That's too techical for me, tommyrot. You'll need example graphics in your column.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 03, 2004 4:50:19 pm PDT #2102 of 10001
What is even happening?
Narrator - Sep 03, 2004 6:17:01 pm PDT #2103 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Can we mock her?
Isn't this a Mock at Your Own Risk board?
tiggy - Sep 03, 2004 7:12:51 pm PDT #2104 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
there hasn't been a good Mock Narrator Day in quite a while. that should be rectified. *nod*
erikaj - Sep 03, 2004 7:33:36 pm PDT #2105 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hi! Just checking in while following the board faker story...I have a mom, a dog and a relatively undramatic brain disorder(and kind of a funny story about trying to find Casa Allyson while getting lost in a Quick Lube.) The part where I got the donation and my kitty died the same day would sound like BS to me if I didn't know myself and the strange life I've got. And whenever I start to get negative, I think about y'all extending yourselves for me. And I think I'll be pissed off at the universe forever for messing up the trip, but hopefully my luck will improve next time.ETA: I have statements showing where the $ went, but I'm thrilled that y'all don't ask.
SailAweigh - Sep 03, 2004 8:05:16 pm PDT #2106 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
erika, it was a gift. It's your own damn business what you do with it. I'm glad you could at least get to LA to see Nilly. Even if it turned out you couldn't go, it was still a gift, for you. Just because we can do it.
erikaj - Sep 04, 2004 2:03:29 pm PDT #2107 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks again...(shakes fist at PTB that I had to go back early)
aurelia - Sep 06, 2004 4:14:02 am PDT #2108 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Wow. Normally when I haven't checked a thread for weeks (or months) I'll just skip to the recent stuff. I'm so glad I didn't do that in this thread. Fascinating stuff.
Allyson - Sep 06, 2004 1:36:49 pm PDT #2109 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Research. Well, google, anyway. Found this definition for Big Name Fan.
BNF:
Big Name Fan; a fan of accomplishment who is not merely "well known" but "well liked" throughout the microcosm. It is important to note that, unlike certain other designations (e.g., "fan", "neofan", "trufan") one cannot legitimately claim BNFdom for one's self; to do so invites laughs of derision, since it's a term of admiration which must be applied to you by others, if at all. Because fandom is an anarchistic meritocracy, a BNF has status but no real power.
Is fandom an anarchistic meritocracy? Isn't BNF a term of derision? ie, get a fucking life, yo?
Kristen - Sep 06, 2004 1:47:30 pm PDT #2110 of 10001
a fan of accomplishment who is not merely "well known" but "well liked" throughout the microcosm.
See, I thought being feared and despised was part of being a BNF.
Consuela - Sep 06, 2004 1:52:01 pm PDT #2111 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think the definition of BNF has mutated some since the move to LJ, frankly.
When I was first in internet-based fandom, there were the fans, and there were the so-called "divas", who were perceived as self-important, faux-friendly, and above the masses.
Realspace fandom has been using the term BNF for yonks, and Nutty can probably correct me, but I think since at least the 50s. Referred mostly to fans who put together cons and zines, you know: the folks who did the infrastructure work that held the fandom together. I don't believe it had any negative connotation (I could be wrong about this).
After the rise of LJ, "BNF" showed up in internet fandom, and it almost instantly had a negative connotation. A BNF was someone who was well-known but that some people didn't like, and one was supposed to deny BNF-dom if accused of it.
Now I think it carries both meanings: can be neutral, can be negative.