User Profile

Here on LJ, and in most other spaces online, I go by Quil — have been doing so since 2004. It doesn't mean anything or source from anything, but I've always liked the sound. Or I'm "Switcher," sometimes.

I'm —

» generally fairly personable, but also fairly blunt and alert and no-bullshit. I like useful things, staying quiet, common sense, and thinking big thoughts. Nothing extraordinary there. :)

» very interested. Reasonably interesting.

» someone who writes all the time. Stories, mostly, and sometimes half-finished poems. I like stories — I think a lot of them are a lot more real than we credit them for. I operate http://absurdism.org/ as a whole, and run most of the sites on there, where you can read stuff that I actually look over more than once. I've participated in (and have won!) NaNoWriMo for five years straight.

» more of a leopard than most people I know. I climb outdoors and in, sleep better when I'm far from the ground, crave the sun. I keep myself brimming with ideas, and I try to get close before I leap. I write like a human. I call myself an animal person because that's about as accurate as it gets.

» a guy, transitioning, trans, ftm. This is all wrapped up in a comfortable cloudy androgyny. I live as male and, unless pressed, I don't identify as anything much. Masculine pronouns, etc.

» working on magic and saying thanks to my gods.

» an intern at a literary magazine. I read and reject bad poetry, I correct bad grammar, and I sometimes turn up with submissions I really like. It's a good job.

» learning to be awake and aware of oppression: misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, everything else that intersects or doesn't. I don't tolerate that shit, in myself as well as in others. If I say something stupid, tell me and I'll bite my tongue.

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