It's a post about me!

Dreamwidth has activated the cross posting function, hooray! I can post to LJ from here. This is very exciting.

I don't think I've ever done one of those introduction type posts. And I guess this is a good place to answer any questions you've ever wanted to ask me, if there are any.

1. The geographical part: I'm an Aussie, and I'm discovering more and more that I'm a patriotic Australian. I'm the eldest of four - we go sister, sister, brother over the span of five years, then another NINETEEN years until my baby sister was born. I'm a first generation Australian - my dad came over from Italy when he was four. I don't speak Italian, but I wish I did. I live in Victoria, the wedge-shaped state in the bottom right quadrant of the mainland. I live at the fat edge of the wedge, in a tiny country town with a population of less than 1000. It gets a bit feral out here.

2. The personal part: I have a life partner, lilacsigil. Legally we can't get married. We've talked about it, and though I don't know if we would, we'd both like to have the choice. I met lilacsigil at a role-playing convention. (For the vintage Victorians, it was Conquest '94. Good times!)

3. The professional part: I'm a pharmacist, this makes me cautious with my identity - I don't share details of my personal or professional life much online. I've been a pharmacist for thirteen years. (Thirteen years? Wow.) I also have a Bachelor of Science degree. My life was going to be one of academic pursuits, huddled inside a lab, making bold discoveries in the field of endocrinology, until I discovered, in my honours year, that I actually loathe research.

4. The fannish part: I've always been a fan, but lilacsigil hooked me up with fandom. (Critical statements include: "Read my fanfiction about Henry McCoy", "Do you know, some people on the internet think Remus and Sirius are lovers" and "There's this thing called Livejournal".) Famdoms I've dabbled in include X-Men, Daredevil, Harry Potter, House MD, Doctor Who, Hellblazer, Lord John Grey, Narnia, Bones, Middleman. A few other bits and bobs here and there. I'm just starting to get into manga.

5. The TMI part: I have a pretty hefty dose of social phobia. I'm exploring the possibility that I'm somewhere on the autism spectrum. I'm trying to be more aware of my privilege as a middle class, educated white woman, especially living in a part of the country with strange racial dynamics that I know I don't have a handle on. I can put my foot in my mouth in spectacularly stupid ways, and I'd like to apologise if I've ever done that. Please, call me on my mistakes. I would like to know where I've wrong-footed myself.

6. The journal part: It's perpetually defriending amnesty day, here; I do not take offence if you decide we've drifted apart fannishly. On the other hand, I really enjoy reading the journals of people from the fandoms I'm not so involved in anymore. I may not always subscribe to your OTP, but I will respect you and enjoy your passion for the fandom alongside you. My journal is a body-positive place, not a place to discuss weight loss or body-hatred.

7. Cats. Three of them! I quite like dogs, but I'm owned by cats. Aeon, Baggins, Chewbacca, our darlings.

*ponders* I think I've covered everything? Yeah.