#klingonne

[lesbiancalkestis]

I went through a phase of following a heap of non-trek blogs for a side blog and tumblr stopped showing me star trek content on my dash for a while. I turned off the setting that filters stuff off and everything. Anyway, I’ve just been discovering that I am woefully behind on all the good trek posts because I didn’t see any content for so long, so bear with me...

[lesbiancalkestis]

Blog/life update

Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. Despite my best efforts I haven’t been able to get away from tumblr (I’ve been here for like 7 or 8 years???? god). I’m still here and still having fun. 

I just wanted to give a little apology and life update. 

I’ve been going through a bit of a rough time since about the second half of 2015, but I think last year was the absolute worst of it. My sporadic activeness on here has been a reflection of that. 

I know that lots of people on here have kept up with my blog regardless (and hello to all the newcomers!), and I’ve gotten some really lovely messages and post replies from people on here over the last year or so that brought me a lot of joy. If that’s you, then I really truly thank you, and I’m very sorry for not replying. When I’m struggling, my ability to communicate one-on-one is the thing that really goes out the window -  as a little anxiety-reducing coping thing. Messaging just gives me a lot of social anxiety, especially when I’d really like to both make and keep some friends on here and not make a total fool of myself. 

I’m not tagging anyone, because it has been a while for most of those interactions and I’m not even sure you would remember. But just know that it meant a lot, and if in the future you get a reply from me for a message that you sent some ridiculous amount of time ago, don’t be alarmed. 

Just to let people know where I’m at for the moment, I’m doing better, but still in the process of trying to get on top of everything I let slide over the last 3 years or so. And also the things I let slide just by virtue of being overseas for 6 months in the middle of it all. As you can imagine, it’s taking some time, and I’m still prone to slip ups. The important thing is I’m trying. 

On a lighter note, I have gone back to uni this year after graduating mid-way through last year (for reference, the Australian academic year lines up with the calendar year). I’m currently doing my honours in anthropology as a bridge into future post-grad. It involves both coursework and thesis, so I’m pretty busy and more than a little stressed. But I really love it too. Apart from “starfleet captain”, being an anthropologist is my dream career. 

I’m still trying to keep up my blog as much as I can, and it does provide some much needed pleasure time that doesn’t burn out my brain. I have a lot of posts in my drafts that are part of my stuff to get on top on, including some more aesthetic posts. I also have some fanfics in the works that I think I started back in 2015 that I’d like to get done. I think the fic I’ve been most inspired to finish lately has been my reasonably sized Harry & B’Elanna friendship exploration fic which has a special place in my heart. If anyone is interested I might do up a little list of stories I have planned and people can let me know what they’d most like to see. I haven’t posted a fic anywhere since 2009, and that old stuff has nothing to do with my current interests, nor should it ever see the light of day (bar one exception). But my writing has improved a lot, and I even have some fairly good Castle fics I was writing in 2012 for me to finish one day. 

My inner perfectionist is holding me back a lot, as I always find something wrong with what I’m creating, but we’ll get there. So keep an eye out for those things. As always, encouragement is always welcome.  ❤

~ klingonne / betterzoid / janewaytookmycoffeecastle (for the long-timers)

[logicandletters]

@klingonne​ tagged me. Thanks a lot and sorry it took me ages to do this!

1) Spell your name out in song titles

Starman

Anything goes

Now I’m here (this is literally the only song beginning with N on my iPod. What’s going on here?)

Dio, Che Nell’ Alma Infondere Amo (sorry I’m a sucker for that one)

Runs in the Family

Across the Universe

2) Why did you choose you URL?

Because I thought this would be a blog about science and literature. Yeah I was pretty ambitious back then when I was about 19. Also alliteration. I thought about changeing it recently but I can’t think of another one so I’ll just stick with it till I do I guess. (Janegay was tempting but I kinda don’t want a fandom name)(oh gawd I just realized it would be double cool cause of Jane Austen. Nevermind tho)

3) Middle Name?

None. My parents are smart and don’t put weapons against me in other peoples hands when they read learn my middle name. Thx!

4) If you could be a mythical creature, what?

A Sphinx

5) Favorite color?

Orange for everything that isn’t too close to my white body.

6) A song you like rn

UpTown Funk!. I’m super behind on shit like this.

7) Top 4 fandoms

Star Trek, Harry Potter, Parks&Rec, Dunno I can’t really think of another super big one right now but maybe some video game? Not sure the other ones are all like medium.

[lesbiancalkestis]

Tumblr PSA

Just warning you all that if you are thinking about trying out a new URL you should save your old URL onto a side-blog as soon as you change it, until you are 100% sure you won’t need it anymore, or don’t want to set up a re-direct page. 

There is a bot set up to capture URLs which have been vacated as soon as they are out of the 24 hour safe period. No matter how rare your URL is, or how unknown you think your blog is, it may find and take it. 

If you report the bot, it won’t help. Tumblr doesn’t release taken URLs.

My old URL was taken by a bot, and is currently just being saved by it. To be on the safe side, if you see my old URL (janewaytookmycoffeecastle) floating around on any posts, I would advise not clicking on it. I’m not sure why the bot is scooping up old URLs, but it clearly wants the traffic from people clicking on old links and it may eventually become a spam bot URL.