in which you learn more than you probably ever wanted to know about me

[bedlamsbard]

Sidebar on DW is now updated to include links to the Warsverse timeline, houseofpevensie, and my delicious page. I thought all of those had already been there, but, uh, apparently not! There have been a few people here and there asking about the fic in the timeline leading up to Dust: that is the Warsverse. All links except the most recent one currently go to LJ; at some point this summer, at least the major fic links (including all of Dust, argh) will be updated to point to DW instead. I have not yet decided if I am going to move all my fic off LJ to DW.

That pointed out, hi! I know there are a few new people here, and I have been way too busy to give a proper introduction/welcome, so I shall attempt to do that now.

The short version: I'm bedlamsbard/bedlamsbard; I go by Bedlam or Bed, generally. My RL name is Katrina, which is hilarious in a kind of horrible way because I currently attend Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. I'm a Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Classical Studies double-major with a minor (or possible third major, depending) in British literature. I am at the moment vaguely planning on being a professor, so I spend a lot of time panicking about whether or not I can get into grad school and what I'm going to study. My thing is, generally speaking, military history. I just finished up my second year of university and am, at the moment, back home in Washington State for the summer. I live in central Washington, on the other side of the Cascades from Seattle; it does not rain much here, and I live in a fairly rural farming/ranching town that is also home to Central Washington University. We also have a rodeo.

I am cis-female, probably queer, pantheistic pagan, read a lot, knit a lot, drink a lot of tea (mostly green), and bake an awful lot. I'm half-Japanese; my grandparents on my mother's side and the majority of my mother's family still live in Japan, and my grandfather and uncle are Buddhist priests. The temple is attached to the house; it is absolutely gorgeous. Sadly, I do not speak Japanese; I managed to fulfill the core language requirement at Tulane by taking Japanese up through 203, then promptly forgot it all. My father is American of Scandinavian descent and not particularly religious; I have a very, very strange view of the world due to being raised mostly on the Greek myths. This has proven troublesome at times, and often I freak out because I just do not get Christianity, like, whatsoever. (I also apparently have issues about identity; thank you, fandom, and also all those little checkboxes for race and ethnicity on college applications. I also have father issues; we shall not go into this.)

My main fandom is Narnia; I write a combination book- and movie-verse, which is quite exciting and confusing. The current big project is Dust in the Air, an AU of The Last Battle where the world doesn't end and life goes on. The Warsverse is the universe that backs up Dust and includes a lot of worldbuilding fic, mostly Golden Age. There is also the Petaverse which, uh, will someday be posted, I swear!

Also, at some point recently I started writing Lion King fic, no idea what's up with that.

My closest friends at college include Alaska, Texas, New York, and Chicago. Up until yesterday (*tear*), Alaska, Texas, New York, and I shared a suite, but a slight housing crisis put us in different on-campus apartments for next year, so alas, I do not know how I will deal, although I shall still be in the same apartment as Texas. Alaska is pre-med, Texas is psych/Asian Studies, New York is English writing/film minor, and Chicago is gender and sexuality studies (GESS)/English lit. Chicago is going abroad to study at University College of London next year.

I am currently writing an original novel with aella_irene; the short description is here. aella_irene and I pass The Broccoli Test, despite never having met in RL; sometimes it is quite alarming. Also, there was the time she tweeted me and went, "You should totally read Daughters of Britannia!" and I went, "...I bought that last week!" So that was also alarming.

My favorite authors are S.M. Stirling, George R.R. Martin, Robin McKinley, Dennis Lehane, Tamora Pierce, and some other people that I will not go into because they are Controversial right now and I cannot deal with Controversy at this point in time. The TV shows I am watching at this point in time have been seriously curtailed because of school, but include: Fringe, Castle, Caprica, Lost, and I'm sure there's something that has more than one word in the title, but I can't think of it right now. My suitemates just got me into The Big Bang Theory, though, so I am caught up on that to S2. Oh, Criminal Minds! Cannot forget that. I heart Criminal Minds.

The only DVDs I brought to university this year were The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and seasons one through four of Battlestar Galactica (2003), although I am still not caught up on S4. My favorite movie is The Mummy, so I'm not sure why I didn't bring that DVD. And I think I have gone into all the boring parts of my life, unless you really want to hear about my stuffed animals (The Disney Store produces the softest stuffed animals ever, omg *hugs Simba*), so I will, uh, wrap this up.

Feel free to say hi! I generally only access-lock personal stuff, as an afterthought.

Also, a poll:

Poll #3056

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26

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The first essay/non-fic post I do for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth should be:

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Malinda Lo's novel Ash and how it breaks the fairy-tale mold
2 (7.7%)

Why I love S.M. Stirling (and why he is problematic sometimes)
5 (19.2%)

Archaeology Conspiracy Theories: Crazy But Awesome
8 (30.8%)

My favorite sock pattern (with pictures)
0 (0.0%)

Bedlam Bakes: Favorite Recipes
2 (7.7%)

Meta on how I write action, from fight scenes to battles
6 (23.1%)

personal essay: why I feel like a bad Asian
0 (0.0%)

Um, essays? Bitch, FIC PLEASE
3 (11.5%)

Something else, which I shall describe in the comments
0 (0.0%)

The first fic I (try to) do for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth should be

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Dust in the Air 19 (Eustace, Lucy, Mayor, action, and plot)
13 (54.2%)

Till Human Voices Wake Us (Golden Age, Peter in the caves)
4 (16.7%)

the Lion King fic about how Simba Has Issues
3 (12.5%)

Be Like Water (girl!Peter AU of Prince Caspian; it will go up unedited)
4 (16.7%)

I don't believe you when you say you are going to write fic, Bed
0 (0.0%)

Something else, which I shall describe in the comments
0 (0.0%)

Skip the fic AND the essays: Bed should

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Rec fiction
3 (15.8%)

Rec non-fiction
3 (15.8%)

Rec fic
6 (31.6%)

Rec vids
2 (10.5%)

Make Narnia fanmixes
1 (5.3%)

Post pictures of what the stuffed animals do when the humans are out of the room
4 (21.1%)

Something else, which I shall describe in the comments
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[theodosia21]

Hi! I normally just lurk, but I love your Narnia fic. ^_^ I've been reading it for nearly two years now, I think. Anyway, according to delicious I first bookmarked some of your fic in June of 2008.

I'm a sociology major, with double minors in psychology and family studies. I'm in the middle of finals right now, and I'll be graduating next Saturday. I... have no idea what I'll be doing next, other than going home. So, yeah. Nice to meet you!

[bedlamsbard]

Oh wow! Good luck on your finals, and congratulations on graduating! Nice to meet you too.

[autumnia]

What a great intro! I've recently came across your journal via other people I'm friends with (or lurk at) in the Narnia fandom on LJ.

I have spent the past 2-3 weeks reading Dust and then going back and reading all the other Warsverse stories and I think I have finally caught up with all of it. Your writing and world-building is wonderful and I'm now a certified Dust addict.

My background isn't as exciting or interesting as yours, I'm afraid, but feel free to ask about it you're interested. It's nice to finally be properly introduced. :-)

[bedlamsbard]

I'm glad you like my stories! Nice to meet you!

[snacky]

I wish this had been a tickybox poll! Because I want S.M. Stirling AND recipes! Dust AND Till Human Voices Wake Us! Non-fiction recs AND Narnia fanmixes! (man, if you post Narnia fanmixes, I might post mine too.)

I love The Mummy too. I stop what I'm doing to watch it every time it's on teevee. Also, Armageddon, but that's just me. >.>

Oh, hi, I'm Snacky, nice to meet you. :D It never occurred to me to do one of these posts, but that's probably because a) I think everyone already knows everything about me, b) I think I'm kind of boring.

[bedlamsbard]

Well, I was thinking, "Huh, what should I do first?" so hopefully they all get done. Hopefully.

I love The Mummy a truly ridiculous amount. Also The Mummy Returns. I have the third one, but I haven't seen it yet; I am a little nervous.

I feel like I'm kind of boring too, but apparently some people think otherwise!

[snacky]

Yeah, I love The Mummy Returns too, but...I was disappointed in the third one, I admit. It just didn't have the same feel as the other too.

[bedlamsbard]

Also no Rachel Weisz. And not even set in Egypt. I am wary. But intrigued enough to watch it eventually, I think.

[dogstar]

I can't believe I voted for something other htan Dust but... Peterfic! (And in my head, that story is going to be all Alien-something-is-eating-us-one-by-one-in-the-dark!)

Also, I missed the 'stuffed animal stories' option on the last quesiton, so do that too. :)

[bedlamsbard]

Well, sadly there's no "eating one by one in the dark", but there are some battles, and also darkness! Also I need to figure out the framing story.

[dogstar]

It sounds good and creepy, either way!

[harpers_child]

i voted for stuffed animal pictures in the third part, but recs lists for anything and fanmixes are pretty awesome anytime.

actually you could have used an "all of the above" option.

[bedlamsbard]

The stuffed animals are shockingly popular. I hope the pictures are still on my camera! And also that I haven't lost the CD for the program, since it went when I wiped my computer.

[lady_songsmith]

Definitely needs a ticky-box poll, and not just because ticky boxes are inherently cool. Because archaeology! And meta! but FIC!! And Dust, but Be Like Water! And Human Voices! (and also how is Old Timber? I'm looking forward to that one)

I put nonfic for the last one, though stuffed animals would also be cool. I was very interested in the Salt book you talked about, and I'd love to read some recs of good military stuff; most of what I've come across other than some recent bios is dense, dense, dense, dense, dense like you need a degree in mil sci before you can understand it. But I confess I give up in frustration quickly when searching.

[bedlamsbard]

Well, I was thinking, "What shall I do first?" rather than "I shall do this and nothing else!"

Old Timber is...permanently on hold, I think.

Oh, I could do that! I've got at least a handful of military history books that I'd be happy to talk about.

[lady_songsmith]

Multiple things are good! :) :)

Aw, rats. But I understand - if it ain't working, it ain't working.

Yay! Awesomeness!

[scy]

Hello. I quite literally *fell* into Dust this past week and have been adoring it immensely.

I am a Linguistics major at UW and a Seattle resident.

[bedlamsbard]

Hello! I'm glad you're enjoying it. And yay, another Washingtonian! I have quite a few friends who went to the UW.

[scy]

..ETA: And now I am in the Oceans11-verse with the Pevensies. *blinks hazily* I am certain there is a technical term for this sort of blissed out fic state?

I shall settle for *purrrs*

[bedlamsbard]

Heh! I'm glad you're enjoying it, though half of it is whynot/lassiterfics's.

[scy]

*nods* Aren't collaborations fun?

[sistabro]

Hey, so I've been reading Dust and stuff for a bit on LJ (and loving it), got a DW account and since it seems like you are here more then there, am friending (circling just sounds stupid) you here. Feel free to friend back if you wish.. I mostly do Supernatural fic and whining about writing fic and a bit of rl stuff so it may not be up your alley.

[bedlamsbard]

Hello! Yeah, I am tending more and more towards DW since my LJ paid account expired. It is just so shiny! And handy.