ivyblossom | Oof! I've arrived!

Well I asked for some dreamwidth and dreamwidth complied.

This is a bit of an experiment for me. I dropped away from livejournal in the past several years. Life for me has changed radically. I have a job that takes up most of my time and energy, so while I still spend lots of time online, I do it mostly still in my chunk of work-related universe, which is pretty large.

I'd like to bring this place into my work-related universe.

I work in emerging technologies, and honestly, everything I ever knew about emerging technologies almost entirely arose from my experiences as Ivy Blossom. So the nickname sticks around, but my real life comes with it.

I don't really care anymore about the connection between my real life and my (now ancient) fandom activities. I have tenure. I've written about fandom professionally. I know lots of people who research fandom professionally and don't shy away from the fact that they also participate. I'm tired of pretending this didn't happen for me.

Also: I miss a lot of the people.

In the meantime: I bought a condo, got a cat, I got cancer, recovered, got married (recovered hahaha! no really, still married).

Ready to read and comment and participate again. Excited!