Ramblings

[bookaddict43]

Today it dawned on me that is exactly two months before me and the little guy fly out to the US! Two months! I'm not organised enough, RL keeps interfering. His passport needs renewing. My pack has seen better days. He has no warm clothes and the summer stock has been on sale here for the last couple of months.

On the bright side, I've paid for the airfare, South California pass and Flan!! There's a babysitter at Flan so I'm counting on actually getting together with you guys one night to celebrate! I'm really looking forward to this holiday and meeting everyone.

Which leads me to thinking about the aforementioned friends. It was with great trepidation I posted my very first Firefly fan fiction back in September last year. I've always read fan fiction, even back in the days in was printed on the office photocopier and passed from hand to hand. But till I watched Firefly, and Serenity I was never compelled to write it.

I posted first at Fireflyfans.net and was so pleased to be well recieved, developing friendships over there. Then I saw rinalins post about a community she started at Livejournal, went to look and was immediately seized with the desire to belong.

I did join, and I'm grateful to all those then and since who have commented on my stories. Belonging to these LJ communities has been wonderful and I've made some great friends. *waves to my flist* It's these friends who've made me feel comfortable, supplied me with banners, encouraged me with great comments and just made this a great place to be.

Since joining I've discovered all sorts of skills I never had. In the beginning I couldn't even figure out how to post a story! It was thanks to bookistype I got my first one done! Now I can actually make an lj-cut and do the a href thingy and even managed to figure out how to do the links list! See you can teach an old dog new tricks! I've learnt how to use MSN (something I never did before) and love chatting to everybody. I just wish we were in the same timezone sometimes!!

Thanks to all my LJ friends for making this experience such a good one and I hope that there's lots more to come!

Now I've got to stop rambling and go hang out the washing....Anyone want to come over and do the housework???

Comments

[xx-squish-xx.livejournal.com]

Isn't this funny how all this has happened? What was your first fic? I can't remember, it wasn't 12 days was it?? (seriously, my very favorite of your series).

And you'd better get ready for the trip! Remember that once you get to NYC, you could buy the child some souvenir sweatshirts, so you might not have to pack too much (maybe?). And, I can always lend you some stuff when you get to my house (although that will be a while after you get to the U.S., so I dunno if that will help). Eh, you'll have saved up some residual heat from the Aussie sun and be just fine!

[bookaddict43.livejournal.com]

Sunshine and shadows was my first attempt at fanfic - very amateurish, I assure you! Then I just kept going and going....

Twelve days is still your favourite? I'll have to write another installment of the arc - just for you.

[xx-squish-xx.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it hit all the right buttons, Jayne being very competent and Kaylee and even the rest of the crew appreciating him. Very good stuff!

[meimei42.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

God...I don't even remember when I started reading your fic. It was a Jaylee series...can't remember title...I am brain dead.

I hope you enjoy your visit to the states. See you in less than 3 months!

[bookaddict43.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Yes its not long now *bounces* and OMG the organising I still have to do!!

And I'm still writing Jaylee - who can resist with those two? *grins*

[ceslas.livejournal.com]

Flan! I get to finally meet you at Flan!!! I am so excited to meet all my flist who are going, even more so than the stars! (I know, but you guys are my friends who bring the characters to continued life in my mind, and that makes us special!)
You have MSN ;)....hmmmm.....;)

[bookaddict43.livejournal.com]

Yep - that's what makes fanfic special - it continues the wonderfulness of our favourite series'.

my MSN address is fmoroney at dodo dot com dot au. and I'm bookaddict there too....

[maureen.livejournal.com]

Aw shucks, woman. I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm so full of the warm fuzzies about this thing... and it's all about meeting you people. I've never known or gotten close to a group of people online before...and I was a real skeptic! The people I've met and the bonds I've formed (the experience) will be with me the rest of my life. How cool is THAT?

[bookaddict43.livejournal.com]

It's pretty cool isn't it? And same with me - I never thought it possible!!

[bookishtype.livejournal.com]

see now without your computer literate friend (and co-worker) to coerce and bribe you may not have gotten past the photocopying stage!!!

glad to see you enjoying fanfic online so much...

there is a VERY long shopping list being collated that i want whilst you are OS.... *rubs hands together in glee*