firecat

the cat & dragon rag

litter & tinder

Name:
Stef
Birthdate:
1961
Schools:
University Liggett School - Grosse Pointe, MI (1972 - 1979)
Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT (1979 - 1983)
Interests: (146)
2001: a space odyssey, 70s rock, a fetish for nuance, affective disorders, aging, akira kurosawa, alan rickman, alt.polyamory, alternative press expo, alzheimers, ambivert, amplectere potestem "et", androgyny, andy scott, animal planet, animal rescue, animal shelters, anime, anthropology, apple, artisanal cheeses, audio books, babylon 5, beading, being, bellies, bisexuality, buddhism, caffeine, cameo glass, carl brandon, cassandra, cat goddesses, cats, charlotte bronte, cochlear implants, coffee, collage, collecting other people's hobbies, common sense, compassion, cpap, crochet, cute fat people, devotion, direct communication, dog agility, dreamwidth, electric guitar, entropy, fabric, fantasy, fat activism, feminism, geekery, genderfuck, glam, glass, green, haiku, hair, hayao miyazaki, holding hands, how things are made, indirect communication, information, j. michael straczynski, j.r.r. tolkien, jane austen, judi dench, knitting, kuan yin, lampworking, learning, libraries, listening, mac, martial arts, medicine, meditation, mindfulness, miss manners, music, mutual degrumplement, myth, nanowrimo, neil gaiman, nihongo, no dharma, nonduality, observation, obsession, peets, personality typing, peter weir, poetry, potential, privilege, purple, queer, quotes, rainer maria rilke, re-railing, reading, rhetoric, robert graves, romantic friendship, romantic love, rumi, samurai, san francisco, sandman, sanrio, science fiction, shapeshifting, shyness, silence, simplicity, speculative fiction, steampunk, succulents, sumo, swimming, t.s. eliot, taiko, tao, textures, the bechdel ginger benchmark, the sweet, theravada, tiptree, touch, transformation, unintentional communities, ursula k. le guin, water, what makes people tick, william butler yeats, wind energy, wings of desire, wireworking, wiscon, wombat, working dogs, writing, yarn
Bio
50ish, death fat, white, poly, queer ("attracted to multiple genders" variety), disabled, gender noncompliant, butch kitty. Pronouns: she/her or zie/zir. Pink and green. Feminist. Trying to get a grasp on privilege. Nontheist. Spiritual. Buddhist. Semi-lapsed shamanic-type pagan. Wordsmith by trade. Occasional exaggerated sense of my own moral rectitude. Frequently cranky. Frequently charmed. I used to have deep ambivalence about Hello Kitty; now I have deep ambivalence about steampunk. Some of the stuff I do: volunteer for the local animal shelter, play with beads and wire, think about learning more Japanese, knit and crochet, write poetry. Fannish interests include Babylon 5, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek.
Posting habits:
Some of my posts are filtered, mainly so that random relatives, colleagues, and robots don't stumble across unwanted bits of information about me by accident. I grant access to most sentient life forms who subscribe.
Subscription habits:
I sometimes go on sprees of adding journals to my reading list, e.g., of people who attend Wiscon or have other interests in common with me. No obligation is implied.
Moderation policy:
I mostly don't moderate the comments to my journal, but I reserve the right to do so. Here are some examples of things I don't want in the comments of my journal: Othering. Personal attacks. Promotion of weight loss.
Other places you might be able to find me (I pick them up and put them down):
LiveJournal: http://firecat.dreamwidth.org (I'm currently cross-posting almost everything between DW and LJ so you can follow me on either one)
Diaspora (Firecat Stef): https://joindiaspora.com/people/40926
Facebook (ask me)
Fetlife (ask me)
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-and-dragon/
LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/firecatstef
LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/firecat
GoodReads: (firecat) http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/267223
OKCupid (firecat)
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/firecatstef/
Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/people/firecat
Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/firecat/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/firecatstef
Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/firecatstef

I also have placeholders here:
http://tacerif.deadjournal.com/
http://fat_rice.insanejournal.com/
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