I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath

[blamethewizard]

Well, now that I got my political irritation out, I will say "Hello" to the lovely new people from the Merlin Friending Meme.

My name is Alissa, and I currently live in Cambridge, MA. I am 26 and work part-time at a pizza place while I look for full time work (victim of the economic downturn, but that's okay) and ponder a return to school. I have my B.A. in Geology but I'd be going back for Environmental Science.

Anyway, I generally use this journal for fandom-related things, like my recent forays into writing fic. I still find the fact that I am actually writing anything rather funny asI had long labeled myself Not A Writer. Having been around various fandoms, on and off, for 10+ years mostly as a lurker, my level of participation in Merlin related stuff still surprises me (in a good way). The first fic I ever read was in 1999, just after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace came out, so that's where I started out.

Anyway, I also love to read, am a pretty avid sea kayaker (out of season right now, though) and really enjoy  just walking around the city. I'm not a photographer in the sense that I've had training, but I also like to take pictures while doing one of several outdoor sports (hiking, paddling, etc) or of interesting things I find around my hometown.

So I hope that is enough of an intro. It's hard to pin oneself down in a post, and I am out of practice! I did have an LJ that I kept for years, so maybe I just need to get back into the swing of things.

Oh, and I'm DarthRocky over at Twitter if you're into that kind of thing.

Comments

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I used to rock hound when we'd go on trips out west! Plus I collected for years.

I also label myself as Not A Writer, even though I've been writing for ages.

Star Wars!

[blameitonmerlin.livejournal.com]

I love collecting rocks from the places I visit. I have been known to take a lot longer on hikes than normal due to my side-tracking picking up rocks and analyzing them along the way. I'm a geek like that :)

Yes, Star Wars is my original fandom. Watched the original series as a young kid and never looked back :). It's funny, because I have no idea how I came across the fic I read, but I remember it clearly because it was slash and I had no idea what that was at the time. I probably found it through AltaVista or one of those old search engines.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I also tend to collect rocks still when I'm visiting places but most of my collection is in boxes in the basement.

I've been a Star Wars fan since 1977 and TPM reopened that love. However, with the EU books, I just go tired of it so my new love is Merlin! Yah! I'm still writing in the SW universe only because I always finish the stories I start. But I'm not a Writer, just someone who tells stories.

Oh, dear, slash at a young age. I send my kid links to things in Merlin but only non-slash. She's 15 and I figure she's read slash but I'm not encouraging her until she's older.

[blameitonmerlin.livejournal.com]

I read a lot of the EU books, but couldn't get into the NJO ones and basically got tired of it too.

As for underage slash, I was 15 at the time and had no idea what I was reading until I got halfway through and said "ohhh". It was pretty funny in retrospect. Those days everyone hosted their fic on Geocities sites or on forums; warnings and disclaimers were pretty scarce too. Amazing how things have taken off!