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fandomonymousCall me Kawa; default to they/them pronouns, but relaxed about adherence.
Mid-30s. Pansexual. Polyamorous, an open-relationship-plus-comets model at the moment, anchor partner previously called 'Harriet' on this blog but I'll probably just use her actual name, Alexei, going forward. I used to be much more active in NYC queer and poly social spaces, especially pre-2020.
Generally identify as neurodivergent, somewhere adjacent to autistic without formal diagnosis. Have skin and allergy issues that make some foods hard, and know far too much about food science and culture to overcompensate. Generally identify as an ethical hedonist in a number of ways.
For a living, I'm an indie game producer and administrative manager. I help cool people make cool things, force them to organize their thoughts, and clear the runway for them to be creative and joyful. Day job for a big game that had a big Kickstarter; I'll call it F here, with bosses C (engineering and process) and D (art and vision). [I don't want people from that fandom finding this blog on random searches, but it's not a secret where I work.] Formerly did freelance work for Strange Scaffold on a variety of small games for various platforms. I also volunteer for a virtual conference, Roguelike Celebration.
New York City will always be home (and Queens in specific), but I'm actively working on immigrating to western Canada in the next few years, primarily because of Alexei. Splitting my time between the two now as best I can afford.
My past professional lives include adjunct math professor and spreadsheet jockey in social services. My past personal life includes multiple long-term relationships, including a past engagement, and a nontrivial amount of time in central Florida. I still have many friends and some family of origin in FL, and consider it an extra home in some ways; my relationship to family is complicated, not quite no-contact and continually evolving.
I was intensely fannish for much of my life; I feel a bit adrift from modern fandom, but still believe in its emotional and creative power. I used to participate in Yuletide, but really don't have the time for that nowadays. A short list of fandoms in roughly reverse chronological order: the Yakuza/Like a Dragon game series, blaseball (particularly SIBR), Disco Elysium, European football (primarily Bayern Munich), various 2000s-2010s anime (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Ghost in the Shell, some very specific Gundam series, other things lost to the mists of time).
This is mostly a personal blog about my life and emotional state. I read and lurk on my circles far far more than I remember to comment, and learn a lot from the diverse ways people live.
I'm relatively open to friending others who friend me. Since this is so much real life rambling, I take no hard feelings about the lack of comments or non-reciprocal subscriptions. Almost nothing is behind access list.
I welcome comments of any length unless otherwise stated in the post.
Please let me know before you link to posts, public or private. Not to stop you, just want to know where things are going!
Mid-30s. Pansexual. Polyamorous, an open-relationship-plus-comets model at the moment, anchor partner previously called 'Harriet' on this blog but I'll probably just use her actual name, Alexei, going forward. I used to be much more active in NYC queer and poly social spaces, especially pre-2020.
Generally identify as neurodivergent, somewhere adjacent to autistic without formal diagnosis. Have skin and allergy issues that make some foods hard, and know far too much about food science and culture to overcompensate. Generally identify as an ethical hedonist in a number of ways.
For a living, I'm an indie game producer and administrative manager. I help cool people make cool things, force them to organize their thoughts, and clear the runway for them to be creative and joyful. Day job for a big game that had a big Kickstarter; I'll call it F here, with bosses C (engineering and process) and D (art and vision). [I don't want people from that fandom finding this blog on random searches, but it's not a secret where I work.] Formerly did freelance work for Strange Scaffold on a variety of small games for various platforms. I also volunteer for a virtual conference, Roguelike Celebration.
New York City will always be home (and Queens in specific), but I'm actively working on immigrating to western Canada in the next few years, primarily because of Alexei. Splitting my time between the two now as best I can afford.
My past professional lives include adjunct math professor and spreadsheet jockey in social services. My past personal life includes multiple long-term relationships, including a past engagement, and a nontrivial amount of time in central Florida. I still have many friends and some family of origin in FL, and consider it an extra home in some ways; my relationship to family is complicated, not quite no-contact and continually evolving.
I was intensely fannish for much of my life; I feel a bit adrift from modern fandom, but still believe in its emotional and creative power. I used to participate in Yuletide, but really don't have the time for that nowadays. A short list of fandoms in roughly reverse chronological order: the Yakuza/Like a Dragon game series, blaseball (particularly SIBR), Disco Elysium, European football (primarily Bayern Munich), various 2000s-2010s anime (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Ghost in the Shell, some very specific Gundam series, other things lost to the mists of time).
This is mostly a personal blog about my life and emotional state. I read and lurk on my circles far far more than I remember to comment, and learn a lot from the diverse ways people live.
I'm relatively open to friending others who friend me. Since this is so much real life rambling, I take no hard feelings about the lack of comments or non-reciprocal subscriptions. Almost nothing is behind access list.
I welcome comments of any length unless otherwise stated in the post.
Please let me know before you link to posts, public or private. Not to stop you, just want to know where things are going!
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Date: 2023-06-10 04:36 pm (UTC)(Also, in case any of Kawa's friends are looking for new people to add: I'm mid-40s, bisexual, polyamorous-with-two-partners in the Boston area, big tech but part-time now, writes about handstands cats tech finance.)
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Date: 2023-06-12 02:34 am (UTC)