Random thoughts to end the year
In no particular order, with no particular coherency:
We all need more epic rap battles.
From the spoilers I've read, I'm glad and sad about Merlin's ending. I'm equally sad about the end of Leverage. I fought my way through the finale without knowing the show had been cancelled, and now, retrospectively, I continue to fight.
What is this Homestuck fandom? Should I feel bad for having misread it as "Home-struck" for all of this time?
Why aren't more good writers working in Once Upon A Time? I love my LJ list, b/c the folks on my friendslist will write great, insightful pieces, but then I troll my way through AO3 and want to burst into tears. How do some fandoms make it big in fandom (I'm looking at you teenwolf), while others remain mainly on TV fandoms?
On the subject of teenwolf, I've been reading it since July, watched parts of the first 5 or so episodes and am still somehow stuck in this fandom. In fact, my current reading list is a 3 way tie between Avengers, Teenwolf, and whatever else I can find to cleanse my palate. I feel like a junky. Those folks over at slashreport.com began my lurid journey into Teenwolf, and now I can't escape the ride. (Admittedly, I'm not trying hard. The fic is soooo good).
I've somehow managed to get one semester of a PhD program done, despite my incessant fic addiction. I'm currently beta-testing "Focusatwill.com" which should go mainstream in 2013. It's an interesting take on the Pandora phenomenon, except that they play music intended to help people focus, rather than inspire them. I'm too left-brained to actually succeed in listening to music while I work, but I love the ambient mixes on A Strange and Isolated Place, so it's nice to have another avenue for music that isn't trying to high jack my brain with its lyrics. (I wish I could listen to rap or other music while reading or grading, but I get so caught up in the lyrics that I get nothing done. It is a problem.)
I've joined Pinboard to feed my teenwolf addiction. (I did mention that it's a problem, right?). I'm julii_wolfe over there too, but I'm not going to lie, I don't do much with my links. I usually filter my way through popular bookmarks to find new fics to download to Stanza to read. (Stanza may no longer be updated, but it is still my e-reader!)
As I watch, listen, read, and generally poke about on the internet, I keep thinking about Connie Willis's book Bellwether. It isn't my favorite of her books, but it does go into interesting statistical material about trendsetting (in a book with a romantic plotline, no less) that makes me think about the way links get shared on twitter, tumblr, facebook, etc. The concept of things going viral seems to reach an upper limit so soon, and I wonder how knowledge gets past stumbling blocks an closed loops to reach larger audiences.
These are the things going through my brain on this date in 2012. May I have more interesting thoughts, be a more helpful internet citizen, and stop procrastinating (please gods) in 2012.
Best wishes to everyone. I'm glad the world didn't end. I hope we have a lot to look forward to.
We all need more epic rap battles.
From the spoilers I've read, I'm glad and sad about Merlin's ending. I'm equally sad about the end of Leverage. I fought my way through the finale without knowing the show had been cancelled, and now, retrospectively, I continue to fight.
What is this Homestuck fandom? Should I feel bad for having misread it as "Home-struck" for all of this time?
Why aren't more good writers working in Once Upon A Time? I love my LJ list, b/c the folks on my friendslist will write great, insightful pieces, but then I troll my way through AO3 and want to burst into tears. How do some fandoms make it big in fandom (I'm looking at you teenwolf), while others remain mainly on TV fandoms?
On the subject of teenwolf, I've been reading it since July, watched parts of the first 5 or so episodes and am still somehow stuck in this fandom. In fact, my current reading list is a 3 way tie between Avengers, Teenwolf, and whatever else I can find to cleanse my palate. I feel like a junky. Those folks over at slashreport.com began my lurid journey into Teenwolf, and now I can't escape the ride. (Admittedly, I'm not trying hard. The fic is soooo good).
I've somehow managed to get one semester of a PhD program done, despite my incessant fic addiction. I'm currently beta-testing "Focusatwill.com" which should go mainstream in 2013. It's an interesting take on the Pandora phenomenon, except that they play music intended to help people focus, rather than inspire them. I'm too left-brained to actually succeed in listening to music while I work, but I love the ambient mixes on A Strange and Isolated Place, so it's nice to have another avenue for music that isn't trying to high jack my brain with its lyrics. (I wish I could listen to rap or other music while reading or grading, but I get so caught up in the lyrics that I get nothing done. It is a problem.)
I've joined Pinboard to feed my teenwolf addiction. (I did mention that it's a problem, right?). I'm julii_wolfe over there too, but I'm not going to lie, I don't do much with my links. I usually filter my way through popular bookmarks to find new fics to download to Stanza to read. (Stanza may no longer be updated, but it is still my e-reader!)
As I watch, listen, read, and generally poke about on the internet, I keep thinking about Connie Willis's book Bellwether. It isn't my favorite of her books, but it does go into interesting statistical material about trendsetting (in a book with a romantic plotline, no less) that makes me think about the way links get shared on twitter, tumblr, facebook, etc. The concept of things going viral seems to reach an upper limit so soon, and I wonder how knowledge gets past stumbling blocks an closed loops to reach larger audiences.
These are the things going through my brain on this date in 2012. May I have more interesting thoughts, be a more helpful internet citizen, and stop procrastinating (please gods) in 2012.
Best wishes to everyone. I'm glad the world didn't end. I hope we have a lot to look forward to.