Holiday Wrap-up
Jan. 11th, 2010 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This christmas, I got two awesome presents, awesome in completely different ways. From my husband, I got an iPhone, and I have spent a lot of time bonding with it. I love that I can read on it--I have set up shortcuts to both my LJ and DW pages--and I installed the kindle for the iPhone app, and am working my way through the adventures of sherlock holmes (which was free, and thus it doubled its awesomeness.) I've got a few games, and the heyway and shazam apps, plus the facebook and pandora apps. I also use it as an ipod a lot, and even have the Adam Lambert album on rotation. Fandom is joy, and music is joy, so if you know of any good fan mixes, point me to them please.
The iPhone is win, I swear.
In a completely different manner, my son also wins for presents this year. When I opened the gift from him, I got a calendar and a bar of organic dark chocolate and a book; turning it over, the book turned out to be Twilight. I laughed, he laughed; we high fived. His well-developed sense of irony is a total score.
The double irony comes in that I decided that since I had it, I might as well read it, and so I take it with me to radiation every day. Since I can only manage about 10 minutes at a time of being in Bella's head, this is working out. If they're backed up and it takes longer to get to me, I read Holmes or email, or play games on my iPhone. Seriously, radiation sucks, but I'm loving my waiting room time.
Interestingly, having the Twilight book with me is giving me a whole new perspective on being out about fandom. Okay, my son hates to be seen with me, but it's his own fault for giving me the book. *g*. The thing that makes him the most uncomfortable though is that female fans of the series openly approach me to talk about the series and how much they love it--and after gushing to me, they will 'see' him too, and try to talk to him. That's what's making him hide under the desk more than anything; he's not used to being seen like that.
So, anyway, these women come up to me and talk about their experiences, how much they love the books, about their favorite scenes, and talk about things that I'll really love later in the series. They are open and enthusiastic, and just by having the book in my hand, I have created an instant bond with these strangers, a community of two or three in the waiting room of a hospital or at a restaurant or, well, anywhere. I still have my fannish community by iPhone, but the in-person warmth and openness is exciting. I guess I just love talking with fans that are in love with their fandom, no matter what that fandom might be. The fact that they are in love is totally cool.
The iPhone is win, I swear.
In a completely different manner, my son also wins for presents this year. When I opened the gift from him, I got a calendar and a bar of organic dark chocolate and a book; turning it over, the book turned out to be Twilight. I laughed, he laughed; we high fived. His well-developed sense of irony is a total score.
The double irony comes in that I decided that since I had it, I might as well read it, and so I take it with me to radiation every day. Since I can only manage about 10 minutes at a time of being in Bella's head, this is working out. If they're backed up and it takes longer to get to me, I read Holmes or email, or play games on my iPhone. Seriously, radiation sucks, but I'm loving my waiting room time.
Interestingly, having the Twilight book with me is giving me a whole new perspective on being out about fandom. Okay, my son hates to be seen with me, but it's his own fault for giving me the book. *g*. The thing that makes him the most uncomfortable though is that female fans of the series openly approach me to talk about the series and how much they love it--and after gushing to me, they will 'see' him too, and try to talk to him. That's what's making him hide under the desk more than anything; he's not used to being seen like that.
So, anyway, these women come up to me and talk about their experiences, how much they love the books, about their favorite scenes, and talk about things that I'll really love later in the series. They are open and enthusiastic, and just by having the book in my hand, I have created an instant bond with these strangers, a community of two or three in the waiting room of a hospital or at a restaurant or, well, anywhere. I still have my fannish community by iPhone, but the in-person warmth and openness is exciting. I guess I just love talking with fans that are in love with their fandom, no matter what that fandom might be. The fact that they are in love is totally cool.
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Date: 2010-01-12 04:11 am (UTC)I've heard that the plot stinks. o_0