I would write about the wondrous balletI saw last night- the first I've ever been to (DD you are a bounteous queen!) - but words will only dull the vision of snowflakes and dolls and dance in my mind. Also laziness prevails but I found something cool on the net anyhow-

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/authors_h-k/georgette_heyer.html

Yes that's right! Georgette Heyer quizzes- and good ones at that. Now PP can understand how I come to while away my time at halls... For comparison's sake for those with the time and expertise to try these my scores were Regency novels:8/10, Historical novels:7/10, GH+books:13/15, Quotes:8/10, Name game:14/20, and Rejected suitors 9/10 respectively which I think are pretty decent cause they kept asking about the books I didn't like over much like Lady of Quality and the Quiet Gentlemen. Esp the latter where the girl was just not attractive as I recall.

It's a coincidence this quiz coming up- kind of.. I mean yes I was googling Heyer but on the other hand India Knight was randomly plugging her (along with zaftigness which is another subject) in the Sunday times review I scrounged off a bus.

What's far more worrying I'd say is that I deliberate much more before answering these multiple choice questions than those I sat at uni a couple of weeks ago. Both were fun but I have more background knowledge to sift through with Georgette Heyer.

Cyber identities

Since I'm being kept awake to disastrous (for uni) hours and this blog post being written in my head is partly responsible I might as well have it out.
I was kinda incoherently trying to articulate this thought to MD today- about how cool it is having different roles and identities on the net. It's the same as in real life where one person is at once a student, a family member, a YMSer, etc and I'm not sure exactly where the difference lies. Is it that Real Life roles often intersect and there is a lot of your 'identity' that you can't be separated from ie, your looks, your name..?

I'm not questioning whether anonymity and internet friendships are healthy or trustworthy or dangerous- I mean they're an inevitable phenonmenon and result of us all being connected. There are just different rules to that kind of relationship that's all, like how well you know them before sending a photo and revealing details of your RL life.

I'm starting to ramble I think cause I don't have a definite point to make except that I'm curious to know what all your cyber-identities might be outside of our little family+friends blogging community. You don't need to say names but are any of you active and actual personalities of forums, fandoms, yahoo groups, etc? I know some of you used to frequent the old ym and uni isoc boards but I'm more interested in stuff a little less close to home. Maybe your an entrepreneur or a noisy political commentator? Or a Trekkie geek?

This wondering came on partly because a relative just told me to check out their activity on a particular discussion board- and though the posts didn't exactly surpriseme I think I was more surprised that I was asked to read it. Not only because the reaction from fellow posters was usually very hostile but cos it felt vaguely voyeuristic. The other reason is because I'm pretty sure I'm being sucked into another fandom and I want to know if anyone else I know has had this experience- I don't think I'm the only one. It's a crazy addiction- one that's kept me awake til 5.30am today- but the best thing about it is the people you meet and, though it sounds geeky enough, the community of it and the friends you make, cause many of them are talented and funny beyond belief.

Ok I'm going to sleep.