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Now that I have my adorable little 10" Lenovo laptop (henceforth to be known as Lenny Baby) I have embarked on the search for the right laptop bag for her. It has to be attractive and secure, with good padding, and just big enough for her and a book or two, because what is the point of having a mini laptop if you're going to carry it around in a big clunking bag?
I have this bag specifically the tan one third from the left, for my 15" laptop, and I like it a lot. Ideally I'd like a similar but smaller bag for Lenny Baby. I've wasted a huge amount of time looking around today without finding anything that really wows me. It has to be just the right bag for my baby.
I've seen some posts now about the fan survey discussions lowering the general squee level in fandom. I have mixed feelings when stuff like this comes up. The thing is, I came here for the m/m slash fanfiction mainly. I came to escape my life as a woman and all the baggage that entails, to find some fun and read the kind of romance between equals I can't get out in rl. But that doesn't mean I don't care about trying to make the real world more of a place I wouldn't have such an overwhelming need to escape from. I want both things from fandom, a safe place to escape to for fun and re-energizing, and a place to dissect and discuss what's happening out there in the real world that is relevant to us as "other". I can haz both, please?
I have this bag specifically the tan one third from the left, for my 15" laptop, and I like it a lot. Ideally I'd like a similar but smaller bag for Lenny Baby. I've wasted a huge amount of time looking around today without finding anything that really wows me. It has to be just the right bag for my baby.
I've seen some posts now about the fan survey discussions lowering the general squee level in fandom. I have mixed feelings when stuff like this comes up. The thing is, I came here for the m/m slash fanfiction mainly. I came to escape my life as a woman and all the baggage that entails, to find some fun and read the kind of romance between equals I can't get out in rl. But that doesn't mean I don't care about trying to make the real world more of a place I wouldn't have such an overwhelming need to escape from. I want both things from fandom, a safe place to escape to for fun and re-energizing, and a place to dissect and discuss what's happening out there in the real world that is relevant to us as "other". I can haz both, please?
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Your experience has been that SurveyFail is lowering the squee level in fandom? It's only interesting because my impression is opposite, people have been saying that they're happy that fandom is being smart and articulate and not letting these guys get away with what is clearly bullshit. I quote "ILU FANDOM! *sparklyhearts*"
I'm prepared to keep on porning and meta-ing and whatever my heart desires.
Or maybe people are upset that other people are meta-ing on serious topics? I suppose some people arn't interested in that sort of thing, personally I enjoy it.
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I don't think SurveyFail is lowering my own squee level, no. I've seen those sparkly hearts posts too, but recently I've seen a couple of people posting that they feel overwhelmed by all the serious bizness. I'm fine with it, myself, though sometimes I can't keep up with all the posts and still deal with rl.
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Oh god I'd never try to keep up with all the posts, I read what looks to be interesting/new and skip or skim the rest.
I suppose there is a good sized segment that doesn't like srs bizness in their fandom and that's fine I just think out of all the things to roll through this is at least not fandom against fandom for the most part and makes it less upsetting to me personally.