Fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?

Trotting out the old check-in poll from the LJ days, because if you're going to reinstate old blogging habits, might as well reinstate them all:

Well, I've officially laid down some roots here in Dreamwidthland: I sprung for a paid account. [cue streamers and indulgent dancing] I did it for a bunch of reasons: to honor tradition (my LJ was paid for from day 1, back when you needed an invite code to get in free), to "give back," to support the continued existence of a tool that's rapidly becoming important to me, to get my mitts on that sweet, sweet user pic action. Also? To allow me to make polls again, because given the time so many of my dear ones are having right now I've wanted to bring back the following, which I used to run on the regular. So if you don't mind, please take a moment to answer:



Hope you all are doing well. Carry on.

To celebrate the five bucks I just dropped to LJ to get my icons back along with access to the polling function, I'm dusting off the catch-up poll I do every now and again, mostly again. (I actually haven't done this in over a year, but it feels too soon because it's only a page back in my posting history. Ehh, c'est la fromage.) If you have a moment and are inclined to cotton to my ongoing nosiness, please feel free:

[Poll #2046353]
Thanks. Hope everyone's having a magnificent day.

I've been remaining deliberately scarce on LJ for the past few weeks, along with Facebook and other social media, aside from the occasional like-button click or birthday shout-out to my son. I realized I needed some self-care somewhere between the scrambled sleep patterns and the nightly stress hives, so I turned down the input noise to see if it'd help the tension levels. I'm pleased to say that it did; I've been able to focus on rain_herself, the new home, the new album-in-progress with cluegirl (omigods, people, it's going to be amazing), and things that needed my attention. I'm finally coming back around to wanting to have contact with people again, but slowly, not wanting this to be scattershot or drama-laden or, for lack of a better term, wrong. I'm getting there, and learning a great deal about what needs learning, but that's a matter for another post (one not written the day after a Benadryl jag).

For now, hi. I hope you've all been well, and I hope you won't mind my breaking out the check-in poll again, because I want to hear from you. I'll be in touch.

[Poll #1976344]

Yep, again. There are reasons I keep doing this every few years:

1) It's fun.
2) I bore easily.
3) I have last year's Sight and Sound Critics' Poll as a handy excuse.
4) I keep hoping for enough responses to make the results statistically interesting. This would be a number greater than 25, which is roughly the number of people tend to answer.

This time, though, I've gone outside of LJ in the hopes of raising up the nose count a bit. All I need from you (same as every other year) are your 10 favorite movies of all time. Just click here to participate. Thanks!

Wondering if it's just me:

[Poll #1898448]

There seems to be a great deal of change in progress amongst my friends, good, bad, and otherwise. As it's been a while, I think it's time again for the check-in poll. Please take a moment to answer:

[Poll #1896371]

Thanksgiving was grand.
My kids failed to murder each other, despite their best efforts.
The move, planned originally for this Saturday, has been moved back to this Thursday.
I may be coming down with a cold.
My coccyx is probably not broken, despite gravity's best efforts.
I'm working Christmas, but I'll have New Years Day off.
Radio show tomorrow, 7 to 9 in the evening, Eastern time.
Due to wonky sleep patterns and an encroaching cold, that is all the energy I have to type at this time, despite my best efforts.

Here, I'm done. You take over.

[Poll #1881642]

I occasionally get a little good-natured grief over the ubiquity of this poll in my LJ, but seeing as how I posted all of three times last month, and given how many of my friends and loved ones are going through difficult and stressful times right now, there's no better time for it. Please take a moment to answer:

[Poll #1823320]

Arisia!

[Poll #1809857]