Kate ([info]kate_nepveu) wrote,
@ 2003-12-11 22:52:00
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Curious and procrastinating.

Hi there. I was fiddling today, bookmarking friends-of as I do, and I was a touch surprised to see that friends-of was up to 92. (I hope to write well, but I don't expect that most of my natterings are of deep interest to the wide world.)

So, cribbing from various people—if you're reading this, feel free to tell me any or all of the following, either here or (if you want to be private) in e-mail:

  • What do you read these entries for? Dog stories, book stuff, the law?
  • How did you find this journal? Some of you I know in Real Life or from other communities, or we've commented in each others' journals—but for a few people, I don't see the obvious chain, and I'm curious.
  • Tell me something about yourself. Anything. Even if you intend to lurk forever or remain anonymous, it would be fun if, when I looked at my info page, I could say, "oh yes, so-and-so { raises bulldogs | likes spinach | types with only the ring-fingers } ".

Or not. Whatever you like. I'll be getting back to this draft memorandum of law, now.


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[info]missysedai
2003-12-11 08:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh, what fun!

What do you read these entries for? Dog stories, book stuff, the law?

All of the above. And I've always liked the way you write anyway.

How did you find this journal?

RASFWRJ. Need one say more?

Tell me something about yourself. Anything.

I'm a tiny bit of a chocoholic. Just a little. Not much, really.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 09:49 am UTC (Expand)

[info]pnh
2003-12-11 08:20 pm UTC (link)
I read your entries because you're a sharp writer who's a pleasure to read. You could be writing about cooking or mountain-climbing for all I care. I do value your take on various books; you often seem to have interestingly nuanced opinions about books that the literati dismiss as fluffy, and that's certainly worth my attention.

I have no idea how I originally found your LJ, but As You Know, Bob, I already knew who you were from way back in the primordial ooze that is rasf*.

I raise ring fingers, like bulldogs, and type only with spinach. Also, I find most second-hand stores depressing, and I'm a surprisingly good bartender.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 09:57 am UTC (Expand)

[info]montoya
2003-12-11 08:21 pm UTC (link)
All about the law! I've been very disappointed at the lack of detailed discussion of contract law.

Perhaps a post about Anticipatory Repudiation and Assurances of Performance? Or something on UCC Damages Rules for Breaching Buyers?

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 09:58 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]montoya, 2003-12-13 10:11 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 11:14 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-14 07:14 am UTC (Expand)

[info]violentecstasy
2003-12-11 08:40 pm UTC (link)
What do you read these entries for?
i like your book discussions. you seem to be an interesting person. and i'm a bit of a voyeur--i like knowing what people fairly unlike me are up to these days.

How did you find this journal?
if i remember correctly, another blog i read (unhelpfully, i can't remember which--perhaps bookslut?) linked to your husband's blog, and from there i found you. i think he had linked to some pics you'd posted about your new puppy.

Tell me something about yourself.
i really like the colour pink, and i've just started knitting. it's actually more fun than i had thought it would be.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:02 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]violentecstasy, 2003-12-15 08:48 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-15 08:55 am UTC (Expand)

[info]snippy
2003-12-11 09:11 pm UTC (link)
I read because you write well and about interesting things.

I know you rasf, at least slightly.

As for something about me, I am a legal secretary (union side labor law firm).

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:08 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]snippy, 2003-12-13 10:28 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 11:15 am UTC (Expand)

[info]lcohen
2003-12-11 09:29 pm UTC (link)
i came for the books and the dogs were a bonus! i forget whose journal you commented in that caused me to check out your journal--i think there was a little back and forth there and then i started reading your journal as well.

let's see--something about myself. my first job out of college was with a law firm. and we have already determined that we are about two degrees of separation as far as real life friends are concerned.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:13 am UTC (Expand)
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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 11:17 am UTC (Expand)

[info]stinaleigh
2003-12-11 10:20 pm UTC (link)
I read for the books and the law and the interesting links that sometimes come up.

I found you through rasfwr-j by way of epicylical (it was very strange). I am a lurker there, and a lurker here for the most part.

About myself, if I didn't live here in the Cities, I would love to live in Boston.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:16 am UTC (Expand)

[info]aor
2003-12-11 10:41 pm UTC (link)
- The mundane doings of others are an endless source of fascination.
- In case you don't know (entirely possible; given the semi-anonymous nature of LJ, I'm never sure how well know actual identities are), I'm from rasfwrj.
- I don't own any pets, and have no plans to ever have pets.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-15 08:01 am UTC (Expand)

[info]brisingamen
2003-12-11 11:24 pm UTC (link)
I read your journal for all and everything you care to put in. Your comments on books always please me, and I enjoy reading about your work in the law.

I came to your journal after reading you on rasff. We've never met but I believe you met my husband, PK, briefly at Boskone several years ago, when he was on his miniature odyssey across the US (allegedly on business).

Erm, something about me that isn't on my info page ... er, er, aargh, have I really spread out my entire life's secrets in my mini-bio and interests? Seems unlikely. Oh, how about this ... I'm going to put it in my biosquib if I ever write a book. When I was a teenager I spent a summer washing the skeletons of medieval monks, which were kept in fire buckets. I am not making this up!

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:20 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]brisingamen, 2003-12-14 03:20 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-14 04:07 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]brisingamen, 2003-12-27 02:29 am UTC (Expand)
not a friend-of, but a lurker
[info]verbicide
2003-12-12 01:02 am UTC (link)
Hi there!

This is Cat..

I don't know if you'll remember me, but we exchanged emails ages ago in response to rasfwrj posts. You helped get me started on reading Terry Pratchett (for which I'll always remain indebted).

I'm a friend of Hawk's and as I discovered her lj, I started hopping around to other people that I remembered from the newsgroup.

I'd always enjoyed your posts on usenet and thought it would be nice to see what you were up to. I'm relatively new to lj and still feel so odd about reading someone's journal without them knowing, but I don't always speak up, either. Still trying to figure out the etiquette, etc.

Much belated congratulations on your wedding, your home and your beautiful dog!

Me? I am very fond of my cat, excited about a new bookclub I've joined, and recently moved to Seattle to do a certification program at UW. I am also clearly insane because I have an early flight tomorrow and instead of finishing up packing, I'm wandering around LJ having fun.

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Re: not a friend-of, but a lurker - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:26 am UTC (Expand)
Re: not a friend-of, but a lurker - [info]verbicide, 2003-12-21 08:35 pm UTC (Expand)
Monstrous Regiment - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-22 06:40 am UTC (Expand)

[info]penmage
2003-12-12 01:30 am UTC (link)
-Mostly, I read your journal for the book stuff, though I find the other stuff interesting.

-I found you via [info]papersky and [info]rysmiel, originally, I think.

And now, for the fun bit:
I'm addicted to Richard III.
I'm descended from the man who might be the first Jewish science fiction writer.
I'm on my university's fencing team, and I like to sing a song about Anne Boleyn and her lack of head before my matches.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:30 am UTC (Expand)

[info]cvantien
2003-12-12 01:53 am UTC (link)
I mainly read your entries for book stuff. I am a long term lurker from rasfrj and have enjoyed your book posts for a long time. The little glimpses into a life that isn't mine is a bonus really. Regardless of how much I enjoy my children and my own life it's interesting to see how other people live and how other people spend their time. I think I found you on a friend's page of another rasfrj regular, and I found the first link in that chain when [info]publius1 mentioned his LiveJournal on rasfrj a while back

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:34 am UTC (Expand)

[info]texas_tiger
2003-12-12 04:12 am UTC (link)
I read your LJ because your entries are interesting, enlightening, thought provoking funny, and articulate.

*smile*

And as for something about me....hmmm....how about, I raised an avacado tree from a seed?

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:35 am UTC (Expand)

[info]turnberryknkn
2003-12-12 04:46 am UTC (link)
I enjoy reading your diary in general, period. It's all equally interesting --especially the glimpses into the life of a professional lawyer and into books I haven't had the chance to read yet.

And like several others here, it was through rasfwr-j --several years of lurking, and perhaps a few years of active posting before semi-disappearing into the ether again. Still extremely active in the Midwest/Midatlantic DFS community, tho.

Something unusual about myself? Hm...

  • My family lived in Chofu, Tokyo, from 1993-1996, a little bit north of where Chad worked in the fall of 1998;

  • I am a defendant in a lawsuit claiming more than five billion dollars in damages. (Hasn't been a lot of fun.)


Cheers! :-)

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ionas
2003-12-12 05:31 am UTC (link)
I came because of book discussions. Dog talk was an added bonus.

As for me, well, I love talking about books. That's obvious. Something less so: I love English Bulldogs.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:38 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]krfsm
2003-12-12 05:41 am UTC (link)
General insight, plus books. The law can be fascinating, too, but it's not a primary factor.

Rasfwr-j.

I dream up t-shirt designs that, alas, never (or almost never) become actual t-shirts.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:39 am UTC (Expand)

[info]papersky
2003-12-12 06:19 am UTC (link)
The unusual situation: you're on my Friends List because you are my friend.

Something you don't know about me: I don't know how to operate the volume control on my new record player. I just can't figure it out.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:41 am UTC (Expand)

[info]redbird
2003-12-12 06:43 am UTC (link)
We know each other in person.

Something you may not know about me: when I was ten, my parents got a dog so my brother and I wouldn't be afraid of dogs. It didn't entirely work: I certainly wasn't afraid of our dog, but I'm still afraid of some other dogs.

Even if [info]cattitude liked dogs enough to want to live with one, I decided years ago that I was never again walking a dog in a blizzard. This means I won't get a dog unless at least one of the following is true: I am living with someone who is willing and able to do all the horrible-weather walks; we're far enough out in the country that I can just let the dog out the back door; I move to somewhere that it doesn't snow. None of these seems terribly likely at present.

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[info]rysmiel
2003-12-12 07:03 am UTC (link)
I read your journal to keep up with what you're doing because of knowing you from elsewhere, and I do like the book stuff.

You probably don't know that I'm allergic to wool.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:48 am UTC (Expand)

[info]stakebait
2003-12-12 08:19 am UTC (link)
Book stuff, so far, but I often enjoy law geekery too. I met you briefly at Albacon, and I've seen you make interesting comments in other people's journals. Um, [info]papersky and [info]rysmiel, and maybe [info]coffeeandink or [info]truepenny?

Random Mer Factoid: I have recurring dreams about being chased by killers through malls.

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[info]katxena
2003-12-12 08:46 am UTC (link)
I read your booklog, and somehow found myself over here (I think the cross-over had to due with Harry Potter, but I'm not sure). I usually check this out right after reading your booklog.

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[info]larabeaton
2003-12-12 09:47 am UTC (link)
1. I read your journal because it's an easy way to keep in touch with friends I don't get to see often, and I'm lazy. Plus, you're an excellent source of good book recommendations.

2. Like many others, through RASFWR-J

3. Hmmm, something you don't know about me. I can wiggle my ears. And sometimes I sleepwalk, once I even managed to move furniture in my sleep.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 10:54 am UTC (Expand)

[info]chrisruser
2003-12-12 10:33 am UTC (link)
1. I read your journal because it's interesting, whether you talk about dogs, books, the law, or anything else.
2. I'm a RASFWR-J lurker.
3. I live on a farm and care intensely about sustainable agriculture and the problems of urban sprawl. I am involved in Swedish-American cultural activities although I have no Swedish ancestry at all. I work as the only in-house programmer in the IS department of a plastics manufacturer. I have one child in high school and one in college.

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[info]hermetic
2003-12-12 10:53 am UTC (link)
I "know" you from rasfwr-j, from when I used to be a regular poster in the late '90s. I haven't followed the group in years, except for the ocassional pop-in to lurk. I may have fix that circumstance, at some point.

I read your journal because I've always found you to be a great writer on writers. You're insightful and fun to read, and it's nice to hear what you're up to--it's an effect of the sense of community from my days on rasfwr-j. I first came across you on LJ when I saw a comment you'd left on [info]thegraybook's journal.

Something about me...I spent years avoiding wearing the color red because I thought it didn't work with my coloring. I was very wrong. I now wear red with glee.

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(no subject) - [info]kate_nepveu, 2003-12-13 11:02 am UTC (Expand)

ex_greythist387
2003-12-12 12:34 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Lookit all the r.a.sf.w.r-j people.

I enjoyed your r.a.sf.w posts in the 90s. I'm sure I'd still enjoy them now, but I lurk less frequently (as it were) than I did a few years ago.

Something about me: I've ended up living or working near a racetrack most of my life, despite several moves and no affiliation with racetrack activities.

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