Yep, it's started.

This morning I dreamt I was Hutch and I was with Starsky and we were in a post-apocalyptic world. We found this huge transparent glass dome in the middle of the desert, and we went in, and it was filled with a breathtaking variety of plant life, and thousands upon thousands of bees. I was walking barefoot through it, and stepped in some pollen, and the pollen got stuck to my foot, and it was warm and pulsating.

An interesting meme

Stolen from todayiamadaisy...

How did you come to start your LJ?

Well, when I bought my computer in October 2003, I spent a lot of time going through Mummy fanfiction online, which I was introduced to by my RL friend bookwench2096. Then I found Snape fanfiction, and I spent a few months reading, skimming, or checking out the summary for every single Snape fanfic on ff.net at the time (I am serious). When I was done with that, I started doing more searches, and somehow I landed at pottersues. Honestly, I got a LJ account just so I could join in the fun there.

Once I had the account, I decided to start posting. Keep in mind that I've never had a diary or journal that lasted more than three pages, so this was pretty cool. I got memey for a while, and then started posting personal stuff and fandom stuff. Because people were interacting with me, it made it so much more interesting and fun, and I kept it up (clearly).

How did you find your first friends?

Well, I found a LJ comm devoted to h/c Snape (unfortunately, it no longer exists), and I was fascinated by the different people in the comm. I started watching deepforestowl's journal, but didn't really understand the friending thing. I emailed a few people to tell them about my LJ, and it turns out that my (now) sister-in-law gypsyjolie had a journal, as well as my dear friend kitschicat, and there were other RL friends, too, like bob_the_mighty. Anyway, they friended me, and I figured out the friends page. After that I started friending people I interacted with on pottersues like luvboromir24601. It just snowballed from there.

Are those first friends still on your FL?

Yeah, everyone I just mentioned is. There were a couple from that first batch whom I ended up defriending.

How long have you been on LJ?

April 20th, 2004, so nearly five years. This is entry #1641, I believe.

Do you have more friends or communities on your FL? Do you do a lot of friends cuts? What would make you un-friend someone immediately?

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Still sick. Send Starsky & Hutch DVDs.

So. I am still feeling fairly miserable, though I can tell that I've turned the corner (after 58 of these bastards, I should know). Etsy & eBay have slowed as predicted. I have a new Riptide story burbling in my head.

I have a show on Sunday, and I've been sorting merchandise. That's the good thing about working at home; it doesn't take a lot of effort for me to sit and do something, even though I'm rather energyless. Also, I've been absolutely glutting myself on S&H fanfic. There's a ton of it. This show is even slashier than Riptide, and that's saying something. So I've gotten waaay into Hutch h/c, and I've watched several eps with Hutch h/c overtones on YouTube, and I've found all sorts of amazing S&H resources on the web. A couple Riptide actors have been on the show, in fact; most notably, Quinlan. Anyway, S&H definitely hit a nerve with the public. I look at how much fanfic and how many zines were generated and I'm impressed. Riptide--now, that doesn't seem to have made the same impression, even though it was in the top ten more than once, I believe.

Also, I have been mainlining Miami Vice. For the past few years I've asked for MV DVD sets for my birthday/etc., and at this point I have all five seasons. Now, during the eighties, I was into several shows bigtime, you know, couldn't miss. But the number one of them all was MV. I absolutely loved that show. Way loved. I adored it. I mean, I watched Riptide when I could, but MV? I was planted on the couch for that one every single Friday night.

Well, I haven't even cracked the boxed sets open until two days ago, when I finally watched the last Riptide ep. All this time, I'd see the boxes on my shelf and think, maybe I just blew my birthday money for nothing (though a couple years ago I did watch an ep on TV and it still seemed interesting).

Long story short, I've just watched the first six eps, and OMG. OMG. I love this show. I was so right to love it before, too. It's a good show. You know, I adored Airwolf, but I watch it now and just cringe. MV has a cringe-worthy moment here and there, but holy cow--it's terrific. I watched an ep last night that was enthralling (and that's despite the fact that Bruce Willis was wearing the Silliest Pants Ever). I'm sure that most of this is all due to a healthy dollop of nostalgia, but honestly, I think that the plots are...much better than expected. Though maybe that's just because of what else I've been watching.

And Starsky & Hutch both directed eps of it. lol.

Oh yeah, and Michael Mann wrote for S&H.