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rheasilviaTwo weeks ago, my computer died on me - and due to a series of what basically amounts to the pc equivalents of amusing pratfalls and pies in the face (or rather the mainboard), it's taken me until now to get a new system up and running. Before you ask, no, I hadn't made a proper safety copy of all my data. I have always been obsessive about backing everything up... except for the last couple of months, when I relaxed because I had a brand-new harddrive and too much trust in the universe. (Yeah, you can already hear the audience beginning to chortle as the pie is raised.)
To summarize: Argh.
Still, subtract the stress of suddenly being thrust into a pc-less world and the damage isn't that bad. I have the latest versions of my most important files, by which I mean my various writing endeavors. :-) The rest, I can beg, borrow and/or steal, as appropriate. (Thank you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solo___ and k_julia, for letting me. *g*)
But. Uhm. There's this new thing. I hesitate to call it a fandom just yet, especially since I have of course managed to slide into it ass-backwards and wrong way up and then compounded the problem by insisting on not actually being interested in any of the main pairings that anyone *else* in the world is interested in. Noooo, of course I had to go and find myself a corner of the new playground in which I am absolutely alone. And then collect a huge bunch of pics and info and videos in a very short time and start writing a story at breakneck speeds - and then have the data go poof and the story stall for lack of a real computer to write it on.
Argh, squared.
Vague enough yet? *g* Yeah, you'll hear more about this new thing (TM) soon, when I have gathered the resolve to out myself. Just let me whine a bit first. ;-)
Anyway! If anything interesting / exciting / wonderful happened in the last two weeks that you think I should know about, please let me know!
Also, just how subsceptible are you guys to pimpage...?
Why I ask? Oh... no particular reason. *whistles*
To summarize: Argh.
Still, subtract the stress of suddenly being thrust into a pc-less world and the damage isn't that bad. I have the latest versions of my most important files, by which I mean my various writing endeavors. :-) The rest, I can beg, borrow and/or steal, as appropriate. (Thank you,
solo___ and k_julia, for letting me. *g*)But. Uhm. There's this new thing. I hesitate to call it a fandom just yet, especially since I have of course managed to slide into it ass-backwards and wrong way up and then compounded the problem by insisting on not actually being interested in any of the main pairings that anyone *else* in the world is interested in. Noooo, of course I had to go and find myself a corner of the new playground in which I am absolutely alone. And then collect a huge bunch of pics and info and videos in a very short time and start writing a story at breakneck speeds - and then have the data go poof and the story stall for lack of a real computer to write it on.
Argh, squared.
Vague enough yet? *g* Yeah, you'll hear more about this new thing (TM) soon, when I have gathered the resolve to out myself. Just let me whine a bit first. ;-)
Anyway! If anything interesting / exciting / wonderful happened in the last two weeks that you think I should know about, please let me know!
Also, just how subsceptible are you guys to pimpage...?
Why I ask? Oh... no particular reason. *whistles*
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Date: 2008-08-20 11:47 pm (UTC)Glad to hear your computer is back - we just went through the same thing here, but we have a stupid number of computers (6, including outdated ones, for 2 people) that we just won't get rid of, so at least we had some backup!
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Date: 2008-08-21 12:00 am (UTC)That's very encouraging, although I'm afraid this thing I'm beating around the bush about is not nearly so respectable. :-) But we'll see...
*evil cackle*
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Date: 2008-08-21 05:15 am (UTC)The snowball scheme of corruption... :-)
YAY for having your computer back! I have to admire you for not killing people, really. Well done. *g* And now there can be more writing!
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:40 am (UTC)I remember when I didn't think anybody would follow me into this particular insanity...
In the extremely unlikely event that someone actually did, I'm sure they'd just gravitate to the majority pairing(s) like everyone else. *headdesk*
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:23 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:19 am (UTC)Here's hoping, though to tell you the truth I have very very little faith in my ability to convince anyone to join us (me?) in this particular handbasket. :-)
And yeah, go me for not killing anyone. *g* Though in the end I did begin to wonder which god would accept a sacrifice in order to end this cruel punishment, and whether a chicken would suffice...
Much icon love, btw. :-)
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:35 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:19 am (UTC)They are probably easier to carry than goats, but I'm sure I'm missing something here. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-21 10:40 am (UTC)EEEEEEEEEEEEE...
***runs***
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Date: 2008-08-21 05:24 am (UTC)(condolences on the computer)
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:21 am (UTC)Yeah, the computer thing was very trying. By the end, I was wondering if I should maybe be sacrificing something (someone?) to an appropriate deity...
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:29 am (UTC)(considers pimping *you* into WoW)
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:35 am (UTC)Not into computer games though, so WoW seems a lost cause...
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:17 am (UTC)lalala...
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:20 am (UTC)There seems to be a lot of lore behind most adventure games these days. I suspect that it's only interesting if you actually play them. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-21 06:36 am (UTC)And I can totally emphasize about the comp. I dumped water into my laptop and killed it earlier this week.
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:25 am (UTC)And with good reason. :-) I don't even really know how to go about trying to pimp this. Sorry for being so vague, I'm just not ready to come out about this yet. *g*
Will think on the matter, assemble pimping DVD and suddenly drop by your house when you are alone and defenceless. *evil cackle*
And on the laptop woes, wahh... who has angered the computer gods of the Rhineland??
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Date: 2008-08-21 06:31 pm (UTC)Now I'm really curious about your new fandom. And pimp away. ;))
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:28 pm (UTC)Yeah. Will get back to you on the fandom thing. Once I get over myself, and maybe have some fiction as a pimping aid. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-21 06:42 am (UTC)And then I will pester you about writing for it. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:27 am (UTC)I'm not sure who all qualifies for bandom, but I suspect these guys are too Japanese for it. :-)
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Date: 2008-08-21 10:10 am (UTC)It wasn't exactly pleasant.
It has died down now, and on LJ bandom continues to mostly apply to bands with a connection to Pete Wentz.
So - it depends! Has this band a connection to Pete Wentz? (Or to another band/person who has such a connection?) Have they ever played at a festival one of these bands has played at as well? Then they might fall under the name of bandom. *g*
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Date: 2008-08-21 10:25 am (UTC)Has this band a connection to Pete Wentz? (Or to another band/person who has such a connection?)
I can say with absolute certainty that this is not the case, except in the sense that they all make music and are all human. *g* So definitely not bandom, then.
Too bad, in a way, because if it were bandom then I would not feel so alone. *sob*
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Date: 2008-08-21 10:38 am (UTC)Such confidence...
...would not feel so alone.
I think
PS who is this Wentz guy?
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Date: 2008-08-21 11:32 am (UTC)Unless, of course, you count Maru's sweater vest, which gets as much stage time as the other band members, but doesn't sing. That's why I didn't think it should count.
I think k_julia and I should go sulk now...
You're both being very supportive and enabling, which I appreciate muchly! It's just that... ack. I feel somewhat alone in my corner of self-created OTP-ness. *g*
(And I just had to stop myself from making a bad pun. I hope you see the full horror of this.)
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Date: 2008-08-21 11:36 am (UTC)No, really.
No, really.
Unfortunatley I don't have an icon with him on it, but have a Patrick icon! (Patrick Stump is the lead singer of Fall Out Boy, Pete's best friend and the one Pete is most often slashed with. Sometimes even by Pete! *g*)
Too bad, in a way, because if it were bandom then I would not feel so alone. *sob*
Awww.
Who is this band then? *curious*
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Date: 2008-08-21 11:55 am (UTC)No, really? *g*
Who is this band then? *curious*
It's... complicated. In part because it's not really the *band*. It's more one guy who happens to be in a band. And then there's this other guy who happens to be in a different band. And...
They're not often slashed with each other - and for "not often", read "not at all". Except once, in a TV show. And in my story. Which probably nobody will want to read anyway, because I am basically inventing this pairing. Unless you count that show, where they were very sweet as a loving couple cuddling on a beach. *g*
Anyway, complicated. I'll get back to you on this, I promise. I just need some more time. :-)
I could possibly send you some pics though...
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Date: 2008-08-21 01:19 pm (UTC)(Though stories are usually more effective to pimp me into a fandom. Just saying.)
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Date: 2008-08-21 09:27 pm (UTC)And - there is a story coming up. Yes. But it's not short, and so not yet ready for public consumption. *g*