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Turkey day come and gone
Dec. 2nd, 2013 07:05 amOverall holiday was good even if going and coming back involved too much traffic and enough traffic jams to convince me of a turkey revenge plot. Seriously, it's supposed to be 4.5 hour drive. It was 6 hours on Wednesday and 8 on return on Saturday. Ugh. But a gingerbread house was decorated, turkey was made and eaten, and fun had by all except for the 4 hour high fever and pulling episode my nephew had on Friday.
So, crack_van is closing. It's hard to imagine fandom with out it. I know it was one of first things I discovered on LJ and i still feel a bit sad that I never cracked the popularity contest to get recced in any fandom. Then I remember the wank involved in being a big named fan and remember it's not worth it. It was definitely my first and best lesson in writing only for myself when firefly passed out of rotation without me managing a rec.
I also enjoyed my time As a reccer-- did one or 2 stints for firefly and then did 1 for burn notice that also involved updated fandom overview and the torture of capping enough screen shots to do it justice.
Crack van was also responsible for introducing me to fanvids as well as many past and present flisters.
It will be missed, but I understand well the drain of modding a community, well at least of modding unsuccessful communities. I'm sure active communities carry their own pain :)
So, crack_van is closing. It's hard to imagine fandom with out it. I know it was one of first things I discovered on LJ and i still feel a bit sad that I never cracked the popularity contest to get recced in any fandom. Then I remember the wank involved in being a big named fan and remember it's not worth it. It was definitely my first and best lesson in writing only for myself when firefly passed out of rotation without me managing a rec.
I also enjoyed my time As a reccer-- did one or 2 stints for firefly and then did 1 for burn notice that also involved updated fandom overview and the torture of capping enough screen shots to do it justice.
Crack van was also responsible for introducing me to fanvids as well as many past and present flisters.
It will be missed, but I understand well the drain of modding a community, well at least of modding unsuccessful communities. I'm sure active communities carry their own pain :)