Snowflake Challenge, days 7-13 + things learned in December

[hamsterwoman]

Catching up on Snowflake Challenge, days 7-13:

Day 7: In your own space, create a fanwork. Make a drabble, a ficlet, a podfic, or an icon, art or meta or a rec list. Arts and crafts. Draft a critical essay about a particular media. Put together a picspam or a fanmix. Write a review of a Broadway show, a movie, a concert, a poetry reading, a

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[hamsterwoman]

I say that in past tense, but actually I recently found myself telling her about the circumstances that led to Doctor Who being canceled in 1989, which I doubt she found to be essential information,

Ha, yes! I still occasionally tell my mother about my fantasy series, and she listens patiently -- though at this point I have more of a captive audience in B and the rodents (which, I listen to B talk about his math papers, so I feel like I'm holding up my end, too :)

I feel like some parents quash their kids' enthusiasm, and it's so sad. When I tutored little kids, I'd always listen to them telling me about whatever, and they so love being listened to.

That is really sad, but I think you're right -- a lot of grown-ups either simply don't have the patience to listen, or they think books/games/cartoons are "silly" and the kids should be doing/talking about something "more important". I'm glad the kids you tutored had you to listen to them!

It's easier to have something to say about books I hated, for some reason!

Ranting about books I hated is definitely easier! Although as I've gotten older, I've started simply dropping books that aren't working for me, and then I don't have as many things to rant about. I thing my longest write-ups end up being books where there's just enough of something I'm enjoying to keep me reading, but also many things that aren't working for me, and then I gripe about them at length. Or books that were interesting but flawed and then I pick at them at length to figure out what specifically didn't work for me.