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timepiececlockWell, it's three days until Fanime Con.
My first anime convention in two years. I'm excited.
I'm a little bit nervous about the social situation I'm getting into... I will seeing some old friends which is a good thing, probably gonna have to avoid a person I used to think of as a friend who was shitty to me then didn't talk to me in like 3 months, I've got the almost-awkward-but-not-because-I-am-determined-that-it-not-be-so of staying in a room with 3 guys one of whom I have briefly gone out with, the good of possibly seeing a new friend from my speech class last quarter (if he ever gets his pass which he doesn't think will happen), and a host of other funny but slightly nerve-making things. I am so incredibly excited. The last time I went I was 18...now I'm 20. Will it be different for me? I expect not much, except that I will undoubtedly be in the older half of the people going.
Speaking of Cons...
I wish there was some kind of general SciFi convention in Northern California... I'm always going to regret that I was never able to go to one of those East Coast or Canadian conventions to meet all the lovely people on my friends list last year or the year before when we all watched Buffy and wrote B/S fic at the same time. Still, maybe some day. Are there any major conventions in Southern California? Maybe I could go to one of those next year, and meet all the SoCal Buffy fans.
And the fic writers. God, I wish I could meet more fic writers in person! Of Jossverse, anime, whatever.
I would love to talk face to face to someone whose fanfiction I have enjoyed, reviewed, praised or critized. That would be so wonderful. Just... meeting other fans is wonderful. Knowing that you can talk in a fast, excited voice about how much you loved it when one character said this and another did this, and whether this plot twist changes the characterization for the future, whether something is a symbol or foreshadowing or a parallel, and what does it mean, and oh to talk forever.
I love cons. I love meeting other fans.
My first anime convention in two years. I'm excited.
I'm a little bit nervous about the social situation I'm getting into... I will seeing some old friends which is a good thing, probably gonna have to avoid a person I used to think of as a friend who was shitty to me then didn't talk to me in like 3 months, I've got the almost-awkward-but-not-because-I-am-determined-that-it-not-be-so of staying in a room with 3 guys one of whom I have briefly gone out with, the good of possibly seeing a new friend from my speech class last quarter (if he ever gets his pass which he doesn't think will happen), and a host of other funny but slightly nerve-making things. I am so incredibly excited. The last time I went I was 18...now I'm 20. Will it be different for me? I expect not much, except that I will undoubtedly be in the older half of the people going.
Speaking of Cons...
I wish there was some kind of general SciFi convention in Northern California... I'm always going to regret that I was never able to go to one of those East Coast or Canadian conventions to meet all the lovely people on my friends list last year or the year before when we all watched Buffy and wrote B/S fic at the same time. Still, maybe some day. Are there any major conventions in Southern California? Maybe I could go to one of those next year, and meet all the SoCal Buffy fans.
And the fic writers. God, I wish I could meet more fic writers in person! Of Jossverse, anime, whatever.
I would love to talk face to face to someone whose fanfiction I have enjoyed, reviewed, praised or critized. That would be so wonderful. Just... meeting other fans is wonderful. Knowing that you can talk in a fast, excited voice about how much you loved it when one character said this and another did this, and whether this plot twist changes the characterization for the future, whether something is a symbol or foreshadowing or a parallel, and what does it mean, and oh to talk forever.
I love cons. I love meeting other fans.
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Date: 2004-05-26 08:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-26 08:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-26 12:39 pm (UTC)...until then I'm taking every opportunity to experiment and find out what I like with my parent's alcohol collection since I don't ahve to pay for it.
what does "rox0r" mean anyway?
I am po'
Me too. But I'm going to be a lawyer some day, so give it time!
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Date: 2004-05-26 01:05 pm (UTC)I'm gonna pull a Jack Sparrow and say "rum!"
what does "rox0r" mean anyway?
Self-mocking l33tspeak. rox0r = rocks, or having the quality of rocking.
Me too. But I'm going to be a lawyer some day, so give it time!
And then you can pay for us all to go to the con, right?
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Date: 2004-05-26 12:44 pm (UTC)Me, I'm just dying to use LJspeak with real people in real conversation. I want to be able to make obscure references to episodes and minor minor minor characters and have the person I'm talking to know what I'm talking about and not look at me funny. I want to be able to say "The president is an asshat" and not have to define asshat. Or to be able to ask, "Do you think American Idol fans write NC17 Real Person Slash fic for the judges?" or "MMMmm....curlyhairedSeason5!Spike. Yum." Or "You write Bangel fic? STILL??"
There's so much lingo that I never get to actually say out loud.
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Date: 2004-05-26 01:06 pm (UTC)