disassociation and quotes
I can't wait for the new television season to begin. I feel very disassociated with fandom at the moment, not the people in fandom necessarily (I always feel out of the loop with them, for a variety of reasons), but with feeling excited about something.
Last summer, there was Serenity and the preview showings and planning the Florida holiday with thestalkycop (which also involved Serenity and Firefly and Lost). This year, there's nothing like that.
I think maybe this is more a product of the rest of my life than my fandom life. I'm in limbo right now, and ready to move on, but the time isn't here yet, and won't be for over a year. This leaves me feeling unsatisfied with all aspects of my life, even things I normally enjoy.
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I've seen this all over today.
Choose quotes which fit your life from this random quote generator.
I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.
- Maxine Waters, in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, 1989
One of the things which makes me angriest is when someone tells me I have no right to my anger. This comes up a lot when talking to men about feminist issues, but also, unfortunately, when talking to other women my age about the same subject.
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech, April 2, 1957
Obsession and focus are the same thing, just to different degrees. People tell me I'm obsessive, too much so on success and on my goals, with my lists and determination. Focused people are encouraged, but obsessive people are told to stop.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
- Japanese Proverb
I try to see all the sides to any issue. Sometimes I think this is a way to drive myself crazy, but I think it's important to be open-minded.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.
- Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987)
Censorship is a personal thing and should not be regulated by any group or government or one person for another.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
- Thomas Berger
I wouldn't say it's not there at all, but a lot of the time, I write because I'm telling a story no one else has told me in the way I want to read it.
Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.
- Terry Pratchett
I constantly feel I have something to prove.
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
- Anne Sullivan
When I look at other people's success, I sometimes forget it takes work. I need to remind myself often.
You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents.
- Australian Aboriginal Elder
I am a big fan of an extended family, as well as a chosen family. I'm adopted, so not only is the family who raised me a chosen family, but I've added to it with friends as I go.
Last summer, there was Serenity and the preview showings and planning the Florida holiday with thestalkycop (which also involved Serenity and Firefly and Lost). This year, there's nothing like that.
I think maybe this is more a product of the rest of my life than my fandom life. I'm in limbo right now, and ready to move on, but the time isn't here yet, and won't be for over a year. This leaves me feeling unsatisfied with all aspects of my life, even things I normally enjoy.
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I've seen this all over today.
Choose quotes which fit your life from this random quote generator.
I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.
- Maxine Waters, in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, 1989
One of the things which makes me angriest is when someone tells me I have no right to my anger. This comes up a lot when talking to men about feminist issues, but also, unfortunately, when talking to other women my age about the same subject.
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech, April 2, 1957
Obsession and focus are the same thing, just to different degrees. People tell me I'm obsessive, too much so on success and on my goals, with my lists and determination. Focused people are encouraged, but obsessive people are told to stop.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
- Japanese Proverb
I try to see all the sides to any issue. Sometimes I think this is a way to drive myself crazy, but I think it's important to be open-minded.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.
- Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987)
Censorship is a personal thing and should not be regulated by any group or government or one person for another.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
- Thomas Berger
I wouldn't say it's not there at all, but a lot of the time, I write because I'm telling a story no one else has told me in the way I want to read it.
Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.
- Terry Pratchett
I constantly feel I have something to prove.
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
- Anne Sullivan
When I look at other people's success, I sometimes forget it takes work. I need to remind myself often.
You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents.
- Australian Aboriginal Elder
I am a big fan of an extended family, as well as a chosen family. I'm adopted, so not only is the family who raised me a chosen family, but I've added to it with friends as I go.