A thunderstorm caused my cable service to go offline and we’re still waiting for the bums to arrive to fix the line.
A whole freaking week without cable because some nitwit (customer service rep) failed to confirm the appointment with us.
The hubby is having a hissy fit. He’s the one that called the company.
I don’t watch much television. But I missed SGA on Friday and will now miss the 4400 this Sunday. I’m beginning to feel as pissed off as the hubby.
BTW, since when does a writer of an excellent story assume they will receive gifts like icons, covers, or even a community? Is gift giving a prerequisite or something? BBM fandom seems to foster a lot of this kind of attitude and when no gift is forthcoming, a writer would post a woebegone outcry to the community. Sheesh!
You know what I prefer – an archive in which ALL BBM stories are stored for reading pleasure in one place. I do not need someone to tell me which stories are good or bad. I think it’s terrible for an archivist to become political and impose their selective criteria onto the readers and they’re freaking with my intellect. I can make my own choices.
What BBM fandom needs now is old school. Communities are great but the nature of LJ is prohibited to reading stories in a useful way. A central archive could go a long ways in making reading long stories pleasurable. And it would make my day to have the stories at my fingertips.
(see icon)for you. *g*
One week without cable is asking a lot esp when the provider is too daft to confirm. I guess I’d be much like your hubby. Hissy fits are my speciality.
Is gift giving a prerequisite or something?
I have never heard anything the like, even from the best authors in every other fandom I know.
Btw, if you like an archive for BBM stories, then I guess you will have to set one up so that all the authors can contribute to it.
*sigh*
Hee! Thank you!
I have never heard anything the like, even from the best authors in every other fandom I know.
I know and I’ve been involved with fandom since late ’90s. Some of the writers in BBM are young. I think they’re associating the quality of their stories with receiving gifts. Another form of feedback, I guess.
You did read how I haven’t managed the CSI that well, right. LOL There are three archives in existence for BBM. And none of them have a quarter of the stories floating around LJ.
I think they’re associating the quality of their stories with receiving gifts. Another form of feedback, I guess.
Then somebody has to tell them. This is exceedingly childish. They will also have to learn that often they won’t get feedback at all.
And none of them have a quarter of the stories floating around LJ
Happens in most other fandoms too. One cannot force the writers to archive their stories at one place only.
Every fandom needs a central archive, I think! Some of the ancient little bitty ones like Mission: Impossible (the TV show) are easier to navigate than the newer ones.
Every fandom needs a central archive,…
They surely do. It would make my life easier.
I like what some LJ users are doing. They put up a post listing all of their fiction, keeping the post on top of other journal entries, making the stories easily accessible without trolling the memories. Can’t imagined during that for a community, though.