wow, it's been a while....
I know I've never been a prolific poster but it's February now and my last post was August so yeah, fail there. I guess I'd have to say it's been an eventful half year which of course meant I had more than ever to post about but less time to actually do so. There were lots of weddings to attend including my first ever hand-fasting ceremony. I attending my 10 year high school reunion which simultaneously made me feel old and young (odd experience that, not really what the movies would lead you to expect, of course thinking back neither was high school!) And probably the two most life changing: I started grad school and bought a house
The interesting thing about both of them is how quickly both decisions occurred. The thing is I *don't* make decisions. I haven't upgraded my cell phone or replaced my car, heck I can't even pick out a new duvet set, and yet I walked into an open house and made and offer less than 24 hours later, I decided it was time to go back to school and had my application completed in a week. I don't mean to make it sound like either came entirely out of the blue, I've looked at real estate on and off for years semi-casually and I took the necessary entrance exams last spring but I'm still regularly surprised when I find myself sitting at my very own dinning room table pouring over a textbook. If you had asked a year ago I never would have expected it. Maybe I should know better by now, even as a kid people would comment that I would hem and haw but the minute I was certain there would be do dissuading me. There's more I could say, a lot more really, on all that's been happening to me, to others, to the world, there are so many unwritten posts itching to get out I could probably write a novel but I don't really feel like it, not tonight anyway.
I'm still (mostly lurking) around the world of fandom. Very sporadic internet access had made it hard to check in as often (not to mention making me feel like a member of a bygone era!) although there does seem to be somewhat less to check in with as many communities seem to be winding down in my favorite fandoms (hd-holidays, merlin big bang/paperlegands*) and I see the names of more and more of my lj friends crossed off. I guess that's the nature of things. I'm only a reader/commenter so I can only imagine the challenge for fic writers when there is no new canon and the muses start to shift to other interests... Gee, now I sound like one of those "fandom is dead" prophets and I really don't mean to. I still come across great things I've never seen before- both old and new, more than I really even had time to read so I'm certainly not complaining. It just feels odd, so many of the things that brought me here have wrapped up outside of fandom - DeRo, Chryed, HP, Merlin, it's hard not to feel like change is in the air... But who knows everyone is always telling me change is good so maybe I'll embrace something new :)
*I feel like I need to note that the sign up response for this final round has been astounding over the last few days so there is going to be a lot to look forward to in 6 months!
So yeah, I guess this is just me giving a little wave to anyone out there in cyber land that happens to come across it. I do apologize for the lack of interesting content but please know that I'm sending you virtual cookies for reading all the way to the end!
The interesting thing about both of them is how quickly both decisions occurred. The thing is I *don't* make decisions. I haven't upgraded my cell phone or replaced my car, heck I can't even pick out a new duvet set, and yet I walked into an open house and made and offer less than 24 hours later, I decided it was time to go back to school and had my application completed in a week. I don't mean to make it sound like either came entirely out of the blue, I've looked at real estate on and off for years semi-casually and I took the necessary entrance exams last spring but I'm still regularly surprised when I find myself sitting at my very own dinning room table pouring over a textbook. If you had asked a year ago I never would have expected it. Maybe I should know better by now, even as a kid people would comment that I would hem and haw but the minute I was certain there would be do dissuading me. There's more I could say, a lot more really, on all that's been happening to me, to others, to the world, there are so many unwritten posts itching to get out I could probably write a novel but I don't really feel like it, not tonight anyway.
I'm still (mostly lurking) around the world of fandom. Very sporadic internet access had made it hard to check in as often (not to mention making me feel like a member of a bygone era!) although there does seem to be somewhat less to check in with as many communities seem to be winding down in my favorite fandoms (hd-holidays, merlin big bang/paperlegands*) and I see the names of more and more of my lj friends crossed off. I guess that's the nature of things. I'm only a reader/commenter so I can only imagine the challenge for fic writers when there is no new canon and the muses start to shift to other interests... Gee, now I sound like one of those "fandom is dead" prophets and I really don't mean to. I still come across great things I've never seen before- both old and new, more than I really even had time to read so I'm certainly not complaining. It just feels odd, so many of the things that brought me here have wrapped up outside of fandom - DeRo, Chryed, HP, Merlin, it's hard not to feel like change is in the air... But who knows everyone is always telling me change is good so maybe I'll embrace something new :)
*I feel like I need to note that the sign up response for this final round has been astounding over the last few days so there is going to be a lot to look forward to in 6 months!
So yeah, I guess this is just me giving a little wave to anyone out there in cyber land that happens to come across it. I do apologize for the lack of interesting content but please know that I'm sending you virtual cookies for reading all the way to the end!