Pull the cord, raise the dead

[evilhippo]

It seems like lately I have to get things out of my head in a certain order before I can get to the things that I actually want to think about. (Thusly, there is a giant long rambly private entry I decided not to subject you all to, in regards to the 11 hours I spent at work today. Blargh. Also I managed to forget to pay my electric bill last

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[evilhippo]

Their reaction to me was kind of priceless. They kind of just stopped for a moment after I said it, stared at me, and then said "Yes, actually bees are known to die in isolation."

I'm a naive little thing when it comes to people who set up shop with dangerous things. I figure, "Oh, the bees wouldn't be out if they were likely to sting without severe provocation, because I'm sure they wouldn't want to deal with the liability!" Which isn't really the best assumption, but I'm also not terrible allergic to bees and could've left work early if I got stung, maybeI switched almost all of my bills over to e-bills, since I figure I pay more attention to my e-mail. Apparently it doesn't quite work that way (though I did have a vague feeling all month that I'd forgotten to pay something, I just checked all the wrong bills, apparently). I might have to switch to just having everything automatically come out of my account whenever it's due. Last bill I forgot was last year, and it was one of my student loan payments, which was even worse

[apple_pathways]

I love bees! This is the first summer I can remember seeing honeybees in the garden for the longest time; hopefully they're making a comeback.

Your honey sounds yummy, and makes me want to go out to my local farmer's market this weekend and see if my honey hookup is back. Last summer, there was a honey vender there I bought from all the time, but he hasn't been around this year the couple times I've gone out there. I bought some honey at the Detroit farmer's market, but I didn't like it as much, and it's not as convenient for me to go out there just for honey.

I always seem to come into discussions late, too; I think that's because the fandoms I'm in are largely Europe/UK-based, and everybody is chatting while I'm either asleep or at work/class.

[evilhippo]

I've actually seen a few around the city, this year, too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll come back. I remember when I was little and I had to steer clear of clover as a rule because it was never not covered in honey bees.

I hope your honey vendor is still around. I always worry that mine are going to disappear, but they seem to be at the center of a pretty large network of bee keepers around here. (I just found out that one of the weekend markets on the north side farmers markets actually has eggs, and I've never had eggs that weren't from a grocery store, so I think I'm going to have to go up there tomorrow and see what I can find. ...Because biking around with eggs is a great idea.)

Maybe the time difference is what's really throwing me off. Up to this point the fandoms I've actually been involved in have either been US-based shows or anime, so I'm used to most of the people I'm talking to being in the US. (Doctor Who fandom doesn't quite count, because I've just lurked around the edges.)

[apple_pathways]

Either beekeepers are becoming more ubiquitous, or I'm just becoming more aware of them, but I feel like I run into a lot of people who are involved with bees! I have a friend whose boyfriend keeps bees, and a couple years ago a friend of mine got involved with a soup kitchen in Detroit run by a Buddhist monastery, and they kept bees. I went down there with her to volunteer once and we spent the afternoon nailing together bee frames

[evilhippo]

I'm not too sure what it means to be "in" a fandom, either. I've been a fan of a lot of things, but there are only a few things I've actively, obviously been a fan of (for example, at the moment I currently have a pretty decent obsession with The Wire, but no one would know because I'm just quietly enjoying it as I go and it hasn't bitten me in a way that makes me want to write anything or pontificate about it at others. Man the writing for that show is fantastic. But anyway, I digress...)

By the "obvious fan" definition I've probably only had about three fandoms: Animorphs, FullMetal Alchemist, and now Sherlock. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what it was about these three things that grabbed me and made me willing to run out and hug other people who liked them, when I've loved other things just as much (sometimes more). I think I ended up in the Animorphs fandom mostly because it was the beginnings of the internet and anyone with a bit of spare time could throw together what passed as a decent website (er... it's a