Snowflake Challenge #1

[lunesque]

Where should I start? Last year, I had every intention of maintaining my dreamwidth and connecting with everyone I follow, and then I promptly fell off the face of the planet. Then I realized it was Snowflake Challenge Time, and I realized this was the perfect time to jump back into it.

So! The challenge for Day 1 is this: In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hi! I'm Rachel, and I'm known as lunesque or moriavis. I've been in fandom since 2001 as a creator, and even earlier as a consumer. I'm currently active in The Flash fandom (I'm still deep in coldflash, three years later.) I'm dipping my toe into Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and freaking love Catra. I have a sticky fic index post that is several months out of date. /o\

In my personal life, I am a white, cis-gender ace lesbian woman. I've been diagnosed with anxiety and depression (as so many people have) and while I'm functional and medicated, my depression mostly causes intense periods of time fog. Time is fake! What do you mean it's been eight months since I last posted??

I live in Arkansas, and am lucky enough to have the best RL friends in saekhwa, scheherezhad, and dungeonmarm. I have two cats: a gray tabby named Alex, and a Siamese named Jill. I have a functional apartment and a mostly functional roommate in dungeonmarm. ;)

I love supernatural horror films, Broadway musicals, and Dungeons & Dragons.

I can't really think of anything else to add, but I'm always available for questions if you want to know something more about me.

It's nice to meet everyone, new and old! ♥

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January
1 What is one thing you’d like to accomplish in 2020?
2 What would be the first sentence of your autobiography?
3 For every day of 2020, you will be required to wear a t-shirt with the same one word on it. What word will you choose?
4 What one thing are you looking forward to in 2020?
5 What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday morning?
6 Tell about an “Aha!” moment you’ve had.
7 In the U.S., each state has a “state flower.” If you’re in the U.S., what is your state flower?
8 Would you rather live in a deep-sea station or a space station?
9 What’s your favorite “comfort food” when you’re feeling down or unwell?
10 What was the last film you saw at a theatre/cinema?
11 Have you ever been asked for your telephone number and you didn't want to give it? What did you do?
12 Have you ever had a “crush” on a fictional character?
13 What are your favorite pizza toppings?
14 Who was your very first best friend? Are you still in contact or communication with them?
15 If you could pick a new first name, what would you choose?
16 What is your favorite board game?
17 What self-care things do you find helpful to ground yourself or “talk yourself down from the ledge” when you’re overwhelmed by your feelings or by stress?
18 What is the most extreme weather you have ever experienced?
19 Do you operate out of any particular faith system that informs your actions? Do you intentionally NOT have a faith system, and if so, what beliefs or ideas inform your actions?
20 When you go to a fancy coffee shop, what’s your go-to order?
21 What genre of books is your usual favorite when you read for pleasure?
22 Where is one place you wouldn’t ever want to be caught dead?
23 How would someone who genuinely likes and admires you describe you?
24 How would someone who doesn’t really like you describe you?
25 If you had to teach a one-hour class with absolutely no prep time, what subject could you competently pull off?
26 What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while out for a meal at a restaurant?
27 What aphorism or saying is helpful for you right now?
28 What’s your favorite meme? (Post it!)
29 What is your skin care regimen?
30 What song are you listening to a lot right now? (Post a link?)
31 What superpower best suits your personality?

Feb 1 What is your birthstone and flower?
2 If you could redo today, what one thing would you do differently?
3 What’s your favorite salad dressing?
4 Is your home tidy right this minute?
5 Would you rather go to an amusement park, a zoo, or a sporting event?
6 If you were to win a “shopping” spree in a store, where you could grab anything you want in five minutes, what store would you choose?
7 If you could step into the TV and be part of a TV show, which one would it be?
8 What will you miss the most when the world finally runs out of petroleum?
9 Do you wake up by yourself, to an alarm, music, or have someone else wake you up?
10 Finish the sentence: There are two kinds of people in this world . . .
11 Make a list of three things you’d like to say no to.
12 Would you rather be locked overnight in a library, a museum, or a zoo?
13 What are your top three long-range goals?
14 Who was the first person you had a crush on? Was it requited?
15 What’s your favorite piece in a box of chocolates?
16 Have you ever won a game of Monopoly?
17 If you could go back and caution your twelve-year-old self about something, what would you say?
18 What is the newest article of clothing you’re wearing right now? How old is it?
19 Do you think anger is generally a positive emotion or a negative emotion? How does your thoughts on that help you deal with your anger?
20 What’s a childish thing you still do as an adult?
21 You’re making yourself a fruit salad with five different fruits. Which five fruits will you include?
22 Do you prefer being left alone on a long bus or train ride or would you rather chat with a random stranger next to you?
23 When you think about your future, what are you most afraid of?
24 You are out at a restaurant and you notice that a celebrity you really admire is at a nearby table. What do you do?
25 You have been given a complex task to perform at work. How do you approach it?
26 What’s a belief that you hold that most people probably disagree with?
27 Winter is soup time. What’s your favorite kind of soup? (Please post the recipe or source?)
28 If you learn that a celebrity of whom you are a fan of has done something horrible, does it affect your ability to enjoy works they previously produced?
29 If you were given an extra day every year to do whatever you want, what would you do?

Mar 1 Let’s do some pseudo-science! What’s your Enneagram type? https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test
Test 1 is more comprehensive, but long. Test 2 is pretty accurate and much quicker.
2 What’s your favorite candy bar?
3 What city or other location were you born in?
4 What’s the most ridiculous way you’ve ever been injured?
5 It’s Learn What Your Name Means Day. So, what does your name mean? Do you think it fits you?
6 Who is your favorite celebrity chef? Why do you like them?
7 What is the worst medical procedure you’ve ever had?
8 It’s International Women’s Day. Who is a woman you greatly admire and why do you admire her?
9 What’s your favorite movie quote?
10 What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of fear?
11 What’s your first and middle name(s), if you’re comfortable saying? Do you think the meanings of your names matches who you are?
12 What’s your birth order in your family? Do you think it affected who you are as an adult?
13 Are you superstitious about Friday the 13th?
14 Do you use rely on one main password for most of your online activity, or do you try to come up with different ones as needed?
15 You are walking along a road when you come to a three-way fork in the road. One road leads into the forest, another road leads to the mountains, and the third roads leads to the ocean. Which path do you take?
16 What all is on your favorite sandwich?
17 What is your ethnic make-up and heritage? Is it important to you?
18 When you close your eyes what do you physically see?
19 What is your least favorite household chore?
20 Houseplants – yea or nay?
21 What is one thing you did this week that moved you closer to one of your goals?
22 If you could make a bouquet or arrangement of your three favorite flowers, which three would you choose?
23 What was a favorite book you read when you were a child?
24 About how many square feet is your home? Is it too small, too large, or just right for your needs?
25 What languages can you speak and how fluently can you speak them?
26 Let’s do some more pseudoscience! What’s your Myers-Briggs/Kiersey type? There are many versions of the test online, but here’s a good one: https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new
27 If you were independently wealthy, what would you do with your time?
28 What characteristic do you most dislike about yourself?
29 What fictional world would you most like to visit?
30 What do you want to say when someone asks, "What do you do"?
31 What famous or important people share your birthday?

Apr 1 Nobody really likes to be the victim of cruel hoax, but how do you feel about good-natured pranks that don’t cause harm?
2 It’s Peanut Butter and Jelly day! What’s your favorite flavor of jelly or jam?
3 What’s one thing that you can do better than anyone you know?
4 What picture is the wallpaper on the device you’re using right now?
5 What is the first thing that you notice when meeting someone new?
6 You have to sing karaoke. What song do you pick?
7 If you could keep only five possessions, what would they be?
8 Have you ever dyed your hair, and it didn’t turn out well?
9 Whether you really believe in them or not, do you have any superstitions?
10 Do you prefer to write with a pen, pencil, or other writing utensil?
11 It’s Celebrate Teen Lit Day! What’s a favorite book from your teen years?
12 What is your favorite snack food?
13 What sorts of things are you most likely to buy at a thrift store or second-hand shop?
14 It’s Perfume Day today. What are your favorite perfumes and colognes?
15 It’s income tax day in the U.S. What do you enjoy the most that your tax dollars provide for society?
16 What three features would be non-negotiable in your dream house?
17 What’s a trait you admire in other people that, if you’re honest, you also have? (And by all rights should admire it about yourself!)
18 Do you enjoy gardening? Have you started your garden already? What are you planting this year?
19 What’s the most interesting thing you’ve read this week?
20 Are you watching anything good on television right now?
21 What crafts do you enjoy doing?
22 What’s one thing you do to conserve resources or “go green”?
23 Again, fair folk, the day has come to speak
As if the Bard had writ the words for you.
But if blank verse sits not upon thy lips,
Then grace us with your thoughts about his plays.

Happy Talk Like Shakespeare Day! If speaking in blank verse all day is impractical for you, just tell us which of Shakespeare’s plays is your favorite and why.
24 Do you have what you consider to be a good habit, but is one that likely annoys other people?
25 Did your mother work outside the home when you were a child? What was her job?
26 What activity makes you lose track of time?
27 What’s one thing that happened today that went exactly as you planned or wanted it to?
28 What’s the one song that could be the theme song your life? (Post a link?)
29 How have your goals changed as you've gotten older?
30 What’s a nice thing you did for somebody today?

May 1 Who made you feel good this week?
2 Have you ever seen the same movie more than twice at a theater?
3 Do you still have toys, clothes, or schoolwork from when you were very young?
4 Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
5 Do you tend to be more optimistic or pessimistic?
6 How important is the decor of a restaurant to you?
7 Did you have a teacher who inspired to learn and grow as person?
8 What is the worst food you’ve ever had to force yourself to eat to be polite?
9 What is a mistake people often make about you?
10 Have you ever been sky diving, bungee jumping or scuba diving?
11 What class at Hogwarts would you really excel at?
12 What new fact have you recently learned?
13 What’s something you were afraid of as a child? Are you still afraid of it?
14 What compliment do you receive most often?
15 Are you right- or left-handed? How competent are you with your non-dominant hand?
16 Which Muppet are you most like?
17 What are the people around you doing right now?
18 Do you give up easily on things when they get tough, or are you a stick-to-it person? Can you think of examples when your usual approach was the wrong thing to do?
19 You’ve just been chosen as the eighth dwarf. What’s your name?
20 If someone you were trying to impress was coming over to your home for dinner, what would you make for them? (Please include the recipe!)
21 Do you believe in soul mates?
22 What small thing can you plan to do tomorrow that you’ve never done before?
23 What would your teen self think of the adult you’ve become?
24 What’s the biggest problem you’re facing today?
25 What two colors do you think look best together?
26 Popcorn or pretzels?
27 What’s one thing you can do today that will make tomorrow easier?
28 Have you ever realized too late (e.g. after you've left the house) that you've been wearing an item of clothing inside out or backwards?
29 What parenting technique do you differ from your parents about?
30 Make a list of three things you can do today to be kind to yourself.
31 If you could acquire a talent without any extra effort, what would it be?

Jun 1 If you had to leave on a road trip tomorrow with little notice or planning, where would you go?
2 What is the strangest food you have ever tried and really liked?
3 What’s your favorite cake (or not-cake) for your birthday?
4 What item of clothing is your least favorite to shop for?
5 If you had only one window to look out of for the next six months, what would you want to see out that window?
6 Is there something you love to eat that no one else in your family likes?
7 Do you prefer shopping online or in a store?
8 What do you like least about living in your city/town?
9 What do you like most about living in your city/town?
10 What’s your favorite font?
11 If money were no object, but you could only choose one, would you rather travel somewhere via a first-class travel method or stay somewhere in a first-class accommodation?
12 What is your favorite place in your home? (Post a photo?)
13 What’s a popular vacation spot you have no interest whatsoever in visiting?
14 Who was your favorite teen heartthrob celebrity when you were a pre-teen?
15 Do you prefer big parties or smaller, more intimate gatherings?
16 If you had to create an alias or pseudonym for work purposes, what name would you use?
17 If you were chosen to be the first human to make contact with aliens, would you want to?
18 Would you rather travel a hundred years in the past or a hundred years in the future?
19 When you take a shower, do you let the water warm up before you step in, or do you turn the water on after you step in?
20 What quality makes you feel fierce and powerful? How does that quality manifest itself in your life?
21 At the summer solstice, the light begins to lessen. What in your life would you like to see decrease in the coming months?
22 What was your favorite piece of playground equipment when you were little?
23 Chocolate or vanilla? Or something else?
24 Have you ever deleted a post on social media because you had a low percentage of "likes"?
25 Do enjoy “roughing it” types of vacations such as camping or hiking, or are you more of a five-star hotel/cruise sort of vacationer?
26 If you could become new “side character” in any novel, which novel would you be a part of?
27 When you mentally go to your “happy place,” what does it look like in your mind?
28 Do you prefer working along or as part of a team?
29 What is your least favorite musical band? Why don’t you like them?
30 The year is half over now. What’s been the highlight of 2020 for you so far?