A variant on my irregular ask-me-anything-you-like posts...

[kaberett]

... because it is doing the rounds, and because I feel like the prompts: pick a day and tell me what you'd like me to write about. I don't mind about format - if you'd like to request a poem then please do! And similarly, happy to fact or fiction or somewhere in between.

December 01 - how I use flavour in my cooking (for jedusaur)
December 02 - my favourite scents (for calissa)
December 03 - how I am getting along with London (for hairyears)
December 04 - a poem for Hel, because I want to get it out of my head (following up a conversation from a week or so ago)
December 05 - five invented animals (for pipisafoat)
December 06 - favourite books, and why they're meaningful to me (for laceblade)
December 07 - my favourite things about languages (for fascination)
December 08 - what field would I have gone into if not my current field of study? (for forests_of_fire)
December 09 - claustrophilia & why the angerblanket is the Best Thing ever (for the boything)
December 10 - a lake I like (for birke)
December 11 - a story with dragons in (for wisdomeagle)
December 12 - favourite colours (for glass_icarus)
December 13 - a fortunate happening (for emperor)
December 14 - my favourite piece of clothing (for littlebutfierce)
December 15 - respecting people's identit[y|ies], and why it's important (for colada)
December 16 - where I would most like to visit (for fascination)
December 17 - working out my gender identity (for wild_irises)
December 18 - a little about each of the people in my important relationships (for boxofdelights)
December 19 - some of my favourite rocks (for calissa)
December 20 - how I handle transitions (for liv)
December 21 - the dream of the new year (for silveradept)
December 22 - books on trans issues for medical professionals (for forestofglory)
December 23 - creativity (because apparently I Have Thoughts)
December 24 - my relationship with religion/gods (for sorrillia)
December 25 - the first (the best) time I felt I was home (for askygoneonfire)
December 26 - saints (for thefairymelusine)
December 27 - integrated identity (for el_staplador)
December 28 - impressions of being a postgrad at Imperial College (for nanila)
December 29 - "Metal with clever, feminism-compatible lyrics and competent guitar lines: What did you find? Was it any good?" (for bjh21)
December 30 - New Years' Resolutions (for pretty_panther)
December 31 - repeated rituals (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, ?) I use to orient / root myself (for jjhunter)

Comments

[pipisafoat]

On any day of your choosing (what, I don't like to say, and for all I know someone would post a comment for the SAME DAY just before I posted), I would like for you to invent five animals. If any of them are made of two animals mushed together, I will make you ridiculous photoshopped pictures of them. (Bonus points if they have inexplicable super powers.) Does that count for a day? We could all use some ridiculous every now and then.

(ps I thought I asked but maybe not; address for winter card?)

[kaberett]

Is included! And definitely counts as a day :-)

[emperor]

Could you write about a fortunate happening on the 13th? :)

[kaberett]

Sure thing :-)

[wild_irises]

I would love it if you would (only if it feels right to you) write something about how you came to your current gender identity. Maybe on the 17th?

[kaberett]

In the calendar :-)

[wisdomeagle]

Looking at your interests... Dec 11, tell me a story with dragons in. (without any dragons dying, pls.)

[kaberett]

Noted! :-)

[silveradept]

Perhaps later on in the month, I'd like to see "The Dream Of The New Year", whatever that means to you, in whatever form makes sense.

[kaberett]

In the calendar :-)

[pretty_panther]

Maybe talk about your thoughts on 'New Years resolutions'? Do you think it is a good idea or bad idea? Do you feel it sets people up for failure? Do you do them? That sort of thing. December 30th?

[kaberett]

Slotted in!

[littlebutfierce]

December 14th, your favorite piece of clothing.

[kaberett]

On the calendar :-)

[calissa]

You may have mentioned it before somewhere, but I would love hearing about your favourite scents.

[kaberett]

I haven't, actually, and would be delighted to do so! Stuck it in. x

[jedusaur]

I would like to read about how you use flavor in your cooking, please! What herbs and spices do you use most often, and with what food? Do you play with flavor combinations a lot? Do you have go-to marinades or sauces? How do you use taste and smell during your cooking process to determine flavor adjustments? Do you ever have flavor-based cravings? (I ask that last one because I'm fascinated by people who do; I feel like my body tends to demand "protein now" or "NEED FRESH PLANTS IN MOUTH" rather than specific food items.)

I will claim December 1 because I am impatient. :P

[kaberett]

:D Sure thing. Also HURRAH PROMPTS. (Am suppressing urge to ramble at you in comments, because THAT IS WHAT POST BOX IS FOR. ;)

Two possibles...

[hairyears]

How are you getting along with London? Write about the good, the bad, the ugly; the scented and the smelly; and describe the most ridiculous absurdity that Londoners consider normal and don't notice.

Also, poetry; and, as there is only one poetic form that I can claim to have mastered: Limericks.

Re: Two possibles...

[kaberett]

The former is in the calendar; limericks I am intimidated by but can give a go :-)

[el_staplador]

You picked up on this over at my journal: integrated identity. 27th?

[kaberett]

I've actually got a bit of a draft written on this already, so thanks for the prod to get it polished and posted :-) Signed you up!

[worlds_of_smoke]

Dec 8 - What would you have gone into if you had decided against your current field of study?

[kaberett]

Hee, okay.

[glass_icarus]

12/12, favorite colors!

[kaberett]

Added! :-)

[laceblade]

December 6 - What is your favorite book(s), & what makes it meaningful to you?

[kaberett]

Adding!

[milkymoon]

7th December- What are some of your favourite things about language? (That can be about English, German, other languages or language in general?)

16 December - Where would you most like to visit?

[kaberett]

Adding as we speak :-)

[dreamfracture.insanejournal.com]

I don't know if you've written about this before, but I'd quite like to see something about claustrophilia and why the Anger Blanket is the best thing ever. I don't mind what day, though.

[kaberett]

Added to list :-) Will try to scrape together thoughts on it!

[colada]

December 15th - Respecting people's identit(y/ies), and why this is important.

Anna

[kaberett]

Added!

[boxofdelights]

I'm new here. Would you tell me something about each of the people in your important relationships?

[kaberett]

Slotted into the calendar - thank you for asking :-)

[birke]

December 10: A lake you like.

[kaberett]

Adding! :-)

[calissa]

If there's enough space for a second question, I'd like to hear about some of your favourite rocks.

[kaberett]

Definitely is! Stuck it on the calendar. :-)

[liv]

This meme is seriously awesome. I love that loads of people have picked it up and it's getting people to post not just frequently but interestingly.

I would like to request for December 20^th some words about how you handle transitions. (Not as in the fact of having a trans identity, that's just an unfortunate coincidence of language and is not what I mean.) I mean, big life and status changes, into and out of relationships, moving out of home, changing jobs, changing from student to baby scientist, that kind of thing.

[kaberett]

I'm really enjoying it too - I think it's an excellent idea and I'm having a lot of fun. :-) And this is a very interesting topic, so thank you - it's gone in the calendar and I will have a proper ponder (and quite possibly end up discussing it with my counsellor, which is praise rather than complaint!).

[forestofglory]

Books on Trans issues for medical professionals. Or what should I buy for my mother? (Background she is pediatrician, so she does primary care for under 18s. She has lot of different families -- a bunch of medicare (so low income) but also a lot of middle class people who are anti- vaccine. She has met a couple of my trans friends, and recently was doing continuing medical education about the issues. She bought herself some books the recommended by the continuing medical education, so I think she would be happy to read more stuff about trans issues. )

Um .. Dec 22 since that is the earliest date not taken.

[kaberett]

Oh, hmm. This is interesting and will require me to do some research - thanks!

[askygoneonfire]

I'd love if you could write something on Dec 25th (as I always flee to the internet in the afternoon and evening of that day and it's always *tumbleweed*) about the first time - or the best time - you felt you were ~home~. Or, more generally, just write on/around the prompt of 'home'.

[kaberett]

Added to the calendar :-)

[bjh21.me.uk]

For the 29th: Metal with clever, feminism-compatible lyrics and competent guitar lines: What did you find? Was it any good?

[kaberett]

Adding! It might well just end up being a compilation list in the first instance, but I will do my best to at least give impressions of as much as I manage to listen to. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

I'd like to know more about That One Lady and That One Gentleman but I think it might be covered in Dec 18th?
(divulge)

[kaberett]

Yep, I'll be talking about them then :-)