Sandy, you are missed
So much has been said and so eloquently, and all very fitting for Sandy.
To me, she was fandom's sunshine: her enthusiasm and joie de vivre were infectious. I wrote once that if I hadn't seen Sandy posting to a Blake's 7 mailing list wayyyy back when, I doubt I would've stayed in media fandom. I feel very fortunate that our paths intersected when they did, because I stayed and met wonderful people, wonderful fandoms, and wonderful fanworks.
Sandy was one of the wonderful people I met, and even now, when I think of her, I imagine her grin -- which always seemed either the prelude or epilogue to a hilarious and possibly (probably?) NSFW comment that summarized whatever situation perfectly. I also can hear her laughing -- anyone blessed enough to have met Sandy knows that laugh!
I remember a random moment at an Escapade con when a bunch of us were standing in line in the ladies' room during the vidshow break and Sandy suddenly turned to me and tickled my stomach. With that grin, yes, but I wouldn't call the moment flirtatious because this was mid-vidshow, mind. Vidders' emotions running intense and high, and Sandy simply expressed the fun that is what it should be all about.
Sandy wasn't my fannish mentor, but she taught me many things over the years, for which I'm more thankful than she ever knew.
How do we keep walking without the sunshine? We do. We walk through the darkness until there's a glimmer on the horizon. I'd like to think there's still something of Sandy in that glimmer, grinning and laughing and welcoming us back.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth at http://sakana17.dreamwidth.org/82072.html.
To me, she was fandom's sunshine: her enthusiasm and joie de vivre were infectious. I wrote once that if I hadn't seen Sandy posting to a Blake's 7 mailing list wayyyy back when, I doubt I would've stayed in media fandom. I feel very fortunate that our paths intersected when they did, because I stayed and met wonderful people, wonderful fandoms, and wonderful fanworks.
Sandy was one of the wonderful people I met, and even now, when I think of her, I imagine her grin -- which always seemed either the prelude or epilogue to a hilarious and possibly (probably?) NSFW comment that summarized whatever situation perfectly. I also can hear her laughing -- anyone blessed enough to have met Sandy knows that laugh!
I remember a random moment at an Escapade con when a bunch of us were standing in line in the ladies' room during the vidshow break and Sandy suddenly turned to me and tickled my stomach. With that grin, yes, but I wouldn't call the moment flirtatious because this was mid-vidshow, mind. Vidders' emotions running intense and high, and Sandy simply expressed the fun that is what it should be all about.
Sandy wasn't my fannish mentor, but she taught me many things over the years, for which I'm more thankful than she ever knew.
How do we keep walking without the sunshine? We do. We walk through the darkness until there's a glimmer on the horizon. I'd like to think there's still something of Sandy in that glimmer, grinning and laughing and welcoming us back.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth at http://sakana17.dreamwidth.org/82072.html.