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Mar. 6th, 2009 12:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adiva_calandia1. I'm alive! I made it through midterms alive!
2. WATCHMEN MIDNIGHT PREMIERE YESSSS. Only marred slightly by my roomie's snobbery about fandom. Roomie's a hardcore DC fan and has been for a long time. She called much of the audience "casual fans," insisted that because I only read the novel a month ago I shouldn't dress up (I didn't, but for the better reason of me, uh, not having anything to wear), and derided the one guy who showed up in our theater with his upper body painted blue.
Guys, come on: the point of fandom is not to bemoan the fact that newbies are coming into your fandom because of the latest movie. It's a jerky move to stick up your nose at people who have wandered in just for the explosions and haven't yet discovered the brilliant politics and meta writing and world-building. The point of a movie of your favorite fandom is to celebrate the things it gets right, bemoan the things it got wrong, and welcome the new generation of fans.
tl;dr: a) Why can't we all just get along? b) WATCHMEN OMG.
3. It was a gorgeous day today, up in the 60s, so rather than do my taxes and financial aid I ended up in a playground in Squirrel Hill with roomie and two other friends, swinging, merry-go-rounding, sliding, and climbing all over fences and steep rocky hillsides. It was awesome. There are pictures.
Now I am sleepy and rather grimy from running around outside, but it was so worth it. Tonight we're gonna go to half-price at Joe Mama's! Tomorrow we're gonna go to the zoo! (And I'm going to pack and do my damn financial stuff!)
4. Did I mention we're going to Chicago for spring break? CHICAGO. YAAAAAY. (Psst, Chicago guys, what's the weather been like? How heavy a coat should I pack?)
2. WATCHMEN MIDNIGHT PREMIERE YESSSS. Only marred slightly by my roomie's snobbery about fandom. Roomie's a hardcore DC fan and has been for a long time. She called much of the audience "casual fans," insisted that because I only read the novel a month ago I shouldn't dress up (I didn't, but for the better reason of me, uh, not having anything to wear), and derided the one guy who showed up in our theater with his upper body painted blue.
Guys, come on: the point of fandom is not to bemoan the fact that newbies are coming into your fandom because of the latest movie. It's a jerky move to stick up your nose at people who have wandered in just for the explosions and haven't yet discovered the brilliant politics and meta writing and world-building. The point of a movie of your favorite fandom is to celebrate the things it gets right, bemoan the things it got wrong, and welcome the new generation of fans.
tl;dr: a) Why can't we all just get along? b) WATCHMEN OMG.
3. It was a gorgeous day today, up in the 60s, so rather than do my taxes and financial aid I ended up in a playground in Squirrel Hill with roomie and two other friends, swinging, merry-go-rounding, sliding, and climbing all over fences and steep rocky hillsides. It was awesome. There are pictures.
Now I am sleepy and rather grimy from running around outside, but it was so worth it. Tonight we're gonna go to half-price at Joe Mama's! Tomorrow we're gonna go to the zoo! (And I'm going to pack and do my damn financial stuff!)
4. Did I mention we're going to Chicago for spring break? CHICAGO. YAAAAAY. (Psst, Chicago guys, what's the weather been like? How heavy a coat should I pack?)
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Date: 2009-03-06 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-08 02:26 am (UTC)Well, this type of fandom snobbery makes me sad -- the scorn for newbies, especially newbies who are only seeing it because it's popular. (Other types are fun! Er.)