Destined For Geekness
I'm pretty sure I was always going to be a geek.
My mum used to tell me how when I was about 2 or 3, the only way she could get peace and quiet to get anything done around the house was to sit my in my high-chair in front of the TV when Dukes Of Hazzard was on. I mean Dukes Of Hazzard... what 2-3 year old girl gets fascinated by that show?! Also, as I sit here typing it, I have 3 General Lee's in his room. And the first car I ever bought brand new was orange, in honour of her. And it's my favourite colour. I have no idea if that's connected.
I remember getting SO excited about a decade or so ago when I met Catherine Bach. I'm pretty sure I would die if I ever met John Schneider or Tom Wopat.
I then spent a lot of time in the late 80s/early 90s watching a lot of the 'boys' stuff. Cartoon-wise it was Ghostbusters, Bucky O'Hare, Defenders Of The Earth and I was totally nuts over Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - wallpaper, bedding... I read the TMNT, Ghostbusters, Bucky O'Hare comics too. And The Beano.
I also loved to watch like Doctor Who, The A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum PI, Knight Rider, CHiPs. Y'know, the sort of thing all self-respecting 7-8 year old girl would watch. Man I was such a tomboy.
I would ready The Famous Five and The Hardy Boys... and I was doing fanfic and roleplay before I even knew what they were. Playing in the woods, making up and acting out my own stories where I was with them. Or one time where Joe Hardy got hurt so Frank Hardy kissed it better. Yup. I was about 9.
I also used to write stories. I remember one that was about an evil witch who enchanted all the toys to do her bidding, and these two girls who just wanted their dolls back and went on a quest. There was a dragon and... I have no idea what happened but I remember them having cheese and branston pickle sandwiches in their picnic!
As I moved towards teens, I found the horror and sci-fi sections of the library. Stephen King was (still is) a favourite, and there was more than one occasion where a librarian would ring my mum and ask if she was sure I should be checking out these books. Mum was just like 'it's a book, let her read it'
At the same time, I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on TV. The X-Files started when I was like 13-14. I also discovered re-runs of Jon Pertwee & Tom Baker era Doctor Who, 60s horror movies (hammer house of horror LOVE!), the outer limits, the twilight zone... And that little show, don't know if you've heard of it? Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I know I've mentioned before how much the show influenced me and how I grew up with the characters, being the same age as them.
I was writing X-Files fanfiction as well. Proper alien abduction sci-fi stuff. By hand. And getting a teacher to correct it.
A group of my friends and I snuck into the cinema to see Interiew With A Vampire in the mid-90s. It was an 18 and we were maybe 14. But it was vampires, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Antonio Banderas, what were we supposed to do? We all came out of the cinema in LOVE... and my first stop was the bookshop where I bought the first three of the Vampire Chronicles. And fell even more in love, only with Armand and Daniel *draws sparkly orange hearts*
I loved all the sci-fi films at that time - Stargate, Independence Day, Men In Black, The Mummy. And also Mission Impossible. Again with being a total tomboy!
I got the internet and found online fandom in 1999/2000, and fell head over heels into Savage Garden RPS slash, shortly followed by Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Sentinel. I've been involved in one fandom or another since then, always reading and writing fanfic and squeeing muchly, sometimes roleplaying.
I started going to sci-fi conventions around the same time.
Sci-fi and horror has always been such a part of my life, and so has fandom. I can't imagine a world without fangirling! I've met some incredible people through fandom, love how fandoms connect and you find new shows and books and movies and music and people in the strangest ways. Pretty much everyoen I know in real life I've met... well in a queue for something or other, either at a gig or a convention!
Today finds me starting something new for me. Well.
I've not read comics since I was in my early teens and I have in front of my some copies of The Amazing Spiderman, The Uncanny X-Men and The Invincible Iron Man. Actually quite excited to dive in... I'm also pretty sure
whiskyinmind is going to be so proud of me for this! LOL
My mum used to tell me how when I was about 2 or 3, the only way she could get peace and quiet to get anything done around the house was to sit my in my high-chair in front of the TV when Dukes Of Hazzard was on. I mean Dukes Of Hazzard... what 2-3 year old girl gets fascinated by that show?! Also, as I sit here typing it, I have 3 General Lee's in his room. And the first car I ever bought brand new was orange, in honour of her. And it's my favourite colour. I have no idea if that's connected.
I remember getting SO excited about a decade or so ago when I met Catherine Bach. I'm pretty sure I would die if I ever met John Schneider or Tom Wopat.
I then spent a lot of time in the late 80s/early 90s watching a lot of the 'boys' stuff. Cartoon-wise it was Ghostbusters, Bucky O'Hare, Defenders Of The Earth and I was totally nuts over Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - wallpaper, bedding... I read the TMNT, Ghostbusters, Bucky O'Hare comics too. And The Beano.
I also loved to watch like Doctor Who, The A-Team, MacGyver, Magnum PI, Knight Rider, CHiPs. Y'know, the sort of thing all self-respecting 7-8 year old girl would watch. Man I was such a tomboy.
I would ready The Famous Five and The Hardy Boys... and I was doing fanfic and roleplay before I even knew what they were. Playing in the woods, making up and acting out my own stories where I was with them. Or one time where Joe Hardy got hurt so Frank Hardy kissed it better. Yup. I was about 9.
I also used to write stories. I remember one that was about an evil witch who enchanted all the toys to do her bidding, and these two girls who just wanted their dolls back and went on a quest. There was a dragon and... I have no idea what happened but I remember them having cheese and branston pickle sandwiches in their picnic!
As I moved towards teens, I found the horror and sci-fi sections of the library. Stephen King was (still is) a favourite, and there was more than one occasion where a librarian would ring my mum and ask if she was sure I should be checking out these books. Mum was just like 'it's a book, let her read it'
At the same time, I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on TV. The X-Files started when I was like 13-14. I also discovered re-runs of Jon Pertwee & Tom Baker era Doctor Who, 60s horror movies (hammer house of horror LOVE!), the outer limits, the twilight zone... And that little show, don't know if you've heard of it? Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I know I've mentioned before how much the show influenced me and how I grew up with the characters, being the same age as them.
I was writing X-Files fanfiction as well. Proper alien abduction sci-fi stuff. By hand. And getting a teacher to correct it.
A group of my friends and I snuck into the cinema to see Interiew With A Vampire in the mid-90s. It was an 18 and we were maybe 14. But it was vampires, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Antonio Banderas, what were we supposed to do? We all came out of the cinema in LOVE... and my first stop was the bookshop where I bought the first three of the Vampire Chronicles. And fell even more in love, only with Armand and Daniel *draws sparkly orange hearts*
I loved all the sci-fi films at that time - Stargate, Independence Day, Men In Black, The Mummy. And also Mission Impossible. Again with being a total tomboy!
I got the internet and found online fandom in 1999/2000, and fell head over heels into Savage Garden RPS slash, shortly followed by Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Sentinel. I've been involved in one fandom or another since then, always reading and writing fanfic and squeeing muchly, sometimes roleplaying.
I started going to sci-fi conventions around the same time.
Sci-fi and horror has always been such a part of my life, and so has fandom. I can't imagine a world without fangirling! I've met some incredible people through fandom, love how fandoms connect and you find new shows and books and movies and music and people in the strangest ways. Pretty much everyoen I know in real life I've met... well in a queue for something or other, either at a gig or a convention!
Today finds me starting something new for me. Well.
I've not read comics since I was in my early teens and I have in front of my some copies of The Amazing Spiderman, The Uncanny X-Men and The Invincible Iron Man. Actually quite excited to dive in... I'm also pretty sure
whiskyinmind is going to be so proud of me for this! LOL