#aboutthewriter

A little about me: 

I’m Jace (Pronounced like Chase, but with J as in joy instead of Ch)

Born and raised in Chicago 

Freshman at BU this year (Go terriers!) 

Probably not the Jace you know at BU though, sorry :( I use a different name there. 

I like science, and a little bit of art  

I read a lot of fanfics 

Really, so much fanfiction 

I should probably tone it down a bit 

But now I want to write something of my own, so I’m going to try and write something every day, no matter how short. And it’s gonna go here! 

Right now, I think I’m gonna try and group things like this: 

Diary entry -- bits of my life 

Prompts -- things I’d like to write about 

Short story -- like prose 

Dialogue -- like a play script 

              Mun Questions                                                        

NICKNAME. Jay, Xauzi, 

REAL NAME. Justin

ZODIAC.  Virgo.

HEIGHT.    5′6″

WHAT TIME IS IT? 5:33

FAVORITE MUSICIANS / GROUPS. Let’s see I enjoy a lot of music - my taste vary wildly. Panic! At the Disco, Welshly Arms, Blink 182, Gorillaz, Maroon 5, The Classic Crime, WALK THE MOON, Mystery Skulls, Coheed and Cambria, and a whole bunch of others. I just pulled these from my Spotify.

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM.  I don’t watch sports.

OTHER BLOGS.  @growl-bear (OOC),  @thecollection-xiv (Final Fantasy multiblog)

DO I GET ASKS? Not very often

HOW MANY BLOGS DO I FOLLOW?  792

TUMBLR CRUSHES.  Secret.

LUCKY NUMBER.  18

WHAT AM I WEARING RIGHT NOW?  Pajama pants and a World of Warcraft Orc T-shirt

DREAM VACATION. Ireland - I want to stay in a cabin, and just relax for like a whole month. Japan - I enjoy the culture, I wanna immerse into it.

DREAM CAR.  1968 Dodge Charger

FAVORITE FOOD. Spicy Food! I’m a savory kind of guy and not a big fan of sweet things at all.

DRINK OF CHOICE.   Dr. Pepper.

LANGUAGES. English

INSTRUMENTS.   Once upon a time I tried to play guitar, but I never really got far.

CELEBRITY CRUSHES.   Uhhh..?

RANDOM FACT.  Hmm. I’m not entirely sure - I’m really into TTRPG - I enjoy the hell out of VTM, D&D, Pathfinder and all manner of other systems. That and roleplaying are probably my biggest hobbies, both of which I’ve done for like 16 years.

pick a quote and describe what it means to you personally

just off the top of my head, because I love a quote and I’ll be here forever if I try and pick a ~good one:

mostly void, partially stars

it’s from Welcome to Night Vale which is my go to soothing sleep sound and has queer creators and moments of profundity I love, including the current storyline where ‘angels’ are a stand in for trans people but anyway... 

Enjoy the Silence is very much autobiographical emotionally and psychologically, obviously events and circumstances are changed. The first part of the first chapter in particular is pretty much 100% autobiographical, I think I’ve said before. 

personally, I call myself queer. I don’t fit a specific LGBT etc label and I like to reclaim the slur. like, I can call myself queer or my friend queer, but if someone else called me A Queer like it was something negative we’d have to fight. 

idk about should/shouldn’t. it either functions as a catch-all that works much better within real communities than lgbtquiaetc because it’s a fixed term that umbrellas everyone. or it functions as a personal opt-out from detailing the minutiae of your life for others: it’s a fucking mouthful to explain that I’m a pansexual polyamorous transmasculine guy, when I only want to tell someone I’m not straight. 

Yeah, this is the writer of “A Biblical Trace”.

As anyone who has touched on programming, computer science, or has access to google can tell you, “A Biblical Trace” is a reference to the concept of a “Stack Trace” in programming. A stack trace is a common debugging programming practice which catches errors and programming idiosyncrasies during program execution. This means that the movement of function program control can be tracked. It is also a commonly utilized methodology for displaying messages for program users. Needless to say (for me and other people with this background, at least), there are many ways that this concept can be reconciled with the prospect of understanding a text that can be interpreted as a literary text, because it is necessary to trace thorough different themes and their permutations as well as philosophy generation, historical context, and numerous other factors or “functions”.

Well, you all can tell I’ve spent a little bit too much time considering the crossover between a binary, logic based field like computer science and an ambiguity based field like literature. If you didn’t catch that from the first paragraph, then maybe you should scratch up your close reading skills.

Besides these approaches, I am both an asexual as well as, subsequently, a woman, and a feminist (I am aware of the problematic nature of this term in concerns with its broad usage as well as usage as a tool against forms of intersectional feminism, but I choose to use this term because it is a current best fit on personal views, even if the practice of the term isn’t perfect). Both of these concerns will be addressed throughout this blog.

I am also white and American. Whereas the previous states place me in a space of oppression (both as a sexual minority as well as a woman), these two states place me in the state of an oppressor and position of privilege. The importance of these states will be discussed in this blog as well.

So, I am a white asexual feminist female American with a background in computer science and literature analysis.

I have also made the personal choice, despite contradictions and logical evidence otherwise, to believe in a higher power precisely because of this background. My belief is not reflective of many mainstream forms of this belief, because I am doing my best—using my experience with reconciling contradictory thoughts and states of being—to develop my own interpretation on this subject matter. If I describe the reasons for this choice at a latter date, I will link this decision making process description to this page.

This roleplay blog is managed by yours truly, harkpellegrino! I'm a bit loopy and I tend to forget things, so if we're roleplaying and I completely drop off, please message me! I will get right to it.

As of 11/10/12, I have classes until the second week of December. I will not be available mornings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

As of 11/10/12, I do not have a job. I am applying however, so this is subject to change!