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Turning ten...
Jan. 11th, 2008 03:34 pmI'm turning ten in fandom this year.
Being the obsessive-compulsive type that I am, I've kept records of my beginnings in fandom. A bit odd, that, because back then I was still fairly convinced it would only be a short, transitory type of madness, and not a lasting and defining feature of my life. Why did I feel a need to keep records of it, then? Guess some part of me knew better already. ( Read more... )
Being the obsessive-compulsive type that I am, I've kept records of my beginnings in fandom. A bit odd, that, because back then I was still fairly convinced it would only be a short, transitory type of madness, and not a lasting and defining feature of my life. Why did I feel a need to keep records of it, then? Guess some part of me knew better already. ( Read more... )
Tags:
- Dexter: I want to read an AU fic in which... hmm, how to write about this in a non-spoilery way? ... ah yes. I want to read a fic in which Dexter follows through on what he said in 2.11 to Doakes he was considering, and what Doakes was encouraging him to do. And I want Doakes to be there, and the two of them to (continue to) develop this strange almost-but-not-quite buddy relationship. Yes. I know. Deeply AU. But I so want to read that. (Did I mention I loved Dexter and Doakes to bits in season 2? *Almost* in a slashy way, even.)
- There are cat cafés in Japan. I need to move to Japan, clearly.
- Fennel is good. I didn't know that.
- A huge percentage of press articles about comics really do have titles like "Pow! Bang! Zap! Comics [grow up/go online/aren't just for kids anymore/get Japanese competition/aren't just for boys anymore/...]"
- Recent discussions about the DVD release of the latest Highlander movie on the one big HL list I'm still lurking on have demonstrated to me again that HL can be an extremely strange fandom. The fandom, including the list, was pretty unanimous in its hatred of the movie. Yet now everybody seems to be eager to buy the DVD. WTF, people? Stop buying crap that you recognise as crap, or the producers of said crap will *never* stop producing it!
I mean, I realise it's none of my business what other people do with their money. But, still. *shakes head*
- Since I mentioned cats above: Proof that the laws of nature only apply to cats in a very loose sense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9HgEPxO0M
- Actually tried restarting my social life, these past few days, meeting with a couple of friends and with my old jewellery making 'mentor'.
- My meeting with one of these friends showed me that I can only watch LoM series 2 in the company of extremely patient (and thoroughly spoiled) people, because I tend to rant at the screen now.
- I'm sick as a dog.
- There are cat cafés in Japan. I need to move to Japan, clearly.
- Fennel is good. I didn't know that.
- A huge percentage of press articles about comics really do have titles like "Pow! Bang! Zap! Comics [grow up/go online/aren't just for kids anymore/get Japanese competition/aren't just for boys anymore/...]"
- Recent discussions about the DVD release of the latest Highlander movie on the one big HL list I'm still lurking on have demonstrated to me again that HL can be an extremely strange fandom. The fandom, including the list, was pretty unanimous in its hatred of the movie. Yet now everybody seems to be eager to buy the DVD. WTF, people? Stop buying crap that you recognise as crap, or the producers of said crap will *never* stop producing it!
I mean, I realise it's none of my business what other people do with their money. But, still. *shakes head*
- Since I mentioned cats above: Proof that the laws of nature only apply to cats in a very loose sense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9HgEPxO0M
- Actually tried restarting my social life, these past few days, meeting with a couple of friends and with my old jewellery making 'mentor'.
- My meeting with one of these friends showed me that I can only watch LoM series 2 in the company of extremely patient (and thoroughly spoiled) people, because I tend to rant at the screen now.
- I'm sick as a dog.
After finishing catching up with only the fourth out of a couple dozen LJs on my 'indispensable' list last week I was interrupted by my offline Social Life in the guise of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nager, back from a year in Australia. This, naturally, called for an extended geeking out - the familiar two-computers/one-desk setup, how I missed it! - although after a couple of days I kinda exiled him from my room to go back to, or rather *start* working on one of the papers I still have to do for uni.
Now he's gone again, the flat feels strangely empty, and I *really* have to get back to working as hard as I can (I've been slacking off over the last couple of weeks). Catching up will resume, but will probably be slow. To be honest, I'll probably be sparse around here for the entire next year. Uni and work will only get more intense for the next twelve months at least.
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And now for something completely different: youtube silliness.
Here's something especially forknorgk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXefSGM6Bn4
You know why. :-)
And here's... something for people who think that John Simm being awkward on a stage in front of thousands, repeatedly trying to sneak off, and being called back like an unruly puppy is oddly endearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDLPnhqkjU
nager, back from a year in Australia. This, naturally, called for an extended geeking out - the familiar two-computers/one-desk setup, how I missed it! - although after a couple of days I kinda exiled him from my room to go back to, or rather *start* working on one of the papers I still have to do for uni. Now he's gone again, the flat feels strangely empty, and I *really* have to get back to working as hard as I can (I've been slacking off over the last couple of weeks). Catching up will resume, but will probably be slow. To be honest, I'll probably be sparse around here for the entire next year. Uni and work will only get more intense for the next twelve months at least.
**
And now for something completely different: youtube silliness.
Here's something especially for
knorgk:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXefSGM6Bn4
You know why. :-)
And here's... something for people who think that John Simm being awkward on a stage in front of thousands, repeatedly trying to sneak off, and being called back like an unruly puppy is oddly endearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDLPnhqkjU
