Coincidences and a Meme

[pigrescuer]

Is it just me or is this world a very small world? Here are some weird things that have happened to me in the last couple of years since I delurked myself across the internet:

- I met somebody on the GWFF who lives down the road from the first new person I met in Sixth Form.
- littlered, who I met on the GWFF, knew my best friend from primary school
- littlered

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[littlered2]

You've mentioned most of my weird internet things; do I have any more? Let's see ...
- Apparently, rozzietheaussie has distant family who live in the same town as me.
- One of my new friends at university not only has an LJ, she has the same favourite fanfic authors and LJ communities as me.
- I once met people waiting to stalk JRT who had read some of pigrescuer's fanfic (as you should remember).
- Having seen sistermagpie on a few of the same LJ communities as me (although we've never spoken to), I was surprised to see that one of her userpics is a photograph of a streetsign at the entrance of an alleyway that leads off the road I now live on at university.
- Another of my university friends (although I knew her from home, but never mind) doesn't use LJ much but has been following a fanfic I currently love.

I think I forgot one, but there are some coincidences for you. Small world.

[pigrescuer]

I once met people waiting to stalk JRT who had read some of pigrescuer's fanfic (as you should remember).

Wh-what?

I don't remember this!

[littlered2]

At Landscape With Weapon! Come on, you must remember.

[pigrescuer]

No!

I don't remember this at all! How did you get onto the conversation? What were they reading?

[jade_sabre_301]

Um...I cannot think of anything in particular. I talked to Megan Whalen Turner and she said "Great Neptune's Man Nipples." Maybe it's because your country is much smaller than mine?

Also ME ME ME ME DO ME OOOOOO DO ME YEAH DO ME ME ME ME ME

[jade_sabre_301]

also, yay Killers.

[pigrescuer]

talked to Megan Whalen Turner and she said "Great Neptune's Man Nipples.

I do not believe this is a coincidence, Jade.

1. When you smile, you look like this smiley --> ^_^
2. Love Actually. It has Christmas songs that aren't about boars.
3. Lemon
4. Not yet, but there'll be jello waiting.
5. Tube station. I was looking at you for a good 30 seconds before I realised it was you. I couldn't understand your accent. :)
6. Persian cat
7. Um. I don't have any wonders. What are you studying at uni (college?)?
8. You're funny. :D
9. I can't think of one?

[jade_sabre_301]

sh. It, uh, is something weird that has happened via intrawebz.

1. Oooooooh I have never been told I look like a smiley! ^_^

4. You have picked something I am confuzzled about.

5. Really? You couldn't understand me? Hee!

6. I hope this is not because my hair is turning white behind my back. Er, out of my line of sight.

7. English and philosophy (as I have explained many times, to the people here, because I like to read and think)

8. :-D

[philia_fan]

I don't have many coincidences, other than having the same name as Emerald's imaginary evil cat. Oh, and there was that book Penguin copyedited which it turned out was by someone I knew in college.

[pigrescuer]

having the same name as Emerald's imaginary evil cat

What, Philia? That's an odd name for a cat. Even an evil and imaginary one.

[philia_fan]

No, Mab. My initials. It's how I sign things sometimes.

atching up on my f-list...

[rowana]

You've already said mine. :( I have no more coincidences to give.

Oh wait! A girl who used to be in the same class as me in school ended up doing the same course at the same Uni as Em, and none of us realised all three of us knew each other until the girl and Em chatted.

[littlered2]

Also, I just realised - I'm not littlered. I'm littlered2, so your links aren't to my journal. For shame.

[pigrescuer]

How do you know all of those aren't about littlered and it's just a crazy coincidence that they all apply to you, too? :P

(actually, I'm glad I don't know her, judging by her LJ.. go look)

[littlered2]

I suppose I don't know that. But that would be something like coincidences squared, and be very very unlikely and weird.