Frannie/Elaine snippet + meme answers
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luzulaI wrote a Frannie/Elaine snippet for petra's porn tag: Worker Solidarity (also on the AO3), for the prompt "union labor". Go and play if you want to--it's not too late!
Also,keerawa asked me some questions for a meme.
1) What do you love about your home?
2) What would be the job description for your ideal job? Don't let pesky reality get in your way.
3) What's a common misconception people have about you?
4) You're an author, singer, and pod-ficcer in a second language. I'm so impressed! What's that like for you?
5) When things start to go wrong - perhaps you're stressed-out, over-tired, etc - how does your body express its warning signs?
1) Hard question. First, where is home? I grew up outside Göteborg in the southwest of Sweden, but also spent a lot of time in the summers on the east coast where my mom's family is from. Now I live in Umeå, in the north of Sweden. I've lived here for two years now, and I like it, but I wouldn't say that I love it.
One thing that I like is that we have cold snowy winters, instead of the snow-melt-slush-freeze-rain cycle of the west coast. I like that it's a smaller town so that one can bike everywhere. I like that I have several good friends living here. I like the atmosphere in the math department. OTOH, I miss my parents and sister, and also the deciduous forests with oak and ash and maple and beech.
2) First off, I'd want a workplace which is controlled democratically by the workers (yes, my political sympathies are to the left). Also, I want to do something that I feel is useful. Hmm, I think I'd like to be outside doing biological fieldwork in the warm half of the year, and math teaching and research during the other half. I'd also like to be able to work part-time if I want to.
I'm a bit tired of math research, which is my main job right now. I think I could be enthusiastic about it again given the right circumstances, which would involve a small group of people working closely together in a team. I'm much too isolated right now. Also, I detest writing grant proposals and wish I could be quit of them forever. And it makes me feel like a fraud (impostor syndrome, I has it *sigh*).
Maybe I'm not creative enough, and there's a whole other type of job that I'm not able to think of, but which would suit me perfectly. (Suggest one, please?)
3) That I'm a vegetarian. I can't even count how many times people have assumed this, but it's not true. Maybe people think someone who regularly eats lentils and beans and stuff can't also eat meat?
4) I lived in the US for two years as a kid, and without that, I probably couldn't do it. I think nine was a good age for me to go there--I was young enough to learn the language well and old enough to remember it. My sister is five years younger, and she forgot. Anyway, I remember taking some sort of nation-wide test during my second year there, and apparently I scored better in English reading comprehension and spelling than 97% of the American kids my age. *boggles* Anyway, when I got home to Sweden I read huge amounts of books in English (and Swedish). I also kept a diary in English. My mom has a theory that when I express myself in English, other parts of my personality come into play.
I never wrote any fiction in Swedish. In fact, until I started writing fan fiction, I always thought I couldn't write fiction at all, so it was pretty cool to discover that I could. I've still never tried writing in Swedish, except for the two fics of my own that I've translated from English to Swedish. I do feel limited sometimes when writing in due South, but I think that has more to do with setting and cultural differences than the language itself.
When it comes to podficcing, I am less confident. I know I've recorded hours and hours of podfic, and many people have told me they enjoy it, so I should probably have gotten over the fact that I have an accent by now. Sadly, my first reaction when someone tells me they enjoy my podfic most often surprise. /o\ Which is so hypocritical of me--I mean, I've enjoyed podfic with lots of different accents. Of course, there are podfics that I am genuinely proud of and re-listen to regularly, so it's not like I am Ms. Lousy Self-confidence all the time. And I do enjoy the process of recording.
5) When I'm stressed about some big decision coming up, I tend to have trouble sleeping and lie awake going over scenarios in my head. Also, my shoulders and neck tense up easily. My hands get achy and stiff when I do too much computer work or strain them in other ways, such as riding a bike. And my voice can tense up when I'm under stress--I've had something called phonasthenia, which is caused by using the wrong vocal technique. But overall, I have a fairly even keel and don't get stressed easily.
petra's porn tag: Worker Solidarity (also on the AO3), for the prompt "union labor". Go and play if you want to--it's not too late!Also,
keerawa asked me some questions for a meme. 1) What do you love about your home?
2) What would be the job description for your ideal job? Don't let pesky reality get in your way.
3) What's a common misconception people have about you?
4) You're an author, singer, and pod-ficcer in a second language. I'm so impressed! What's that like for you?
5) When things start to go wrong - perhaps you're stressed-out, over-tired, etc - how does your body express its warning signs?
1) Hard question. First, where is home? I grew up outside Göteborg in the southwest of Sweden, but also spent a lot of time in the summers on the east coast where my mom's family is from. Now I live in Umeå, in the north of Sweden. I've lived here for two years now, and I like it, but I wouldn't say that I love it.
One thing that I like is that we have cold snowy winters, instead of the snow-melt-slush-freeze-rain cycle of the west coast. I like that it's a smaller town so that one can bike everywhere. I like that I have several good friends living here. I like the atmosphere in the math department. OTOH, I miss my parents and sister, and also the deciduous forests with oak and ash and maple and beech.
2) First off, I'd want a workplace which is controlled democratically by the workers (yes, my political sympathies are to the left). Also, I want to do something that I feel is useful. Hmm, I think I'd like to be outside doing biological fieldwork in the warm half of the year, and math teaching and research during the other half. I'd also like to be able to work part-time if I want to.
I'm a bit tired of math research, which is my main job right now. I think I could be enthusiastic about it again given the right circumstances, which would involve a small group of people working closely together in a team. I'm much too isolated right now. Also, I detest writing grant proposals and wish I could be quit of them forever. And it makes me feel like a fraud (impostor syndrome, I has it *sigh*).
Maybe I'm not creative enough, and there's a whole other type of job that I'm not able to think of, but which would suit me perfectly. (Suggest one, please?)
3) That I'm a vegetarian. I can't even count how many times people have assumed this, but it's not true. Maybe people think someone who regularly eats lentils and beans and stuff can't also eat meat?
4) I lived in the US for two years as a kid, and without that, I probably couldn't do it. I think nine was a good age for me to go there--I was young enough to learn the language well and old enough to remember it. My sister is five years younger, and she forgot. Anyway, I remember taking some sort of nation-wide test during my second year there, and apparently I scored better in English reading comprehension and spelling than 97% of the American kids my age. *boggles* Anyway, when I got home to Sweden I read huge amounts of books in English (and Swedish). I also kept a diary in English. My mom has a theory that when I express myself in English, other parts of my personality come into play.
I never wrote any fiction in Swedish. In fact, until I started writing fan fiction, I always thought I couldn't write fiction at all, so it was pretty cool to discover that I could. I've still never tried writing in Swedish, except for the two fics of my own that I've translated from English to Swedish. I do feel limited sometimes when writing in due South, but I think that has more to do with setting and cultural differences than the language itself.
When it comes to podficcing, I am less confident. I know I've recorded hours and hours of podfic, and many people have told me they enjoy it, so I should probably have gotten over the fact that I have an accent by now. Sadly, my first reaction when someone tells me they enjoy my podfic most often surprise. /o\ Which is so hypocritical of me--I mean, I've enjoyed podfic with lots of different accents. Of course, there are podfics that I am genuinely proud of and re-listen to regularly, so it's not like I am Ms. Lousy Self-confidence all the time. And I do enjoy the process of recording.
5) When I'm stressed about some big decision coming up, I tend to have trouble sleeping and lie awake going over scenarios in my head. Also, my shoulders and neck tense up easily. My hands get achy and stiff when I do too much computer work or strain them in other ways, such as riding a bike. And my voice can tense up when I'm under stress--I've had something called phonasthenia, which is caused by using the wrong vocal technique. But overall, I have a fairly even keel and don't get stressed easily.
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Date: 2011-02-07 05:25 am (UTC)Thanks so much, luzula, this really does feel like I'm getting to know you better!
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Date: 2011-02-07 04:24 pm (UTC)Yes, definitely. I already do this a little, because I've worked with biology fieldwork for a month every summer the last three years (and will this year, too). It's a wonderful change from my usual job, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work for me all year round, either.
Your accent doesn't get in the way at all!
Thanks, that's good to hear. I don't feel bad about my accent all the time--it comes and goes. Sometimes I think I rock at podficcing, and sometimes...not.
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Date: 2011-02-07 11:46 pm (UTC)And even though English is my first (and sadly, my only) language, I also feel limited when writing due South, which says to me that the difficulties are most probably cultural. There's a lot in the show that's about universalities, which is why it has such wide appeal, but when we start going deeper we get challenged by the differences.
This was all fascinating!
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Date: 2011-02-08 08:44 am (UTC)*nods* I suppose part of the difficulty is the setting--those little details that you don't manage unless you actually live in a place (I suppose you can compensate by doing lots of research, or by having a good American beta). But there are also differences in attitudes, and those can be even harder.
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Date: 2011-02-06 10:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-07 05:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-10 01:37 pm (UTC)And yes, it's great to get to know people who do something different from yourself--it gives you perspective.