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13 January 2007 @ 10:01 am
getting to knooowwwww you, getting to know all abouutt youuuu....  
ok, so it occurred to me over Christmas that my flist has grown to proportions that startle and surprise me. haha. I remember thinking I was in the money when there were 25 people. it occurred to me pretty rapidly after that that there is a large proportion of you that I know nothing about. it was one at a time sort of a deal and then I blinked overnight and...look at all the people. well gaw-llyy.

so I never thought I'd be making a post like this, but hey! I wanna know all about you :) well maybe not *all* about you, I don't need your entire life story or anything but you know...something interesting about you, a little hi-how-you-doin. it would also be interesting to find out what brought you to friend me, like a specific fic or what have you, especially if we've never spoken. I was a lurker for a long time, I know it's scary *coaxes you out of the woodwork with cookies, and milk for those who are not lactose intolerant* I don't bite. at least, not when I'm sober. that said, this isn't just for people I've never talked to before...there are plenty of you that I chat with occasionally and don't know much about. I wanna know more *is greedy*

ok, I'll go first. my name is Turkish and distinctive, so I go by Mel, here and elsewhere in RL. my dad immigrated here by himself for college when he was 16, where he met my mom. he's the type of person that is a frigging genius, but has so little common sense he needs help putting his pants on in the morning. though not literally, thank god. have a big sister who designs porn sites, among other things. yes, really. must run in the family *g* she and my brother-in-law both know about my fic and she reads it occasionally...my brother in law just settles for constant teasing and trying to make me apoplectic by pairing Jon Stewart with various other men, cuz...*secret guh*. Spangel is my otp, in case you've been hanging around here and somehow haven't gleaned that information. they're what brought me to the fandom, when I stumbled across a ship manifesto and went, omg, my two favorite characters have been fucking under my nose. though again not literally, and this time...damn. uh. what else. trying to carve out a career for myself in conservation, and some days I actually believe I might be able to pull that off, and get someone to pay me to boot. other days, not so much. proud to be a Texan *and* a Democrat, though some days I regret the former if never the latter. though the dems are pissing me off at the moment on one or two fronts. I'm not gonna get all political, although in RL I am. *very* political, hopefully in a well-informed way. and uh. my favorite color is purple and my favorite animal is the wombat, because they can kill predators with their ass. *snickers*

*takes a bow and dashes back to her seat*

your turn. *hopes someone takes her up on this and isn't left sitting alone in a room mumbling to herself till they come and take her away*

ETA: *loves this game* this is fun!
 
 
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molli[info]orchid_slayer on January 13th, 2007 04:32 pm (UTC)
Ok, I'll give it a shot...
My name is German and difficult to pronounce when you see how its spelled. The closest you can get is Molli, so that's what I go by. I'm probably one of the 'older' LJ people here. By profession I'm a baker, at one of the oldest bakeries in my city. Spangel brought me into this fandom, although I've loved slashing guys ever since Peter and Kermit from "Kung fu: The Legend Continues, that morphed into Ares/just about anybody, and then into Spangel. While Spangel is still my OTP, I have recently discovered a deep deep love for Spilliam! When I'm not occupied by the pretty boys, I have a husband, three daughters, three grand daughters, and a fourth grand daughter on the way to keep me busy. Hubby, youngest daughter and oldest daughter are amused at my 'obsession' Middle daughter (the pregnant one) Not so much. Oh yes, I also collect dolls....anything else you want to know, just ask.

hugs
molli
Mel: db tongue (by prophcygrl)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 04:58 pm (UTC)
very cool. is your family relatively recently over from germany, or did they just like the name?

baker! *drools all over you*

Spilliam is good too, man! I'm a fan of sticking either of the boys with nearly anyone, personally...because I'm always imagining that there is spangel lurking somewhere in the background, which means there's always a potential threesome *snerk*

very nice to meet you!
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Lani[info]ebonypsyche on January 13th, 2007 04:37 pm (UTC)
*wanders in looking for cookies*

Um hi. My name is...well my name is an abyss of issues that may one day turn to be a shrink's wet dream so I go by Lani *g*.

I'm 20 (and 8 days WHOO!) and I was born and mostly raised in Brooklyn (except for the times I was rasied in Flordia). I'm the oldest of 5 kids but I only live with one of my sisters and my mom and stepdad.


Ok boring stuff is out of the way. I tend to be blunt, irrational, passionate, logical and basically a snarky wallflower and I love it. Spander is my way of life though I do enjoy spangel, splindsey, and Angel/Lindsey. I'm an equal het girl too so I heart Faith/Lindsey, Faith/Spike and Faith/Sam (yes from SPN) as Faith one of my favorite characters and one of the characters I enjoy writing most. I heart the Wincest though I'm scared to write it.


Um then there's the whole acting passion and hopes in that for a carrer but that's another story.

* grabs cookies and opts for the rice milk*
Mel: spike pimp (by eyesthatslay)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:01 pm (UTC)
*gives you cookie*

happy belated birthday!!

god, faith/spike...I sometimes watch that scene in dirty girls over and over and over and have detailed fantasies of what might have been *cough* I think that's one of most well-played scenes of the series...it comes out very natural and so very *them*

unfortunately this town doesn't get the CW, so I am deprived of the joy that is spn. but hot boys! sometimes I still read the fic.

nice to meet you!
brunettepet[info]brunettepet on January 13th, 2007 04:38 pm (UTC)
In real life I'm a housewife who has the pleasure of living in Austin, Texas where it is raining cats and dogs right this second. My husband and I love music, and that's why we moved here. I read nearly all pairings in the Buffyverse - the characters seem to be omnivorous! I'm off to start "Descent" right now.
Mel: dawn hair back (by wednesday_icons)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:07 pm (UTC)
I love Austin. going there tomorrow actually. I am unfortunately trapped at the mo in College Station. for the next 4 years...shoot me now. music scene there's so fabulous, I was just telling someone the other day.

I'm a big pairing whore. and I *adore* Descent, although it's the sequel to Waiting, so if you haven't read that you should go catch it first! and calypso is one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet. enjoy!
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HellZiggy: me[info]hellziggy on January 13th, 2007 04:40 pm (UTC)
Hullo.
My name is Sharon and I'm a Spike addict.
LOL
When I started on LJ 4 1/2 years ago (damn! Can't believe it's been that long!) I had never watched Buffy & Angel and I'd never read fanfic. Now I've got all the eps on DVD, I read way too much Spike/Xander and Spike/Angel fic, and I've driven from Minneapolis to Toronto and also flown to L.A. for the sole reason of touching James Marsters. LJ has changed my life...

Anyway, non-fandom me: I live in Minneapolis with my luverly husband [info]hellbob and our two adorable HellCats, Gabriel and Lump. We've been married 12.5 years and together for 14.5. We're not sick of each other yet and he tolerates my Spike/James Marsters obsession. Neither of us design porn sites.
I work at a crappy data entry job which I don't particularly like, but I have 5 weeks of vacation a year. I'm in school part time for a Graphic Design degree. I love taking pictures and playing in PhotoShop. I have a stuffed Moose that travels with me and sometimes goes on adventures without me because he fits in friends suitcases and I don't. I have a Mac laptop & don't like PCs (except John Hodgman because he's adorable in the commercials). And when I order pizza it's all meat and cheese. No fish, fruit, fungus or vegetables on my pizza, thank you very much!
Mel: spike goofy beat-up face (by cappagraphi[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:14 pm (UTC)
lol. hiiii sharon! *snickers*

I've never met/seen James live and I doubt I ever will cuz I'll be a poor student till the day I die at this rate. maybe when he's old and gummy I'll be able to. lmao. who are we kidding, the man just gets more attractive as he ages.

my brother-in-law's brother lives in minneapolis :)

Neither of us design porn sites.
that made me snicker out loud. she's really brilliant at her job, if I may say so. she does web design/managing, and a bit of other-media graphic design as well, when her clients want a whole-graphic makeover.

when sis and the boy went on their honeymoon in turkey, they brought their friend's stuffed batz-maru (no clue how you spell that) so they could photograph him all over. they have a stuffed dog from this series she and I used to love as kids that gets travel-photo love as well. I just thought they were freaks, but lookie there, others out there that do it too!

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Smudgiboo[info]smudgiboo on January 13th, 2007 04:45 pm (UTC)
Okay, My story will probably have you wishing you were left in a room mumbling to yourself,it is so boring,but here goes. My name is Mollie. I quit college when I became unexpectantly got pregnant with my son. Now,10 years and two children later, I have gone back to both work and school. I am only 9 credits away from my bachelors degree in Legal Studies, and plan to continue on to get my masters. At 35 I'm still not sure exactly what my plans are after school. but finishing collge has always been a personal goal.
I found the fandom late. I didn't start watching until season 4, and immediately loved Spike. I was always a Spuffy shipper, though I was never really a big fan of Buffy (the character). I only discovered fanfiction about 7 months ago and was immediately hooked.
So, its safe to say I am a fanfic whore! I recently wrote my first piece of fiction EVER and I must say posting it was one of the scariest things I've ever done.
I'm not sure if I will write more or not, but I believe you should try everything once.*or at least thats what I told myself when I went skydiving last year*
My favorite color is also purple, and my favorite animal is probably a hippo, because they are living proof that you can be both fat and graceful!

*takes a bow and trips rushing back to her seat*
Mel: spike blaze (by oracleholly)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:20 pm (UTC)
you know, my mom went back to get her college degree when I was 7, and worked at it until I was in middle school, when she graduated. I think it's a very cool thing to make that decision to go back to school, because a lot of people just let that dream go, and I think it sets a really great example for kids...I never had a doubt that learning was a priority in my household :)

uh, I didn't find the fandom until after both series were over either. lmao. I watched the shows from the very beginning but then fell off around the time I started college, especially with buffy because I was a little bitter that they killed her off and then resurrected her. I cry every time I watch the gift, and I was still mourning too hard to watch season 6. later I watched the reruns on cable. such a thing as fanfic had honest to god never even occurred to me. I was a total virgin to fandom until I stumbled across that spangel manifesto, so I'd never even heard of slash and it was quite a shock.

heehee, hippos also rock my socks off. I'm an animal enthusiast of all species, really.

nice to meet you!
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.: Stop That[info]so_sharlemaine on January 13th, 2007 04:51 pm (UTC)
Lol!...and how in the hell do wombats do that, vet-girl? ;-)
Mel: giles monster wtf (by eyeconic)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 04:54 pm (UTC)
well, their pelvic bone is extremely thick and along the back ass-surface (that's the technical name, snicker), it is flat like a table top. so if something is chasing them, they go into their burrow and stop up the entrance to their burrow with their hips, which means the predator can't get to any of their internal organs...their skin might get scratched to hell back there, but no internal soft bits. they've also been known to crush the skulls of foxes against the top of their burrow with the flat part of their pelvis while protecting themselves that way.

which is pretty fucking cool, if you ask me :) I held one once. they're pretty hefty, and their butt is really flat and bony...obviously.
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Ironlily - Making My Marque[info]vikingprincess on January 13th, 2007 04:51 pm (UTC)
Hiya - You can call me Mara. :D I started watching Buffy in first run season three, and then picked up the older episodes in summer reruns on "Buffy Nights" with the girls. No one was allowed to call us those nights, and those who foolishly did were given very short shrift indeed. Stuck with the series ove network changes and years, and scooped up Angel when it came along too (shame on that Season 4!).

I started writing fanfic in the Buffyverse, but spread out to Firefly and X-men. Joss is Boss. I love to read and write, play guitar, write songs, design and sew costumes... blah blah blah.

At least until seven years ago, when my mom was diagnosed with cancer. She died three years past and it jumps up and bites me on the ass when I least expect it.

I teach English and Drama at the high school level. I love my job, except when I hate the administration and the occassional total waste-of-skin student.

And I love LJ. It's a social network for the huge gang of us that live in Nashville. And I have the (dubious?) distinction of personally knowing, from RL, about two thirds of my friends in this crazy little LJ world.

Good enough?
Mel: jared smudgy eyes (by mydistantskies)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:26 pm (UTC)
who are you again? ;) heehee

I was kinda the reverse. watched the older eps then fell off after season 5 for Buffy and...err...I don't remember when I drifted from Angel. my roommate in college used to make fun of me for it, so I couldn't watch it in the room. same as Bs6, so it musta been...season 3. but I probably wouldn't have watched buffy regardless, cuz I was so stunned they killed her and I didn't know they were changing networks (thought the show ended like that), so when the show popped back up again I was a little bitter for a while. fucking Joss, playing with my emotions. *shakes fist*

*huggles you about your mom*

teachers rock *smooch* thanks for playing!
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heuristic device[info]madame_meretrix on January 13th, 2007 05:01 pm (UTC)
this is so fun! i dig reading everybody's entries. hm. i don't know if i qualify as a lurker, lol

that's so cool that your sister runs a porn site! you're lucky.

stuff you might not know:

  • my RL nickname is 'The Pants'. In fact no one ever calls me by my real name anymore.
  • everything i've learned about html, css, and the like has been in the service of fandom obsession. [points to this neat list]
  • anyone in RL who holds still for five seconds knows about my lj activities
  • i'm a vicious music snob
  • and i have a freakish ability to recall just about any dialogue from any movie i've watched only once
  • um... in my off hours i go to school. i'm way too old to be only now getting a BA, but i spent a lot of time messing around and doing nothing. but it's cool, because i think i appreciate the opportuntiy to learn more now than i would have if i'd gone straight to school in the first place.

how's that?
Mel: spangel stupid hair (by indigodiaries)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:34 pm (UTC)
heehee, I think you bypassed the lurker stage some time ago, but everyone should play!

lol. several, actually. :P

omg, so they call you...the pants? in uh...regular conversation? *tries to picture how that would go* where does that come from?

I love coding html lists. how geeky are we?

lol, you'd probably hate my taste in music then. *snerk* I'm pretty indiscriminant in that I like what I like and it's a little of everything, and I'm clueless as to what music snobby people use as their criteria. that said, I have many music-snob friends in real life :)

never too old for school! ever!

dunno why you got this icon. you just did.
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woman_of_[info]woman_of_ on January 13th, 2007 05:07 pm (UTC)
My name is Donna and I am a fanfic addict, especially Angel/Spike.

Ok a bit about myself.....I watched Angel from the get go, but I tried Buffy several times, but always found it annoying. First the High School, then Riley. I only watched season 7 all the way through on the TV. I have the box sets of both Buffy and Angel now, but Angel still has my heart, especially season 7. Yes I do love Spike and JM beyond reason, but hate too much about Buffy, including the character herself.

I did my degree as a mature student I was 31 when I started it, business studies with marketing. I did the marketing despite the fact that I was so much better at finance because there was more work, especially for an older female.

I enjoyed interviewing people while doing marketing, not so much the questionaires, with I am a bit dubious about. I did voluntary work helping children who had fallen behind at school, and did a counseling course as part of that. I loved it, and that is what I do now, mostly working from home, which is why I am on the computer at all sorts of weird times.

I'm a widow, and very fussy about the men I will go out with. I prefer my memories of Michael to unsatisfactory relationships with someone new. I had a fantastic sex life with Michael as well as the fact he had a great mind, was tall and very slim.....Just perfect! *Has on pedastal, but for good reasons*

*keeps head down while slinking off to seat*
Mel: spangel almost porn (by scarymime)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 05:41 pm (UTC)
an addict of spangel? I wasn't aware! ;) *snickers*

I really love both shows, and I'm hard-pressed to find a character I don't like, even and especially the "villains". although Joss didn't really create any villains as such, since they all ended up being well-rounded, sympathetic characters who you wanted to like despite yourself. love that best of all, probably. they didn't ever flinch away from the duel nature of good and evil in individuals, even if they were sometimes it was a blunt instrument (*cough*AngelusRipper*cough*)

very cool, helping kids who have fallen behind in school. now that I ahve several rl friends who are teachers, I'm reminded as an adult how hard the system can be for kids who aren't good at book-learning. teachers simply don't have enough time on their hands for individual work with everyone.

I'm a widow, and very fussy about the men I will go out with. I prefer my memories of Michael to unsatisfactory relationships with someone new. I had a fantastic sex life with Michael as well as the fact he had a great mind, was tall and very slim.....Just perfect! *Has on pedastal, but for good reasons*
which is perfectly understandable. sounds like he was your perfect mate, and that's a hard act to follow. but I'm glad you had that time with him.
Rachel: [btvs-b]kink![info]suchaprettymess on January 13th, 2007 06:15 pm (UTC)
Did someone say 'cookies'?

I'm Rachel. I'll be 21 in two weeks (but who's counting, right?) I'm a musican, but my day job is that of a receptionist/assistant. i hate my job, except the fact tht it allows me to be on LJ all day. i do crappy graphics like icons and stuff. my favorite show of all time is Buffy, and SMG is my girlfriend (she just doesn't know it). I rant horribly, I get angry easily, but I like meeting new people. (sort of, hehe). I'm from California, am also a democrat, and I love love love diet coke and pizza.

The fic that drew me to you was That Hole In Your Life, because I'm a B/S shipper (although B/A holds a big place in my heart, too). That fic made me laugh, and was ohhh, so hot, haha.

Whew! This was fun! Great game!!!
Mel: s-b-a threesome anyone (by scarymime)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 11:41 pm (UTC)
c is for cookie...good enough for...you know.

happy early birthday! 21's an important year man, though by the time I was 21, I was done drinking because I started when I was 15. lol.

California, eh. must be freezing your ass off, we're having a cold spell her ourselves.

musican! cool, what do you play?

it's ok, julia roberts is my forever-love, and she has no clue. I heart her too hard and if I ever met her, I'd go mute, I'm sure of it.

I like both B/S and B/A, though I never really read Bangel. and since Spangel is my otp, I kill for a good b/s/a fic. *points at icon*

thanks for dropping by and playing :)
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Ttoiffag[info]gaffiottte on January 13th, 2007 06:22 pm (UTC)
(Just reading The Pants' comment. Oh well, I know a girl whose name is Fork. And that's her actual name^^)

Nevermind. My name's Eugénie, which was a cool name in the 1900s. Really. Your dad totally sounds like mine lol. Except we're having trouble keeping him *in* the pants. He tends to leave them around the house. Nice for guests though.

hm. I live in Paris, my whole family is in love with the states, and we keep trying to go there as often as possible.
Fell into fandom through Bangel, now can't stand Buffy anymore. My sisters can't stand Ats and think Angel is just some lame old fat guy and that Spuffy rocks.
I had to defend Angel's honor with a knife.

Am totally in love with Angel since 8th grade, with spangel since 9th grade. Angel and anyone, but mostly with spike, 'cuz lets face it, he's hot.

hm, that's more or less it. I'm legal since this year (SHOUTING IT!! I CAN READ PORN!!Anyway I bet it's 15 in france! Sex is legal at 15, why not pornreading?), am in law school 1st year, and am currently passing my exams.
Should be working right now in fact.
Oh well, we'll see.

I hate maths, love Vulnerable!Angel (and even more Liam), and omg, do you realise you've already got over 30 comments now?

Way to go!! :D

lets face those exams
Mel: angel jesus mary joseph (by lit_gal)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 11:45 pm (UTC)
Fork. *snerk*

Angel's not a lame old guy! *hugs him* good thing he has you to defend him :D *sharpens knife for you*

wwoohooo for legality. and vulnerable angel as well. yummmmm

yeah and they just keep growing. lmao. at this rate I'll finish answering next week.
Wendy: Yummy sushi pajamas[info]spikesgurl on January 13th, 2007 06:35 pm (UTC)
Hey, luv! Well, you already kinda know me (at least you know I'm a total perv who thinks cows are rimming each other) but here's a bit more: I'm a pharmacy technician, unmarried, no kids (yet, though I desperately want them), and also a Democrat. My little town here in far-Northern California didn't even get the WB (or UPN) til the last season of Buffy, but a year spent in Seattle just before that introduced me to the wonders of Spike (season six and the FX reruns simultaneously, which had me pretty screwed up until I got the DVDs and could watch everything in order!). I must admit to buying into the whole Bangel thing when I first saw it, but I always loved Spike best. I soon discovered fanfic and at first was pretty much Spuffy only, until I started giving Spangel a chance and fell in love with them as well. I can't honestly say which pairing is my OTP... but hey, threesomes are nice too!! *g* So yeah, I'm pretty much an obsessive fangirl who's been lucky enough to go to a few conventions and get to squee over JM in person, adding further fuel to the fangirl fire... which doesn't appear to be going out any time soon (thank goodness!). Mmm, what else? A year ago I lost about 80 pounds, I love sushi, animals, drooling over DB (and Angela) on 'Bones', hanging out with my ultra-cool Mom, and traveling (Scotland is my favorite place I've been to). I'm sure there's more, but I can't think of anything else right now... and you're probably bored enough! I've really enjoyed getting to know you a bit and reading your pervy wonderful stories!!!!
Mel: s-b-a threesome anyone (by scarymime)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 11:51 pm (UTC)
ah yes, the infamous cow rimming.

gah, the WB/CW needs to get on the frickin ball and get better coverage. I don't understand because this is a college town 100%, so this is their key demographic. as a captive audience. hellloooo *taps their forehead*

I liked Buffy and Angel together. I still do, though now I roll my eyes at their drama. but I do still like them. I just don't read their fic. spuffy is a risky proposition for me fic-wise because the thing I love best about them canonically is the fact that they're so incredibly fucked up as a couple, which seems to be what most spuffy shippers want to write out of the equation. and spangel...I like every which way :D but you knew that.

threesomes = good. *see icon*

lucky girl. I shall have to content myself with pawing him in my imagination. or rather, having db paw him for me.

congrats on the weight loss! I can't manage to lose 10. no really. it keeps springing back like a...springy thing.

bored talking about you? never. :) *smooch*
Sevvy: cocktails sevvy martini[info]sevvy_o on January 13th, 2007 06:50 pm (UTC)
Oooh, sounds fun. =)

I'm Sevvy, which is a nickname my boyfriend made up for me about three years ago (something about a jacket that made me look like Jackie O, so he started calling me Sevvy O, and it stuck and now everyone calls me Sevvy lol). My real name is Armenian, and my parents grew up in Turkey (oooOOOooo!) and moved to NY almost 30 years ago, where we've been ever since. =)

Umm, what else? I grew up on lovely Long Island, went to college in NYC, spent a semester abroad in London, traveled all over Europe, and now I'm back on Long Island where I'm a first year medical student. It's all very circular...hopefully I'll get to see more of the world when I'm a doctor.

Scott, the boyfriend, was my best friend thoughout middle school and high school, and right before we left for college in the summer of 2002, we started dating. So pretty much, we've been in a long-distance relationship for the past five years (not including summers and when we were both abroad in London).

I also love mocking people/places/things, movies, my friends, partying with my friends, and fandom. I don't take school too seriously but I've made it this far so I'm not a complete ditz. LOL

Soo, I found you through Spuffy Realm, though I hate to admit it because I have serious issues with that archive and therefore refuse to comment/review unless I really feel compelled. LOL But I liked you, so I friended you, and that's that. =)

I was a fan of BtVS since it first aired, but only religiously watched during the 3rd/4th seasons. Then I stopped watching in the middle of 5th season (because 11th grade took up all of my time blah) and didn't see the rest of season 5 (or any of 6 and 7) until the fall semester of my junior year of college when I was bored one weekend and rented the DVDs. I got re-addicted, switched loyalties from Buffy/Angel to Buffy/Spike, and am still addicted two and a half years later. =)

Oh and I totally didn't mean to write so much! I'm sorry! lol
Mel: spuffy cartoon porn (by awmp and marster[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 11:56 pm (UTC)
ooooOOOOOOOOOooooo. Turkey :) did they live in Istanbul, or where?

very sweet about your boyfriend. I'm a romantic at heart :)

omg, I have issues with SR as well. hahaa. I feel like I'm going to get lynched every time I post there, but there were some really sweet people as well, so I forbear. btw, since you are a reader of THIYL, you should check out the post I just made asking people's opinions on posting to that fic. I'd appreciate the input :)

I watched it until Bs6/As3 when I started college and was too busy drinking and whatnot. so I got readdicted a few years back watching reruns on cable.

thanks for hangin out.
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Tam[info]tamakin on January 13th, 2007 07:15 pm (UTC)
*patters up to the scary podium* ahem. well, my name is tamara.. though people seem to enjoy calling me everything except that *giggles*. im irish.. but suck ass at the language at which i should be ashamed hehe, 22, and am studying zoology in college which is fun. I dont have any bros or sissies but did grow up with my cousin just next door so hes kinda my pretend brother.

I just discovered the wonders of lj in august, after realising i love all things buffy in july. yeah, i know, i was slower than an arthritic snail at picking up on that. i LOVE manipping, its great, but seem to have a disease of some sort that only lets me manip buffyverse pics as long as spike is in them hehe. photoshop is god.. next to joss of course.. and spike hehe though i do take way too much pleasure outta poking him with sharp objects and keeping him chained to the wall.

apart from buffyverse stuffin, i loves animals and nature, music, movies, art, anything shiny, and some hoppies include horseriding, playing tabla drums, lookin after the manic menagerie of pets, mauling random doggies and uh..i suppose i should say studyiing for college and striving to do well but.. well.. *SNORT*

*ducks down from the podium before the bad people with the straightjackets find her*

Mel: spike tie (by miz_thang88)[info]thatotherperv on January 13th, 2007 11:59 pm (UTC)
HI TAMARA. hahaha. or maybe I shouldn't call you that, since it's not in style.

zoology was my major in college! rock on. I have a neighbor that thinks he's my big brother even though he's 2 months younger. but he's enough of a dickhead sometimes to be a brother, so I humor him :)

lol. arthritic snail. better late than never! I enjoy your manips, so I'm glad you arrived!

i do take way too much pleasure outta poking him with sharp objects and keeping him chained to the wall.
don't we all? *cough*
calypso woodhaven: Cuddle[info]c_woodhaven on January 13th, 2007 07:27 pm (UTC)
No leaving you mumbling *hugs*

I've often wondered about your name. It's so pretty.

I'm a stay at home mom of two. I worked when my daughter was born (testing software, mostly for mobile devices), and my husband stayed home to take care of her, and I just couldn't do that with the second one, so once he was born, I decided to stay at home. We're on the fence about a third.

I like making things. There's something so cool about creating something out of nothing that I love. I think that's why writing appeals to me. I also like to cook a lot, but I'm not a fussy chef. I mostly like to be able to take whatever is in my fridge and make a good meal out of it.

My (paternal) great grandparents came over here from greece, and I'm pretty proud of that heritage. I've been married for 8 years, and love it. I'm the oldest of 5 kids, and have 'outed' myself as a writer to my 2 sisters, but forbidden them to read my naughty stuff, or to say anything to my parents or brothers. Funny because while I think that they are too young, I know for a fact some of my readers (including you) are younger than at least one of them.

I'm a libertarian and do follow politics quite a bit.

Um. I have a tattoo that I got when I was thirty and didn't think I was going to be able to have children. And have several mildly exotic pets - a snake, two lizards, and a bird. Well, my daughter has a fish too.

On a side note, you're one of the reasons that kept me writing when I started. You were so positive and encouraging about Waiting. Every kind word meant, and still means a lot to me. I'm glad I met you sweetie.

*Huggles*

~calypso
Mel: spawn feel safe (by wednesday_icon)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:05 am (UTC)
thank you! I hated it as a kid, for obvious reasons, but now I like it :)

oooh greece! I'm pretty sure we're meant to be mortal enemies :D I'll let it slide. *snickers* I think it's so funny about your sisters, particularly the too-young thing. but yeah, there are some things that need not be shared with family. though that doesn't apply between me and sis because we have a tmi relationship. for example, I know specific details of the first time she had sex with her husband. he probably doesnt know I know, because he's an intensely private person. *snickers* poor guy, he had no idea, marrying my sister.

tattoo? what of? :)

On a side note, you're one of the reasons that kept me writing when I started. You were so positive and encouraging about Waiting. Every kind word meant, and still means a lot to me. I'm glad I met you sweetie.
aww, I'm so glad I could help, honey. you have so much talent, we would have been poorer without you. I remember browsing TTM and coming across Waiting and going...holy crap, how does no one know about her? she must be shared :) I'm glad we met as well. you're a lovely person to know. *hugs*

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Maker of altyrons: Chelle Ice[info]altyronsmaker on January 13th, 2007 08:09 pm (UTC)
Ooo! Yay!
*goes to podium and waves*

Hi! I'm Chelle. Y'all know me as altyronsmaker. Long story - I made up a character his name is altyron - ok, not so long. I'm 31, I teach high school english in central florida. I don't like capital letters, apparently. *o_0* I do not have an OTP, as such. I like the boys with just about anybody.
I have one brother, younger. His name is Lief. That's pronounced 'life' not 'leaf.' He's a warehouse supervisor for a pharmaceutical company, which is ironic, considering he was a terrible drug addict in his youth. Now, he's one of only three people in his building that is allowed to mess with the opiate drugs. Go. Figure.
Politically, I'm conservative. Very conservative. Registered Republican, but more like a Libertarian, very laissez faire when it comes to my government.
The things you'll see the most of in my journal: fic (mostly about Xander), squeeing about movies and tv shows, and occasionally, icons. My tv shows: bones, Eureka, Stargate Atlantis, sometimes Supernatural and Battlestar Gallactica.
Color: green. Animal: cats, mainly big cats. Sound: Rain on a tin roof.

Hope you know a little bit more about me now, and it's good to know more about you too! *high fives*
Mel: jm diggin it (by lit_gal)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:11 am (UTC)
hiii. haha not such a long story after all.

teachers make the world go round. capital letters are optional :)

if the love of spangel was not so strong with this one, I'd be a total pairing slut. actually, I am, but Spangel is my loving wife who is highly tolerant of my infidelity.

that is ironic! and somehow not inappropriate.

yeah, my parents are libertarian, though they think they're republican. I've tried to explain to him that he's actually libertarian. lmao. oddly, my father is becoming more *liberal* in his old age. but I rarely ever talk politics on my fic journal, because this is the land of make-believe, and in porn, we are all one color, blue and red united :)

we have very similar tastes in television! though that's probably not a shocker, considering.

I really like exotic cats. 2 summers ago, I worked at a research facility in new orleans where they breed endangered cats. we had lions, but my favorites were the clouded leopards and servals. I liked the caracals as well, though they were always evil evil bitches.

*high fives*
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Mel: spike badass (by miz_thang88)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:19 am (UTC)
lol. yeah I believe your factoids are out there on display :)

cool name. makes me curious about how it's pronounced, since I know nothing of icelandic. and while we're at it, by any chance is there a blooper show in your country run by a bald (well, near-bald) guy as host? random question I know, but when I first moved to Boston I was approached by this guy with a video camera and said they wanted to interview me for an icelandic news show, which I thought was weird as is...then as I was talking, he started trying to pick my nose. which weirded me out but also made me laugh because I knew somehow, I'd been had.

but for some of us, your angst is like porn :D love your spangel and your jm/db, obviously, but now you have me jonesing for ja/jp and wincest, even though I'm unable to watch the show because it doesn't air here, and I'm too lazy to go find some. so I'll just continue reading yours. ;)

I'm in vet school right now, and dude, it's overrated. it's like boot camp, only *you* pay *them* an exorbitant amount of money to kick your ass. so maybe diverting yourself from that wasn't a bad thing :)

I always love the tmi person. most of my best friends are tmi people

thanks for stopping by and chatting :)

sayitlouder: Led Zep_I Love You This Big[info]sayitlouder on January 13th, 2007 09:47 pm (UTC)
things we have in common:

proud to be a Texan *and* a Democrat
my favorite color is purple

oh, and then there's that whole BtVS/AtS thing...we kinda got that in common.

so what made me wander over into the porny world o' mel? i don't remember exactly (blame it on my premature alzheimer's) but the reasons i stayed include: "that hole in your life" and "strength in numbers". plus, your generous support of my newfound fangirl squee over teen!spangel (have not yet read your recs due to the insanity that was Dec 2006 but hope to soon).
Mel: spangel leaning over (by celygraphix)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:21 am (UTC)
Texas Dems *high fives* the few, the proud.

ah yes. that thing.

you're quite welcome! love to share the teenkissing love.
Caroline: jamalov29 by awmp[info]jamalov29 on January 13th, 2007 10:00 pm (UTC)
Hi Mel , this is fun!

My name in RL is the same as the one I like to be called here : Caroline. I'm French . Living near Lyon ( south of France ) with my wonderful family ( husband and two sons - Gabriel nearly 19 and Alexandre nearly 15) I fell in love at sixteen and had Gabriel two years later . :)
French teacher but stay- at -home mom now. Writer. Trying to be published , one day.
I had my birthday yesterday!! ;-)

I 'm on LJ for three years now , when I discovered fan fictions - Started to watch the show from season 3 and became addicted to Spuffy from the beginning.

I've read and enjoyed some Spangel by Jan - when the characters are set in an alternate universe ( when they're both human, I could say ).
But my heart belongs to Spuffy . :)

Mel: spuffy kiss (by exit47)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:24 am (UTC)
it is, isn't it? even though I'm getting a hand cramp. lmao.

19 and 15, eh? *gives you some of my patience, cuz you probably need it* that's lovely that you've built a family with your sweetheart.

Writer. Trying to be published , one day.
*roots for you*

Jan writes great spangel! I love human AU of all pairings, really. but yeah, we all have that one pairing that has staked out a large chunk of our heart :D

thanks for playing!
darkershadeof[info]darkershadeof on January 13th, 2007 10:05 pm (UTC)
Ok, so here is darkershadeof 101. Let's start of with my name. Hi, I'm Daphne, nice to meet you. I'm 21 years old, live in the Netherlands where I study linguistics. I'm hoping to do a Cognitive Neuroscience Master next year.
I started watching Buffy when I was like 14 years old (maybe even before that), Angel came later, but I've always been more into Buffy than Angel. Have been reading fanfic since a couple of years, have tried to write it too, but because I'm not a native speaker of english, writing is really hard. It's like when I want to describe something, I always get stuck with the same kind of words. So now I'm trying to do more with graphics, have made some icons but nobody is really commenting, so I don't know if they're good at all.
My otp is definately Spander, but I like other pairings as well. Especially in pwps, lol. I think I read as much Spangel as I read Spander though. And I really like Faith, so I'll take her in any pairing there is, except for Buffy/Faith, which just doesn't work for me.
Besides fanfic and BtVS, I do have other hobbies. I think. Yes. Yes I do! Do I? Well, it's basically the usual. I like to travel, cook, read and watch lots and lots of tv shows. Currently, I'm watching Lost, Gilmore Girls, Bones, Heroes and Grey's Anatomy. Shows I still want to see but haven't yet are Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica and the 4400.
Most exciting thing to look forward to this year (so far) is going to San Francisco in april, my first time in the States!

Anyway, I can go on for ever and ever (me! me! me!), so if you want to know about where I'm planning to go my next time in the States, or what my fav dishes are, or if you want to know about my boyfriend (who is really really cute), just ask!
darkershadeof[info]darkershadeof on January 13th, 2007 10:11 pm (UTC)
Oh, and the first story I read from you was Won't back down, which I still very much love, and next was the Festival!verse, which had me looking around everywhere for some Spander smut when I went to a festival myself (right in the middle of the story, I think the shower-chapter was just up). Sadly, I didn't find any. Poor me. ;)
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Erin[info]apreludetoanend on January 13th, 2007 10:52 pm (UTC)
Um, hi! Here's a bunch of useless stuff you probably don't know about me: I play four instruments, though I consider myself primarily a bass player. I went through a lot of majors in college before deciding I was sick of undergrad and using the credits I already had to retroactively design my own major and get the hell out. I went to law school because I had nothing better to do with the next three years, and that ended up being an okay decision. Obviously, Spander is my favorite thing ever - especially Spander of the teen cousincest variety - but you might not know that I have an incredible amount of love for canon Spuffy. So much, really, that I generally can't read Spuffy fic. I occasionally write it, though, which makes me feel weirdly hypocritical. And that's pretty much all I've got. Apparently, I'm bad a this game. *g*
Mel: jared smudgy eyes (by mydistantskies)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:37 am (UTC)
ooohhh, bass player! *purrs at you* I played the french horn for years and years, as well as the trumpet...the piano. brief love affair with the drums, but we parted on bad terms :)

law school as a means to pass the time. nice! lol

of course! cousincest spander. yummy. and for a large part, I'm with you on spuffy. I adore canon spuffy, but I rarely read it, anymore. used to read it a lot, but I find that a lot of it induces my gag reflex these days. though I read a really great human AU spuffy the other day that hit my buttons. nothing new, just one I hadn't read before. so I'll still do it occasionally.
pjgale[info]pjgale on January 13th, 2007 11:36 pm (UTC)
How does a wombat kill with their arse? Got to know that. Thought I'd friended you when I found 'Won't Back Down' but I musn't have. Can I please? I am Australian (Melbourne), married for a long time, teacher, 2 older boys. Love Spangel, reading, films. Read all of your Spangel. (:
Mel: spike punk slick (by awmp)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:49 am (UTC)
so weird, I thought we were friended too! wtf. haha. you're such a familiar face. yeah, definitely, knock yourself out :)

teachers rock my socks off. and thanks for enjoying my spangel :D

as for wombats...their pelvic bone is extremely thick and along the back ass-surface (that's the technical name, snicker), it is flat like a table top. so if something is chasing them, they go into their burrow and stop up the entrance to their burrow with their hips, which means the predator can't get to any of their internal organs...their skin might get scratched to hell back there, but no internal soft bits. they've also been known to crush the skulls of foxes against the top of their burrow with the flat part of their pelvis while protecting themselves that way.

I never made it down to melbourne! farthest south I went was sydney, where my cousin lives. I did a semester at James Cook Uni in Townsville where I took a lot of classes on Australian fauna. Townsville was a place that everyone else in Oz made fun of when I mentioned it, but I really loved it there. maybe would have been a boring place to vacation, but as a place to live and get a feel for the country, I enjoyed it very much, and I made great friends at uni. my dirty little secret is that I rely pretty heavily on my memories from australia to get Spike's cadence and phrasing right, even though that's cheating since he obviously wasn't aussie :)
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lit_chick08: going to hell[info]lit_chick08 on January 14th, 2007 12:09 am (UTC)
*takes my cookie*

My name is Meg, and a long, long time ago, Buffy/Angel was my couple of choice, which drug me into fandom. That has evolved now to reading just about anything once, but I'm now more partial to Spuffy and Spangel. In real life, I'm a junior in college studying to be a social worker. I'm liberal to the point that my grandfather calls me "hippie" and I hustle people at Trivia Pursuit. In real ife, I'm very loud and my mouth sometimes moves much faster than my brain. My favorite color is purple, I can swear fluently in Italian (thanks to my rather large Italian family), and I will do just about anything for a cookie.
Mel: spangel foreplay (by vamptastica)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 12:39 am (UTC)
heeheee. social workers! rock on for that, man, the world needs more people willing to put their heart into such a difficult profession.

I get called a hippie all the time, though I'm so not. but compared to most southerners...yeah, I guess :)

hustling at trivial pursuit! LOL.

*gives you lots of cookies and pats you on the head* thanks so much for stopping by :)
Mary[info]lokapala on January 14th, 2007 12:31 am (UTC)
It is very scary to delurk, I tell you. Even to comment on good fiction, and you want people to talk about themselves. Scaary. But - milk and cookies? Ok, here I am.

My name is extremely simple to remember and pronounce if you're part of the Judeo-Christian world, and it's Mary. Which is, of course, slightly untrue - Russian version sounds a bit differently. I live in Saint-Petersburg - the one and only Real Saint-Petersburg - and I cannot count the times when someone online assumed I was from one of the American Saint-Petersburgs, which always annoyed me to no end, because we're very snobbish about our city here. We're working on it, but those gits from Moscow keep the snobbery alive with all the shit about 'who's the capital now, ha!' And that is probably much more than you ever wanted to know, bur for some reason I felt like venting =)
I fooled myself that I could be a biologist, not so sure about it now, but I still have to finish my thesis, and then - que sera, sera. And while I'm on topic, I surmised from your posts that you study medicine (and hey, I felt your pain about finals what with so many words mentioned that I once learned and have almost forgotten since), but now am all confused: what is conservation?

I saw the light that is Joss last spring, and for a long time avoided fanfiction like plague, being sure it would only mar the perfect impression the shows left in me, but fic is crack and of course, I succumbed. I shipped everything Joss showed us (yes, Wes/Fred and Angel/Cordy and Gunn/Fred and what else is widely despised?) because I liked all characters and wanted them to have what it was that they wanted at the moment. And since the shows died with Spike/Angel doing the dance right there on the screen, I was left with a deep love for all things Spangel. And a liiiittle longing for A/S/B.
I found you through Won't Back Down. I read it, fell in love with it and still consider it the best Angel and Spike personalities' transfer from Jossverse to Human AU I ever saw in fic. Am lurking around since, slowly getting acquainted with the rest of your fiction: last thing I read was Festival!verse, and am still sad it's over - mostly not because of the Spander which generally leaves me indifferent, although I liked your version of it, but because I was fascinated by the group and it's dynamics and wanted to see more-more-more! of them.
And I looking at the size of this comment, I think I should shut up already.
Mel: spangel headlock  (by vampirellabites)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 01:01 am (UTC)
delurking is terrifying :)

I've always wanted to travel to Russia. of course, I want to travel many places, but I'm intrigued with eastern europe in general. I'm not entirely sure whether Russia goes under that category at all...yall are so damn big, I get confused :D

I am studying medicine! veterinary medicine. :) so my particular interest is to work with wildlife, particularly endangered species. so conservation is meant in the sense of environmentalism. I just decided I was going to try to keep the fact that I'm in vet school out of my posts in general since it's a bit too easy to find me in real life if you know that.

I like conventional pairings as well! I still am bitter that Joss and co ripped Angel/Cordy from our fingers at the last moment. sadistic bastards. there are few things about canon I don't love, actually.

a/s/b would have been my wet dream. haha. wait...it sometimes is.

thank you for your kind words on Won't Back Down! and festivalverse as well. I was so nervous posting WBD because it was my first, and when I look at it I see so many flaws, but I'm always thrilled that people seem to have a special place in their hearts for it. that makes me very happy. and festivalverse was such a blast to write, and I'm a little sad it's over too. glad it was spander that could do it for you. the ensemble quality of it was definitely fun

see that wasn't hard, was it? :) *dispenses milk and cookies*
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she who wears red flip flops: bloody puppet[info]xevildeadgirlx on January 14th, 2007 06:35 am (UTC)
hehe...I honestly don't remember why I friended you...maybe it was a fic...OH I KNOw...sorry memory lapse. You were nominated at BIF Awards, and I added you after sending out your "you are nominated e-mail :D)

I'm Kelly, living in Vermont now, but moving to Chicago Wednesday to go to film school, and someday write for some great television show like Buffy that will have a giagantic following :D I have three cats, and i am a spuffy lover, riley hater, and neutral on Angel. He can be a doll sometimes :D
Mel: angel spikes naked (by catvampcrazines)[info]thatotherperv on January 14th, 2007 04:15 pm (UTC)
ah, yes! hello!

until August, I was living in central Mass. I never did make it up to Vermont. I meant to drive up to Maine, where I've never been, and Vermont as well, but the best I ever did was to go to the airport in New Hampshire. yeah, lame. but I liked New England very much! and I wnet to uh. *wracks brain* what's that NE fair in central Mass with all the states? the Big E! and I walked through your building. lmao.

kitties! I want one but currently I'm allergic. I want to get shots because I miss small furry snuggly bodies.

Angel is a doll :) I do try to avoid angel-bashing spuffy for the obvious reasons!
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