Ramblings

I love blogging. And it's not just because I like saying the word "blogosphere."

... Well, okay, it's about 20% that, but the other 80% is all the really cool stuff out there! News, tecnology, just about any interest, and as we learned, profession you could want to know about... and it's a great way to stay in touch with my friends.

But my favorite part of blogging is fandom. I love it when a whole bunch of people get together in one place and talk about something they really love. Anything, anything that you feel strongly about, there's a following for it on the internet, and thanks to blogs, these people can now gush to each other indefinitely about every topic under the sun. How awesome is that?

And I think I nearly died when Andrea said it's possible to do a thesis on fanfiction. I don't think anything could make my life more complete. That never even occured to me! Seriously, this major just keeps getting better and better.

Am I just talking jibberish here though? I mean, I'm an internet junkie and an animé fan besides, so it's difficult to communicate with people who don't speak in fractured chatspeak, emoticons, and CAPSLOCKYWTFERYFTW.

By the way, if you've ever wondered what any of the abbreviations that run rampant in our society stand for, I would reccomend Acronym Finder.

But seriously, I don't know. Are there any other fanfiction people? Any of you ff.net members? Do you even know what fanfiction is? I think I lost years of my life to fanfiction.net if you'd add up all the hours I spent there, and I'm not even the worst of my friends. It's a really great place though, if you just want to read some stories about your favorite movies/TV shows/books/animé/manga/videogame/whatever, or if you're a writer and want to get some commentary from other fans. It's like the youtube of fanfiction.

Man, that's a blast from the past. I think the sister site fictionpress.com is all original writing too. They're worth browsing, and as I recall, the communities are very friendly, though it's been a few years--HOMG! My ff.net account still exists! Craziness!

Yeah, so that was my thinly guised linkdump/reflection on the blogging unit. Maybe I should do some actual homework now.