About You Username: jake67jake Your other online venues: None really, I do FB under my actual name Your approximate location (e.g. city, state, country, and/or bioregion): Little Rock, AR (armpit of USA) Any other important personal details you want to share: not that I can think of at the moment
Your Goals and Resolutions Your list(s) of goals or resolutions: TBD (I will come back and edit once I sit down and figure some out About how often do you post about your goals? (e.g. annually, monthly, weekly) *have you SEEN my DW?* I think it’s been 3-4 years since I posted anything What kind of goals or resolutions do you typically make? Totally unrealistic ones that fall by the wayside within a week – want to change that this year When is your favorite time(s) for setting goals? New Years What are some of your favorite goal-setting frameworks? ?? I definitely need to break them down better What do you find challenging about goals? Everything – attaining them 100% Are you looking for goal partners or moral support, or people to follow? Not sure – will probably follow this group What do you hope to find in this community? Some ideas for goals, some ideas for breaking them down into bitesize steps
Your Interests and Activities What languages do you speak? English What are some of your favorite hobbies? Reading, cross-stitching (although that has fallen by the wayside badly) What television shows and movies do you like? I like crime drama, true crime, medical drams on TV; Movies – pretty much anything except gory horror (suspense horror, great! Showing all the blood all the time, bad!) What books or other written fandoms are you into? Anything by Stephen King, Science/fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, I read a LOT on ff . net usually Harry Potter (but others as well) What kinds of music do you enjoy? Listening, playing, or both? I don’t play. I usually listen to some kind of pop/rock/classic rock/country (but not hokey country… lol) Do you have a transformative works statement / blanket statement? SSDD (Same shit, Different day) is one of my go-to’s What are some worthy causes you support? Several local women’s shelters and animal shelters. I used to donate thru Amazon Smiles to St. Jude until they killed that program. Do you have pets or livestock, and if so, what kinds? Do you watch wildlife? Have one very spoiled beagle-mix named Sparky; I watch a lot of birds at the feeders and hummingbirds during their seasons Do you enjoy gardening or houseplants, and if so, what kinds? Not really. What does your average day look like? Depends on the day. I technically have 3 jobs: 4 days (10am-5pm) I work in a swimming pool company in the service department (desk job), 2 nights (Mon/Thurs) I do the books for that swimming pool company, and 1 day (9am-?? Usually 4ish) I work from home for a lady that dissolved her company but we do stock trading.
About Your Blog What is your Dreamwidth blog like? D.e.d. I need to revive it What is your blog metaphor? Hmmm… usually home and personal content (although I have done LJ Idol) How active is it? Uh, it’s not. What are your most common topics? (Use Manage Tags and then Sort by: usage to find this.) Usually life in general and my grands in particular How do you feel about crossposting? I don’t do it generally. I started on LJ, so was cross-posting to DW for a while, but I’m not going back to LJ. Is your blog more text-heavy or image-heavy? Text for sure Do you paste in or link to a lot of audio or video content? Not ususally Do you use recurring posts, and if so, what topics? no Is your blog more personal, professional, topical, or a mix? personal Is it all open, all friendslocked, or somewhere in between? I think it’s friendslocked; but honestly, it really doesn’t matter Do you use filters, and if so, what kinds? Not usually What kinds of friends would you like to attract to your blog? ? Do you participate in creative bingo, fests, challenges, memes, holiday festivities, or other blogging events? If so, what are some of your favorite ones? I have in the past, not so much recently What are your policies on friending and granting access, if any? None particular
Your Blog-reading Habits How often do you check your friends feed? Usually daily About how much time do you spend reading blogs? Maybe 10-30 minutes a day? Depends on what the topics are that I’m reading about How active do you like a blog to be? Daily at least, which is why I suck What kinds of blogs or topics do you most enjoy reading? General. I like to learn new things, I like to have to think, I like peeks into people’s lives that are more interesting than mine. What are some of your favorite individual blogs on Dreamwidth? Ysabewordsmith, dreamsrundeep, enchanted_jae What are some of your favorite communities on Dreamwidth? therealLJIdol, journalsandplanners
Currently... Listening to: my go to is my starred list on spotify Reading: a long HP story on FF Watching: enjoying Brilliant Minds and High Potential Playing games: bought Uzzle for the grands for Xmas – looking forward to that! Wondering about: why this season is so freaking hard Planning for: next year on a lot of levels! Proud of: my grands… they are my world!
Hi
Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 07:21 pm (UTC)Username: jake67jake
Your other online venues: None really, I do FB under my actual name
Your approximate location (e.g. city, state, country, and/or bioregion): Little Rock, AR (armpit of USA)
Any other important personal details you want to share: not that I can think of at the moment
Your Goals and Resolutions
Your list(s) of goals or resolutions: TBD (I will come back and edit once I sit down and figure some out
About how often do you post about your goals? (e.g. annually, monthly, weekly) *have you SEEN my DW?* I think it’s been 3-4 years since I posted anything
What kind of goals or resolutions do you typically make? Totally unrealistic ones that fall by the wayside within a week – want to change that this year
When is your favorite time(s) for setting goals? New Years
What are some of your favorite goal-setting frameworks? ?? I definitely need to break them down better
What do you find challenging about goals? Everything – attaining them 100%
Are you looking for goal partners or moral support, or people to follow? Not sure – will probably follow this group
What do you hope to find in this community? Some ideas for goals, some ideas for breaking them down into bitesize steps
Your Interests and Activities
What languages do you speak? English
What are some of your favorite hobbies? Reading, cross-stitching (although that has fallen by the wayside badly)
What television shows and movies do you like? I like crime drama, true crime, medical drams on TV; Movies – pretty much anything except gory horror (suspense horror, great! Showing all the blood all the time, bad!)
What books or other written fandoms are you into? Anything by Stephen King, Science/fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, I read a LOT on ff . net usually Harry Potter (but others as well)
What kinds of music do you enjoy? Listening, playing, or both? I don’t play. I usually listen to some kind of pop/rock/classic rock/country (but not hokey country… lol)
Do you have a transformative works statement / blanket statement? SSDD (Same shit, Different day) is one of my go-to’s
What are some worthy causes you support? Several local women’s shelters and animal shelters. I used to donate thru Amazon Smiles to St. Jude until they killed that program.
Do you have pets or livestock, and if so, what kinds? Do you watch wildlife? Have one very spoiled beagle-mix named Sparky; I watch a lot of birds at the feeders and hummingbirds during their seasons
Do you enjoy gardening or houseplants, and if so, what kinds? Not really.
What does your average day look like? Depends on the day. I technically have 3 jobs: 4 days (10am-5pm) I work in a swimming pool company in the service department (desk job), 2 nights (Mon/Thurs) I do the books for that swimming pool company, and 1 day (9am-?? Usually 4ish) I work from home for a lady that dissolved her company but we do stock trading.
About Your Blog
What is your Dreamwidth blog like? D.e.d. I need to revive it
What is your blog metaphor? Hmmm… usually home and personal content (although I have done LJ Idol)
How active is it? Uh, it’s not.
What are your most common topics? (Use Manage Tags and then Sort by: usage to find this.) Usually life in general and my grands in particular
How do you feel about crossposting? I don’t do it generally. I started on LJ, so was cross-posting to DW for a while, but I’m not going back to LJ.
Is your blog more text-heavy or image-heavy? Text for sure
Do you paste in or link to a lot of audio or video content? Not ususally
Do you use recurring posts, and if so, what topics? no
Is your blog more personal, professional, topical, or a mix? personal
Is it all open, all friendslocked, or somewhere in between? I think it’s friendslocked; but honestly, it really doesn’t matter
Do you use filters, and if so, what kinds? Not usually
What kinds of friends would you like to attract to your blog? ?
Do you participate in creative bingo, fests, challenges, memes, holiday festivities, or other blogging events? If so, what are some of your favorite ones? I have in the past, not so much recently
What are your policies on friending and granting access, if any? None particular
Your Blog-reading Habits
How often do you check your friends feed? Usually daily
About how much time do you spend reading blogs? Maybe 10-30 minutes a day? Depends on what the topics are that I’m reading about
How active do you like a blog to be? Daily at least, which is why I suck
What kinds of blogs or topics do you most enjoy reading? General. I like to learn new things, I like to have to think, I like peeks into people’s lives that are more interesting than mine.
What are some of your favorite individual blogs on Dreamwidth? Ysabewordsmith, dreamsrundeep, enchanted_jae
What are some of your favorite communities on Dreamwidth? therealLJIdol, journalsandplanners
Currently...
Listening to: my go to is my starred list on spotify
Reading: a long HP story on FF
Watching: enjoying Brilliant Minds and High Potential
Playing games: bought Uzzle for the grands for Xmas – looking forward to that!
Wondering about: why this season is so freaking hard
Planning for: next year on a lot of levels!
Proud of: my grands… they are my world!