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Greetings, geminauts! I go by Sam or my handle 'oaktal'. I've been interested in Gemini since early 2021 and have been lurking around since then. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Joneworlds, listening to Konpeito, and reading logs or essays from all you wonderful people with a similar appreciation for the 'smolnet'.
I also had intentions of participating in the conversation since I first started reading, but got grabbed by what I'll call the Lurker Effect. It's this anxious tendency I have to view anybody whose work I consume as somehow 'other' than me, or somehow on a higher social ring. My best guess is that it's a holdover from my experiences on the regular Web, where it's normal to assume that a big-name blogger or Youtuber might not have time for all their fans.
It took me a little while to grapple with the Lurker Effect, but eventually I managed to convince myself that people use Gemini to form a community and participate in discussion. It's fine to lurk, of course, but if I want to join in then I shouldn't let my regular Web conditioning stop me.
Now with that history out of the way, I suppose I should describe myself a bit. When it comes to my interests, I am a massive computer geek and a booklover with a tendency to think too much. I'm mostly here to write about my tech adventures and try my hand at creative writing, but I may post about my newest random thought quite often.
What else? I love the mountains and a good hike, I'm trying to learn to draw and having a hard time with regular practice, I run a homebrew Dungeons and Dragons campaign for some of my friends, and I'm a bit of a furry. I don't expect that last one to come up too often except perhaps as an occasional quality of my fiction.
I think that should cover it. It's nice to finally meet you all, and I look forward to joining the conversation!