heidi | Suitcase of Memories (Reply)

dotfic had a very important poll last night about Robert Downey Jr movies through the ages, which led to my finding clips from Tuff Turf on YouTube, which led to the following poll:

[Poll #1205311]

Continuing with the 80s theme, this weekend I posted a Doctor Who vid set to YAZ's Nobody's Diary, focusing on the recent DW two-parter (so obviously, spoilers for 4.08 and 4.09).

And I watched DW 4.10 overnight and I didn't even know until it began that it was by RTD. It was frightening, suspenseful and thought provoking in terms of the undercurrent of meta about the Doctor's charisma, influence, brains and abilities,and I thought that was fascinating. I have absolutely no idea what to expect from the next two episodes but I am hoping for some utter awesome-ness.

Sometimes, memes result in my skipping them once they've been around for two or three days, but I've been finding the Getting To Know You memes fascinating, because no matter how well I know some of you, there's at least one or two facts or quirks in your posts that I didn't know - and since so many of you (especially from the SPN fandom) are relatively new to my flist, I'm learning a lot from those posts.

1. First Name: Heidi. Yes, I am named after the book. Men of a certain age think I am named after the TV movie that interrupted a Very Important Football Game back in the late 60s; this was one of the first things my future father in law said to me when we met.

2. Age: 37. But I got carded at the Boardwalk at Disney last week. It was fantastic.

3. Location: Miami, Florida. Born here, raised here, fled for ten years, and came back just over ten years ago when we were Ready For Kids.

3a. Fandom: In terms of online activity, I started in the Crowded House fandom back in 1993 or 1994, then joined this Dartmouth mailing list for the tv show Friends back in the fall of 1994 - but I didn't get very active in another online fandom until the day before Goblet of Fire came out in the summer of 2000 - I joined Harry Potter for Grownups that day (: waves to

owlman,

vado and

folk). That was pretty much my only fandom for years, until the triple-punch of Doctor Who, Heroes and Supernatural in Feb 2006 - Jan 2007. I read in other fandoms, including some comic book/comic book film fandoms, and I love crossovers, but those four - plus Torchwood - are where I spend most of my time online.

I vid. I write a bit, but I vid a lot more than I do anything else creatively fannish these days.

4. Occupation: Attorney - I do intellectual property with a focus on trademarks and copyrights, as well as privacy policies, terms of use, Gramm Leach Bliley and occasional HIPPA projects.

5. Partner?: Husband of nearly 12 years - Aaron

6. Kids: Three. Oldest Boy is nearly nine, Second Boy just turned five, and Little Girl is three-going-on-fifteen. I sometimes think they are Wacko, Jacko and Dot from the Animaniacs.

7. Brothers/Sisters: One sister - almost three years younger than me. She lives nearby which is lovely as our daughters are only seven weeks apart. She had a major tragedy almost two years ago when her husband died suddenly (their daughter was 14 months old) but has since remarried to her best friend from junior high school - they have a baby who is just completely yummy.

8. Pets: None. Kids and travel make it too complicated.

9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:

a) Family! Lots of managing and organizing and feeding and homework-helping and fun-playing. But I wouldn't trade it for the world.

b) Travel! Over the course of the next two months, I'm going to Atlanta (possibly twice, if I make it to Dragon*Con), Dallas (for Portus), San Diego (for Comic Con), Los Angeles, Naples (Florida), Boston and Bangor (Maine). And probably back to Orlando for a day or two, too. Pack, travel, do stuff, travel, unpack, do laundry, repeat. But it's fun, and Have ipod, Will Travel, so it's worth it.

c) Work. I have to choose a new trademark docketing database and I'm still undecided after three months of looking at different systems. I need to choose before I go away in two weeks, or I never will make up my mind.

10. School: Public from 2nd through ninth, private for the last three years. Then I went to University of Pennsylvania for undergrad (history & communications majors, with minors in English and AmCiv), then American University's Washington College of Law for law school. And I still miss DC a lot.

11. Parents: 62 and 67 and still very busy - my dad still works and my mom does a lot of Organization-y projects. They travel a lot.

12. Who are some of your closest friends? IRL, Best Friend from College Noreen, and various flisties - some of whom I've known for eight years this month and others who I've barely known a year - or less.