Getting to Know You/Getting to Know All About You

[gnomi]

OK, well not all about you, but something about you.

I have a rather eclectic group of folks here, many of whom, I think, have things in common but that have never met. And I've been recently reminiscing about those "getting to know you" games we used to play in Young Judaea and other assorted venues*, so...here's your opportunity: Introduce yourself. Tell us something about yourself.

(This isn't at all mandatory...it was inspired by the realization that my friends from various parts of my life would actually likely get along if given the opportunity to meet.)

* The subject of icebreaker games came up at a party recently because I was meeting new people whose names I was almost positive I wasn't going to remember (I'm horrible with names). So I told the story of my first night in Jerusalem with Year Course. We had to go around the room and say our names, where we were from, and something about ourselves. So I said my name, where I was from, and the something I chose was that I don't remember names and that people would have to introduce themselves 4-5 times before their name would stick. After this, we had an ice cream social kind of thing, and we were milling around meeting folks. Four or five times during the course of the evening, a guy came up to me, said, "Hi, my name is Jared," and walked away. I had no trouble remembering his name.

(the other story I tell from that night is that one girl introduced herself as "Hi, I'm (so and so) and I'm from Temple, Texas." The next person, who was known for being something of a goof, said, "Hi, I'm (such and such), and I'm from Temple Beth El."

Comments

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

hi, my name is cindy, and i'm from somerville, mass. (for the non-massachusetts-living folks out there, somerville is just across the charles river from boston. if i know i'm talking to someone from somewhere not around here, i just tell them i'm from boston.) i'm a fairly amateur writer, altho i've actually been published. (torquere press - they publish, uh, gay smut. :D ) i'm an architecture geek, a stargate fangirl, and an overall dork, and i like how coffee smells but not how it tastes, and i now have a crush on paul bettany.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

Hello, My name is Annie, and I'm from jut outside of Boston (no I won't go into more detail thanks)

I was one of gnomi's husband mabfan's students back when he taught highschool physics.

:)

[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

You were one of mabfan's students? V cool.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

I'm JoEllyn. I'm currently in Bloomington, IN, (previously Brookline, Mass, and Cincinnati, Ohio - and yes I know I typed all of the state names inconsistently :)). I'm currently working on a Masters in Information Science and already have an MSW and a BA in Judaic Studies. I'm a singer/songwriter, filker and fan. I think I'll stop here or it'll sound like a bio or personal ad :).

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I'm Steven and I'm and LJer (wrong group). I've met mabfan, but don't think we met. Even 'though I'm not from Boston, can I hang out here? I've been there. I'm mostly a lifelong Chicagoan, with a few forays outside for education and stuff (ten years spent in Bloomington, IN). Have a Master's Degree in the highly useful and lucrative field of Medieval History. I've done some editing, publishing and reviewing and really need to learn the meaning of the words simplify and relax. My wife was a Young Judaean and for a while worked as one of their regional directors.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I believe we may have met at Noreascon, when Michael was signing at the Analog table (that was Thursday or Friday, I believe). You are definitely welcome 'round these parts.

When and where was your wife involved in Young Judaea? If she didn't overlap in the movement with me, she may have overlaped with my sister, beckyfeld (our maiden name was Pearlman).

[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Liz and I live in one of the largest Jewish yuppie singles scenes in the world - the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I'm a single Jewish yuppie who is also a sci-fi/fantasy nut, ICG costumer, and dance-geek.

[arib.livejournal.com]

I live in one of the largest Jewish yuppie singles scenes in the world - the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

I'm not sure whether or not I should express sympathy. :-)

(Honestly, I might move back to NYC after grad school, I'm not sure.)

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm Jess. I met gnomi and mabfan through mutual friends (at least two separate sets of friends that I know of). I'm located in the Boston/Brookline/Cambridge zone and work for a college. When not trapped in my office, I'm obsessed with music and theater. Specifically, I sing Renaissance music with a Cambridge-based chamber choir and have long since sold my soul to the MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players (as a stage manager, singer and sometime vocal music autocrat). I also like to read (and occasionally write) sf/fantasy, although I never have found time for serious fandom. :)

[gem225.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Gail, I live in Cambridge, MA, with two cats, a parrot, and my husband (Greg aka dogbite), and I write homoerotica and publish it on my website.

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Jen. I worked for gnomi when I was in college and my brother was one of mabfan's students. Ever since, my parents have constantly run into gnomi at the Butcherie...

I currently live in Washington, DC after growing up in Newton, MA, and spending a year in Japan. I speak fluent Japanese and have a killer singing voice, but nobody in DC knows the latter yet. I write fan fiction (fanfiction.net has the bulk of it; just search for Jennifer Wand) and am beginning to be a serious video-game addict. And I wish everyone would pay attention to me all the time and love me lots and lots. Sort of like we all do to gnomi.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Greetings, I'm Jacob. I've lived in Massachusetts my whole life and am frequently mistaken for a carpetbagger. I'm a gamer, a singer, a songwriter and cook and a crochety old (35, hey, it's old enough) man who nonetheless still adores his teddy bears. I am a goof who will say or do most anything within reasonable limits to elicit a laugh. My lovely wife and I are expecting in August.

[magid.livejournal.com]

You cannot be old!

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Pish. Old, dear sister, is a state of mind.

:-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

I thought that was New York?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Martha. I grew up in Providence RI and have adopted Somerville MA as my new home. I'm essentially a quilt geek, though I have a short attention span so most of my quilts take the forms of bags, hats, and placemats. You can see some of them here:
www.techhouse.org/mdp/martha (though it needs updating)
and some here:
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/programs/artbeat/ (but not til July)
I am also a puzzle geek. And I'm a geek geek. In that all my friends are geeks. In fact, I'm marrying a geek (majordomo) this September!

[running-girl4.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Adria. I am originally from Los Angeles, and I've lived in Amherst, Mass and now live in New York City with my husband. I'm a techie by day and a writer/"Trek" fan by night. I was lucky enough to meet gnomi and mabfan through vettecat and gnomi's Mom.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I'm mabfan and I'm married to gnomi.

[celli]

Hi, I'm Celli and I've never been to (or even been near) Boston, more's the pity. I live in the wilds of SD but plan to move either to the East Coast or to Chicago after graduation. I'm finishing a master's in business and plan to find work in the accounting field, hopefully as an auditor. And...hm...I'm an even bigger TV geek than I am an accounting geek, which is saying a lot. :)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

We met in elementary school, but you know that, you were there... :-)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup. I knew that. But is there anything you'd like them to know? :-)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Can I lurk mysteriously in the shadows? >:-)=

[magid.livejournal.com]

I live in Boston, well, Cambridge, and I know Gnomi and MAB through her brother-in-law, in a long series of completely fortunate events :-). I edit math textbooks for a living, and love it for the particular geekiness, both math and language, it requires. At night I read, crochet, go to plays, and cook.

Oh, and I'm Teddywolf's older sister.

And I'm finding this as hard to write as a bio on a dating site, so I'm going to stop, but you're welcome to read my journal :-)

[half-double.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Eli. I was born in Kalamazoo, MI, moved to St. Paul, MN for college, and recently moved to suburban MN to be a hermit for love.

Hi, I'm Eli. I'm a playwright/novelist/essayist/spoken word artist who's currently on hiatus from all of these things.

Hi, I'm Eli. One of my most cherished memories is of sitting on the lawn of a kibbutz in northern Israel, watching the sky over Kiriat Shmona for katyusha rockets.

Hi, I'm Eli, and I met gnomi because of my uncontrollable love for gay subtext and all things Aaron Sorkin.

Bet you'll remember my name now for sure, huh, Nomi? ;-)

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Jen. Twitch is the least bad nickname of the nicknames I've picked up, so I use it a lot online.

I'm a coworker of Nomi.
I'm a lifetime MA resident.
I'm a Red Sox fan.
I'm a somewhat paranoid geek.
I like road trips.

[neilfein.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Neil, and I'm married to matfein, our friendly neighborhood lurker, who knows mabfan and gnomi. I met mabfan in a bookstore, and the second time met him and gnomi in NYC.

I'm a pharmaceutical auditor in Union, New Jersey, and we live in Edison. I'm a songwriter, and I'm right now recording my music. I'm 5'7" and have pointy hair, allergies to cats, and many of my clothes are green.

I like driving, reading, drawing, music, and turtles.

[sorek.livejournal.com]

Hey! my sister just moved out of Union, NJ.

[sorek.livejournal.com]

[Stands up, faces group]

Hello, I'm Yossi, and I'm a chocoholic. I've been chocolate free for 61 days.

[sits back down]

In a more serious note, I live in Brighton, MA, just over the Brookline border. I attended the same high school as gnomi . She was a senior when I was a freshman. Although she claims we talked in High School, I have no recollections of these conversations. From my perspective, I met her and mabfan at Boston University, at the Boston University Hillel . Some of my happiest memories of BU are memories of the meals and conversations we shared there.

Oh, and I'm a fan of Science Fiction and to a lesser extent, Spiderman comics and cartoons.