Snowflake Meme.
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curiouswombatDay Six said "share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life".
I found this quite difficult - everything I read probably makes my life a little different to how it would have been if I hadn't read it.
Finally I chose Lord of the Rings not for any of the reasons you might expect.
My reading had been anything I laid hands on as a child - books my grandmother won at school, the Biggles books and adventure stories passed on from the son of my father's friend, James Bond books of Dads, modern classics from my English teacher, lots of fiction from the school library. But there was no fantasy in it at all.
At university someone in the Chaplaincy took a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring from a cupboard and suggested I might enjoy it... He was absolutely right. I set off to absorb as much fantasy as I could get my hands on.
Some 12 years later I met S2C on a blind date. He not only read fantasy but played D&D. And I knew what he was talking about, loved some of the same books, wanted to learn to play D&D. And so the person who suggested I 'might like this book' actually set the foundations for my marriage. Pretty much defines something that changed my life I think!
Day 7 said create a fanwork. A drabble, a ficlet, a podfic, or an icon, art or meta or a rec list. A picspam. Something.
That was easy - I wrote a drabble for the current challenges at Tolkien Weekly - Which is here - and I'll post it on my journal when I have finished the current challenges, as it is part of a set.
Day 8 is today. This is really difficult. It says create a love meme for yourself. Let people tell you how amazing and awesome and loveable you really are.
Mu first reaction was 'Oh no, I couldn't possibly!' But the challenge also says this kind of emotional bravery is really inspiring... Sometimes it's the hardest thing in the world.
And many of my friends doing the challenge have girded their loins and posted this one on their journals.
So feel free to regard this post as my Day 8 'love meme'.
Although I still feel embarrassed asking people to tell me why they are my friends - so in true Brit fashion do feel free to skip on by! But, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
just_ann_now said A word or two, please? Just so we can check the box?
I found this quite difficult - everything I read probably makes my life a little different to how it would have been if I hadn't read it.
Finally I chose Lord of the Rings not for any of the reasons you might expect.
My reading had been anything I laid hands on as a child - books my grandmother won at school, the Biggles books and adventure stories passed on from the son of my father's friend, James Bond books of Dads, modern classics from my English teacher, lots of fiction from the school library. But there was no fantasy in it at all.
At university someone in the Chaplaincy took a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring from a cupboard and suggested I might enjoy it... He was absolutely right. I set off to absorb as much fantasy as I could get my hands on.
Some 12 years later I met S2C on a blind date. He not only read fantasy but played D&D. And I knew what he was talking about, loved some of the same books, wanted to learn to play D&D. And so the person who suggested I 'might like this book' actually set the foundations for my marriage. Pretty much defines something that changed my life I think!
Day 7 said create a fanwork. A drabble, a ficlet, a podfic, or an icon, art or meta or a rec list. A picspam. Something.
That was easy - I wrote a drabble for the current challenges at Tolkien Weekly - Which is here - and I'll post it on my journal when I have finished the current challenges, as it is part of a set.
Day 8 is today. This is really difficult. It says create a love meme for yourself. Let people tell you how amazing and awesome and loveable you really are.
Mu first reaction was 'Oh no, I couldn't possibly!' But the challenge also says this kind of emotional bravery is really inspiring... Sometimes it's the hardest thing in the world.
And many of my friends doing the challenge have girded their loins and posted this one on their journals.
So feel free to regard this post as my Day 8 'love meme'.
Although I still feel embarrassed asking people to tell me why they are my friends - so in true Brit fashion do feel free to skip on by! But, as
just_ann_now said A word or two, please? Just so we can check the box?
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Date: 08/01/2014 10:09 pm (UTC)I have you on my flist because I enjoy your posts, you take wonderful photographs and manage the photoscavenger community with grace and style and even when people (me) don't keep up, you support not nag.
I love the fact that you have seamlessly integrated Dawn into the LoTR world, and have even brought my woobie Spike through to be her friend.
And you are brave, loyal and always inspiring.
*hugs*
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Date: 08/01/2014 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 08/01/2014 10:18 pm (UTC)And, of course, because you're a fellow Pervy Elf Fancier (even if we ultimately prefer different elves - means we don't fight over them!)
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Date: 08/01/2014 10:43 pm (UTC)Your personal Elf is very fanciable - if ever you mislay him you will know where to look :)
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:09 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 08/01/2014 11:12 pm (UTC)I'm so glad we had an opportunity to meet! That London Meetup was one of the best days ever, and I hope we can do it again sometime!
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:26 pm (UTC)We really must meet up again, all of us, it was such an excellent day.
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:19 pm (UTC);)
I do love your posts and how you seem to love life, your family and your Island also...
:)
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:28 pm (UTC)I love all you photos of your travels, too.
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:45 pm (UTC)And incredibly brave to post this. It's so painfully unBritish!
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Date: 09/01/2014 08:30 am (UTC)Snap! I reckon I could post the same thing in your journal.
And yes - horribly unBritish -I wanted to go 'Fine - you can stop now!' after the first comment.
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:47 pm (UTC)What did I see over 40 years ago?
You had, and still have, seeming boundless enthusiasm; I once joked to A. that you were anaerobic (sorry, in-joke) but I think all I meant was that your enthusiasm bubbled over so much.
You were quite as bad as me for only wanting to go to those lectures and labs where we were well taught. Do you remember writing up the Chemistry labs we hadn't done as the requirement was to write up and submit, but nothing about attending?!
You are loyal and kind and love cats. I remember my Tygger and Tiny "nursing" you when you were poorly - I don't suppose you still have the photos?
I think it's great that technology makes it easier to keep up to date, although I do still rather enjoy a "real" letter.
I have so much enjoyed reading your fic since you introduced me to LJ - and I am so impatient for the next update. Hint!
I love comparing "your" island with "mine".
I still use your recipes and your mothers - I wonder how they have evolved?
And finally I can't wait for our 60th celebrations, even though A. and I are making you start to celebrate 6+ months early.
D
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Date: 09/01/2014 08:35 am (UTC)But oh yes, I remember those labs well - you were just better at getting away with it when it came to the end of year exams! Although I think we both ended up doing the right things for us, whereas if I'd passed them I would probably been less happy than I have been by 'crossing the Haymarket' as I did.
I think I have a picture of Tygger and Tiny lying on 'my' bed in your house, but not one with all three of us on it.
And this will certainly be a year to celebrate.
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Date: 08/01/2014 11:50 pm (UTC)I also love the time and effort you put into writerconuk, even though I don't get to go very often, that kind of dedication is what keeps fandom going and I can appreciate it, even from afar.
And if that weren't enough I think you and S2C are just great together.
But yeah, I had difficulty with this one as well - it's definitely the Brit thing :)
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Date: 09/01/2014 08:38 am (UTC)But thank you so much for all these nice things - I am beetroot red as I read!
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Date: 09/01/2014 12:04 am (UTC)I had the same experience. I'm so glad I grew up in a house filled with books of every size and genre.
I love the pictures you post, and the bits of your life you share with us. And I'm still chuckling over... "we just sung a song about it. Mary laid him in the manger. So what happened to the shell?"
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Date: 09/01/2014 12:53 pm (UTC)And thank you so much for the nice words. The shell make me smile, too.
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Date: 09/01/2014 12:12 am (UTC)Skipping off now lol
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Date: 09/01/2014 12:30 am (UTC)I read everything I could as a child too including my Mum's school prizes.
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Date: 09/01/2014 02:29 am (UTC)- Erulisse (one L)
I'm so lucky!
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Date: 09/01/2014 01:00 pm (UTC)I'm sure you are right.
My life is enriched because of you and other LJ friends who weren't even in my wildest dreams as few as ten years ago.
You have put it so well - that is exactly how I feel, too.
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Date: 09/01/2014 06:36 am (UTC)You have been doing
Plus, in person, you are such a very nice person to know.
ETA: oops, correction to tag.
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Date: 09/01/2014 01:02 pm (UTC)I had a very good person in the writercon job ahead of me!
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Date: 09/01/2014 01:05 pm (UTC)**ETA - or even first!
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Date: 09/01/2014 11:50 am (UTC)So nice to see you again! It's been a while since we've been in the same fandom. I love that you're still around. It's really awesome that you're still here and still creative and still contributing.
Anyway, I figured that I'd use this love meme to spread positive vibes by sharing encouraging quotes because I believe that all of us have the potential to be amazing and awesome beyond our wildest dreams and worst fears. This is the quote I picked for you:
♥ Live out loud!
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Date: 09/01/2014 01:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 09/01/2014 02:23 pm (UTC)I'm here from the Snowflake Challenge (I've seen you around outside that, though) and I want to encourage you. A lot, if not all, of the people who've taken part in the Day 8 challenge have said how tough they found it. So you're in good company.
I love the fact you're not afraid to admit what you believe - sometimes admitting it is the hardest thing ever, even in your own space (I know I find that). You're creative and friendly.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. - Saint Basil
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Date: 09/01/2014 07:02 pm (UTC)Day Seven: Lovely drabble and I really do like the sound of the cake, love those spices together.
Day Eight: Sending love your way, both your love of LotR and the cake recipe make you pretty awesome, as well as the fact that you've participated in the challenge.
*Hugs*
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Date: 09/01/2014 08:27 pm (UTC)And I am so pleased that you liked the drabble. I do enjoy drabbling.
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Date: 09/01/2014 08:22 pm (UTC)How nice to hear how you got your hands on LotR, and how awesome that this eventually led to you finding such a great significant other! :o) (On a side note, I think now even more than before we need proper fiction in the Tolkienverse! *g*)
And about the other: ;o) You truly are awesome! I've met such a kind and generous friend in you, welcoming me with open arms into fandom and your online life. I love your stories so much, but perhaps even more the terrific exchange we had over the reviews and some of the points and questions that came up, in reviews or our entries. You are creating such an amazing world with your Returmverse (and also a truly working, believable crossover, no mean feat in my eyes!), a wealth of creativity, imagination, joy, fun and new discoveries, but you're equally creating such a terrific space to meet and interact with others with your photo_scavenger communty, and allow us to participate at your life on your small island. *hugs*
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Date: 09/01/2014 09:13 pm (UTC)Thank you for all these nice things - {{hugs you back}}.
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Date: 09/01/2014 09:57 pm (UTC)I have really enjoyed getting to know you, too, since we met on Inzilbeth's journal.
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Date: 09/01/2014 11:31 pm (UTC)And that is a fine reason for picking that book!
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Date: 10/01/2014 08:35 am (UTC)I do like the way that there are recipes that now turn up all around the world.
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