THE PERSON I AM
I am a twenty-something Flemish fangirl, whose main obsessions at the moment are Star Trek (I'm a newbie who got pulled in by the new movie and is trying desperately to catch up with 4 decades of fandom), Boston Legal, Charles Darwin, and anything to do with the Age of Sail in general (Patrick O'Brian's naval Saga-Without-A-Name in particular). Gilly McGillicuddy is the name. I may digress on occasion, to whatever happens to tickle my fancy at any particular moment, of course, but what else is LJ for if not to promote a certain degree of randomness.
I'm currently living with my ever-wonderful and always-astounding girlfriend in a house full of bookshelves, DVDs and cats.
My journal is 'Friends Only' through necessity, but don't be shy about leaving a comment. I'm always eager to find fellow fans. I should mention I don't friend back unless you either leave me a note there or I know you from a community, though.
'[T]oday he let me into a great secret, known to very few: the whole world has gone mad, it seems, but they are too far gone to know it - a kind of sudden epidemic, caused by drinking tea.' (Patrick O'Brian)
THE THINGS I DO
- make lists. Lists are love! - draw Age of Sail fanart, though I branch out to other fandoms sometimes. Pen cross-hatchings are my forte. Check out my DeviantArt page for art and doodles. - make icons, you can find them all at my icon journal. - read books. You'll never find me without one. If you want a raw list of them, you can find me on Goodreads. - filk songs and poems. Only occasionally, though I dearly love it. My proudest achievement to date is "Quoth the Captain". - fangirl people: fictional or real, dead or alive, war heroes or modern day hippies, famous or not so. If the urge strikes, it strikes... - research obscure stuff and bore my friendslist with them. My apologies in advance for this. - slash. From Frodo/Sam over Aubrey/Maturin through Darwin/Hooker all the way until Fraser/Vecchio and Merlin/Arthur, with many a side-pairing inbetween. - talk about myself. This is the boring stuff, generally, and my apologies in advance for this, too.
Affly yrs, the Gilly |
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