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The first of the July questions
I'm hardly involved in fandom these days - so many people have left and gone elsewhere - and the interesting things in my life, like festivals and trips, would pretty much all call for photo posts, which are a pain. I do put those photos up on Facebook though, if people are there and interested.
Two friends do a set of daily questions which don't seem too bad (and I reserve the right to change them if they're irrelevant or intrusive) and I thought this would be a way to get me posting again. This month I'll try to catch up with the July ones. Some answers may be very short, others may go off on a tangent. BTW I have no idea where the questions come from, but I can cadge them each month off one of those friends.
1. Have there been any periods in your life that could be described as being chaotic?
No. Varied and exciting, sure.
2. What was the last thing you bought used?
A retro handbag at the steampunk market during our annual festival last month. I'm told that it's probably 60s, but it's also been punked up with beads, both sewn on and hanging, and looks older to me. It doesn't go with my steampunk airship-pilot persona but will be perfect for November's Victorian heritage festival when I get dressed up in various second-hand finds.
3. Has anyone ever told you that you get too competitive over minor things?
No, but I've sometimes thought that about people I've played cards* or board games with. I like to have fun, but some people get very cut-throat and serious, and to me that takes all the fun out.
* I haven't played cards for years because a certain shit-head ruined the terminology for me. If you can come up with a good monosyllabic alternative ('override' is too long), then let me know.
Two friends do a set of daily questions which don't seem too bad (and I reserve the right to change them if they're irrelevant or intrusive) and I thought this would be a way to get me posting again. This month I'll try to catch up with the July ones. Some answers may be very short, others may go off on a tangent. BTW I have no idea where the questions come from, but I can cadge them each month off one of those friends.
1. Have there been any periods in your life that could be described as being chaotic?
No. Varied and exciting, sure.
2. What was the last thing you bought used?
A retro handbag at the steampunk market during our annual festival last month. I'm told that it's probably 60s, but it's also been punked up with beads, both sewn on and hanging, and looks older to me. It doesn't go with my steampunk airship-pilot persona but will be perfect for November's Victorian heritage festival when I get dressed up in various second-hand finds.
3. Has anyone ever told you that you get too competitive over minor things?
No, but I've sometimes thought that about people I've played cards* or board games with. I like to have fun, but some people get very cut-throat and serious, and to me that takes all the fun out.
* I haven't played cards for years because a certain shit-head ruined the terminology for me. If you can come up with a good monosyllabic alternative ('override' is too long), then let me know.
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It is verboten to say 'I would have won if you hadn't had that lucky card'.
And you always help people who are new to a game - pure self-interest - you want them to enjoy it and to want to play with you again :)
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Seems crazy either way. We can get through three games in one evening if some of them are short and simple.
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I very much share your experience re. posting. I miss the LJ days of having a community discussing common fandoms. I guess it's still there on DW, but I'm not involved in the right fandoms. And I agree that posting photos on LJ/DW is just not worth it. It's a shame because I think that keeps the platform from being more used, and I still think it's fundamentally organized so much better than social media today as a way for people to converse in an easy, egalitarian way.
I do have dim hopes sometimes that some similar type of platform will come back to the fore and gain popularity again. There is certainly desire for more democratic, less commercialized ways to communicate online. Sorry, that turned into the usual I-miss-LJ rant.
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