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What? I missed Methos on Smallville? Goddammit, you people need to tell me these things!

I'll have to download that. Anyone know if he is recurring or just in one episode?

brighidestone has a great post here.

Tomorrow, I try to get Nine Inch Nails tickets. They are going to sell out in 2 seconds flat. Pray for me. (I want to see both NYC shows and both Philly shows, but I suspect I will be lucky to get tickets to even one.)

Hotmail is being a complete bitch; for the last few days it has been showing me an empty inbox, and only occasionally allowing me to actually see messages. I suppose I should make the switch to gmail... *sigh* It's just that I've had this hotmail account for 6 years or so, and it's so convenient to have everything in one place...

I need a new alias. drinkthepoison has got to go. But rustyhalo is way too common, and impossible to get without some weird permutation. I'm really surprised I got a fairly simple version of it for LJ.

Myspace.com is weird. I don't get the point of talking to strangers if it's not about fandom. WTF do normal people talk about? I don't even know. The weather?

I was talking to 10zlaine about this last night (for 5 1/2 hours, damn). Fandom is so nice for us socially awkward people because we can skip the excruciating smalltalk and go straight to the battle-to-the-death shipper wars and stuff like that. (Y'know, the fun parts of conversation where you actually care about what you're discussing.)

Also, I must say I am intensely amused by the fact that several members of KMFDM have Myspace accounts.

So, my research indicates that the place to go for decent KMFDM talk is the forums at theultraheavybeat.com. There doesn't seem to be anywhere decent for Raymond Watts talk; the choice is between thesickcity.com (nasty assholes) and raymondwatts.com (slobbering sycophants). *sigh*

Seven new messages and I can't see any of them. *kills hotmail*

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(Oh look! I've exceeded word limit again. Quelle surprise.)

And fandom brought me so many wonderful people. :) Even if I'm still a little wary of it and mainly still keep to myself here on LJ. LJ tends to be a little too personal (in that you are a clearly established persona in a much more objective way than on boards and yahoo groups where you're just another person contributing to the discussion or the squee) and, at the same time, a little too public (in that it functions as a miniature society) – its focus has shifted from fiction (both canon and fanfiction) to a more inclusive dynamics. I'm not being very specific but I think you get what I'm trying to say – the last few kerfuffles were illustrative. :|

I still prefer the small group interactions with people I know and like and trust. So yeah, I get you not participating as often 'cause I'm in the same position. I got what you're saying about assumptions – I think too many people do this. I try to avoid them myself but I also think that LJ's format contributes to it. LJ is wonderful to bring together the people you care about – but it also has quite a few not so bright sides.

(And sorry about taking this long to reply.)