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tinhuvielartanis) wrote2009-05-16 09:16 pm
tinhuvielartanis) wrote2009-05-16 09:16 pm
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Conversion
If I hadn't been alive at the time of his death, I'd say I was the reincarnation of Jim Jones. My obsessions bleed over on the people around me. I've been told over the course of my life that I could give people Kool-Aid and they'd happily drink it. In 1980, I discovered ELO. By 1981, I had the entire family and many friends converted. In 1990, I discovered Shriekback. It wasn't until 1999 that the great Shriek migration began with my putting out the word that there were still fans out there. Props to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
boba and Phil Hetherington for providing me a starting point and helping me along the way with that. It led to the Shriekback Digital Conspiracy and numerous friendships and collaborations, including a friendship and working relationship with Barry Andrews. At the same time, I discovered a whole knew dimension of Star Wars fandom with the Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade, which broke my writer's block via the medium of fanfiction. This led me to new friendships that came to know Shriekback because of my obsession with that band. One friend, falkenna, met Barry Andrews and, because of our admiration for Darth Maul and for him (hers was newfound ~ that whole Jim Jones thing coming in to play again), he found himself placing rose thorns on his head in emulation of our favourite Sith Lord. When worlds collide, they really freakin' collide.
So, whenclumsycake called me yesterday, she asked what I was doing. I told her I was writing my final Date Night story and twiddling my thumbs until the next installment of The Joker Blogs came out. She didn't know what I was talking about because she 1) hadn't seen The Dark Knight yet and 2) had yet to see The Joker Blogs. I knew she couldn't get the full-on goodness of the Blogs without seeing the movie first to witness the miracle of Heath Ledger's performance. So I asked all innocent like, "Whatcha doing tomorrow?" She said she didn't know. "You do now. You're coming over to my place to watch The Dark Knight, then you're gonna watch The Joker Blogs. No isn't an option."
Nowclumsycake is of the same mind as I am about Batman. No Michael Keaton, no Batman. I explained to her that the movie wasn't about Batman, as far as I was concerned. "Forget Batman. He's secondary. Just watch the Joker." When she got here today, since no wasn't an option, I would have had the Kool-Aid ready, but I didn't have any. She did bring Aunt Tudi some Crystal Light though, but that doesn't count. We watched the movie. We watched the Joker Blogs.
clumsycake is now a convert. For that matter, Aunt Tudi has begun to see the hypnotic draw of the Joker and she can't keep her eyes off the computer screen when the Joker Blogs Dude is on talking about his "delicate features and feathery hair."
Yea, verily, and hallelujah. Let the Kool-Aid flow.
boba and Phil Hetherington for providing me a starting point and helping me along the way with that. It led to the Shriekback Digital Conspiracy and numerous friendships and collaborations, including a friendship and working relationship with Barry Andrews. At the same time, I discovered a whole knew dimension of Star Wars fandom with the Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade, which broke my writer's block via the medium of fanfiction. This led me to new friendships that came to know Shriekback because of my obsession with that band. One friend, falkenna, met Barry Andrews and, because of our admiration for Darth Maul and for him (hers was newfound ~ that whole Jim Jones thing coming in to play again), he found himself placing rose thorns on his head in emulation of our favourite Sith Lord. When worlds collide, they really freakin' collide.So, when
clumsycake called me yesterday, she asked what I was doing. I told her I was writing my final Date Night story and twiddling my thumbs until the next installment of The Joker Blogs came out. She didn't know what I was talking about because she 1) hadn't seen The Dark Knight yet and 2) had yet to see The Joker Blogs. I knew she couldn't get the full-on goodness of the Blogs without seeing the movie first to witness the miracle of Heath Ledger's performance. So I asked all innocent like, "Whatcha doing tomorrow?" She said she didn't know. "You do now. You're coming over to my place to watch The Dark Knight, then you're gonna watch The Joker Blogs. No isn't an option."Now
clumsycake is of the same mind as I am about Batman. No Michael Keaton, no Batman. I explained to her that the movie wasn't about Batman, as far as I was concerned. "Forget Batman. He's secondary. Just watch the Joker." When she got here today, since no wasn't an option, I would have had the Kool-Aid ready, but I didn't have any. She did bring Aunt Tudi some Crystal Light though, but that doesn't count. We watched the movie. We watched the Joker Blogs.clumsycake is now a convert. For that matter, Aunt Tudi has begun to see the hypnotic draw of the Joker and she can't keep her eyes off the computer screen when the Joker Blogs Dude is on talking about his "delicate features and feathery hair."Yea, verily, and hallelujah. Let the Kool-Aid flow.