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jlhI don't defend my choice of friends anymore, to anyone. So I don't have anything to say about people talking about things they don't know anything about.
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rubydebrazier is over the moon about the toys! You have taken a crap situation and made something amazing out of it and for that I thank you. About the drabble: no one really asked for one. (Well, tea_and_toast did, but I think that was mostly because she was all "Whee! Furuba!") I'm choosing to think this is because my flist gives without needed drabble and not because you distrust my ability to drabble. Said drabble will arrive later today, as I sit here waiting for the plumber.
Today, I'm thankful for the fandom. If not for fandom I wouldn't have met so many people who are true friends of mine; I would never have started writing fiction; I might never have rediscovered my intellect, long buried due to my industry, where I had to not be so smart. It has changed the way I think about the future, and it has brought me back to myself. I know it's not very fashionable to say that you've gotten anything from fandom, or that you care about it in any way, but you know, I'm willing to look like the totally lame geek I am. Thanks.
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rubydebrazier is over the moon about the toys! You have taken a crap situation and made something amazing out of it and for that I thank you. About the drabble: no one really asked for one. (Well, tea_and_toast did, but I think that was mostly because she was all "Whee! Furuba!") I'm choosing to think this is because my flist gives without needed drabble and not because you distrust my ability to drabble. Said drabble will arrive later today, as I sit here waiting for the plumber.Today, I'm thankful for the fandom. If not for fandom I wouldn't have met so many people who are true friends of mine; I would never have started writing fiction; I might never have rediscovered my intellect, long buried due to my industry, where I had to not be so smart. It has changed the way I think about the future, and it has brought me back to myself. I know it's not very fashionable to say that you've gotten anything from fandom, or that you care about it in any way, but you know, I'm willing to look like the totally lame geek I am. Thanks.
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Date: 2004-12-06 12:30 pm (UTC)And you're right, the reason I didn't ask Sam or you to write anything is because I didn't NEED anything back.
We can all do some pretty amazing stuff sometimes, no? <3<3<3
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Date: 2004-12-07 05:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-06 12:36 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2004-12-06 12:55 pm (UTC)Also, glad you're going over on Tuesday. I'm seeing my friend S that day so I can't join, but I know you'll have fun. You might want to bring your laptop over so you can watch DVDs. Talk soon!
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Date: 2004-12-06 12:59 pm (UTC)As for holiday plans, YES! Have gotten you lame (as in OMGIAMADORK ) present. gift exchange must be discussed. muahaha.
Am also glad about tuesday, though my #$%@#$ laptop's DVD player is busted. WOE! will consider backup plans....
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Date: 2004-12-06 02:53 pm (UTC)Dinner after work is perfect, and I would be happy with cooking or with someplace uptown, as is good to get out of the village. ;}
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Date: 2004-12-06 03:19 pm (UTC)Hmm, up here. I'll think on it and call or email you later this week! :D
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Date: 2004-12-06 12:44 pm (UTC)Fandom can be incredibly wanky and horrid often times but there are always the good people and good things that have come from it. I choose to concentrate on those bright spots.
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Date: 2004-12-06 01:03 pm (UTC)I, for one (and I'm guessing that I speak for just about everyone) don't need a reward for doing this. I help out RL friends in need with no expectation of a reward-- why should I expect one for helping out fandom friends?
And I'm thankful for fandom, too. It sucks sometimes, but right now it's being pretty awesome (except for f_w, of course, but that always sucks, so of course this is no different).
>:D
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Date: 2004-12-07 05:08 am (UTC)Yeah, Sam wrote like 50 drabbles but I think his fangirls (of which he has many) and his flist aren't as close to CC as mine is.
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Date: 2004-12-06 01:35 pm (UTC)....
Also, one of the things I found most interesting about fandom community from the outside was how obviously dependent on it so many people were, but how unwilling they were to actually TALK about that and acknowledge it. It was like this enormous extended family of choice that everybody wanted to pretend didn't exist or wasn't important to them. It's good to talk about these things - very healthy.
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Date: 2004-12-06 02:56 pm (UTC)I don't think people like to admit that they are one of those "online" people. There is still such a stigma! How funny that someone I know in RL recently revealed themselves as a Buffyslasher. Not entirely unexpected as she is such a fan I would have guessed she was in the Buffy fandom, though perhaps not a fic writer or even a slasher.
Also, I think among young, really intelligent people there is a need to pretend that you are entirely emotionally self-sufficient, that you aren't like those dreadfully boring people who actually need their social groups. Of course, I've gone on in the past about how fiction about misanthropic geniuses has confused people . . .
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Date: 2004-12-06 03:03 pm (UTC)*hugses*
And you know we wouldn't have it any other way.
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Date: 2004-12-06 08:30 pm (UTC)(I'm crushing on John Hannah right now. Is this wrong? Is it really just the accent?)
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Date: 2004-12-06 05:03 pm (UTC)Also, if you're interested in charity in general, may I ask that you check this post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/jlh/173509.html) out?
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