Hello World!

[jhatchell]

My name is John and I'm joining from Facebook just for something new, which explains why I'm using my real name but I may change it to the 44th Doctor or something like that as soon as I figure out how. My main fandoms include Doctor Who, the MCU, the DCEU, the Arrowverse, Marvel and DC comics, Battlestar Galactica, The Foundation Trilogy, Dune, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Huriki Murikami and lots of stuff I can't think of right now. I'm 48 years old and a father of a 16 year old. Learning how to cook new things is my main hobby right now. I live in Lakeland, Florida. And I'm a widower. That's all I can think of right now.

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[texelations]

The only way to change names here is to pay $15 for a rename token, just so you know. You may want to make a fandom name separate from this account instead.

Thanks

[jhatchell]

I'm probably not going to bother changing my user name then. It isn't a big deal to me except to blend in more to the fandom culture here. But I guess just being JHatchell is fine.

[jhatchell]

I'm probably not going to bother changing my user name then. It isn't a big deal to me except to blend in more to the fandom culture here. But I guess just being JHatchell is fine.

[thisonething]

Hello John! I'd be happy to give you an add. :) I somehow missed the Doctor Who boat, save for watching ancient black and white airings on a tiny television in my parents' basement back in Maine during the winter by the woodstove. (It's possible the television itself was a b&w unit, and the episodes were in color and I never would've known.) From speculation with another Whoist, it was likely the second or third Doctor.

I'm on board with Marvel (various), Battlestar Galactica (original and new), Dune, Hitchhiker's Guide, and Haruki Murakami (wrote something of a lengthy analysis of two of his works a couple years back).

About me: almost always up for discussing a shared interest, or indeed something entirely new. I've been a haunt of the internet since I was way too small to be on it, but hardware nerdery gets a person into all sorts of business. I made a home-rig network when I was 9 from literal junk, largely to spite my mother, and remember the days of bulletins vs. forums, though a lot of that transition took place in the first two years I engaged with it.

Still here, definitely prefer the relative anonymity of Dreamwidth to mediums such as Facebook, though I've got one all the same.

Welcome! :)

I don't think you'd need to change your username unless you're exceedingly disinterested in having anyone you know potentially stumble across your presence here. I know Facebook allows for some filtering, certain things curated for certain audiences, but Dreamwidth has more tools in that area. It's easy to have public entries, access-only entries (ones where only people you've granted access may view), as well as private entries (only you may view). Most of my engagement with fandom is likely to be public, while more personal entries/anything mentioning work beyond calling it 'work' will likely be set to access-only.

To date, I've been neither found nor bothered by my personal acquaintances or professional life. :)

That said, some info:
Changing one's username
Access settings, along with access filters

[jhatchell]

I'm probably not going to bother changing my user name then. It isn't a big deal to me except to blend in more to the fandom culture here. But I guess just being JHatchell is fine.

Classic Who is an acquired taste. If it was either of the first two Doctors you saw than it was definitely in black and white in the original but the Third and Forth were the ones most shown on television, at least in the United States. I don't know what it was about that show but as a teenager in the 80s I was obsessed then when they brought the show back I fell back in love with it as an adult. People are continually debating the way the show has changed over the years but one of the great things about the show is how it's changed while still remaining essentially the same show.

[badafthunter]

Doctor Who is bloody amazing, as is Battlestar Galactica, and omg, all the other stuff, too!

I used to read so much sci-fi!

Adding you.

PS. I've got a kid that's 17. Life is good.

[jhatchell]

Life is good. I'm really trying to make sure I appreciate it. I'm glad liked my post. Science fiction has always been a passion of mine. I don't read nearly as much as I used to but it's still an important part of my life. And of course parenthood is the biggest adventure I could imagine.