In the strangest of places

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CRYSTAL CASTLES. If I could find a working console, SO MANY QUARTERS.

Also Centipede.

I don't much care. The exchange of valentines in my son's first-grade class was very cute. I never had big expectations from my partner on Valentine's Day, so I'm not missing out on anything gigantic or extravagant. But this year I admit to a bit of sensitivity around the issue of being single, especially in terms of being a single parent. And of course the holiday does a great job of reminding me of that. *sigh*

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Somebody To Love. It has all the best elements of a Queen song--theatrics, a campy backup chorus, heartfelt lyrics, a melody that shows off Freddie's range... the only thing missing is a longer guitar solo but the short one that exists is a killer. And it's meaningful.

Second best: Play the Game. For pretty much all the same reasons as Somebody to Love.

Honorable mention: Killer Queen. Fastidious and precise.

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Sure, plenty! Starting with Being There, and Harold and Maude.

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No to the first question. I'm pretty open in real life although I have a lot less time to spend actually relating to other people, so there are things I discuss mostly here these days, but there's nothing I talk about here that's off-limits in real life.

Regarding the second question: I have a big crockpot of stew simmering on my countertop right now. That is ENTIRELY due to my LJ friends. I hope it turns out OK. I cut up a huge hunk of beef for the stew--my first time, and it was one of the grossest things I've ever done. But if this stew turns out OK then it was worth the hassle. I love having so many LJ friends that are good with homemaker stuff! I have never put much energy there before.

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Two winged cherubs riding on the Liberty Bell.

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Probably, yeah. I also think that reptiles shouldn't be kept as pets. I think that pets should be thoroughly domesticated animals who enjoy and seek the company of humans (i.e., cats and dogs, maybe bunnies and pigs, and the odd rodent.)

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I don't know who introduced me... if there was a particular person I don't remember who it was. I used to browse online diary sites, including mydiary, and LiveJournal came up on my searches a few times. I played with the idea of starting one, but it's weird to think about why or how one would journal publicly. I always liked the idea of having a journal online, since I've lost several paper journals and I'm always online anyway. But whether to go public or private and what to write about hung me up for a long time.

Then I got pregnant!

So I started a journal for Blue. That was easy--clear purpose, a defined audience (my family), clear boundaries for what I would and would not write.

It took me more than a year to start this more personal journal, but by then I had the hang of LJ, understood how the communities and the privacy settings work, and really REALLY needed a place to vent and get some support. My personal life was very tough when I started this LJ.

Along the way I started another one strictly for links and articles. I kept running across stuff I wanted to be able to refer back to, but I didn't want to clutter up this LJ with that stuff. So spread_word was born. I joined a bunch of communities for grammar and spelling, uh, enthusiasts with that LJ too, hence the icon. I really need to change that icon! Ha ha. Anyway, now I have a few people friended to that LJ though it's really mostly just a collection of stuff, not a lot of discussion. I put almost all my spirituality-related links there because I am afraid of chasing people away from my regular LJ with that stuff. Christianity really seems to offend people these days. *sigh*

Anyway, that's my story!