I'm totally fine with other people being fannish on LJ! Actually, I like it, because it means I get to participate in fannish stuff in proxy, without having to do any of the work. XD And if I'm not interested in it (truthfully, while I know several people in football fandom, I never really got into it), I can always ignore it. ^-^
And it's great to hear that you've got a lot of stability in your life! I hope you'll keep it as much as possible!
I don't watch much TV, but I do like having one or two things a week to look forward to on TV (or downloaded from the internet, when it's not available yet where I am... *cough*). Last season I watched "Hannibal" on NBC, which was really cool; and at the moment there's a six episode TV adaptation of Jane Eyre on the French/German culture TV channel that I like to watch.
European hockey team names are ridiculous! XD But they wear their names with pride... or as much pride as you can have when you have such a name! XD The German press likes to call the Freezers "die Eisschränke", which is a literal but extremely old-fashioned translation of the word "freezer", which amuses me to no end. But it's a lot of fun to watch them, because while they're definitely not on the same level as the NHL players (the German teams have a lot of guys from the North American minor leagues, so that's probably about the level the German league is at), it's a whole lot of fun to watch them and they've got a lot of dedicated fans who ensure that there's a great atmosphere during the games. I'm still mourning the fact that I didn't manage to watch the game between the Freezers and the Berlin Polar Bears (Berliner Eisbären) when Danny Brière and Claude Giroux were playing for Berlin during the lock-out. I have a certain fondness for Brière as a player (and as a person, after I read that his girlfriend is in the armed forces and was supposedly stationed in Afghanistan, because that would make him pretty much the only hockey player in existence with a girlfriend who's more badass than he is) and really, the chances are slim that there will be another opportunity to watch some of the best players in the world play my home hockey team. But, oh well, it wasn't to be. ^-^
I'm kind of glad that there are the "Sid's a robot" fics, because I've found that the only way I can comfortably read RPF is when there's a certain level of alienation from the "real person" happening that I'm aware of; and a good way to achieve this alienation is, I think, to consciously exaggerate one aspect of their public persona. So, with Sid I'm comfortable reading about him being a very socially awkward person, even though he probably isn't as awkward in real life, and with Duncs and Seabs I'm very comfortable reading about them being totally married and soul-bonded for ever and ever, but less comforatble about reading fic about them breaking apart because Duncs got real-life married. (Plus - it's totally more interesting reading about Sid being or at least feeling absolutely socially awkward, because it's something that I can identify with. XD)
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Date: 2013-09-01 08:38 pm (UTC)And it's great to hear that you've got a lot of stability in your life! I hope you'll keep it as much as possible!
I don't watch much TV, but I do like having one or two things a week to look forward to on TV (or downloaded from the internet, when it's not available yet where I am... *cough*). Last season I watched "Hannibal" on NBC, which was really cool; and at the moment there's a six episode TV adaptation of Jane Eyre on the French/German culture TV channel that I like to watch.
European hockey team names are ridiculous! XD But they wear their names with pride... or as much pride as you can have when you have such a name! XD The German press likes to call the Freezers "die Eisschränke", which is a literal but extremely old-fashioned translation of the word "freezer", which amuses me to no end. But it's a lot of fun to watch them, because while they're definitely not on the same level as the NHL players (the German teams have a lot of guys from the North American minor leagues, so that's probably about the level the German league is at), it's a whole lot of fun to watch them and they've got a lot of dedicated fans who ensure that there's a great atmosphere during the games.
I'm still mourning the fact that I didn't manage to watch the game between the Freezers and the Berlin Polar Bears (Berliner Eisbären) when Danny Brière and Claude Giroux were playing for Berlin during the lock-out. I have a certain fondness for Brière as a player (and as a person, after I read that his girlfriend is in the armed forces and was supposedly stationed in Afghanistan, because that would make him pretty much the only hockey player in existence with a girlfriend who's more badass than he is) and really, the chances are slim that there will be another opportunity to watch some of the best players in the world play my home hockey team. But, oh well, it wasn't to be. ^-^
I'm kind of glad that there are the "Sid's a robot" fics, because I've found that the only way I can comfortably read RPF is when there's a certain level of alienation from the "real person" happening that I'm aware of; and a good way to achieve this alienation is, I think, to consciously exaggerate one aspect of their public persona. So, with Sid I'm comfortable reading about him being a very socially awkward person, even though he probably isn't as awkward in real life, and with Duncs and Seabs I'm very comfortable reading about them being totally married and soul-bonded for ever and ever, but less comforatble about reading fic about them breaking apart because Duncs got real-life married. (Plus - it's totally more interesting reading about Sid being or at least feeling absolutely socially awkward, because it's something that I can identify with. XD)