Post by zja on Mar 13, 2018 3:51:20 GMT -8
Hi everyone!
This is Zja from Australia. I am leaving my old username behind but you may have known me as BlueEyedG****, Jacq, or obsidiantears83.
I was chatting to April over on Facebook reminiscing about the good old days. When she told me she started CYN 14 years ago (!!) I decided to make a bit of a return.
So what have I been up to in the last decade?
Work
Life
Still
Oh yeah, and I have green hair now. I love it.
Zja
This is Zja from Australia. I am leaving my old username behind but you may have known me as BlueEyedG****, Jacq, or obsidiantears83.
I was chatting to April over on Facebook reminiscing about the good old days. When she told me she started CYN 14 years ago (!!) I decided to make a bit of a return.
So what have I been up to in the last decade?
Work
- I worked in archaeology for a bit (10 years this month for my first ever dig!).
- I had a couple of dead end office jobs because Sydney is freaking expensive (comparable to SF in the States).
- Now I have an absolutely awesome job in market research dealing with data and playing in Excel.
Life
- When I moved to Sydney I didn't know anyone so I joined a book club and writing group
- I acquired many awesome friends via my book club and writing group.
- I ran a book blog and associated social media for a time. I still am friends with a lot of those contacts but I am no longer active in that community.
- I am obsessed with nail polish and planner gear. I worked social media for my favourite indie nail polish brand for a bit but scaled back last year.
- I've gone to MANY gigs and made some AMAZING memories. I've also been to cons here in Australia and met some of my idols. My big ticket items were watching Bruce from Iron Maiden jump around like he was 16, and meeting Space Mom, i.e. Carrie Fisher who I admire both as an advocate and actor.
- Now I enjoy the quiet life with my evil cat, amazing friends and housemates, online friends, and getting paid to play with data.
Still
- I am still a massive Star Wars fan.[li]
- I still enjoy watching many many shows and movies, usually spec fic, but also British crime drama.
- I still live in Australia and have still never gone overseas. My online besties live in SF and Austin so I am slowly saving up for a road trip between the two. P visited me last year and offered me free accommodation in SF and Z I speak to nearly every hour so we plan to road trip across the states. We met 10+ years ago on deviantART so we have MANY national parks we plan to visit.
Oh yeah, and I have green hair now. I love it.
Zja