Lj has finally pissed me off to the point that I've joined the ranks of those abandoning ship. "Blog in fear" is really a ridiculous term, if you think about it.
I work too much, drink too much, and don't sleep nearly enough. After entirely too long, I've finally kicked the caffeine habit (in favor of smut); and while it took me years to understand, I've finally realized how overrated maturity can be. Thus, I grump, grouch, mock, flail wildly, and throw cracky strangeness all over the place at irregular intervals.
I've been -chan'ed, -san'ed, deified, vilified, ripped off, flamed, trolled, and promoted. I guess that makes me successful, in a small, internet sort of way. Don't think that I believe this means jack shit in relation to the real world, though.
Once upon a time, there was SONPS (the Shinobi of Naruto Protection Society). Now I think it's dead from neglect, but there's still a ff.net-based goodfic c2 community, Sacred Scrolls. Said community is devoted to finding and recognizing the good Naruto ficcage that we all know exists out there, somewhere. We've also got a ff.net-based SONPS forum, though it tends to not do much.
Sometimes I think my standards are too high. Then I remind myself of what would happen if they weren't.
Otherwise? Yeah. I'm around. I think.
A good chunk of my stuff ends up f_locked. If you friend me, say something (or a few somethings--a random comment followed by radio silence tends to make me go "Bwuh?") and I'll probably friend you as well. If you don't . . . Well, why should I bother adding you back or letting you see my f_locked posts if I know nothing about you?
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that you can fight City Hall and win; that any action is better than no action, even if it's the wrong action; that you never reach glory or self-fulfillment unless you're willing to risk everything, dare anything, put yourself dead on the line every time; and that once one becomes strong or rich or potent or powerful it is the responsibility of the strong to help the weak become strong.
~Harlan Ellison
You made certain choices in your life that you paid for. You said you made them because you were good at something, and it was easy. Do you think you're the only person that's good at something?
We make our own choices, we pay our own prices. I think we're more alike than you want to admit.
~Aiboforcen - Hurting You is Good for Me (sampling Bound)