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Twenty-something English graduate student in Alaska (ask me about it! I've lived here most of my life, including five years in Barrow, the northernmost community in the US) who seems to be in a holding pattern waiting for life to start--rather, less "waiting" and more "omg so busy I must be out of my miiiiind," repeat ad nauseum. Writer, reader, wannabe novelist, hopeful cynic, traveler (up to 15 countries! *fist pump*), Ravenclaw, Browncoat, Whovian (Ten will always be my Doctor), member of way too many other fandoms, proud geek and gamer girl, etc. (favorites so far include the Mass Effect, Portal, and Fallout series, and Red Dead Redemption). Politically conservative-to-moderate feminist (yes, it's possible). Living with clinical depression since at least 2004. Somewhere around the demisexual end of the asexual spectrum. Possibly a vampire.

You can find me in multiple elsewheres, in varying degrees of regularity: in my writing journal, mostly for fanfic and fanmixes; last.fm; and Twitter (same username for Echo Bazaar, where I misunderstood the character creation for some reason and picked the wrong gender), among others. I'm thestarvelingcat on PSN, which is mostly only relevant if you want to find me in Red Dead Redemption multiplayer, and 100indecisions on Steam, as well as at Playfire.

I also run F Yeah Fireflies and F yeah Raspberries, which are...pretty much what they say on the tin, as well as another one for one of my novels-in-progress, and I co-run the Red Dead Redemption blog the gunslinger's lament.

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27 February 12

aubade asked: They are running tours there now, isn't that crazy? I'd love to visit too, but the fear of cancer keeps me here. :p

^_~ Well, uh…maybe the radiation levels are a lot lower now? Not low enough that I’d be comfortable touring the place…

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25 February 12

aubade asked: I really like your video game and general geekery, and you seem neat and funny and nice.

Good to see that my nattering about all my gaming feels isn’t completely obnoxious. :D Thank you!

21 February 12

aubade replied to your post: chimericaloutlier replied to your photo: (via…

Ahhh! That’s so cool. I’m kind of tempted to get it just to see if they included things I recognize besides the landmarks.

It’s a fun game anyway, because Bethesda makes good RPGs and it’s hard for a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic setting to not be awesome. Steam had it really cheap during their winter sale, so chances are it’ll be pretty cheap again if you wait a while. Of course, I’m irritated because there’s a DLC set in Anchorage, where I just happen to live, and I hear it’s not remotely recognizable as the real place. *sad panda*

24 January 12

aubade asked: Oh, that's a shame. :( I have a high-heeled pair of Oxfords that just fit my feet weird, they kind of slip out? But Fryes are generally super, super comfortable, and last forever.

Well, I’d probably have better luck if I was willing to pay more than $20 on a pair of shoes. >_< I just…really don’t like paying a lot of money for a single thing, and with shoes I feel like I just can’t know whether they’re going to be comfortable. All the shoes I buy feel okay at the store, after all, and then I discover, well, being on my feet for more than the few minutes I had in the store isn’t much fun. I should really just buy some from Nordstrom, apparently they take stuff back no matter how long it’s been and how much you’ve used them, so at least I wouldn’t have to worry I’d drop lots of money on something I wouldn’t want to wear. I just…really don’t like spending lots of money on a single thing. >_<

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6 January 12

plenilune replied to your post: It’s warpaint! (This is an option in character creation but yeah it totally does look like guyliner).

Hey now. Guyliner can be very purposeful. I owe my YA trilogy in part to guyliner. #i mean what

AHAHAHAHAHA

aubade replied to your post: It’s warpaint! (This is an option in character creation but yeah it totally does look like guyliner).

TO STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF… I don’t know, actually. I am planning to marry my character to one of the twins bc having a gruff Viking in guyliner cooking her dinner cracks me up.

BEST PLAN

aubade replied to your post: WHAT VILKIS AND FARKAS’ GUYLINER IS FANTASTIC XP

I like to think of it as they were crying about their sad lot in life because they are ORPHAN WEREWOLVES.

…yeah, okay, that makes sense.

Posted: 7:26 PM

aubade asked: It's warpaint! (This is an option in character creation but yeah it totally does look like guyliner).

…so basically it’s guyliner…with a purpose.

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