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curiouswombat) wrote2014-01-08 09:46 pm
curiouswombat) wrote2014-01-08 09:46 pm
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Snowflake Meme.
Day 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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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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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.