My grandmother's house

[cornerofmadness]

Either it loves what my parents are doing to it or (more likely hates it) but I can tell mom when she was down there working because I have dreams about the house every fricking time. Today she tells me (after another haunted, evil grandma's basement dream) that they painted the upstairs bedroom white and it looked smaller instead of larger. YES! Because the house is SCOWLING. Also the carpet in that room hasn't been replaced since the 40's. It's still in good shape. WTF was it made out of?

I was looking at a post by rahirah on Buffy fandom on AO3 and other than thinking, wow still has some pairing that will never quite make sense to me, I also thought, it's been a long time since I've been really active in the fandom. I went and looked. I transitioned from Buffyverse to Fullmetal Alchemist in 05. Wow. That means for the last 8 years I've been doing FMA and a little of this and that but there is something I still admire about Buffy fandom. It's still out there and still going with some semblance of strength. My first Buffy story was in 01 and I still do the occasional thing.

You don't really see that in anime/manga fandom. People change their fandoms like some of us change socks. I'm not really sure what the difference is. All my animes will die a quiet death while Buffy and Star Trek will soldier on. Hmmm

I'm rather tired since I didn't sleep. every time I fell asleep my wheezing and the icky sounds of mucus sloshing in the lungs woke me up. Finally I gave up and slept half upright. The wheezing died down but my back and shoulder hurt so much. My students are hoping I have the plague. They want to see what happens.

I'm working on my library speech so skipping the declutter

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I looked in askance at a couple of those pairings, too.

I'm pleased that Buffy got me writing again. I really was in a terrible slump, writing-wise, when I got involved in Buffy fandom. It's funny to think how many people I met through BtVS.

I also feel sad about the manga/anime fandom just not lasting the same way.

Ugh to your problems sleeping last night.

And hey, your Valentine dragons are all grown up, too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Nods nods, I remember you saying that though you were writing in the Cauldron

probably a third of my flist is from Buffy fandom

big ugh

yes they are. I like them

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but the Cauldron was dying down by then.

I have no idea how much of my flist is through what fandom. A lot of people have just vanished.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that is true

You know yes, that's true but most of the still active ones are Buffy ones in my case

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I think it's probably a 33% mix of BtVS fans, FMA fans and others.

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

I’m doing my best to keep a little corner of the Buffyverse alive and kicking! But I do think there are still a lot of us around. Its strange but no other show has ever inspired me as much as Buffy has.

I hope you haven’t got the plague, BTW…

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Indeed you do

It's been a long time since a show touched me like Buffy (okay there have been others but most have been before Buffy really)

I have some really nasty bronchitis

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

Poor you - that's not nice at all. I hope you get better soon!

Keep warm...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you. I am getting better so that's a plus

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

That is one powerful house.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

there is something in that earthen basement. I mean it