When I was first getting familiar with LJ, without realizing that my approach might actually be somewhat gauche, I would just read through journals that I happened on. If I thought I had something to offer that might be of interest and, in turn, found myself drawn into what I was reading, I dropped the journalist a note, introduced myself, explained what I dug about the LJ, and asked if the writer was interested in a mutual friending.
Hi! I think I was one such person! And I'm glad you did it. I didn't think it was gauche, although I do remember thinking, "...Huh. No one has ever done that before, in precisely that way. Interesting." Anyway: it was way cool. So thank you for doing that.
*reads* Huh. I don't know what I missed (don't wanna know either, TYVM) while I was out. But I'm glad I missed it.
KIM!!! I saw Black Snake Moan. Don't know if I'd recommend it to the general public, but dude! The movies started with clips from a Son House interview!! He was talking about where the blues come from. As in the love between a man and a woman where one of them is not faithful, etc. I was so glad the theater was empty (Heh, $6.00 for what turned out to be a private viewing) when I saw the end credits, because I literally flailed and nearly squealed. *facepalm*
Actually, I've been thinking about the redefining of BNF since the end of 2005, when I first became aware of the chance in connotation. I just finally put some of my thoughts on the matter into this half-assed essay. :)
Your review of this movie made me flail and squeal as much as my lungs will permit at present. Hot damn that Son House got a little recognition! w00t! This makes me all sorts of happy that I passed along some of his tracks. Thanks for letting me know to look forward to this -- I'll definitely check it out!
Let me say this about BSN: it's probably gonna be a love or hate kinda movie for anyone who sees it. This will spoil it a bit, but there are moments where a character relives abuse. It's in flashes of memories (as opposed to full scenes), so it can be very intense like that. Me? I loved it. Yes, Samuel L. Jackson sings all his own songs. They don't, unfortunately, have any of Son House's music for the soundtrack (of course I went out and found it).
I never really know what to say whenever that "BNF" abbreviation is used, because it obviously has connotations to it that I don't fully understand, being that SPN is my first fandom, really. It's too bad people seem to have trouble moving their thinking from 'Us vs. Them' to 'We', isn't it? (haha even though that problem is hardly limited to just fandom.)
Firstly I am really just commenting so people will see that I hang out with the cool crowd. This is where the cool crowd hang out isn't it? *looks around*
re: imperviousness - a new LJ friend who is also new to SPN did comment that it was frustrating that some people who have been around LJ for a while are friends only, and dont friend new people (mainly coz their flists are so ginormous) and that this creates the feeling of being shut out of some things.
Oh fandom - just like real life but with prettier icons!
Well, now that you're here, hell, yeah. :D Actually, I count myself as incredibly fortunate that smart, classy, funny folks pop by my journal to comment, especially since I yammer about so many non-fannish things. In the past six months, just with everything that has gone on and is going on, I've gotten worse and worse about keeping up with my own flist. I hope to change that week after next, when my schedule will be changing for the better
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Yeah, I remember this issue from a few fandoms back, where the thing was that after a fandom had gotten established on LJ circles of friends would have formed and people would have kind of reached a critical mass of other journals they had the time to read (whether they had gone friends-only themselves or not) and so if you got in there too late you'd be kind of stuck on the outer edges of a lot of things. Especially when enough people reached the point of only reading what their friends wrote or recced and avoiding the communities.
You know, and I may be wrong in this but I'm in fandom because I love it. I love SPN, I love the boys, I love the writing, even when it's flawed; I love the fans, I love the amazing stuff that comes out of these incredibly talented people. Sure, I dabble in writing. I have a medium-sized flist, which I mainly use for reading. Would I love more comments? Of course. Most of us are secret attention whores deep down. Do I really do anything to garner said comments? Nope. Sure, I rec, and squee, but I post like, what? Three fics a year? If I really had the desire to *be* a BNF, I'd be a hell of a lot more productive. I'd be more interesting. And I sure as hell would comment more than I do. I rarely, if ever, comment on anything. So nobody really knows who I am, I don't cultivate a "presence" on other journals. So if I don't get a ton of comments, it's MY FAULT. And I have an idea about how to fix that. Post more frequently with better content. Post to groups. Chat up other fen. And if I don't do that, you know what? It's not the fault of
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Hi! I think I was one such person! And I'm glad you did it. I didn't think it was gauche, although I do remember thinking, "...Huh. No one has ever done that before, in precisely that way. Interesting." Anyway: it was way cool. So thank you for doing that.
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Huh.
I don't know what I missed (don't wanna know either, TYVM) while I was out. But I'm glad I missed it.
KIM!!! I saw Black Snake Moan. Don't know if I'd recommend it to the general public, but dude! The movies started with clips from a Son House interview!! He was talking about where the blues come from. As in the love between a man and a woman where one of them is not faithful, etc. I was so glad the theater was empty (Heh, $6.00 for what turned out to be a private viewing) when I saw the end credits, because I literally flailed and nearly squealed. *facepalm*
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Your review of this movie made me flail and squeal as much as my lungs will permit at present. Hot damn that Son House got a little recognition! w00t! This makes me all sorts of happy that I passed along some of his tracks. Thanks for letting me know to look forward to this -- I'll definitely check it out!
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re: imperviousness - a new LJ friend who is also new to SPN did comment that it was frustrating that some people who have been around LJ for a while are friends only, and dont friend new people (mainly coz their flists are so ginormous) and that this creates the feeling of being shut out of some things.
Oh fandom - just like real life but with prettier icons!
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Well, now that you're here, hell, yeah. :D Actually, I count myself as incredibly fortunate that smart, classy, funny folks pop by my journal to comment, especially since I yammer about so many non-fannish things. In the past six months, just with everything that has gone on and is going on, I've gotten worse and worse about keeping up with my own flist. I hope to change that week after next, when my schedule will be changing for the better ( ... )
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