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GIP: I Feel Like I'm Cheating on Buffy
*sigh*
I have the overwhelming urge to houseclean and update my icons to reflect new fandom loves.
Which I won't do. Because I'm too damn busy between work, school (this semester is Biotech 101!), an ill parental unit, and overwhelming mess in my apartment, and jogging (only way to clear one's head to do homework).
So, yeah.
Still, if anyone could point me towards some half-way decent icons for Psych, Community, Parks and Recreation, Breaking Bad, Fringe, Sons of Anarchy...
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Also, is it me, or has Livejournal (and Dreamwidth, somewhat) turned into a ghost town. I remember the time when if I didn't check in every day I would be so hopelessly behind that I'd run out of "previous pages" before I ran out of new posts.
Today? I haven't been on in about a week. I caught up with new posts in less 4 pages. I load 35 posts per page, so that's less than 140 new posts. In a week.
In the meantime, Tumblr seems to have taken over fandom. I'm still not sure how I feel about it overall. I think it severely limits the ability to get actively involved in fandom and it most certainly limits people's ability to talk to each other, debate, and otherwise exchange ideas. It's a very, very shallow presentation of fandom.
However, the graphic-heavy nature of Tumblr also allows for a broader spectrum of people to become involved, most notably people who appear to have learned English by watching American and British television on Da Internets.
And they've learned it very, very well. Well enough that I'm hard-pressed to tell the difference between a native-speaker and one who isn't.
One thing Tumblr has going for it: It's a low investment for involvement which, as you can see from my list of "things that make my life far fuller than it should be", is about all I have time for when it comes to fandom.
In any case, if you've got a toe in Tumblr, you can find me here. I don't really do anything original. Just reblog the pretty and maybe make a snarky comment or two. That's about it.
I have the overwhelming urge to houseclean and update my icons to reflect new fandom loves.
Which I won't do. Because I'm too damn busy between work, school (this semester is Biotech 101!), an ill parental unit, and overwhelming mess in my apartment, and jogging (only way to clear one's head to do homework).
So, yeah.
Still, if anyone could point me towards some half-way decent icons for Psych, Community, Parks and Recreation, Breaking Bad, Fringe, Sons of Anarchy...
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Also, is it me, or has Livejournal (and Dreamwidth, somewhat) turned into a ghost town. I remember the time when if I didn't check in every day I would be so hopelessly behind that I'd run out of "previous pages" before I ran out of new posts.
Today? I haven't been on in about a week. I caught up with new posts in less 4 pages. I load 35 posts per page, so that's less than 140 new posts. In a week.
In the meantime, Tumblr seems to have taken over fandom. I'm still not sure how I feel about it overall. I think it severely limits the ability to get actively involved in fandom and it most certainly limits people's ability to talk to each other, debate, and otherwise exchange ideas. It's a very, very shallow presentation of fandom.
However, the graphic-heavy nature of Tumblr also allows for a broader spectrum of people to become involved, most notably people who appear to have learned English by watching American and British television on Da Internets.
And they've learned it very, very well. Well enough that I'm hard-pressed to tell the difference between a native-speaker and one who isn't.
One thing Tumblr has going for it: It's a low investment for involvement which, as you can see from my list of "things that make my life far fuller than it should be", is about all I have time for when it comes to fandom.
In any case, if you've got a toe in Tumblr, you can find me here. I don't really do anything original. Just reblog the pretty and maybe make a snarky comment or two. That's about it.
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And you are right about the population that mostly uses Tumblr. It's probably the first time where I actually feel the generation gap between "Internet natives" (people who've never known a world without computers and Internet connectivity) and "Internet immigrants" (people who barely remember a world without computers but definitely remember a time when they weren't networked) and "Internet visitors" (people who well remember a time without computers, let alone something as simple as email).
Most of the population on Tumblr are definitely "Internet natives", I fall pretty firmly in the "Internet immigrant" grouping. It's a bit disconcerting feeling that difference, that's for sure. For example, "liz_marcs" is pretty much my universal Nom de Internet and has been for a good 20 years. Most people my age are pretty much the same. The young 'uns think nothing of changing their Nom de Internet names on a whim, not to mention using their REAL NAMES in conjunction with their fannish ones. It makes me dizzy, to be honest.
So far, I'm treating it like a new toy that I'll probably tire of pretty easily once the new car smell wears off. I really miss being able to have a conversation, even if it is in text.