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feuervogel) wrote2009-04-15 10:30 am
feuervogel) wrote2009-04-15 10:30 am
The whys; about me
Why Dreamwidth?
I've been on Livejournal since May 2001. If you look, you can probably find it pretty easily, but I'm not direct linking it. I've come to dreamwidth to start over. (I have imported my LJ, but I've got most of it private.)
Why Feuervogel?
2009, I decided very early on, is my year of renewal, rebirth, and change. The phoenix is traditionally a symbol of that, rising from the ashes. Feuervogel means firebird, with the connotation of the phoenix.
A bit of backstory
I am a third-generation German-American. I have no German culture. I majored in German (and chemistry) in college, and I spent my junior year in Marburg, Germany. I sought my roots, subconsciously.
My grandfather tells a story about going to his father's friend's house as a child, in an immigrant German community in Pennsylvania, and smelling the sauerkraut fermenting in the man's basement. I do not have these stories.
My stories are different. My stories are of an absent father, and a mother who tried to support two children on a secretary's salary. Of the federal free lunch program and asking grandparents for money to get new clothes. Of going to college despite parental lack of interest and succeeding.
Writur!
I am a writer, as yet unpublished, except under a pseudonym. Ask, and I might tell you where you can find my story.
Did I add you, and you don't know me?
Don't worry; I don't bite. I probably saw a post you wrote linked on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
metafandom and thought it was cool. Or you're a famous person who I think writes good (though I don't *think* there are any of those over here yet.) I definitely don't expect you to subscribe back (though, of course, I don't mind if you do!)
Can I add you?
If I have an adding policy, it is this: If you want to subscribe to my journal, feel free. This is the internet, after all. If I know you or think you're interesting, I might subscribe back. I'll grant access to people I know and trust. That's one difference between here and LJ that I like a lot.
I've been on Livejournal since May 2001. If you look, you can probably find it pretty easily, but I'm not direct linking it. I've come to dreamwidth to start over. (I have imported my LJ, but I've got most of it private.)
Why Feuervogel?
2009, I decided very early on, is my year of renewal, rebirth, and change. The phoenix is traditionally a symbol of that, rising from the ashes. Feuervogel means firebird, with the connotation of the phoenix.
A bit of backstory
I am a third-generation German-American. I have no German culture. I majored in German (and chemistry) in college, and I spent my junior year in Marburg, Germany. I sought my roots, subconsciously.
My grandfather tells a story about going to his father's friend's house as a child, in an immigrant German community in Pennsylvania, and smelling the sauerkraut fermenting in the man's basement. I do not have these stories.
My stories are different. My stories are of an absent father, and a mother who tried to support two children on a secretary's salary. Of the federal free lunch program and asking grandparents for money to get new clothes. Of going to college despite parental lack of interest and succeeding.
Writur!
I am a writer, as yet unpublished, except under a pseudonym. Ask, and I might tell you where you can find my story.
Did I add you, and you don't know me?
Don't worry; I don't bite. I probably saw a post you wrote linked on
metafandom and thought it was cool. Or you're a famous person who I think writes good (though I don't *think* there are any of those over here yet.) I definitely don't expect you to subscribe back (though, of course, I don't mind if you do!)Can I add you?
If I have an adding policy, it is this: If you want to subscribe to my journal, feel free. This is the internet, after all. If I know you or think you're interesting, I might subscribe back. I'll grant access to people I know and trust. That's one difference between here and LJ that I like a lot.