First things first: Not dead. Hi! In lieu of explanation, I'll just dive right in.

So over at Forbes, Tara Tiger Brown posts Dear Fake Geek Girls: Please Go Away, where she tells us that, back in the day, she had to rub sticks together to make *fire*, and lol! kids today, they got lighters and matches and stuff. So weak! Gotta do the time! Or the geek equivalent thereof. I've got at least 10 years on her so *sporfle* to her 'you kids, get off my lawn!' thing.

Haven't we had this discussion before? Sigh.

( So I posted a response. )

( Romany also defends the TwiHards in the same post. )

One thing I can thank her for, I decided to think and speak again. *g*

Thoughts?

With laughter and rage that is. I've neglected my in-box for far too long and just had to delete a kabillionity spam comments. Like hyenas, they've sensed that this is a dying journal. Sigh. This gazelle's not dead yet!

RL is still BLARGH! but I'm once again taking a WoW break. I just got hit by a big ol' bucket of "Why am I doing this again?", especially since I have growing Romanitas, and did the LOG OUT of doom. WoW will go on without me, I'm sure. *g*

( TV shows what I am watching, yay! )

A long time coming: Thank you, denyce and discord26 for the lovely v-gifts.

Is everyone on Dreamwidth now? I do not know the fannish climate anymore!

In other words: Hi!

Happy Halloween to all! *wishes goodies for everyone*

Now I'm off to help the Romanitas celebrate. Hopefully, I won't have to peel them off the ceiling later. *g*

On the advice of a friend, I decided to give the American premiere of Sherlock a try.

( I'm the closest thing he has to a friend... )

I am taking a WoW break because, as it turns out, I am a, big sigh, delicate flower and cannot handle ex-guild drama trauma. Woe! As the icon says, emotions suck, even if they're fantasyland, cartoon ones. So I said to myself, "Rom, you can always just gtfo." Oh, haha, yeah.

*flounces like a little girl*

As for fannish things, I did watch the season finale of Mad Men, am watching Boardwalk Empire (although, I cannot seem to get *involved* in it). Everything else, I'm hopelessly behind and a little lost.

*desperately needs a hug and big mug of tea*

So, um, how are things on LJ these days? Hi! *waves*

ETA: Spoilers for Boardwalk Empire in comments.

First off, I would like to thank the people who wished me a happy birthday, and a special thank you to svgurl for the lovely bear on my profile. I owe comments like an owing thing.

Second off, I would like to thank the person who nominated me for the WFAs 2009 (for one of only 2 stories that I posted that year). I'm almost embarassed since I've been gone for so long, but thank you for remembering me.

I'm more than a little confused as to the migration to Dreamwidth. Apparently LJ is doing Bad Things? I haven't really been around to understand. I have a permanent account here and my financial situation now is such as I can't really afford *another* journal account. I guess I'll just have to track everyone down.

Fannish things:

I've been watching Mad Men but haven't been able to coalesce any thinky thoughts.

I've also been watching The Guild because I have a short attention span these days (webisodes, yay!) and Felicia Day is *adorable*! She is, it's true! They also have two music vids out:

( Do You Want to Date My Avatar? )

( Game On )

Eep, I've never tried to embed video before, my apologies if this messes up your reading list.

But hugs to all! *waves*

I don't know why I thought I'd be able to jump right back into fandom. Just feel sort of...lost. Adrift. But I'm feeling lost in general, so that's okay? The velocity of fandom exceeds time itself? Not sure.

Sq..uee....eee...k.

Yep, my squee button broke. Need to get that fixed.

Darn.

Okay, confession time, I have had some spare time in the past year or so. Admittedly not as much as before, but some. And that time has been spent playing WoW. World of Warcraft. It all started so innocently. Mr. Romany said, "Hey, Rom, you might like this, give it a try." Next thing I know, I'm running end-game content, knee-deep in a guild, with my mouse hand turning into a claw on raid nights.

But without going into boring detail, this game broke me a little. More than a little.

I've been spending more time on my facebook lately, and I have a bit of crossover between here and there so I figured I should show my face here too.

How much I'll be around, I can't say, but I've missed you all terribly - also owe more than a few apologies.

I am alive. I made a resolution to get back and catch up. What? It's still January.

I am an owing person who owes: email, replies, and general good wishes.