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God, Fandom is weird.

I've been reading over some of the drama going on in the fandom lately, from people being Outed to people being Deathmatched (I hear I lost, to a loud chorus of who-the-hell-is-that-guy?) to this latest LJ which apparently is devoted to nothing but the discussion of Why We Love/Hate People In Fandom.

I have no official opinion on any of it, really*, as I don't honestly consider myself much part of Fandom As A World -- I don't read much fanfic, and I write to satisfy myself and occasionally if someone else requests and/or obviously deserves something. I don't really understand the concept of Journalfen, and I doubt I could ever separate my LJ into Fandom and Real Life as I can barely manage to organise one journal, let alone two.

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* Having examined Deathmatch's pairings, I do believe the publicity is skewed a bit, as [info]ladyjaida has done significantly more in fandom than Be Cassie Claire's Friend, but whatever, it's their gig.
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Besides, I haven't heard any complaints yet about my RL ramblings or my Fic Insertions. I rarely ever use friendslock; I think in the past two months I've made perhaps four friendslocked posts, and most of those were because I simply didn't want to bother the whole list with something.

I do keep to what has been amusedly dubbed "The Bubble" of not revealing my school (the u.arizona website belongs to a friend who kindly hosts me), city, state, address, or surname, which is wise if one writes Fanfic With Sex as it tends to freak out employers; still, the original reason was more that I'm a paranoid bastard due to Stalker Trauma. Sooner or later I'm sure a student or colleague will ask me if I'm Sam "Copperbadge" Starbuck, but we'll hide that body when we come to it.

There's no real point to this post, I suppose, other than to say, wow, what a weird wild world we live in, and here's my place in it.

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I have:

1. Found out that no chiropractors in the area do auto flexion distraction and therefore
2. Resolved to return to Dr. Cam, my old chiropractor, who is perfectly fine;
3. Paid off two of my three credit cards entirely
4. Paid all past-due bills
5. Finished class registrations
6. Met with the new professor I'm going to TA for, henceforth known as Dragon Lady
7. Balanced my checkbook, possibly for the first time ever.

So while the day has not been porny it has been yet full of event.

Also, for those of you following the Plagiarism scandal, it is as I thought; Brian (the boy who I suspected) has confessed to stealing his roommate's paper without his knowledge. For all I know his roommate still doesn't know he did it...anyhow, Roommate's final grade in the class was a B, and Brian took a Fail in the course and is being considered for academic probation by the Dean's office.

I feel a certain amount of triumph in having caught him, but there's also a bit of "that poor kid" sentiment in there; English isn't Brian's first language, and I imagine even a two-page paper is a bit of a grapple for him. Still, that's why we have the Writing Centre. And Office Hours. And review-writing workshops...

And man, he could have at least taken the time to rearrange his roommate's words a little.

*sighs*

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I was watching "Two and a Half Men" on television tonight -- one of my few guilty pleasures -- and the brothers, both Cool and Uncool (yet Chiropractic, which redeems him) were coming down sick. O the hilarity!

Now, I have closed captioning permanently on, because we are a culture of mumblers even on the television. Occasionally, I find, there is a caption that is just too perfect for words. At one point on the show, Cool Brother is way too cool to throw up in the house, so he goes to the balcony over his beachfront property and throws up where it really can't do any harm.

The caption on this delightful action?

Bellowing retch.

I desperately need that on an icon.