Great picture. Although the TV was on when this probably happened, I missed it because I was reading fanfic! I can't even keep my living room remotely tidy because I'm reading fanfic! You people have no pity, and now you're going to write even more. I will have to quit my job.
LOL! If it makes you feel better, I'm prettu sure that I spend like, 85% of my waking hours reading, writing or contemplating fanfic. It is the monster that ate my soul and I don't even want it back.
About 2 years ago, I saw something in the news about fanfic, and I said "huh?" Googled it, and read that ff.net was the largest site, so I started reading things there. Some of the authors, especially rockstarpeach said they posted stuff on LJ, so I started reading there. The rest, as they say, is history. Or, more accurately, the rest is the ruination of my life, and the sucker-up of my time. And I can't even tell family and friends why I don't want to spend more time with them. ;D
I caught the bug in passing from another friend - I asked her why she wasn't buying as many books and wasn't around as much, she blamed Harry Potter, and I was like - " ? "
When I finally got an internet compatible computer, I went looking (helloooo, Sam/Dean Slash Archive and thank you Google Search) and was sucked in immediately. My friend and I don't share fandoms, but we joke about 'fanfic coma' where fandom expands to fill all your spare time - and the time you used to spend on not-as-good-as-fanfic new books, and not as-fun-as-fanfic TV shows - and then encroaches on actual RL relationships, etc.
Laundry or fanfic? Organizing bills or fanfic? Sleep or fanfic? Not even a question.
Basically, fandom > life. I wish I could be sad about it, but I'm just not. XDD
Thank you so much for the link - I had no idea this even existed! It is a THING OF BEAUTY! (and BEAUTY IS TRUTH, correct?) The thing about 'fazed' hit me so hard, because it's a huge peeve of mine. But also - peek/peak/pique and loose/lose? Make me a little tiny bit insane at times. XDDDD
I know you posted that video link almost six months ago, but THANK YOU! I think it captured nearly all of my pet peeves. I ready way too much fanfiction, and sometimes I'm tempted to contact the author and offer to "clean up" their spelling or grammar. (And now I'm concerned you'll catch a grammatical or spelling error in my post!)
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I caught the bug in passing from another friend - I asked her why she wasn't buying as many books and wasn't around as much, she blamed Harry Potter, and I was like - " ? "
When I finally got an internet compatible computer, I went looking (helloooo, Sam/Dean Slash Archive and thank you Google Search) and was sucked in immediately. My friend and I don't share fandoms, but we joke about 'fanfic coma' where fandom expands to fill all your spare time - and the time you used to spend on not-as-good-as-fanfic new books, and not as-fun-as-fanfic TV shows - and then encroaches on actual RL relationships, etc.
Laundry or fanfic? Organizing bills or fanfic? Sleep or fanfic? Not even a question.
Basically, fandom > life. I wish I could be sad about it, but I'm just not. XDD
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I hear ya, sistah.
I've been looking for this link for ages, and finally found it again. So far, I'm the only person who thinks it's funny, but maybe you will:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6342590/sexy-spelling-song
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Thank you so much for the link - I had no idea this even existed! It is a THING OF BEAUTY! (and BEAUTY IS TRUTH, correct?) The thing about 'fazed' hit me so hard, because it's a huge peeve of mine. But also - peek/peak/pique and loose/lose? Make me a little tiny bit insane at times. XDDDD
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Hmm, whose post is this? I guess I should scroll up and see, in case I'm being a horrible hijacker.
Oops, sorry bewaretheides15 I am covered with shame. (Don't know how to make a shamed emoticon.)
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