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zuki_sanI just had cause to post an introductory comment on someone's livejournal, and I rather liked the look of it--I thought it might be useful to repost it here, let all y'all that I might not have been communicating with recently take a look, ask questions, etc. Believe it or not, I *do* occaisionally feel bad about never posting. I'll be slightly editing and adding commentary, I think.
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Hey, I'm Zuki, or, if you prefer, Kalen.
I've recently undergone some moderately significant life changes that I've been too busy to blog about, because I prefer telling people things personally, and by the time I'm ready to blog, I don't want to rehash things anymore. This is why I update so seldom.
(These consist mostly of moving across country with the intent to stay there for at least several years, with the intent to get and finish my education at a better institution. I think I'd like to be a psychaiatrist, but med-school makes me nervous. Nevertheless, I'm currently chasing psychology with pre-med. I like my new college! It has drainage tunnels and steam tunnels that I'm looking forward to exploring--and I already have someone that'll do that with me. I am, however, saddened that it has noticeably fewer crows, geese, and squirrels than BSU did, and it's not in the middle of the city. On the other hand, I'm not paying for rent, and I can ride the bus to campus until I get a car. I need my own car again soon!
Two summer vacations, one with Dad and one with Mom, and going to a great local convention are other reasons why I've been nonblogging this summer. I'm wearing the 'Werewolves for Jesus' shirt I got at that convention right now, actually. :D)
'Ambivalent' is a good word for my relationship with that great big nebluous draconity thing--I've recently been content to be 'just human,' but stil maintaining ties with people in the community that I enjoy talking to, reading blogs, etc. Now that I'm back in college (at a new school, on a different side of the country, no less!), I've got the time to introspect, hang out/work in libraries, and 'feel draconic' again. Something about libraries has always brought that mindset/those sensations out in me. I should just get used to this being a cyclical thing, I suppose.
(Eh, not much to say about this. Those of you I've known for a while I've probably brought this sort of thing up with eventually, and I don't think I know anyone that's negatively reacted to the whole otherkin-therian-dragon-What? thing, but I still don't like discussing it 'out in the open,' as it were. Shoot me questions in the comments section, if you need more.)
I'm not pagan, or a practicioner of magic or shamanism or energy manipulation, but I think all of these sorts of things are very interesting and I'd like to learn more and maybe dabble a bit, find something I'd like to practice more intently. Jungian psychology, and taoist thought and practice can also be added to this list. I do, however, practice T'ai Chi, though I'm a bit rusty and need to find a new group. On a somewhat related side note, I'm utterly thrilled to be taking an Ancient Chinese Literature class this semester, and so far it looks to be meeting my expectations of awesome. I'm a little bit worried about having to bust out a ten page paper on Outlaws of the Marsh or Journey to the West (I get a choice, but I've narrowed it down to two out of six choices of book), but I'm pretty sure I could find ten pages worth of things to say as well.
(Not much to say here. I *will* make contact with the secretive and mysterious T'ai Ji club here on campus--apparently they've been undergoing some organizational restructurings, and the website was out of date. But, grr. If you think you know something relevant, reccomend me a book!)
I love reading and discussing a good book, and I'm rather fond of Terry Pratchett, Haruki Murakami, and what little I've managed to read of Michael Ende. But if it comes to me with a good reccomendation, I can be pretty indiscriminate about what I read.
(Those were just the first three authors that popped into my head, naturally.)
I like to walk barefoot or in flip-flops whenever I can, until my feet start freezing, which is annoying because I lost both my pairs of sandals to the ocean during my summer vacations. One pair of the Atlantic, one pair to the Pacific.
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That's about it. Questions? Introductions? Anything else at all?
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Hey, I'm Zuki, or, if you prefer, Kalen.
I've recently undergone some moderately significant life changes that I've been too busy to blog about, because I prefer telling people things personally, and by the time I'm ready to blog, I don't want to rehash things anymore. This is why I update so seldom.
(These consist mostly of moving across country with the intent to stay there for at least several years, with the intent to get and finish my education at a better institution. I think I'd like to be a psychaiatrist, but med-school makes me nervous. Nevertheless, I'm currently chasing psychology with pre-med. I like my new college! It has drainage tunnels and steam tunnels that I'm looking forward to exploring--and I already have someone that'll do that with me. I am, however, saddened that it has noticeably fewer crows, geese, and squirrels than BSU did, and it's not in the middle of the city. On the other hand, I'm not paying for rent, and I can ride the bus to campus until I get a car. I need my own car again soon!
Two summer vacations, one with Dad and one with Mom, and going to a great local convention are other reasons why I've been nonblogging this summer. I'm wearing the 'Werewolves for Jesus' shirt I got at that convention right now, actually. :D)
'Ambivalent' is a good word for my relationship with that great big nebluous draconity thing--I've recently been content to be 'just human,' but stil maintaining ties with people in the community that I enjoy talking to, reading blogs, etc. Now that I'm back in college (at a new school, on a different side of the country, no less!), I've got the time to introspect, hang out/work in libraries, and 'feel draconic' again. Something about libraries has always brought that mindset/those sensations out in me. I should just get used to this being a cyclical thing, I suppose.
(Eh, not much to say about this. Those of you I've known for a while I've probably brought this sort of thing up with eventually, and I don't think I know anyone that's negatively reacted to the whole otherkin-therian-dragon-What? thing, but I still don't like discussing it 'out in the open,' as it were. Shoot me questions in the comments section, if you need more.)
I'm not pagan, or a practicioner of magic or shamanism or energy manipulation, but I think all of these sorts of things are very interesting and I'd like to learn more and maybe dabble a bit, find something I'd like to practice more intently. Jungian psychology, and taoist thought and practice can also be added to this list. I do, however, practice T'ai Chi, though I'm a bit rusty and need to find a new group. On a somewhat related side note, I'm utterly thrilled to be taking an Ancient Chinese Literature class this semester, and so far it looks to be meeting my expectations of awesome. I'm a little bit worried about having to bust out a ten page paper on Outlaws of the Marsh or Journey to the West (I get a choice, but I've narrowed it down to two out of six choices of book), but I'm pretty sure I could find ten pages worth of things to say as well.
(Not much to say here. I *will* make contact with the secretive and mysterious T'ai Ji club here on campus--apparently they've been undergoing some organizational restructurings, and the website was out of date. But, grr. If you think you know something relevant, reccomend me a book!)
I love reading and discussing a good book, and I'm rather fond of Terry Pratchett, Haruki Murakami, and what little I've managed to read of Michael Ende. But if it comes to me with a good reccomendation, I can be pretty indiscriminate about what I read.
(Those were just the first three authors that popped into my head, naturally.)
I like to walk barefoot or in flip-flops whenever I can, until my feet start freezing, which is annoying because I lost both my pairs of sandals to the ocean during my summer vacations. One pair of the Atlantic, one pair to the Pacific.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's about it. Questions? Introductions? Anything else at all?
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Date: 2007-09-12 05:37 am (UTC)I feel rather drawn to the word "ambivalent" as well in regards to my own feelings towards being therian/otherkin, though maybe "relaxed" is another good word for it. That's fascinating that libraries fosters feeling draconic for you, because in many ways, I feel very similar in my own experiences. Maybe there's something to being surrounded by so many stories and imaginings.
And I definitely (though rarely) feel bad about my lack of posts as well. Maybe there should be some sort of universal club for folks like us?
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Date: 2007-09-13 03:49 pm (UTC)Hi Zuki!
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Date: 2007-09-15 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-15 06:27 pm (UTC)Nope, tho ive had LJ since the early 2000s - I found you via the same interest we have - Zuki >.<
No biggie if you arent interesed in friending, have fun!
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Date: 2007-09-21 05:03 pm (UTC)So, what do you like in books? Humor, seriousness, or just quirky?
As for introductions, I'm me. :) Actually, Endless Gears is basically a male persona of t'Sade, created for a friend and just happens to be focused on writing Exalted stories and the occasion naughty bit.