Hey all,
I am not really sure what I hope to get out of making this account--I have lurked this forum for almost a year without feeling any particular need to join. In any event, since I have done so, I may as well make some introductions.
I am a uni student studying computing, active member in my local queer community, sometime chorister, and strong believer in the Oxford comma. : P To unpack some of the above, computers are cool and from about eight onwards were my favourite toys. I am an agendered asexual (the drop down in sign up could afford an I don't play that game option of some kind, n/a or some such if agendered is too uncommon to get its own entry) and I have done a little bit of visibility work for both as well as volunteer work in queer organizations more generally. For those who care, I experience non-sexual attraction to both men and women but experience sexual feelings for no-one. I love singing; music brings a particular vitality to life and I don't know what I would do without it. Finally, I am something of a lit geek and have been known to read the likes of Foucault, Derrida, and Baurdillard for fun. If I write like a textbook at times, its probably because I was just reading one.
As to where I fall with regards to being on this site, I am definitively a DL but I have trouble deciding where I sit exactly with being little. I am very playful, prone to bouts of cuteness, and I have a particular affinity for swing sets. I often tell people that I just grow up slower than everyone else, I am the root of my age. For reference, I was a very precocious child and came up with that around that time it would have meant three and a half though I am happy with five now. The thing is, it is not age play. As a matter of my own brand of personal ethics (see epicureanism, transhumanism, post-modernism), I refuse to relegate functions of happiness to age categories. Playing with k'nex makes me happy so it is fundamentally appropriate to my age (or any other trait of my being). When I say I am five, it is most often a shorthand for "I like to play and be highly affectionate" or "I am deliberately choosing to treat the world as if it deserves innocence." That said, I like the idea of a more deliberate age play, it just isn't really a part of my experience to date.
I spoiled what follows as it ended up really rather quite long.
As I said before, I don't entirely know why I made this account. I guess it partially has to do with a desire for people I can talk to about this stuff. Having been out in so many ways in the queer community for so long, it irks me to closeted about any part of my identity, but I feel that I would substantially loose some degree of respect from those I care about if I were to expose this part of myself. If I am entirely honest, there might be some degree of hopefulness for a partner who understands this part of myself, but frankly that is not a high priority at this point in my life. Regardless, this community seems populated by nice folk. I look forward to getting to know you.