DPP: "We're all friendlies. So, let's just... be friendly!!" FRIENDING MEME take 2!

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Happy Monday Shipper Nation!! I'm Liz and I'm excited to be your DPP driver this week. I've got games, memes, ficlets, and other goodies planned so I hope you'll drop by throughout the week.

First, a huge shout-out to sci_fi_shipper for an amazing week full of insightful discussion, gorgeous and adorable artwork and scenarios for happy pilots, comment!fic, pilots playlists, and loads of fun!! Great work, hon!!

And now, I'd like to introduce the Return of the Friending Meme!!


shah_of_blah had a lovely idea about two months ago to host a "friending meme" DPP. During my time in K/L fandom, I've been continually impressed by how wonderfully kind and supportive everyone here has been. It's an absolute pleasure to be part of this community. When I saw Shah's meme, I thought to myself that we should really do that on a regular basis to renew old friendships, get to know more about one another, and welcome newcomers to the community. I've also been chatting with some new (to me) people recently and realized that a number of you aren't on my flist. This problem must be rectified!!

In that spirit, I've put together some "getting to know you questions" so we all can introduce or reintroduce ourselves. I encourage using this opportunity to add fellow shippers to your flists. (p.s.--You'll notice I've tried to make the questions short and sweet (when vs. why, etc.) since we've had many discussions of why we're here or why K/L is our OTP. While you are certainly welcome to include that info, I am hoping the quick answer format will encourage participation...and friending...of old, middle, and new guard shippers since posting should be a quick, painless five minutes.

The questions:
1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
3. When did you enter fandom?
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
7. If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 5 bsg episodes, which would you take? I'll allow an arc to count as one entry to make things a little easier.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?

Now, go on, friend, chatter, and be merry!!

Comments

[skieswideopen]

I've been in fandom forever, but BSG...yeah, not so long. Hmm...actually, that's not entirely true. It just occurred to me that I've been involved in bsg_20in20 for a year, which is quite a while. I think it feels like less because I didn't start writing fic until more recently, and fic writing is when I really feel involved in a fandom. (Purely a personal idiosyncratic thing. I define myself fannishly as a writer, not a graphics person.)

Yeah, trying to explain what I spent my evening doing is frequently a challenge. It just...sounds a little odd if you're not involved in it. (Or don't happen to be the kind of person who obsesses over TV shows once you're done watching.)

May I ask what you're studying in grad school?

I'm a sociology doctoral candidate, writing a dissertation on online political engagement.

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Wow, I am impressed. I love reading about sociology; people are so fascinating. I don't think I could be a doctoral candidate though. Seriously, I completely lucked out getting my doctorate in vet med. I think the stress/politics of a PhD program would drive me a bit insane.

[skieswideopen]

My program's actually pretty good in shielding students from politics. The biggest challenge for me is motivating myself to write. Well, and that and networking, because I detest networking, but I'm working on that.

I could never do anything in vet med, though. I have no head for science--I have to work so hard just to understand it.

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Agreed, networking is one of the worst necessary evils ever.