The last two times I've 'fallen in love with' a work of fiction and gotten involved in its fandom, I've written an essay about how I became a fan of that work, why I like it so much, and what being a fan has been like so far. Before that, I also wrote two other LJ entries describing how I got into two of my earlier fandoms. I've recently gotten ( Read more... )

I am pleased to say that I am now a member of the Watchmen fandom. The last time I found myself falling in love with a new fandom was a little under two years ago, after I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" in the theater. Several weeks after that, I wrote a post about my entry into the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom. This post will be ( Read more... )

I have been a member of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie fandom since I first saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" on the night of Thursday, May 31, 2007, seven weeks ago tonight. I like to say that that was the night that my imagination was boarded and commandeered by pirates. I had seen the previous two movies when they were in ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know this entry is three days late. I'm a terrible procrastinator, especially in the Internet world ( Read more... )

March 16, 1996, was an important date in my life. On that day, I was surfing the Net and I came across a humorous list with the title "You Know You're A Star Wars Geek When..." I read the list, and while I had not actually done any of the things on it, I could easily imagine myself doing some of them, like the ones about constructing a lightsaber ( Read more... )