User Profile

Right, this is where I'm supposed to tell you a little about myself. Right. Well, for the one or two people out there who might actually give a hoot.... I'm old enough to now have anniversaries of my 29th birthday. I'm married to a mostly very wonderful man -- "mostly" because he is, after all, a man. No kids of my own tho I am the lucky Auntie of several adorable kiddos. I have a BA in English Literature (minor in Medieval History). Oh, and I am the proud mama of two adorable puppy dogs.

I also go by iriana_almira (Iri). And no, that's not my real name, but my fandom nom de plume if you will. If I could go back and do it all over again, I'd've gone with Cerridwen93, but my time machine is broken and I'm too lazy to change everything from Iri. Besides, she's become a part of me over the years, and I'd miss her... as well as the utter giddiness of the occasional friend who actually remembers me from way back when (the good old days when GW was at the height of its popularity and I had the time and energy to devote my second life to fandom).

Not that you're likely to find much ficcage here. That was part of the point of the lj. Having a place to practice the craft and whatnot. But as my Nana used to say - Life is what happens you're making other plans. That 'Life' part tends to end up in my lj while the ficcage remains in the 'making plans' half-finished stage on my hard drive.

My lj is a place where I relax and let loose the social impositions of society and simply be myself without fear of reprisals such as endangering my "professional integrity" or "sullying the reputation of the family business" or offending any close-minded, conservative, judgmental, self-righteous relative or family friend. This is the "real" me. No holds barred, no pulling punches, no diplomacy or little white lies or omissions to soften the edges and present you with the person you want to see. Consider yourself warned. Read at your own risk.

I am a liberal feminist and (according to my rather conservative husband) a socialist with borderline anarchist tendencies -- why on earth would I want to tell you my legal name or where I live or what I do for a 'living'?? The Net is about autonomy and anonymity and the utopia of being free to express yourself without censorship and... *blinks* dating myself a bit am I?

I *believe* in the Big Bang and Evolution. I am very cynical when it comes to organized religion and especially jaded when it comes to evangelical Christianity (yes, I did grow up in the Bible Belt and unfortunately, I still live here). I not only support gay rights/marriage, I also write "gay" fiction (yaoi/yuri/slash) -- yes, two hot hunky guys getting it on is hot and I find it incredibly hypocritical that it is socially acceptable for men to be aroused by lesbian action, but the opposite is considered aberrant or deviant in some way. Yes, I also write het, fanfic and original fic.

I am an anime geek. I occasionally become obsessed with WoW. I abhor bigotry and "isms" in all forms. I'm 'foul-mouthed' (as my Nana would say), and opinionated and arrogant and contradictory and occasionally immature -- because being a grown up sucks damnit and who the fuck gave 'society' the right to dictate that just because I'm over 20 and married I'm supposed to be focused solely on being a devoted wife and having a career? Or being a devoted wife and *mother*?? And who the fuck decided that only teenagers and twenty-somethings are allowed to angst and rage and whine??? News bulletin kids: those feelings of being pressured to conform to a society that doesn't understand you and doesn't *want* to understand you never really go away. You just get better at hiding them.

That being said... if you're expecting grand manifestos on impactful political and social issues you're going to be disappointed. This is a *journal*. As in sometimes daily, weekly, or monthly ramblings about 'Life' as it happens. (I am also a rather private person, which is why many of my entries are marked 'friends only' and there aren't a lot of people on my friends list….And the slim possibility that any of this might end up in a news article or obituary someday just really freaks me out!)

If you find any of that the least bit interesting... you may enter. Don't bitch at me if you don't like what you find. I tend to ramble... and go off on tangents... if you couldn't tell....

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