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Rena, 27, of rena-librarian.com. Not my real name, but I'll answer to it. Or Sarah. If you want me to see something, I track the tag "renalibrarian". ~*~ SO NOT SPOILER-FREE. I LIVE for spoilers (once I've caught up with aired canon). ~*~ Occasionally NSFW, but not often and not hardcore. ~*~ Sometimes I write, sometimes I draw. ~*~ Gleek. Kurtsie. I'm on the Klaine Train, I've been Klainewashed, I'm a Klainiac--in short, I ship Klaine like WHOA. ~*~ Hopelessly in love with Darren Criss, and if I can't have him, the only other person I think is good enough for him is Chris Colfer. I stan them both. ~*~ Member of the SPNFamily, Cas girl (knew I would be before I ever started the series), I ship Destiel, and I'm one of Misha's Minions. But my love for all three boys is boundless. ~*~ Also love LotR, Lost, Starkid, Sherlock, Harry Potter, House, and other things that I may have forgotten to list here but will probably reblog eventually. ~*~ A Mean Girls, Princess Bride, or Labyrinth reference is pretty much always an instant reblog. ~*~ Skirting around the edges of Doctor Who fandom thanks to my RL friends...I'll watch it sooner or later. I reblog stuff of a SuperWhoLock-ish nature. ~*~ I hate politics and mean-spirited discussion, but hooray for social justice. Also I am childfree and will happily answer questions/discuss any topic on that front. ~*~ The askbox is always open, for advice or anything, anon or not.

Ugh. Spam.

I just received a second Ask from an anon—the first part asks ” what does rena-librarian mean?” and then it asks if I make money using what is surely a spam site. I deleted it, but on the off chance that it was a legit question:

Rena’s been my online nickname forever, because it was shorter than using my whole username. I used to often use the handle RenaissanceGrrl but it was common enough that sometimes it’s taken by the time I get to sign up for a site. The first notable occasion was when I signed up for LiveJournal. Since, at that time, I was in school to get my Masters in Library Science, I just mashed up Rena_Librarian as my default backup and that’s what I use when RenaissanceGrrl isn’t available. (For the curious, I ended up only getting my Associate of Arts and then leaving school due to burnout. I won’t rule out going back “someday,” but it’s not something I’m actively planning at this time.)

RenaissanceGrrl came from my very early days of being online; I first started having my own identity at fourteen (which is when I signed up for my first email, RenaissanceGrrl@excite.com—long defunct, now). Most of my friends had fandom-related names, but I was in too many fandoms at the time (er, like four? XD) and couldn’t pick a favorite, so I just went with RenaissancGrrl as a play on “Renaissance man.” =) As for the spelling, my best friend was widely using the handle KatGrrl and I just liked it. Also Girl was taken.

(In retrospect, the idea of me being a Riot Grrl at that stage of my life is mildly hilarious.)

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