Meet/read new people?

[elizaria]

It's Monday and I have so much to do and yet here I am. Because it's MF Monday. So before I run off to check some stuff off of my lists, I figured we could maybe do a friending meme of sort. As in, anyone wanna meet new people on Dreamwidth?

I've seen a lot of people talking about meeting new people overe here and so, there's 75 people reading this comm, so why not do it in here. But anyone's welcome to join the meme :)

(If you guys think this is a bad idea, tell me and I won't OT post again.)

<b>Name</b>: <b>Age</b>: <b>Location</b>: <b>Interest type things</b>: <b>Favourite shoedesigner/brandname:</b> <b>Favorite TV shows</b>: <b>Favorite music</b>: <b>Fandom Y/N?</b>: <b>Anything else you want to say</b>: <b>Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community?</b>


Name: elizaria/M
Age: 32
Location: Sweden somewhere
Interest type things: Shoes is obvious. Reading (I iz librarian), webdesign (used to, rather no time these days), houserenovations, fandoms.
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: Bronx, fit my feet like a glove and I can afford them. Non affordable crazy hot uncomfortable shoes; Louboutin or McQueen.
Favorite TV shows: Current is Southland, hands down. Go see it if you haven't!
Favorite music: Rammstein, Adam Lambert, Metallica, Paradise Lost, Deathstars, The Nationals (Southland's fault), and so much more. Usually the metal stuff mixed with 80s stuff.
Fandom Y/N?: Y \0/
Anything else you want to say: Busy, not online as much as I want to, longs for spring, hopes to win tickets to see Mr. Lambert live in Sthlm 31st March. Also the rockfestivals I'm off to see this summer; rockweekend.se and se.sonispherefestival.net
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? vindiesel (which I haven't updated in a while, will get to that soon but anyone's welcome to join and post), theboathouse (NCIS LA tvseries), icons & iconic because I always love to see new icons. And dreamwidthlayouts because I'm greedy and always wants new layouts.


ETA: Apparently there's a big Non-Fannish Friending Meme by liv @ "If you would like find some new, interesting people to read, or make new friends, or just help highlight how much cool stuff there is on DW, please comment to this post." if you wanna check it out :)

Pimp it away people :)

Comments

[elizaria]

Mmmm Office shoes, I really did like that shop when I visited UK.

Donk? I listen too a lot of music but i suck at genre names LMAO

Anything in particular you want recs of? I read a lot of stuff in several fandoms and per usual I at least have other people's reclists to point at :)

ooh, sure, count me in!

[ursamajor]

Name: ursamajor
Age: 32
Location: Bostonish-area (Camberville for wicked locals)
Interest type things: books, bikes, baseball. being an early adopter/gadget geek.
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: I'm relatively new to the shoes thing, but Keens fit my feet like they were custom-made and I'm half-seriously debating swapping half my existing shoe wardrobe for more Keens :) Except the Borns I wore to get married in (silver peeptoe pumps with faux snakeskin wrapped heels). And the Fluevogs I just got for a song (Suzy Qs).
Favorite TV shows: Currently, the only thing I'm inhaling faithfully is The Amazing Race, though that will change when Glee comes back next month. I love and adore Avatar (The Last Airbender) the cartoon; I mostly still like How I Met Your Mother; I recently gave up on The Office post-Jam-wedding.
Favorite music: According to iTunes, I've been playing the Glee album ridiculous amounts recently. Shock. Otherwise, I love music by people who can sing well live, so this translates into Dar Williams, Vienna Teng, Charlotte Martin, Tori Amos, Great Big Sea, Moxy Fruvous, Barenaked Ladies. And also awesome instrumental music, like the Final Fantasy soundtracks, Explosions in the Sky ...
Fandom Y/N?: Fannish lurker; I read panfandomly, but haven't had a "One True Fandom" since the X-Files. I'm interested in getting into vidding, but not sure where to start ...
Anything else you want to say: Hi, shoey people!
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? earwormhole, for all your musical earworm-sharing needs. \o/

Re: ooh, sure, count me in!

[elizaria]

Oooh, will def look up that music comm. Also if your into people who can sing awesomingly live I'd suggest checking Adam Lambert out. When i heard what he did acousticly is when I really became a fan - his music isn't really mine but what he can do with his voice certainly is a thing of beauty. /pimp

When it comes to reading fic I don't really have a fandom, I read all sorts of stuff so that would probably fit panfandomly habits. But I'm so sucky w time that active fandoms are few and far inbetween. Haven't even had a chance to watch Glee.

[dhampir984]

I don't have a problem with the OT. It's part of that community forming thing.


Name: dhampir984
Age: Old enough to not answer directly. But real close to Elizaria.
Location: North Dakota, USA
Interest type things: I'm a geek. I play RPGs, video games, computer games. A TV junkie with a TiVo.
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: I've been gravitating towards Nine West for awhile. I go more for a favorite style than name/designer.
Favorite TV shows: Supernatural, House, Fringe, Dexter, Life Unexpected, Big Bang Theory, How I met Your Mother, Smallville. And more.
Favorite music: Rock, occassionally I dip into a good pop song, some rap/hip hop. Depends on the artist.
Fandom Y/N?: Y
Anything else you want to say: I do a lot of online stuff while at work. So I can totally hide a lot of shoe gazing at work.
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? Not really. I like it here.

[elizaria]

:)

[dhampir984]

all i get is a smile? sheesh!

[elizaria]

I'd give you a standing ovation, except my couch's too comfy to bother to move. My hand's doing the wave though.

[dhampir984]

That lil bio so does not deserve a standing ovation. ;p

[jest]

Name: Jest
Age: Older than mp3s but younger than cassettes.
Location: Scotland
Interest type things: books, climbing, traveling,
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: Fly London, Doc Martins, Fluevogs
Favorite TV shows: Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mad Men
Favorite music: CBC radio
Fandom Y/N?: Hell yeah!
Anything else you want to say: Really like this comm!
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? fourwalls is my community devoted to interiors. I should update it more.

[finch]

Ooh, interiors. I was wondering if there was a decor comm over here.

[elizaria]

Yes please update it more :) (says the person who barely manages to update this one Lol) I haven't had time to add my 2c to it, but I'm always a sucker for a good pattern

[zeldaophelia]

Name: zeldaophelia
Age: 31
Location: Middle of the US
Interest type things: Reading, writing, my cats, shoes
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: I adore Borns and Soffts are so freaking comfortable.
Favorite TV shows: Castle, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY
Favorite music: Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Great Big Sea,
Fandom Y/N?: OMG Yes
Anything else you want to say: While I crosspost between Dreamwidth and LJ, I'm in the process of trying to do more over here. So, yanno, totally looking for new awesome people to read. :D
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? get_your_groove_on_friday is a great way to start the weekend.

[elizaria]

Haven't tried Castle yet but i really want to, except there's always that thing of lack of time. Criminal Minds I followed slavishly till the current season when there wasn't time. I'll probably catch up soon and gorge myself on it for several hours :) I love that show even if it's sometimes so utterly sad.

Ooohh, that's an interesting comm. Will def check it out later :D

[dhampir984]

Castle is pretty good. Kinda formulaic, but nicely amusing with some good characters.

[elizaria]

You're all awesome for doing this, I had a loooong day and am crashing into bed now, but please pimp this away and see if we can get some more in on this :D

Cya tomorrow

[finch]

Name: Jack
Age: 29
Location: Arizona
Interest type things: Fashion, vintage, costume, art. Writing, reading, other stuff.
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: I love the high end stuff but the brand I own more of than any other is Doc Martens.
Favorite TV shows: Um, I've been watching Dexter on DVD
Favorite music: 30 Seconds to Mars, Everclear, Bad Religion, Rancid, Placebo, U2, MGMT, Lady Gaga
Fandom Y/N?: Y, sort of.
Anything else you want to say: I don't post about shoes so much, or fashion in general, though I do maintain a steampunk/vintage photoblog on tumblr.

[elizaria]

I love Doc's - too bad they're hard to get and expensive as well over here :(

30 seconds to March i saw as foreband to Linkin Park (BFF's fav band) and was pleasantly surprised, and have continued to listen to some of their stuff :)

I'm curious about that tumblr photoblog. Link?

[finch]

I get a lot of my Docs secondhand, which cuts the cost quite a bit. :)

The blog is at http://www.dieselpunk.net

[delight]

Name: Rue
Age: 21
Location: New York
Interest type things: Books, photos (looking at and taking), music (listening to and making), doodling, medicine, dogs, fashion ... other stuff ...
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: Steve Madden and Danskos, depending on if I'm hanging out or working.
Favorite TV shows: Skins, House, CSI: NY. Those are the only things that are actually still airing.
Favorite music: Talking Heads, The Doors, Matchbox Twenty, The New Pornographers, The Cab, other things beginning with 'the' such as The National, The Format and others ... Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Sirsy, Mike Doughty, Muse, Metric, Eve 6, Remy Zero, Lit, Barenaked Ladies, Lifehouse, Nine Inch Nails, Maximo Park, Yeasayer, Empires, Beck, Third Eye Blind ... maybe I should stop there. It's hard for me to narrow down a favorite.
Fandom Y/N?: Not a bit. (Sometimes I read Skins fic if someone I know has written it, but that's not really any sort of involvement in fandom.)
Anything else you want to say: See above as part of a disclaimer; over at LJ I was frequently told to "stop talking about [my] life and talk about fandom instead," and considering I've never been involved in fandom I got very tired of that very fast. If you are looking for all fandom all the time, you do not want me. I tend toward talking about my life and my career as well as my creative endeavors. Sometimes (okay, a lot) it's medical in nature, though I try to put anything potentially TMI under cuts. Also, I communicate poorly in writing. Uh.
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? I'm going to be making a music sharing comm at some point; factfinding is quiet but extant, style_salon, fucking_meds, bags.

I meant to do this yesterday. sorry.

[willidan]

Name: Willidan
Age: 35
Location: Middle of the USA
Interest type things: shoes, handbags, reading
Favourite shoedesigner/brandname: Clarkes (for now)
Favorite TV shows: I don't watch TV
Favorite music: Changes from day to day
Fandom Y/N?: Yes
Anything else you want to say: Too much on my mind to focus on one or two things right now.
Anything other on DW you wanna pimp; user/community? bleach_fanfiction cause it's so woefully quiet right now.