So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

When I was quite a little girl, I decided I wanted to work on Jacques Cousteau's ship, Calypso. I also imagined myself as the navigator of both ocean-going and space-faring vessels for years. But somewhere amongst our moving internationally, my maths fell apart, and a neither oceanographer nor ship's pilot (sea- or space-faring) was a viable choice by the time I was choosing a college major, so it was political science.

Since early in this century, I've been a qualitative researcher in public health at a university, but another shift is due. I'm trying to get into work around local/regional resilience and readiness in response to the impacts of climate change. I live in a harbor city, and the storm surge map projections show me living on waterfront property, at least temporarily, within the next 10 years. Sobering... I have research background in climate change work (back when people still said "possible" or "hypothetical" in front of "climate change"), and I can get almost anybody to talk to me, and I feel like this is the area where I can be useful. I have a few contacts, and now my health is settling down, it's time to get off my butt and start actively networking, etc.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Feel free not to answer, but I'm curious how you got from political science to public health research?

Working in the field of climate change impact sounds both interesting and essential.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I admire you for daring to start something completely new.