For Anyone Who Might Come Calling
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litoteaseHi, my name is Grace, and I'm a lurker.
I've been lurking around online, following one fandom to another (in alpha order: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Dead Zone, due South, Farscape, Firefly, Highlander,House, Hard Core Logo, Lord of the Rings, Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Sentinel, Smallville, Star Trek: TOS, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG1) for six or seven years. Currently, I'm so in love with Supernatural that I'm reeling.
I'm a slasher. And an OTP whore1, 2. I loves me some Wincest. Even the wee!cest (I'm pretty sure that most of us lost our cherry before we were of legal age -- I was 17, and that was late in my crowd -- so anything post-prepubescent is fine with me).
I don't write (I'm tempted, on occasion, but I'm terrified I'd be -- not bad, but mediocre, which I think is even worse). I don't icon (at the moment -- single mom with a kid in college -- I can't justify spending money on decent graphics software, which leaves me with Paint), I don't vid (although I've been wanting to learn, and I do have MovieMaker, and some of you vidders out there might be hearing from me...).
What I do do (don't say it, Jensen) is read. A lot. Since I was 4 and was sent to live with my grandmother the former English teacher. The Cat in the Hat to The Happy Hollisters to the Trixie Belden books (I liked Trixie way better than Nancy Drew, but I may have been the only one since nobody else I know has ever heard of her) to Jane Eyre to Left Hand of Darkness and Lord of the Rings. I love a well written story.
And some of y'all out there write so well and wonderfully that it hurts my heart.
I set up this LiveJournal so that on the very, very rare occasions when I do leave feedback, there would be a name attached.
I don't leave feedback often. Sometimes, I feel really bad about this. Sometimes, when a new fandom kerfluffle kicks up (and they do), I'm really glad I'm watching from a distance.
Still, some of you have really enriched my life. Art, icons, music mixes, vids, and some of the most beautiful, heartbreaking, breathtaking, literate fiction I've ever read (Freedom's Just Another Word, anyone?). So, in the spirit ofspn_appreciate, I'm gonna try to do better at letting y'all know.
Oh, also? I'm an old broad -- like half a century old. I do worry -- particularly in Supernatural since it's a really young fandom on the whole -- that the idea of a middle-aged woman perving on the Padackles or whatever is going to squick some of you (I think it would have bothered me back when I was 20). But it doesn't bother my kid,c8h10n4o2junkie, who's a 2nd generation slasher3, so I guess y'all can deal.
I've been lurking around online, following one fandom to another (in alpha order: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Dead Zone, due South, Farscape, Firefly, Highlander,House, Hard Core Logo, Lord of the Rings, Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Sentinel, Smallville, Star Trek: TOS, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG1) for six or seven years. Currently, I'm so in love with Supernatural that I'm reeling.
I'm a slasher. And an OTP whore1, 2. I loves me some Wincest. Even the wee!cest (I'm pretty sure that most of us lost our cherry before we were of legal age -- I was 17, and that was late in my crowd -- so anything post-prepubescent is fine with me).
I don't write (I'm tempted, on occasion, but I'm terrified I'd be -- not bad, but mediocre, which I think is even worse). I don't icon (at the moment -- single mom with a kid in college -- I can't justify spending money on decent graphics software, which leaves me with Paint), I don't vid (although I've been wanting to learn, and I do have MovieMaker, and some of you vidders out there might be hearing from me...).
What I do do (don't say it, Jensen) is read. A lot. Since I was 4 and was sent to live with my grandmother the former English teacher. The Cat in the Hat to The Happy Hollisters to the Trixie Belden books (I liked Trixie way better than Nancy Drew, but I may have been the only one since nobody else I know has ever heard of her) to Jane Eyre to Left Hand of Darkness and Lord of the Rings. I love a well written story.
And some of y'all out there write so well and wonderfully that it hurts my heart.
I set up this LiveJournal so that on the very, very rare occasions when I do leave feedback, there would be a name attached.
I don't leave feedback often. Sometimes, I feel really bad about this. Sometimes, when a new fandom kerfluffle kicks up (and they do), I'm really glad I'm watching from a distance.
Still, some of you have really enriched my life. Art, icons, music mixes, vids, and some of the most beautiful, heartbreaking, breathtaking, literate fiction I've ever read (Freedom's Just Another Word, anyone?). So, in the spirit of
spn_appreciate, I'm gonna try to do better at letting y'all know.Oh, also? I'm an old broad -- like half a century old. I do worry -- particularly in Supernatural since it's a really young fandom on the whole -- that the idea of a middle-aged woman perving on the Padackles or whatever is going to squick some of you (I think it would have bothered me back when I was 20). But it doesn't bother my kid,
c8h10n4o2junkie, who's a 2nd generation slasher3, so I guess y'all can deal._____________________________________________________
1Re: OTPS, I'm kind of funny, though. I don't mind if they sleep with someone else, or have group sex, or any other not-OTP permutation as long as it doesn't interfere with the primacy of the OTP. See Kissing, pt 2 (SGA) or Wicked (MfU) for example.
2I don't have slash OTPs for BSG or FS, as I'm really happy with the canon het relationships. As for the others: Spike/Xander, Johnny/Walt, Fraser/Ray K., Mal/Simon, Mac/Methos, House/Wilson, Joe/Billy, Boromir/Faramir, Napoleon/Illya, Jim/Blair, Clark/Lex, Kirk/Spock, John/Rodney, and Jack/Daniel.
3Honest, I didn't let her know what I was reading until she was 18!
1Re: OTPS, I'm kind of funny, though. I don't mind if they sleep with someone else, or have group sex, or any other not-OTP permutation as long as it doesn't interfere with the primacy of the OTP. See Kissing, pt 2 (SGA) or Wicked (MfU) for example.
2I don't have slash OTPs for BSG or FS, as I'm really happy with the canon het relationships. As for the others: Spike/Xander, Johnny/Walt, Fraser/Ray K., Mal/Simon, Mac/Methos, House/Wilson, Joe/Billy, Boromir/Faramir, Napoleon/Illya, Jim/Blair, Clark/Lex, Kirk/Spock, John/Rodney, and Jack/Daniel.
3Honest, I didn't let her know what I was reading until she was 18!
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Date: 2007-08-07 08:19 pm (UTC)I found my way over here from fandom_flies and noticed you and I share a mutual "friend" - one who I happen to think is the bees knees. *G* So I started poking around (because I am not a lurker but I am *incredibly* nosy *G*) -
-OMG! We share so many OTPs! I love that.
-You are always welcome at my journal, if I have to lock it down you have a free pass in ;) Right now it's very QAF centric but I do post recs from other fandoms so *shrug* helpful maybe?
-http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html This will allow you to DL Gimp, which is open-source "photoshop" software - it's remarkably similar to PS actually, it's a little less user-friendly in some things and easier in others but it works.
-most of my favorite friends in fandom are "middle-aged" I doubt anyone is going to care if you are, cause, you know - not alone - :)
*G*
Better Late Than Never?
Date: 2007-12-30 06:12 pm (UTC)Second, I owe you a very specific thank you. I've been on chemo since the end of August (woo-hoo! All done now!). The drugs they had me on the first two months left me with a very fuzzy brain, and really exhausted. (I pretty much read for a while, slept for a while, read for a while...). The second round of drugs left me feeling just as stupid, but didn't knock me out quite so much, so I needed something to keep me occupied. That's when I saw your post. Gimp! Gimp, Gimp, Gimp! I haven't done anything amazing with it (maybe now that my brain is coming back online, I'll do better), but I've been playing with it, and it gave me something fun to do. Thank you soooo much for the link!
Third, I clicked over to check out your journal before I responded, then over to your blog, and saw your post about the mom vacation. My ex and I split when my daughter was 5 months old (she's 24 years old now, and I still don't know how that happened). Every year, she'd spend a week or two with my parents, and I was so grateful and relieved for the break, and I missed her so much it hurt. Being a parent is a strange, strange thing.
And to celebrate the joy of an uninterrupted, outside smoke, I'm using my Smoking!Sisters icon. (Which I made! With Gimp!)
*g*
May I friend?
Re: Better Late Than Never?
Date: 2008-01-08 05:49 pm (UTC)I am SO GLAD you're done with chemo. I cannot imagine how much that must have sucked, and I hope you're okay now. *hugs*
And I am THRILLED that Gimp worked for you. \o/ (I love your icon! Hee! That's awesome.)
And yes! Please, of course we need to be friends. *G*
Re: Better Late Than Never?
Date: 2008-01-08 10:42 pm (UTC)*hugs back*