My rapid descent to madness
It all started with Livejournal. I’d found a decent Doctor Who community there and had bookmarked it to check in once in a while. One community became two, and then three, etc, and I eventually realized that the easiest way to keep track was to unearth my ancient Livejournal account, friend them all, and check my friends page now and again. At some point along the way I’d found some places interesting enough to de-lurk and leave comments, which I suppose was the beginning of the end.
I joined a lulzy Doctor Who community for, well, the lulz. Highly entertaining, but it had a segment of the population that made posts roleplaying as Doctor Who characters. Lulz were one thing, but that was just weird, I thought at the time. But it wasn’t quite enough to scare me off into lurking again, which may have been the end of the end. I read these weird RP posts, and, hey, they were high on fun content. I started chatting with some of the RPers, and it was even more fun. And now I’m a little concerned for my continued sanity, because I am one of the RPers and it’s a good approximation of the most fun ever.
I suppose it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.
And speaking of trouble…
This week it was announced that David Tennant and Russell T. Davies are going to be at San Diego Comic-Con. I found this out and immediately started looking for someone to dog-sit. A few hours later I’d booked air and hotel and the day after I had (mostly) secured tickets. (Tickets being sold out by this point… well, don’t ask.) I am flying across the country on what is mostly a fangirlish whim. This should probably worry me more than any roleplaying I’m doing.
I will be doing at least some work at Comic-Con (I’d previously considered attending for this purpose, but decided I had too much travel already happening this summer), as in recent years it has much more of a gaming focus… so the whole thing isn’t just fun and games, but catching up with Tennant and Davies certainly will be. So long as I can manage to be in the same room as the two of them without hyperventilating or anything.