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[slynn6776]

I haven't posted in awhile, and have like three new fics I need to add but... I don't know. I used to love it here but lately it just isn't the same. Maybe I need to get more involved in communities. I'm trying out Tumblr, but while it does feed my fandom urges, it's not really interactive in the same way LJ is. I want to discuss movies and

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tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[graycie23]

Hi! Congrats to you for inspiring my first real comment in, well, ages and ages. But I was just thinking about this today-tumblr almost makes fandom too easy, doesn't it? Lots of people and lots of thoughts, but it's like...drive-by fandom. I don't know why LJ is dead, but it is. I am only on here really for the tv/movie communities, because that's how I watch a lot of stuff

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[slynn6776]

Yeah, I do like Tumblr, but I can literally go on and just like a dozen things without really participating, which is what I miss. It's good for finding things, but not really for interacting with everyone

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[graycie23]

Wooot!

I stopped LJ pretty much when I moved back to CO form Boston. I just...didn't have much to say. Sometime this year I started a blog that I've never written in. I have an e-mail chain with myself that has about 20 different ideas in it.

In the meantime, I am obsessed with Downton Abbey. I don't know how it happened. I haven't been this fangirly about anything since Harry Potter, and that's saying something. I think it's because I'm sort of unhappy in real life, but that's a different post for a different time.

I have about 12 books on my shelf but I've been reading fanfic, which pretty much ruins my attention span for real books, unfortunately. I started Paris in Love, which is about Hemingway's first wife. It's fiction though, and first person, and so far really good.

If only I could get off twitter and tumblr long enough to finish it...

But tonight I'm watching Homeland instead.

In unrelated news, I really need to go to the gym!

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[slynn6776]

I've tried to blog outside of LJ and I never keep it going. I stopped writing fanfic for awhile, so less LJ, and when I did start back I've been using AO3 with I like a lot.

But, OMG Downton Abbey! I also love that show. tripp3235 got me hooked on it and it is amazing. Who are your favorites? I do love Matthew and Mary, but find myself feeling really bad for Edith all the time and hoping she gets some kind of happiness.

I've broken down and got a Nook, which has only enabled my habit of buying a ton of books and moving through them at the speed of backwards! Paris in Love sounds good. I'm considering picking up JK Rowling's newest book.

I've heard Homeland is excellent, but we don't have Showtime! Although, we did get HBO almost exclusively to watch Game of Thrones, which I also adore!

In equally unrelated news, I need to go to the gym, too! LOL -- I'm going to Zumba tomorrow, which should be fun. I hope.

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[graycie23]

Hah! Have you ever been to Zumba before? It's fun and...I'm not very coordinated anyway but I didn't realize how hard it is to move all your body parts separately and look like they're moving together! But it's a good workout and when i get over "I remember my mom doing Jane Fonda workouts and this is just the 2012 version of that" I have a good time. When I am not sitting on my butt reading or watching

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[slynn6776]

I've done Zumba exactly once before, but it was a lot of fun and an excellent work out. The instructor is insanely high energy and I'm a little jealous. It is like an updated Fonda workout, but I don't care -- fun! :)

I'm not into DA fandom and I haven't written anything, I have a hard time with period pieces, but I do love it very, very much. I mean, it has Dame Maggie Smith in it... it has to be amazing!

I do remember when if you had a fandom, it was here. What I like about Tumblr, and wish was here, is that you can search really easily -- although there's like zero filter. ff.net is kind of like that, because there are fics for everything, but I want to discuss, not just flail over! :P

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[graycie23]

Also, I love everyone and all the ships. Well, not the slashy ships. Cora/O'Brien creeps me out. And Matthew and Mary OF COURSE. They're like this perfectly built OTP.

Are you able to see the new season or do you have to wait? So far I'm slightly annoyed at it, because it has started believing its own hype, and fleshing out Mary/Matthew while leaving everyone else to rot. Except maybe Edith. But we never know...

I did hear that JKR's new book was pretty good. Not Harry Potter-ish at all. I will probably buy it. I have a kindle app & a nook app but mostly I love holding books and keeping them...but it's really good for reading fic and also, yes, the tearing through books, but I don't want to buy a book twice and if I'm going to love it, I probably want to put it on my shelf.

Wow, that last sentence was very "If you give a mouse a cookie", wasn't it?

Re: tl;dr I understand what you mean. How do we fix it?

[slynn6776]

Cora/O'Brien is odd and would not be my first/second/or third choice! I do love Matthew and Mary, and Sybil and Branson, and Anna and Bates... and, basically everyone. I'm only one episode into the current season, the Avengers DVD derailed this slightly. Everything is Avengers right now.

I like my nook, but I still like actual books as well. When it's something I know I'm going to want forever, I buy the book. Although, I wish I'd had my nook when I got into Game of Thrones, because the books are so huge and not easy to carry from place to place and refused to fit in my purse!

LOL -- My daughters love those books. :)