Hippies, Hipsters, and Steampunk! OMG!

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I have created a game! Ish... Take a series of identities/cultural identifiers/nonsense phrases, and list the ways in which you might fall under that category of personage. Sounds like fun, right? (This is the part where you play along...) It's also a good way to get to know each other! Let's play, shall we?

Five Ways In Which I Am:

a Hippie:

1. I have an organic garden.
   
2. I compost.
   
3. I make my own laundry detergent.
   
4. I have long hair.
   
5. I make people uncomfortable at parties when they confess to shopping at Wal-Mart.

a Hipster:

1. I have black, acrylic-framed glasses.
   
2. I own more than one plaid shirt.
   
3. My music snobbery interests.
   
4. I listen to NPR.
   
5. I shop at farmers' markets.

a Yuppie Suburbanite:

1. I have a Starbucks gold card.
   
2. I tell people I'm from Detroit, even though I live in the 'burbs.
   
3. I wear yoga pants out of the house for non-yoga purposes.
   
4. I spend way too much time bitching about a lack of parking.
   
5. I consider the soup and salad lunch combo at Olive Garden to be a 'good deal'.

a Goth:

1. I own more than three types of black eyeliner.
   
2. I like Joy Division.
   
3. I was once officially 'initiated' at a Goth club in Detroit by a dude who claimed to be a vampire. (He bit my neck. It was adorable. True story!)
   
4. I have an odd fascination with death, and I love cemeteries.
   
5. I ♥ Gothic literature. (I took a class in college, though I don't know if that fact makes me more or less Goth...)

I wanted to do 'Nerd', but this entire journal could very easily be considered evidence for how I fit into that category! So let me turn the tables and give you:

Five Ways In Which I Am Not A Nerd:

1. I'm not into video games.
   
2. Never got into Star Trek.
   
3. I enjoy talking to strangers at parties.
   
4. Also: I will dance. Even if no one else is dancing and the music is really lame. I am going to bust a move.
   
5. I have never in my life said: "OMG, you should see X Movie, it's got awesome special effects!" Fuck special effects. AND High-Def. I am more than happy with regular-def.

Now's the part where you play along at home: either in the comments or on your journal, pick a label! Pick one of the ones I used, or make up one of your own. Give me five reasons why you are or are not like that label. The challenge comes when you pick one that doesn't really fit: I am by no means a Goth, but with some creative thinking, I was able to come up with five ways in which I could be.

Basically: help distract me from the fact I'm dying AGAIN! (I know, right: inconvenient!) My throat hurts, my chest feels heavy, and my shoulders and neck are achy. So play with me, please, and we shall make merry! (Also: what are some good labels you might suggest for anyone who wants to play?)

ETA: It's all roh_wyn's fault, but I have signed up for femgenficathon. It does what it says on the tin: gen stories about women from any fandom! (History RPF, too.) YOU SHOULD ALL GO SIGN UP! Let me know if you do. :P

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Five Ways I'm a Punk Rocker

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1) I have a leather jacket.
2) I have the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, and the Clash all on my iPod. (Though owning an iPod is probably a strike against me...)
3) I've dyed my hair blue before.
4) I own safety pin earrings.
5) ...I always listen to my music really loud? I can't think of a fifth reason, damn.

That was kind of hard! Like you, I can think of five ways I'm a nerd without even trying, so I had to put a bit of effort into coming up with these. Ooh, that ficathon sounds interesting! It's been so long since I've written fic my fic-brain has probably atrophied from lack of use. Have you decided what fandom you're going to write for?

Re: Five Ways I'm a Punk Rocker

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Good list! And very punk rock. :P (Also: love, love, LOVE the icon!)

YOU SHOULD SIGN UP FOR THE FICATHON! I love having people to commisserate with when I'm writing for a fest. :P

I have not absolutely decided which fandom I'm going to write for, but I've been itching to start writing for Firefly! My first thought was that I wanted to write a Kaylee story (because I ♥ her), I think the quote I was given fits her nicely:

Life is full of surprises, I try to capture these precious moments with wide eyes. -- Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532-1625), Italian painter of the Renaissance.

Of course, all of that is subject to the condition I come up with a story I want to tell about her! If I get another idea, I may write for another fandom entirely. (I have the whole summer, so that's good!)