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Well, I guess I can safely say now that my babies are good night sleepers (don't ask about naps). Sam figured it out fairly early and so has Maddie. But last night I put her down at 8 and I woke up at 4 with her still not up. I can also safely say that I have absolutely no milk undersupply issues. So when Maddie kind of peeped awake upon hearing me apparently, she got fed and promptly dozed off again, but I still had all this extra, so that's why I'm here early in the morning pumping.
This way I can do this Fandom survey![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vovat gave me relatively on time!
It's one of those where the person you get it from assigns you topics, in this case Three Fandoms you ...are a fan in. You may not be a fan OF the fandom, and apparently, judging by question 4, you don't even have to "participate in the fandom," but anyhoo. Then, for each of those topics, you answer these questions:
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think that you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fan fiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
Here's my topics:
The Beatles
1. Much as my dad tried for fifteen years to make himself the answer to this question, I didn't really get his fascination with this dorky old band until the night the immortal Sir Paul (not yet a Sir at the time) broadcast a concert live on TV and I watched it because I was bored and my parents wanted to tape it (so I ended up watching it twice), and BAM! I was so beyond impressed with the guy, I suddenly couldn't get enough of that stuff.
2. That depends on your definition of "move on." Will I ever stop loving the Beatles? Highly unlikely. No matter how often I listen I still feel at least comfortably happy (and occasionally Moved by the Awesomeness) whenever I hear them. But they were totally my gateway drug, first into just classic rock and then into rock as a whole (no, radio music does not count as "rock." Radio music is "pop" with occasional rock songs thrown in). I have loads of bands I love now.
3. Abbey Road and Revolver, my favorite albums. My favorite songs PLURAL are too many to count, but you know the main one already. My favorite movie is Help because I'm a dork. And my favorite Beatle? I refuse to answer that question on the basis that I can't decide anymore, though I sometimes default to Paul since I owe it all to him.
4. Does this fandom still exist? I mean, decades ago there were insane people about. I often wonder how much I would have hated the Beatles if I'd actually been a child of the 60s, just on the principle of not being like the insane people. But seriously, I can always discuss them, and they are pretty much the only fandom I have ever created fanart for in adulthood (don't ask me about my Ducktales fanfiction), being more than a few inspired drawings (from a glorious sunburst painting the day George Harrison died to, well, this icon, which was pretty much just the obvious thing to do with that picture) and, in the realm of fanfiction, giving George an amazing fictional nephew and all. ;)
5. I'm pretty sure everyone who will get into them WILL, if you know what I mean. They really don't need advertising.
2. Harry Potter
1. I CREATED this fandom. Okay, not really, but I was definitely in the first wave of fans here in the States. It just so happens that upper-middle-grade fantasies with some humor are my favorite books ever to read, so I grabbed Sorcerers Stone and enjoyed it, though I wasn't blown away (still isn't my favorite-- still think she should have started with Chapter 2). Wasn't until I read Chamber of Secrets that I became ADDICTED, and started making everyone I know read, too. And back then? None of them had heard of it until I told them. Heh.
2. A question directed at those poor kids who never read anything else I suppose. I love the books still. But I also have a lot of other favorite books. But I always DID, so it's not like I abandoned Harry or anything.
3. Order of the Phoenix (favorite book AND movie-so-far). I know it's not EVERYBODY'S favorite because Harry's so cranky (come on, he's 15 AND he's just had an extremely traumatic experience! I'd like to see YOU not be cranky after being forced into an evil occult ritual to bring your parents' murderer back to life and not get any counseling afterward!) and the book is so dang LONG, but DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY!!!! NEVILLE BEING AWESOME!!!! LUNA LOVEGOOD IE ME IF I WAS AT HOGWARTS!!!! DOLORES UMBRIDGE AND HER PERFECT HORRIBLENESS (AND TECHNICOLOR KITTY PLATES!)!!!! The coolest stuff happened in book 5, that's all I'm saying.
4. Well, not in the broader world, because at least on the Internet it was impossible to avoid idiots and "OMG Harry is so cute and he and Hermione are made for each other JK Rowling is stupid not to think so!" girls. Luckily I had made enough of my real-life friends addicted that I nevertheless always had somebody to rant and rave with after every book or movie release. Now if I can just get you all to pick up The Hunger Games....
5. No. I had fun making people read it when nobody else knew about it, but then it got Too Huge. And then you got people reading it who don't even like fantasy just because everyone else was reading it, and then they're like "Harry Potter sucks! I don't get why anyone likes it!" and I keep thinking WELL you don't like fantasy in the first place so who are you to judge? It was nicer when you could admit to being a fan because you were a FAN and not because you were a trend-follower.
3. The Muppets
1. Supposedly I was a fan when I was Sam's age, but by the time I was 3--or as far back as I actually REMEMBER-- I'd become terrified of them because they were far too zany and, yes, violent for a child who was afraid of everything. But in 11th grade I, in a flash of a-vision-of-Cookie-Monster-popping-across-my-brain-while-I-was-trying-to-think-of-a-topic, decided to write my research paper on Sesame Street. In the course of my research I read a bit about Jim Henson and thought he sounded really cool. Then on my own I read a bit more and decided he was The Most Awesome Person In the History of Show Business and Possibly Worthy of Worship. Plus, I discovered in my less-sensitive advanced age, the Muppets were hilarious.
2. I don't believe my son will LET me move on now even if I wanted to. the next generation has succumbed.
3. I believe I love the original Muppet Movie most of all. I can't think of any particular TV episodes off the top of my head. And my favorite Muppet, boring a choice as this may be, is Kermit. Because he's... Kermitty. He's just the best.
4. Well, I do belong to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
jimhensonfans on here, but that's as far as it goes. Oh, and in Teaching Art in the Elementary School in college this one girl and I made paper sculptures of Gonzo and Camilla. Jason just suggested that it may be time to throw Gonzo out, because he's just been collecting dust and taking up space on a shelf in the basement. This is sad but inevitable.
5. Yes. Yes yes yes. If more people joined the cult of Muppetdom, if more people were devoted to Singing and Dancing and Making People Happy, then there would be Peace on Earth.YES.
So, if you want to do this, tell me and I'll assign you your three. If you want ME to answer questions about some OThER topic, you can ask me that too. If you want to tell me something unrelated, go for it.
This way I can do this Fandom survey
vovat gave me relatively on time!It's one of those where the person you get it from assigns you topics, in this case Three Fandoms you ...are a fan in. You may not be a fan OF the fandom, and apparently, judging by question 4, you don't even have to "participate in the fandom," but anyhoo. Then, for each of those topics, you answer these questions:
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think that you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fan fiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
Here's my topics:
The Beatles
1. Much as my dad tried for fifteen years to make himself the answer to this question, I didn't really get his fascination with this dorky old band until the night the immortal Sir Paul (not yet a Sir at the time) broadcast a concert live on TV and I watched it because I was bored and my parents wanted to tape it (so I ended up watching it twice), and BAM! I was so beyond impressed with the guy, I suddenly couldn't get enough of that stuff.
2. That depends on your definition of "move on." Will I ever stop loving the Beatles? Highly unlikely. No matter how often I listen I still feel at least comfortably happy (and occasionally Moved by the Awesomeness) whenever I hear them. But they were totally my gateway drug, first into just classic rock and then into rock as a whole (no, radio music does not count as "rock." Radio music is "pop" with occasional rock songs thrown in). I have loads of bands I love now.
3. Abbey Road and Revolver, my favorite albums. My favorite songs PLURAL are too many to count, but you know the main one already. My favorite movie is Help because I'm a dork. And my favorite Beatle? I refuse to answer that question on the basis that I can't decide anymore, though I sometimes default to Paul since I owe it all to him.
4. Does this fandom still exist? I mean, decades ago there were insane people about. I often wonder how much I would have hated the Beatles if I'd actually been a child of the 60s, just on the principle of not being like the insane people. But seriously, I can always discuss them, and they are pretty much the only fandom I have ever created fanart for in adulthood (don't ask me about my Ducktales fanfiction), being more than a few inspired drawings (from a glorious sunburst painting the day George Harrison died to, well, this icon, which was pretty much just the obvious thing to do with that picture) and, in the realm of fanfiction, giving George an amazing fictional nephew and all. ;)
5. I'm pretty sure everyone who will get into them WILL, if you know what I mean. They really don't need advertising.
2. Harry Potter
1. I CREATED this fandom. Okay, not really, but I was definitely in the first wave of fans here in the States. It just so happens that upper-middle-grade fantasies with some humor are my favorite books ever to read, so I grabbed Sorcerers Stone and enjoyed it, though I wasn't blown away (still isn't my favorite-- still think she should have started with Chapter 2). Wasn't until I read Chamber of Secrets that I became ADDICTED, and started making everyone I know read, too. And back then? None of them had heard of it until I told them. Heh.
2. A question directed at those poor kids who never read anything else I suppose. I love the books still. But I also have a lot of other favorite books. But I always DID, so it's not like I abandoned Harry or anything.
3. Order of the Phoenix (favorite book AND movie-so-far). I know it's not EVERYBODY'S favorite because Harry's so cranky (come on, he's 15 AND he's just had an extremely traumatic experience! I'd like to see YOU not be cranky after being forced into an evil occult ritual to bring your parents' murderer back to life and not get any counseling afterward!) and the book is so dang LONG, but DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY!!!! NEVILLE BEING AWESOME!!!! LUNA LOVEGOOD IE ME IF I WAS AT HOGWARTS!!!! DOLORES UMBRIDGE AND HER PERFECT HORRIBLENESS (AND TECHNICOLOR KITTY PLATES!)!!!! The coolest stuff happened in book 5, that's all I'm saying.
4. Well, not in the broader world, because at least on the Internet it was impossible to avoid idiots and "OMG Harry is so cute and he and Hermione are made for each other JK Rowling is stupid not to think so!" girls. Luckily I had made enough of my real-life friends addicted that I nevertheless always had somebody to rant and rave with after every book or movie release. Now if I can just get you all to pick up The Hunger Games....
5. No. I had fun making people read it when nobody else knew about it, but then it got Too Huge. And then you got people reading it who don't even like fantasy just because everyone else was reading it, and then they're like "Harry Potter sucks! I don't get why anyone likes it!" and I keep thinking WELL you don't like fantasy in the first place so who are you to judge? It was nicer when you could admit to being a fan because you were a FAN and not because you were a trend-follower.
3. The Muppets
1. Supposedly I was a fan when I was Sam's age, but by the time I was 3--or as far back as I actually REMEMBER-- I'd become terrified of them because they were far too zany and, yes, violent for a child who was afraid of everything. But in 11th grade I, in a flash of a-vision-of-Cookie-Monster-popping-across-my-brain-while-I-was-trying-to-think-of-a-topic, decided to write my research paper on Sesame Street. In the course of my research I read a bit about Jim Henson and thought he sounded really cool. Then on my own I read a bit more and decided he was The Most Awesome Person In the History of Show Business and Possibly Worthy of Worship. Plus, I discovered in my less-sensitive advanced age, the Muppets were hilarious.
2. I don't believe my son will LET me move on now even if I wanted to. the next generation has succumbed.
3. I believe I love the original Muppet Movie most of all. I can't think of any particular TV episodes off the top of my head. And my favorite Muppet, boring a choice as this may be, is Kermit. Because he's... Kermitty. He's just the best.
4. Well, I do belong to
jimhensonfans on here, but that's as far as it goes. Oh, and in Teaching Art in the Elementary School in college this one girl and I made paper sculptures of Gonzo and Camilla. Jason just suggested that it may be time to throw Gonzo out, because he's just been collecting dust and taking up space on a shelf in the basement. This is sad but inevitable.5. Yes. Yes yes yes. If more people joined the cult of Muppetdom, if more people were devoted to Singing and Dancing and Making People Happy, then there would be Peace on Earth.YES.
So, if you want to do this, tell me and I'll assign you your three. If you want ME to answer questions about some OThER topic, you can ask me that too. If you want to tell me something unrelated, go for it.
