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Disclaimer & blog policy: This is a personal journal, not affiliated with my work life identity. I request that anyone linking to or quoting from this journal on a site other than Dreamwidth, LJ, another LJ-clone fan-owned journaling site please obtain my permission first. If you use Dreamwidth, please friend me there instead! I do crosspost things here, but I much prefer it over there. elements.dreamwidth.org I am: a social systems geek an alternative economies geek a collaborative creativity geek a traditional folk culture, music, and dance geek a social justice geek a sci-fi and fantasy and what-might-be-possible geek not a techie, but a student of the communities and collaborations and new social systems technical innovation can create If I've friended you and you're not sure if you know me, see this handy post. My most popular posts, if you heard my name through the fannish meta grapevine, are probably the ones linked under the tag Users as citizens. This is both a fandom journal, and my very much real life journal. I started writing here instead of at the several other, disparate journals I'd been using for years to acknowledge that many aspects of my online and offline self have merged enough not to be meaningfully separable anymore. While this isn't a "fandom journal" per se, you can expect a heavily fannish bent. Many of my friends here are folks I met through fandom, and I do personally care about fandom, fannishness, and the academic, social, cultural, political, and legal causes and effects of fannish activity. Fan geekery is a big part of who I am. But I'm not posting under the assumption that every reader is a fan, or aware of fannish terminology, and I don't plan to post any fanfiction to this journal. If you've come here expecting occasional fannish meta essays, you'll get them - but you'll also get my angst over choosing career paths and other random blather. Friending: I intend my friends list here to be a true reading list of friends to keep up with and journals I find interesting. Please don't be offended if I don't friend you back - it has nothing to do with how much I like you, and everything to do with how much little time I have for reading LJ. I fully expect that my friended list will be larger than my friends-of, anyway. FYI: This journal hasn't always been named Elements. For some time, it was IceClayFireSky, because Elements was in use and then deleted by another user. If you're looking for the person who used the name Elements prior to the summer of 2005, when I snagged this name with a change-token in the grand deleted-usernames freebie, I'm not them, and I know nothing about them. Useful links for my own reference: My friendlist, users only My followed communities My followed feeds Recent Comments Manage Logins (where I am forced to admit how infrequently I log in!) Users only, subset people who don't post everything on Dreamwidth Subset comms & feeds together
activism
activist songs
actualization
adrienne rich
agit-art
alternative dispute resolution
alternative economics
amateur astronomy
ambiguity
analysis
art
audre lorde
balkan dance
balkan music
being a fandom anthropologist
being a t00b
being whole
bell hooks
bisexuality
borders
carl sagan
civic engagement
civil liberties
collaborative creativity
communication
community
community organizing
connection
contact
contra dancing
cooperative economics
cooperative housing
cooperatives
copyright reform
critiques
dance
dancing
deena metzger
dismantling systems
draco malfoy
dystopia
electoral reform
emma goldman
england
epicureanism
expression
fair use
fandom
fandom analysis
fandom anthropology
fandom as folk culture
fandom as modern mythology
fandom culture
fandom sociology
fanfiction
fantasy
fanthropology
female science fiction writers
fighting systems not people
firefly
folk culture
folk dance
folk song
frederick douglass
free culture
full bookshelves
gajdas
geekdom
gender
global is local
global justice
good conversation
hardwood floors
harry potter
henry jenkins
honesty
interactive fiction
interstices
irregular time signatures
jane austen
jenny holzer
jewish anarchists
john cusack movies
judaism
liberation
libertarian socialism
liminality
logic puzzles
lord of the rings
love is radical
marge piercy
media fandom
meta
meta-meta
metaphysics
modern poets
movement-building
necessary secrets
nonviolence
nonviolent communication
online community
openness
optimism
owning my desires
patriotic dissent
peace
personal is political
phenomenology
poetry
pop culture
possibilities
protest songs
punjabi dhaba
queerness
radical economics
radical love
radical nonviolence
radicalism
richard feynman
roma
sapiosexuality
sci-fi
self-analysis
silly puns
singing
sleep
slow food
snogs
social experimentation
social justice
social networks
social systems
socialism
sociology
song
songs
t00bing
textual poaching
the idea of order
the spaces in between
the universe
truth
universal design
urban planning
ursula k. leguin
utopia
vegetarianism
wallace stevens
words
writing
haptotrope
Haptotrope
Hapto
sorrymarietta
Willy Wonka: candy manufacturer and serial killer.
aegeus
I see what I want to do there
chanaleh
Erica
I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes
lowersecond
Voyeurism Is Participation
bookwench31
Dame Priscilla Prissybottom
I just opened my mouth & there was a bit more in there than I expected...
loftily
kc.
maegunnbatt
Oh, no! Disaster!
Ridiculous Writing Projects, Ahoy!
tall_man
Der Mathematiklehrer
The thin line between genius and madness...
coolwhitestare
sooz
Life & Times, Continued
1anonymous1
But Japan is closed on Sundays!
Equivalent exchange and what not
xuth
jiml
sollitaire
Sollitaire
Trading in my talents by the mouthful.
protean
Protean
big life; small space
sanj
Sanj
tikva
Jacqueline Russell-Terrier
I am the fountain of affection.
phrasebook
etakyma
Random Bits
leiabelle
Veni, vidi, velcro.
silona
Silona
born in the waxing gibbous
jpallan
Jessica Allan Schmidt
Painstakingly Drawn before a Live Audience
earthquake1906
tropes
the creases and flecks in the map
All hat and no cattle.
zorac
Zorac
Zorac's LiveJournal
madam_minnie
Madam Minnie
Random Acts of Lunacy
cambridge080506
Gena
Just Thoughts
imaginedletters
Dee Burton
Imaginary Letters
counteragent
par_avion
par avion
Spilled Ink
akemi42
Patent Counsel for Adrian Veidt and Tony Stark
chaos theory
domestickitty
Me!
novembersnow
November Snowflake
From the Mixed-Up Files of Ms. November E. Snowflake
braingeyser
speedyima
Speedy Ima
anchoredhope
Amanda
However Far Away
tolarian
I've been learning to drive my whole life
danahboyd
chromodynamics
Marc
elfwreck
The Elf ½
ELF thots
redblaze
RedBlaze
synecdochic
Synecdochic
wear your inside out
blogmybaby
My Baby Blog
valis2
elaborate blue tentacles of hilarity
Island of the Lone Sane Thought
spare_change
post potter omnia tristes est
slytherlynx
beckyzoole
Becky
The Fox's Den
effervescent
meandering
♥ Kerri ♥
tobymalfoy
Toby Malfoy
a zombie on crack
folk
silver_reverie
bester
Warped Factors
smaragdgrun
shiny and green
smaragd
petulans
Greg
T00by t00b!
shakespearechic
I want to be a genetic dead end.
Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death?
mecurtin
Doctor Science
Ask Doctor Science!
dorrie6
Not here anymore.
frito_manhattan
N/A
danamae
hth_the_first
Hth
ROBOTS, Joe! SO MANY ROBOTS!
miriam_heddy
miriam heddy
Miriam Heddy
hermorrine
Vicki
nahkasiipi
Nahkasiipi
Hallanvaara
mistergoat
Mister Goat
Mister Goat's neighborhood
deza
Deza
Our Lady of Hot Librarian Fantasies
disblfsuspender
chinawolf
A Fandom Butterfly
Here by my side, An Angel. Here by my side, A Devil.
the_snoo
Your Lyrical Gangster
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome
pingviini
Penguin
Swedish but Innocent
purespitfire
MissyAnne
damsel_ophelia
Just an angel for a girl who lives to sin...
the_shoshanna
diaskeuasis
kellyfaboo
The stylings of Kelly Faboo
anildash
FunkJournal
aquaflame16
aquaflame
mimoletnoe
rando2033
sylvertongue
sarahtales
Sarah Rees Brennan
Into that world inverted...
eleveninches
intellectual peppery
and something about a time machine
colonelpanic
Panic Fantastic
The Panicked Hands of Fate
ashkitty
the pirate queen of norway
now bring me that horizon
muchabstracted
pirates for chocolate
Captain Kidd against the Black Pearl
unsymbolic
unSymbolic
Painting, with Toxic Mustard
elsalus
You can closes your eyes to reality...
seashanties
nmalfoy
Latter-day Jezebel
Latter Day Jezebel
jlh
Clio, a vibrating mass of YES!
Consonants and vowels all together, equally
willysunny
Really Sunny
In Need of A Numbing Agent
tourmalinelizrd
Tourmaline Lizard
titanic_days
Alex
Titanic Days
slytherincesss
Faster, plebe! I do believe I have the vapours!
Slytherincess
frahulettaes
Frahulettaes
The Road So Far
fuschia
Drowned Girl Fuschia
The Nymph with the Broken Back
cos
Cos
soong
brian
aka bolson
jwitchbaby
bonnie abbzug
anatsuno
[will fuck for sex]
This meta Batmobile is AWESOME.
mindyfromohio
caress your associative mind
Operation This Will Most Likely End Badly
folkerhhh
Folker
hatam_soferet
Jen Taylor Friedman
wheeler
Wheeler
katrionaa
now with 50% more irony
In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends
biftec
Beth
I hate to break it to you babe, but I'm not drowning
naominovik
Naomi Novik
Dragons! Lip gloss! Death!
upsilon
Edison Hall
Playing Crokinole
idlerat
21st century prewar living!
Rattenforum
ochibisan
the sun and the sea
ron_newman
Ron Newman
rubyv
Queen of Swords
zhonnika
Дженнифер
Immoral Pervy Slasher
stinaleigh
Stina
astolat
astolat's livejournal
slashpine
my name is carved nowhere...
twinsm1
Susan's page
rozhinka
Journal-title
irinaauthor
Irina
Both Past and Present Tense
heart_of_wine
Heart of Wine
A Heart Drenched in Wine
andstillitmoves
you know he's a little bit dangerous
the exultations of an exulting type
moonlight69
The Moonlight Sonata
It's not gay if you're dead.
smallness
fobsessed54
Martha
Hi!
somniesperus
Invalid
athenienne
Amy
I am writing an unauthorised autobiography
marysiak
High Priestess of Me
The Trees of Eternity
emmagrant01
Emma Grant
That girl who wrote that fic.
allysonsedai
Allyson
Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
thegraybook
Scribere Qui Cupiunt Sensum Deus Augeat Illis
Cassandra Clare's LJ
swadfather
Running The Streets
conversant
Conversant
Still green
angiej
Ebony
black_dog
Don't Make Me Get The Newspaper
cirakaite
drama queen
coffeesama
lasultrix
Lasair
phineasjones
phineas vaughn jones
you dance like you don't need nobody else
lena_a_mermaid
A Mermaid's Tale
hederahelix
Sister Sabre of Enlightenment
textual poachings from the left coast
aome
A clean house is the sign of a broken computer.
Home of the Secret Keeper
etana
Frankenmonstrous Cyborg Creature
A Tedious Delusion
rymenhild
the most saint-obsessed Jew you'll ever meet
The map is not the territory
patchfire
the day you left was just my beginning
Look at the woman I've become
fayemeadows
FayeMeadows
whipple filoon
frog4
squinchgirl
amphibilicious
dramawench
Baroness Wilhelmina von Wondertits
The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.
charliegrrrl
I Am So Smart
milenalupin
Redhanded
sistermagpie
Magpie
One for Sorrow
misfitloser2112
Invincible Summer
You were Fantastic. Absolutely Fantastic.
surrealestate
Safe, effective, and fun!
peacefrog's lilypad
yaoobruni
Yao Obruni
beatgoddess
couturier du disco trash
Beatgoddess Beatbox
alecaustin
Alec Austin
Aspettate e Odiate
kaalee
doctor watson is my copilot
sixty percent of the time...
ari_o
whimsical ficlet apparatus
hfx_ben
Togo of Grand Smials
naadi
Naadi
jmaynard
Jay Maynard
cesperanza
Cesperanza
Not That This Has Ever Happened To Me Or Anything.
opn
eating for dominance
All the cool kids are doing it!
ina
The Elf
*stuck in JE fandom*
kalessin
Joel
kestrell
Kestrell
Reading in the dark
rivkat
RivkaT
Let's play strip global thermonuclear war
crschmidt
Chris Schmidt
Christopher Schmidt
dfischman
benjj
Spikey when wet
Looking Disconcertingly Like Harry Potter
rhythmsextion
Junction Tomfoolery!
in these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
blythely
Blythe
and the radio says
iohn
John
malachan
I am the man that makes the bhaji go away
"ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel!
thamiris
Thamiris
Thamiris' Glossolalia
thebostonreader
"Soothe me. Horrify me. Soothe me."
drglam
Dr. Darth Flygrrl
cybele_san
cybele
This is my world
sparkymonster
That Chick with the Evil Laugh
Liminal and Loving It
earth_magic
One Small Step....
Fran's World
primroseburrows
try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
rants and ramblings of utter randomness
gringoddess
Molly Baskette
siderea
Siderea
Sibylla Bostoniensis
phinicky
a diversion
starcrossedgirl
Improbable Girl
simonbillenness
Simon Billenness
Pot of George
actualhuman
Human
isagel
Isagel
ursamajor
she of the remarkable biochemical capabilities!
a frenzy of party plans and pandemonium
jaybird1981
That sunny dome! Those caves of ice!
imaginarycircus
imaginary circus
tripping neither lightly nor fantastically
svilletheatre
bkdelong
B.K. DeLong
BrainStream
slashkilter
basically, I rule
taH pagh taH be
robin_anne_reid
Dr. Robin Anne Reid
arrogance
✯ the girl who waited ✯
it's okay; we're all stories in the end.
shihadchick
...AND THE HOCKEY MEDIA IS THE SARLACC!
Throw yourself on that unexploded dessert, boy!
marcusmarcusrc
heidi8
heidi∞
everything but the girl
derspatchel
It's just this little chromium switch, here...
EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD!
smccloud
Scott McCloud
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time...
onceupon
Hand built by robots.
Marianne's Crazy Chicken World
eponis
Sinope
Sinope's Journal
pegkerr
Peg Kerr
Peg Kerr's Journal
starlitshore
Sarah
all of these dreams
jiggery_pokery
Teesside Snog Monster
Many a mickle maks a muckle
vlamidala
knit-for-brains
twist your pretty face
cat_mom
Cat
Wherever you go, there you are.
bookshop
let's get the seven lines.
shava23
Popular fiction
littlealex
i lost to a hamburger...
it's a long way down.
tromboneborges
Turbo Kong
morganmuffle
Diary of a tea addict
on_reserve
It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
putting whipped cream on your business
cassandraclare
Cassie Clare
Cassandra Clare's Blog
kitsune13
catja catja catja starts with c
The monster from the ID
ordencodex
meggitymeg
meg
she's been everybody else's girl
hyounpark
Enslaved by Peer Pressure!
Enslaved by Peer Pressure
ladylaw7
Shaina, Esq.
The Inner Monologue
katrin
the Edge is Wayne Gretzky, your argument's invalid
Jandals at the Clarence
cincodemaygirl
Set phasers to fabulous!
staccato signals of constant information
gwendolyngrace
Killing threads since 2000 CE
Who the heck am I today?
gilana
גילנה
Gilly's Fascinating Life
calgon
Calgon
I'm from the Internet
heinous_bitca
Non-Recovering WoW Addict
The Heinous Bitca
wikkid_smaht
Mrs. m*
Doodles in Class
kurukami
right here in my own private uncanny valley
aidoneus
Jason
Nothing to see here.
alison_ashworth
dreamsbay
Geoffrey Long
Yet Another Tip, Yet Another Quill.
ppaladin
Peasant's Paladin
Josh's LiveJournal
mechanicaljewel
bijou mécanique
anemonerose
Starry Eyes
Got to Believe
natwwal
Not all those who wander are lost