Regarding Facebook
In trying to get back into the swing of things on here, I felt compelled to rant about facebook, which actually is a relevant topic surrounding my hiatus. I will cut it to spare you the details if you are not interested.
First, I fell out of the world of fanfiction following the beginning of a very long and painful bout with writer's block. Countless times I have tried to sit down and write something, anything, fanfic, a drabble, an original story, and nothing. I don't know if it's psychological or an artistic problem, but I couldn't write a word. So I tried to avoid anything that reminded me of that.
However, still being addicted to the internet, I needed an outlet, and all of my office friends were heavily into major facebook addictions, so I figured, hey, why not, and joined in.
Sort of a strange thing, facebook. It started out as just another fun place to share my interests and interact with friends, particularly friends who aren't into livejournal, but it got weird fast. Suddenly, people I didn't even really know or like from high school were adding me, then other people in my company who work out of different offices, and, in the death blow, my boss. I probably should have considered this as a possibility before getting into it, but I was woefully, woefully ignorant.
I join stuff like this to share my thoughts and interests with friends and like-minded people, but the variety of people who became a part of my facebook community required me to watch what I posted closely. Telling people in the office that I like to change my nail polish daily is one thing, or even the fact that I write stories based on Harry Potter; I don't really want to spread it around to my boss and many colleagues that I like to write stories about a middle-aged man having sex against a refrigerator with someone he taught chemistry to when she was twelve. I don't really care what they think, but it isn't something that is easy to explain or even worth explaining to certain people. Invariably, people who aren't into fanfiction will get one look at this and think you are a strange pervert.
As a result, facebook went from being a place where I could say what I had been up to in my life and what I do for fun to a place where I couldn't even be myself. I missed talking about Harry Potter with people who can understand the obsession, and I definitely missed being able to be open and uncensored in my thoughts in general. I can't even complain about work on facebook now, and let me tell you that I always need to complain about work. So, now I am back, and I just hope that I can finally kick this writing problem I am having in the arse and get back to work.
Incidentally, anyone have any good recs for completed SSHG romances from the last couple of years? I have read a couple, but I am sure there are some good ones I have missed.
First, I fell out of the world of fanfiction following the beginning of a very long and painful bout with writer's block. Countless times I have tried to sit down and write something, anything, fanfic, a drabble, an original story, and nothing. I don't know if it's psychological or an artistic problem, but I couldn't write a word. So I tried to avoid anything that reminded me of that.
However, still being addicted to the internet, I needed an outlet, and all of my office friends were heavily into major facebook addictions, so I figured, hey, why not, and joined in.
Sort of a strange thing, facebook. It started out as just another fun place to share my interests and interact with friends, particularly friends who aren't into livejournal, but it got weird fast. Suddenly, people I didn't even really know or like from high school were adding me, then other people in my company who work out of different offices, and, in the death blow, my boss. I probably should have considered this as a possibility before getting into it, but I was woefully, woefully ignorant.
I join stuff like this to share my thoughts and interests with friends and like-minded people, but the variety of people who became a part of my facebook community required me to watch what I posted closely. Telling people in the office that I like to change my nail polish daily is one thing, or even the fact that I write stories based on Harry Potter; I don't really want to spread it around to my boss and many colleagues that I like to write stories about a middle-aged man having sex against a refrigerator with someone he taught chemistry to when she was twelve. I don't really care what they think, but it isn't something that is easy to explain or even worth explaining to certain people. Invariably, people who aren't into fanfiction will get one look at this and think you are a strange pervert.
As a result, facebook went from being a place where I could say what I had been up to in my life and what I do for fun to a place where I couldn't even be myself. I missed talking about Harry Potter with people who can understand the obsession, and I definitely missed being able to be open and uncensored in my thoughts in general. I can't even complain about work on facebook now, and let me tell you that I always need to complain about work. So, now I am back, and I just hope that I can finally kick this writing problem I am having in the arse and get back to work.
Incidentally, anyone have any good recs for completed SSHG romances from the last couple of years? I have read a couple, but I am sure there are some good ones I have missed.