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blamethewizard) wrote2010-01-20 12:02 pm
blamethewizard) wrote2010-01-20 12:02 pm
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I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath
Well, now that I got my political irritation out, I will say "Hello" to the lovely new people from the Merlin Friending Meme.
My name is Alissa, and I currently live in Cambridge, MA. I am 26 and work part-time at a pizza place while I look for full time work (victim of the economic downturn, but that's okay) and ponder a return to school. I have my B.A. in Geology but I'd be going back for Environmental Science.
Anyway, I generally use this journal for fandom-related things, like my recent forays into writing fic. I still find the fact that I am actually writing anything rather funny asI had long labeled myself Not A Writer. Having been around various fandoms, on and off, for 10+ years mostly as a lurker, my level of participation in Merlin related stuff still surprises me (in a good way). The first fic I ever read was in 1999, just after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace came out, so that's where I started out.
Anyway, I also love to read, am a pretty avid sea kayaker (out of season right now, though) and really enjoy just walking around the city. I'm not a photographer in the sense that I've had training, but I also like to take pictures while doing one of several outdoor sports (hiking, paddling, etc) or of interesting things I find around my hometown.
So I hope that is enough of an intro. It's hard to pin oneself down in a post, and I am out of practice! I did have an LJ that I kept for years, so maybe I just need to get back into the swing of things.
Oh, and I'm DarthRocky over at Twitter if you're into that kind of thing.
My name is Alissa, and I currently live in Cambridge, MA. I am 26 and work part-time at a pizza place while I look for full time work (victim of the economic downturn, but that's okay) and ponder a return to school. I have my B.A. in Geology but I'd be going back for Environmental Science.
Anyway, I generally use this journal for fandom-related things, like my recent forays into writing fic. I still find the fact that I am actually writing anything rather funny asI had long labeled myself Not A Writer. Having been around various fandoms, on and off, for 10+ years mostly as a lurker, my level of participation in Merlin related stuff still surprises me (in a good way). The first fic I ever read was in 1999, just after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace came out, so that's where I started out.
Anyway, I also love to read, am a pretty avid sea kayaker (out of season right now, though) and really enjoy just walking around the city. I'm not a photographer in the sense that I've had training, but I also like to take pictures while doing one of several outdoor sports (hiking, paddling, etc) or of interesting things I find around my hometown.
So I hope that is enough of an intro. It's hard to pin oneself down in a post, and I am out of practice! I did have an LJ that I kept for years, so maybe I just need to get back into the swing of things.
Oh, and I'm DarthRocky over at Twitter if you're into that kind of thing.
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Yes, Star Wars is my original fandom. Watched the original series as a young kid and never looked back :). It's funny, because I have no idea how I came across the fic I read, but I remember it clearly because it was slash and I had no idea what that was at the time. I probably found it through AltaVista or one of those old search engines.
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I've been a Star Wars fan since 1977 and TPM reopened that love. However, with the EU books, I just go tired of it so my new love is Merlin! Yah! I'm still writing in the SW universe only because I always finish the stories I start. But I'm not a Writer, just someone who tells stories.
Oh, dear, slash at a young age. I send my kid links to things in Merlin but only non-slash. She's 15 and I figure she's read slash but I'm not encouraging her until she's older.
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As for underage slash, I was 15 at the time and had no idea what I was reading until I got halfway through and said "ohhh". It was pretty funny in retrospect. Those days everyone hosted their fic on Geocities sites or on forums; warnings and disclaimers were pretty scarce too. Amazing how things have taken off!