel plansCollapse )

I've loved this poetry month and all the people posting poems. Thank you all. Some I've known and some I discovered so it's been really special. I've discovered Mary Oliver (her collected poems are in my Amazon wishlist right now), and I thought I would contribute one that is especially poignant to my life right now.

( The Journey by Mary OliverCollapse )