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[kaberett]

Hello! You are a person! You are probably lovely! I like people!

This journal ends up being a bit of a mix of Srs Business (rants; things I've learned from counselling; &c), fannish & scientific joy, linkspams, poetry, & misc life updates. I tag fairly compulsively, though not always helpfully; I use content notes; I have written up a cast of characters; I aim to maintain this as a safer space, and appreciate (but do not expect!) call-outs when I mess up.

I like it if you introduce yourself when you subscribe, but it's definitely not required. Probably 30% of this journal is access-locked; I give access very readily. Fanworks are always public; AO3 is the canonical place to find my list of works. I'm very happy for you to link to anything that's public, and I'll be even happier if you let me know you're doing it. :-)

Welcome!

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Comments

[gwendraith]

Hi, would you care to friend? I clicked the friends of friends list which is something I rarely do and saw your post, then saw that like me you live in Cambridgeshire, then saw friend's names I know irl. I'm not in your age group (I'm just retired) but I'm modern in outlook, a bit geeky, have two sons (one gay) and a grandson with another on the way! My blog is fairly mundane, just about life in general. I won't be offended if you'd rather not!

[kaberett]

We do actually know each other, I realise! ;) I used to have a different username back in the day/on LJ :-)

[firecat]

Hi, I'm subscribing because of this post and signalboost and other intelligence I see displayed in your journal.

[kaberett]

Fantastic to meet yo-HOLY CRAP FIRE FERRETRED PANDA

-- sorry it is gone midnight and apparently I am easily distracted right now.

Thank you lots! I look forward to getting to know you :-)

[403]

Hi! I got here from the mental illness entry in liv's journal. You seem interesting, so I've subscribed to yours.

And me? Liberal Jewish artist/scientist first, queer otherkin dragon second. Nuance available by request. :)

[kaberett]

Lovely to meet you! Subscribed right back :-)

[syderia]

Hello.
I found you via the network page and you seemed interesting, so I subscribed.

[kaberett]

Thanks for introducing yourself; I look forward to getting to know you :-)

[cadenzamuse]

Subscribing at you because of the dev work + your interesting and informative thoughts on liv's post that jjhunter signal-boosted, at which I was nodding along with everyone but had no new substantive dialogue to contribute myself.

[kaberett]

Really looking forward to getting to know you better! My head is going to be Full Of Exams for the next two-three weeks, but after that I am intending to dive into DW stuff/IRC a bit more again :-)

[fyreharper]

Hello! You are a person! Who by all evidence is a lovely person and has interesting things to say! I enjoy seeing your posts/comments elsewhere, so, subscribing.

[kaberett]

Oh, yay :D Looking forward to getting to know you!

[corrvin]

You look like an interesting person and we have a mutual acquaintance/friend/person in common (jack if I'm formatting that correctly). I hope you don't mind being added, and don't feel obliged to reciprocate if you don't like.

[kaberett]

Delighted to meet you, and looking forward to getting to know you!

Heads-up: my last two posts are access-locked, and kind of heavy. Things are normally more cheerful around here ;)

[shinyshoes]

Excuse me, are you me in another life?

I saw you on, er, a community and added you. This is my journal where I pretend to be happy and bouncy and positive and stuff. I'm not good at it at all- in fact I'm probably awfully boring- but oh well. I have a journal where I'm more like my real self, but I only share the URL when I think somebody can handle watching me plumb the sewer of my messed-up brain.

[kaberett]

Hah, you are not the first person to ask me that :-)

For what it's worth, I am pretty unflappable (details on request!), and generally interested in reading anything people are happy to have me read along with. If that is at all reassuring.

[wisdomeagle]

Hey, I saw you at the circle meme and subscribed. Hi. I'm Ari. I used to know how to talk to people. /awkward

[kaberett]

THAT IS OKAY I AM AWKWARD TOO NICE TO MEET YOU

[milkymoon]

It appears that we have loads of people on our access/subscription list in common; care to add? ^^ (Also, I have seen you on the circle meme~)

[kaberett]

Sure thing!

If you're all cool with it I'd be interested in reading the system journal as well, but I appreciate that "random singleton off the internet" is not necessarily your target audience, & obviously just 'coz you're interested in me doesn't mean everyone is :-)

A shiny link

[azurelunatic]

I enqueued this on Tumblr quite a while ago, and then it apparently just popped out, and my little fish reblogged it off me, so I saw it on the rss feed on my reading list, and I thought: I think that kaberett might enjoy that thing.

http://azurelunatic.tumblr.com/post/63652562070 Image, animated: an androgynous light-skinned person with a thin body and a pompadour shifting stance, wearing loose pants with pockets and an amazing sarcastic fabulous shirt. The shirt is black and embellished with sequins what sparkle blackly with the shift in stance, and large also sparkly sans-serif multicolor letters reading "I'm having a shit day, thanks"

[trojie]

Hello! highlyeccentric recommended you to me as a person with a fondness for science and rocks, two things I am deeply keen on! Would it be okay if I added you? (Don't feel obliged to add back, though, if you don't want to ^_^)

[kaberett]

Hee. I'm afraid I'm a volcanoes type (you look kinda low-temperature from your profile?) but delighted to have you around, and have added back. :-) I do do fannish meta but nobody is required to read everything, let alone interact, so. ;)

[kindkit]

Hello! I found my way here via my DW network, specifically because of your comments on rydra_wong's first perfume post. We have BPAL in common (though I haven't been buying for a while because of the expense), and I'm a trans* man. Anyway, I like your posts, so I'm subscribing.

[kaberett]

Awesome. Mutual subscriptions ahoy! :-)

[umadoshi]

Having just subscribed, I wanted to say hello. So: hello! I've seen you around here and there, and your posts are interesting, and you seem generally awesome. ^_^

[kaberett]

Awesome! Nice to meet you :-)

[mair_in_grenderich]

I keep feeling I should post something here as I have commented on your journal a few times. I read it regularly because I like your writing and what you write about. I found it via the reading list of a friend who was only ever really an acquaintance in my cambridge-geek days, and now that those seem distance - but she has an interesting reading list...
I.. am not sure what else constitutes an introduction. I never really log into dreamwidth. I post on my LJ occasionally - I aim at once a year. I like paper books and hills (among other things). I am learning French and German and enjoy your language posts.
Hello!

[kaberett]

Hello! Thank you for letting me know. I will give you access so you get everything else as well - I have been enjoying your comments and going "hold on, I know that username from those online social circles, do we know each other any other way...?"

Really lovely to meet you properly :-)

[quirkytizzy]

I would like to friend you for reasons as such.

1) You write about cats.

2) You write about -isms and -ists.

3) You write poetry.

4) You have an entry titled after an Ani Difranco song.

I'm horrible with commenting, but read almost every day. You sound like a great person to read everyday!

[kaberett]

YOUR HAIR IS AWESOME.

No worries on commenting, and thank you for introducing yourself :-)

[sylvaine]

Hello! I keep seeing you all over Dreamwidth, it feels like, being all smart and clever and interesting, and it seems you're friends with all the interesting, awesome people in my circle, so I've finally done what I've wanted to do for months and subscribed. :)

[kaberett]

asdfjasfd;lsakdjf <3! Welcome!

... also apparently we have hilariously similar backgrounds/language Issues. Heh. Subscribed back atcha :-)

[cosmolinguist]

I've seen you comment all over, and now I've seen you in nanila's subscription meme, and thought I'd add you, if that's all right, because you always seem to say cool and interesting things. :)

[kaberett]

Hee :D Lovely to meet you! And thank you lots for the compliment :-)

[redsixwing]

Hello, I keep seeing you write intelligent and interesting comments on the journals of people I find to be intelligent and interesting. Do you mind if I follow along here?

[kaberett]

By all means! Lovely to meet you :-) (And definitely gently amused at how wrong self-perceptions can be -- I feel like I've mostly gone "ugh, wish had more brain, have hug?" recently, heh, so!))

[rynia]

Hello, I've seen you commenting on things around and I've been poking at your journal. Mind if I subscribe? I don't post much in my own space, but comment occasionally and read often. For an introduction, I'm Paige or Ryn, 26, genderqueer, they/them pronouns. I'm working on my bachelor's degree right now and live in the midwestern US.

[kaberett]

Go for it :-) I'll throw access your way too - most of the stuff under lock at the moment is ~drama~ but it's occasionally more interesting...

[andrewhickey.info]

Hi, introducing myself because I just added you. I've noticed you making mostly sensible comments on the entries of a variety of people recently, so thought I'd add you. No special reason to add me back -- I don't have a proper DW, and use the OpenID from my blog to read. I'm strangecharm's husband, if that gives you any idea who I am.

[kaberett]

Pleasure to meet you! :-) Access granted, though at the moment most of what's going on under lock is relationship angst...

[spiralsheep]

Hi, we've met around in several online places, especially a while back in poetry-related coms (iirc), and I'm hoping you won't mind if I dwircle you (or whatever the term is supposed to be - "follow" sounds too stalky to me). If you do mind then please feel free to pm me and I'll undwircle you (no questions asked, no problem). :-)

[kaberett]

Hah, yes, I have been noticing you being cool around the place also! I look forward to getting to know you better :-)

[mirrorshard]

Hello! I'm trying to expand my reading network so I remember to keep using DW, and liv pointed me to your journal. We have many friends in common, it seems.

[frayadjacent]

Hello! I found your journal via umadoshi and am awkwardly trying to figure out how to say "hello, I am subscribing to your journal; feel free to subscribe back if you want." Hey, I said it! :D

[kaberett]

Hello I too am an awkward human! WE OVERLAP ON FANDOMS EXCELLENT (I have just persuaded sebastienne to marathon Orphan Black and now we are both waiting in great frustration for s3 while going SHOOOOOOOOOOOW at Elementary...) it is lovely to meet you!

[adeliej]

Hey,

I've come across your name in a bunch of places recently -- most immediately related to the subscriptions meme, and stuff liv has posted recently -- and you seem cool and interesting.
I post little to never (nothing's access-locked, there's just not much there) so figured I should say hi in the interest of coming across as an actual person.

[kaberett]

Hello! Nice to meet you :-)