In the drolldroms...
Sep. 21st, 2006 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
growyourwingsHome. Sick. Bad cold. Ugh. One benefit though is that I have time to sit in my favorite chair and catch up on what's up on LJ, the Internets, my yahoo-lists, etc. Reading up on Lost spoilers (can't wait for season 3!) Catching up on reading of fanfics that I had to bypass previously because I had no time.
It's been a long time since I've given myself premission to "be sick." Work has done such a good job of instilling the "show must go on" mentality--even at the expense of your health, your family, your happiness, your soul. This cold is likely my body and soul saying, "enough already!" I'm recharing my batteries. I plan to come out swinging either Friday or Monday.
Been reading today about the "mainstreaming" of fandom, fanvids, slash, etc. Interesting stuff. Considering I'm pretty new to it myself. I stumbled across it a year and a half ago by (believe it our not), typing "I'm bored" in Google. I did it in desperation--I was so bored out of my skull about my last college class (which was not technology-related and so felt like a waste of time.) I followed a few links on "bored" websites and found myself somehow on a page that had trek slash on it--specifically P/Q. I was a little shocked--but very intrigued. Once I got past the "wtf" reaction, I got hooked. But only on P/Q. I thought that K/S was somehow "wrong" (how could you "tarnish" the extraordinary friendship of Kirk and Spock with "smut!?") However, then I ran out of P/Q to read. I thought I'd try out K/S to see what the fuss was all about. And got hooked. It re-awakened my childhood love of TOS.
I have to figure out how to the "behind the cut" thingies on LJ. So the posts aren't a long on the front page. This is definitely a rambling-me type of post.
It's been a long time since I've given myself premission to "be sick." Work has done such a good job of instilling the "show must go on" mentality--even at the expense of your health, your family, your happiness, your soul. This cold is likely my body and soul saying, "enough already!" I'm recharing my batteries. I plan to come out swinging either Friday or Monday.
Been reading today about the "mainstreaming" of fandom, fanvids, slash, etc. Interesting stuff. Considering I'm pretty new to it myself. I stumbled across it a year and a half ago by (believe it our not), typing "I'm bored" in Google. I did it in desperation--I was so bored out of my skull about my last college class (which was not technology-related and so felt like a waste of time.) I followed a few links on "bored" websites and found myself somehow on a page that had trek slash on it--specifically P/Q. I was a little shocked--but very intrigued. Once I got past the "wtf" reaction, I got hooked. But only on P/Q. I thought that K/S was somehow "wrong" (how could you "tarnish" the extraordinary friendship of Kirk and Spock with "smut!?") However, then I ran out of P/Q to read. I thought I'd try out K/S to see what the fuss was all about. And got hooked. It re-awakened my childhood love of TOS.
I have to figure out how to the "behind the cut" thingies on LJ. So the posts aren't a long on the front page. This is definitely a rambling-me type of post.
