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keladry_lupinComment on this post and I will pick seven interests from your profile. You then make a post in your journal explaining what the interests are and what they mean to you.
Here are the seven that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
no1auntie picked out for me:
1. sheroes
The word has probably been used before, but I first heard of it when I was primarily in the Tamora Pierce fandom, about ten years ago. A shero is a brave dame; she's a good friend, loyal, doesn't compromise her values/principles, and she's got guts. My fictional sheroes include several of Jane Austen's protagonists (even though they do nothing more strenuous than walk three miles to tend to a sick sister), women who go to war, and women who are somewhere in between.
2. john williams
I've been seeking out his music since I first saw Star Wars, when I was three. He comes to SoCA every summer and conducts his own music at the Hollywood Bowl, which is always a treat. I listen to movie soundtracks when I write my fics -- music that's written for films usually tells a very definite story, but there are no words to distract me from the words I'm trying to conjure -- and Williams' themes are among my favorites.
3. counted cross-stitch
It's a kind of embroidery, where you use a fabric that's woven with holes in it to form a grid. Then you use colored thread (embroidery floss) to stitch little X-shapes on the fabric. The different colors are like dots in a Seurat painting or pixels in a jpeg; they all combine to form a beautiful picture. I first learned when I was eleven or twelve. I did it for about a decade, dropped it for about a decade, and have recently started stitching again. It's time-consuming, but a soothing activity.
4. bookmarks
I love bookmarks. I collect bookmarks, actually. For about twenty years, I never bought a book without also buying some silly bookmark with a yarn tassel.
5. star wars
Star Wars is my first fandom, the first movie experience I can remember, my first love (Luke Skywalker), and my first exposure to my favorite composer (#2). It's the story of the classical hero, but it's shown in a unique setting, and unlike most of the set-in-space films made before then, everything's kind of knackered and tired and half worn out. I still pull out my OT DVDs and watch them once or twice a year.
6. greek mythology
The stories in Greek mythology are the sum of all wisdom, I think. My favorite stories emphasize traits that I try to cultivate in myself, like loyalty, humility, generosity, and respect. On a more superficial level, they're just good tales. There's suspense and war and romance there; the good are rewarded and the evil are punished.
7. freedom of speech
This one came from an LJ problem two or three years ago, not unlike last year's Strikeout fiasco. LJ users were being censored for having questionable content on their blogs; to show solidarity, other users were encouraged to delete all their interests and just have freedom of speech. I never took it out, though I restored my profile page to its original form a month after the debacle. There's a lot of stuff out there that I don't want to be exposed to, that I consider offensive. I'm not sure where the balance comes -- between someone else's right to say something and MY right not to hear something I don't want to hear -- but, prissy as I am, I am against censorship.
Here are the seven that
no1auntie picked out for me: 1. sheroes
The word has probably been used before, but I first heard of it when I was primarily in the Tamora Pierce fandom, about ten years ago. A shero is a brave dame; she's a good friend, loyal, doesn't compromise her values/principles, and she's got guts. My fictional sheroes include several of Jane Austen's protagonists (even though they do nothing more strenuous than walk three miles to tend to a sick sister), women who go to war, and women who are somewhere in between.
2. john williams
I've been seeking out his music since I first saw Star Wars, when I was three. He comes to SoCA every summer and conducts his own music at the Hollywood Bowl, which is always a treat. I listen to movie soundtracks when I write my fics -- music that's written for films usually tells a very definite story, but there are no words to distract me from the words I'm trying to conjure -- and Williams' themes are among my favorites.
3. counted cross-stitch
It's a kind of embroidery, where you use a fabric that's woven with holes in it to form a grid. Then you use colored thread (embroidery floss) to stitch little X-shapes on the fabric. The different colors are like dots in a Seurat painting or pixels in a jpeg; they all combine to form a beautiful picture. I first learned when I was eleven or twelve. I did it for about a decade, dropped it for about a decade, and have recently started stitching again. It's time-consuming, but a soothing activity.
4. bookmarks
I love bookmarks. I collect bookmarks, actually. For about twenty years, I never bought a book without also buying some silly bookmark with a yarn tassel.
5. star wars
Star Wars is my first fandom, the first movie experience I can remember, my first love (Luke Skywalker), and my first exposure to my favorite composer (#2). It's the story of the classical hero, but it's shown in a unique setting, and unlike most of the set-in-space films made before then, everything's kind of knackered and tired and half worn out. I still pull out my OT DVDs and watch them once or twice a year.
6. greek mythology
The stories in Greek mythology are the sum of all wisdom, I think. My favorite stories emphasize traits that I try to cultivate in myself, like loyalty, humility, generosity, and respect. On a more superficial level, they're just good tales. There's suspense and war and romance there; the good are rewarded and the evil are punished.
7. freedom of speech
This one came from an LJ problem two or three years ago, not unlike last year's Strikeout fiasco. LJ users were being censored for having questionable content on their blogs; to show solidarity, other users were encouraged to delete all their interests and just have freedom of speech. I never took it out, though I restored my profile page to its original form a month after the debacle. There's a lot of stuff out there that I don't want to be exposed to, that I consider offensive. I'm not sure where the balance comes -- between someone else's right to say something and MY right not to hear something I don't want to hear -- but, prissy as I am, I am against censorship.
