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Fandom exploded? Again? I didn't hear the three-minute warning. Oy. Fandom, you is funny.

Yes, I've checked my interests lists for things that'll get me hurled from the gates of lj (and felt mightily stupid/paranoiac about doing so), but I don't think biscuits, schmoop, and yoga are triggering. Unless they mean something else in the language of porn. *g* It's always possible. You should've seen how surprised I was when I found out what a fluffer is. I'm so tame it's depressing. I should write more PWP.

So. I'm feeling uncreative, these past few days – probably 'cause I've got a cold and feel like curling up on the sofa and sleeping all day (did that yesterday). I go through uncreative phases, though, and was thinking about putting together some kind of monitoring system. I could put down what I eat, how much and how well I sleep, what exercise I get, how much time I spend on the computer, how I feel, whether I write, how rushed I am at work...

...Or, y'know, I could not. I'm thinking 'not'. *is channelling Wolverine at the moment, and not puttin' up with that sorta navel-gazin' crap, bub*

Oh, is it sad that I find it slightly thrilling that I have an ID swipe card for work, much like the SGC?

Is this post going anywhere? I suspect not. Bear with me. I will write more fic soon.

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*laments loss of 'porny fic' as an interest*

Despite the fact that I was the only person in the whole of LJ to list it :(

Ooooh swipe card! I heart mine with unholy glee - I love swishing it through the reader and having it open the doors to the lab. Ha! :D

I also notice you're the only person on lj to be interested in tomato love. I can't imagine why.

I heart my swipe card, too. I pretend I am in the SGC. Although the card readers here seem to be far less sensitive - whenever I've tried to swipe myself in a la Jack, the door stays closed and I bump my nose. Never happens at the SGC, dammit.

*g*

I love you. I've so done that. *swipe-bump-curse*

Sadly, I don't have an access card (anymore...I did at college)--but I do have one of those number locks on the bathroom, so I make do with that.

We have both - swipe cards to get in the building, and number locks protecting us from... the marauding hordes from the second floor, one presumes. *shrug*

I only do the fast-swipe thing when I've been writing too much from Jack's POV. And it never works. Someday I'll learn... *g*

I go to bed and wake up to...

wow. It really did go boom didn't it?

Again! That's what gets me. The whole FanLib thing is still ongoing, too.

One of these days there'll be a real apocalypse, and no one will believe it. "Oh, it's just those Harry Potter nutters again." :D

*laughs a lot*

I find that statement very amusing for some reason. :-D

And you know, I heard a little bit on the Flist about the FanLib thing, but I never really knew exactly what was going on there. I still don't get why it's having such an impact on LJ.

As for The End of Fandom As We Know It, I suppose we'll have to ride it out. I sort of feel bad for the LJ staff, who are in the unenviable position of being stuck in the middle.

Yeah, I feel sorry for them. But, hey, it's a big, public place, full of some very mad things - it had to happen eventually.

(And, heehee - you mark my words. The world will end, and we'll all just ignore it. "Ah, I've seen this film. Apocalypse-schmockalypse.")

I was watching it last night and...I keep not being able to work myself up to care about the explosion. Though, since the closest I come to a questionable interest is "fanfiction" I don't think I'll worry (why does no one else like "snarky scientists"?)

Maybe we're all feeling a lack of creativity post-ficathon? hope your cold improves soon!

*is sad has not had a card to swipe since discovering Stargate*

Yeah, I can't say I'm feeling much fear about this one. Perhaps because it's come so close on the heels of the last big kaboom. Give me a couple of months between apocalypses (apocalypsi? What's the plural?), and maybe I can work up the energy to start crying 'wolf'.

/cynicism.

There does seem to be a bit of post-ficathon ennui going around, doesn't there? Or maybe a lot of people are post-exam, at the mo, and the feeling is catching. I feel like I need some sunshine. Or a shot of adrenaline. Or something.

*decides now would be a good time to break out the Edward Gorey child death icons*

Exactly. I just figure we'll adjust (or not as need be) and go on more or less as normal. I'll avoid fanlib (wouldn't have been interested anyway) and I don't really write porn, and I'm definitely not interested in it between siblings or underagers (um, unless you use the crazy people's theory that Sam and Daniel are siblings) and generally won't read non-con either. So. Meh.

I just don't believe this is the end of fandom as we know it - I am a bit curious to here LJ's side of things (it appears the TOS implies they can't just suspend journals willy-nilly, but I'm unsure).

Definitely post-ficathon ennui. I know the month of May usually gets me down in general - but that's a personal thing. We'll get adrenaline soon enough I'm sure.

Yeah, I wouldn't have been interested in FanLib, either. My only concern with that is that they're trying to make a profit from copyrighted work, and that's about the one thing that'll actually prompt legal action re. fanfic. But hopefully FanLib will die a quick and painless death due to lack of fans being willing to risk it.

Is it crappy weather where you are? That's one of the things that's getting me down. Endless rain here. But soon it'll be summer, and there will be sunshine, lj will (I presume) slow down immensely as all the college kids vanish, and we can all sip virtual cocktails by the virtual pool and write lazy, happy fanfic. :)

Make mine a Long Beach Iced Tea (white rum, vodka, gin, Cointreau, tequila, and cranberry juice). Mmm.

Yeah. I'm...I just for some reason can't worry about the Fanlib thing, even though I see reasons (like what you said) that I should. Honestly, I think Fanlib is going to just die out from mis-management and nothing much splodey will come of it. But I could be wrong.

No...May usually isn't too crappy (except for the part where it's too damn hot right now and I hate hot weather) weather-wise - we're actually having a huge drought right now. I've just...May seems to be a month where a lot of random bad things happen (not this year, but other years) and I tend to be suspicious of it - every relative I've ever had die suddenly has done so in May, etc. It's weird.

Yay virtual fanfic ppol with virtual cocktails! *wanders off to find the margaritas*

Erk. Yes, I can understand that sort of suspicion. Sometimes it seems like there's times you want to just fast forward through. We're nearly out of May, though - hopefully it'll pass without incident. :)

*breaks out virtual waterwings, and dive-bombs the pool, splashing everyone within a 10-foot radius*

Looks good - after the last two Mays, I'm definitely appreciating the incident-free one (actually May has been unusually good this year).

*throws beach ball*
(okay, now I'm thinking how awesome it would be if we could get all of fandom together at a Caribbean beach sometime and actually have pool parties and cocktails)

okay, now I'm thinking how awesome it would be if we could get all of fandom together at a Caribbean beach sometime and actually have pool parties and cocktails

Hee. Oh yes. *dreams* But only the not-mad fans.

Or, that is, only those fans that are mad in a nice way. *g*

so....no telepathic beagles?

*ties weights to the beagles and drops them in the pool*

No. No beagles. Also no weepy Sam who stays for no perceptible reason with evil!Pete / evil!Joe / some random asshat guy who wants her to resign her commission until Jack comes and takes her into his strong arms and tells her to stop this nonsense, dammit, because he won't watch her marry another man, and then kisses her, so she drops other man immediately and shacks up with Jack and resigns her commission.

(I read some badfic yesterday - can you tell?)

*blink*
Right. None of that!

Also no Daniel's who get paper cuts and end up in the infirmary fighting pneumonia, but only after Teal'c had to fireman's carry him there kicking and screaming and Jack won't visit because he is OMG afraid of needles but at least Daniel's bed has a golden plaque with his name on it and all the nurses fight over giving him a spongebath while Sam kicks all the cooks out of the commissary to make Daniel Magic Healing Cookies.

Fair enough. We can ban that, too. *g*

I may have overreacted a little, there. I shouldn't read that stuff, I know, but I was bored, and a bit aimless...

It seems I've complete missed the explosion (or haven't work my way far enough down my flist this morning) as I haven't a clue as what you're referring to.

Yeah, you think that swipe card is cool now. Just wait until you misplace it or accidental leave it at home. Hell and high water to get a new one in my office or you're forced follow your co-workers closely so you can slip into doors behind them and they give you weird looks like you're stalking them or something.

Hope you feel better!

I left it at home this morning! First time I've done that, too. I was having one of those mornings. I would have slept until god knows when if the postman hadn't buzzed the doorbell. Was deeply asleep, dreaming I had staples lodged in my gums, giving me toothache. Gah. But the receptionist here knows and seems to like me, and gave me a visitor's pass. (Which I have to wear around my neck like a dork, but it's fair punishment.)

Explosion is... oh, not even that interesting. LJ is being stalked by the Warriors For Innocence, convinced that this is a den of iniquity. Or something. Some possibly child porn accounts / comms have been deleted, and the Harry Potter lot are having the screaming heebie jeebies.

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