silver linings
One thing I will say for the LJ slowdown: I managed to improve my ratio of posts read to comments left. Like, I always read everyone's posts, I don't filter my friendslist, but I guess I was always trying so hard to stay caught up that I was bad at letting people know I was paying attention? And I'm still not stellar about that, because things have been really busy and I might go four, five days without any significant time for fannish stuff, but. More comments was always a goal and now it is happening, so \o?
I'm still really bad at replying to all comments I receive, though. Team NE was mocking me recently because I am weird on the internet--related to LJ, I shuffled all notifications into an inbox that I don't really check anymore, and I never set it up so I got notifications for being friended/defriended. They were like, how do you know when someone replies to your comments? And I was like, I check back in on the post later! I know it's not the easiest way, but that's the way I like it!
Sometimes I do miss out on conversations that could have gone further and I kick myself later, but notifications, idk. They feel like you have to do something about me to my brain, and I'm lazy and avoidant and get especially contrary when I feel like I have to do things. If fandom had ever felt like a pressure-filled, obligation place, I'd have dropped out right quick.
Anyway, so I miss people who aren't posting anymore, and I do miss conversations and longform squee, although I know I can't complain when I'm not posting a lot either! But I hope that them which would move primarily to tumblr have already done so (and feel free to come back) and that the rest of you are sticking around. <3
In other news, I saw/adored Iron Man 3 on opening weekend, with fangirls, and also with teenaged boys who were expressing the same opinions as the fangirls. Martha was cracking up at the boys sitting next to her--they just had so many feelings, it was adorable. What a fun movie. I was reading an article on Cracked about how the superhero movie bubble must burst eventually, and I hope that doesn't happen anytime especially soon--I just enjoy the humor and explosions that the Marvel universe, in particular, is bringing to the screen right now.
After that,
misspamela, Martha and I went down to NYC for a night and got to hang out with a delightful group of fangirls! Many thanks due to eleanorlavish, who found out that MissP and I had a bumbling, half-formed plan to 'see people? probably?' and managed to organize a really good day. We hung out on a patio drinking and eating delicious burritos (my cosmo came with a bottle of Corona tipped into it--ANOTHER!), and then decamped to EL's place to watch the 21 Jump Street remake, which was the 3rd time I'd watched it, and the 3rd time it made me laugh so hard it hurt. Adoooooooore. Channing Tatum is the most best and I would watch him in every action/comedy (or stripper movie) that he felt like gracing with his presence.
How did we all fail at nominating that movie for Yuletide last year? This is a serious problem! You go to the AO3 and there's like, such a sad number of stories. I get that a lot of people who were opposed to a goofy 21 Jump Street remake (or any 21 Jump Street remake) didn't see it, for valid reasons of DON'T RUIN A THING I LOVED, but surely ONE of the rest of us COULD have remembered? Ugh, terrible. This Yuletide let's all just read/request that one thing and make up for the lack, okay. I can't think of any other new tiny awesome fandoms that can be the breakout, so far at least--Vikings? Isn't everyone mad at Vikings? I feel like that's an accurate statement--why not fluffy fun with dudes who say nice things to each other?
Anyway, tl;dr: hi, IM3 good, 21 Jump Street still good, fangirls great, the end. :D
I'm still really bad at replying to all comments I receive, though. Team NE was mocking me recently because I am weird on the internet--related to LJ, I shuffled all notifications into an inbox that I don't really check anymore, and I never set it up so I got notifications for being friended/defriended. They were like, how do you know when someone replies to your comments? And I was like, I check back in on the post later! I know it's not the easiest way, but that's the way I like it!
Sometimes I do miss out on conversations that could have gone further and I kick myself later, but notifications, idk. They feel like you have to do something about me to my brain, and I'm lazy and avoidant and get especially contrary when I feel like I have to do things. If fandom had ever felt like a pressure-filled, obligation place, I'd have dropped out right quick.
Anyway, so I miss people who aren't posting anymore, and I do miss conversations and longform squee, although I know I can't complain when I'm not posting a lot either! But I hope that them which would move primarily to tumblr have already done so (and feel free to come back) and that the rest of you are sticking around. <3
In other news, I saw/adored Iron Man 3 on opening weekend, with fangirls, and also with teenaged boys who were expressing the same opinions as the fangirls. Martha was cracking up at the boys sitting next to her--they just had so many feelings, it was adorable. What a fun movie. I was reading an article on Cracked about how the superhero movie bubble must burst eventually, and I hope that doesn't happen anytime especially soon--I just enjoy the humor and explosions that the Marvel universe, in particular, is bringing to the screen right now.
After that,
misspamela, Martha and I went down to NYC for a night and got to hang out with a delightful group of fangirls! Many thanks due to eleanorlavish, who found out that MissP and I had a bumbling, half-formed plan to 'see people? probably?' and managed to organize a really good day. We hung out on a patio drinking and eating delicious burritos (my cosmo came with a bottle of Corona tipped into it--ANOTHER!), and then decamped to EL's place to watch the 21 Jump Street remake, which was the 3rd time I'd watched it, and the 3rd time it made me laugh so hard it hurt. Adoooooooore. Channing Tatum is the most best and I would watch him in every action/comedy (or stripper movie) that he felt like gracing with his presence. How did we all fail at nominating that movie for Yuletide last year? This is a serious problem! You go to the AO3 and there's like, such a sad number of stories. I get that a lot of people who were opposed to a goofy 21 Jump Street remake (or any 21 Jump Street remake) didn't see it, for valid reasons of DON'T RUIN A THING I LOVED, but surely ONE of the rest of us COULD have remembered? Ugh, terrible. This Yuletide let's all just read/request that one thing and make up for the lack, okay. I can't think of any other new tiny awesome fandoms that can be the breakout, so far at least--Vikings? Isn't everyone mad at Vikings? I feel like that's an accurate statement--why not fluffy fun with dudes who say nice things to each other?
Anyway, tl;dr: hi, IM3 good, 21 Jump Street still good, fangirls great, the end. :D