(Current and belated hippo birdies!)

I almost always refer to us as "that message board that I read," which makes it all feel very clandestine. They don't mock, and I linked once, but I doubt that any of them will make it much past the front page.

I don't have any idea how to explain the fanfic, especially the slash. Particularly to my close male friends. I mentioned it once to my best friend (male), and he gave me a very funny look, and we never spoke of it again. A few female friends get it, and one's in HP fandom, so it's nice to have someone else who gets the lingo.

Vampire Slayer Act of 2006 Approved by California Assembly No really - that's the name of the act.

The Vampire Slayer Act of 2006 has been approved by the California Assembly. AB1970, a bill proposed by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, would force companies to put labels on devices that tell consumers how much energy is being used while the device is in standby mode. AB1970 supporters claim that the average household will pay an additional $200 per year due to electronics on standby. However, not everyone is pleased with the Vampire Slayer Act -- the Consumer Electronics Association, Electronic Industries Alliance and the American Electronic Association believe the bill will ultimately confuse consumers.

Some staffer was up waaaay too late working on that bill.

DebetEsse! I think I haven't posted with you since you deserved a big congratulation on the teaching license, so I'm late with it, but it's still here.

Is it similar to the way in which groups of friends, of a certain person, may not inter-mingle between themselves, or do you (um, in the plural sense) think there's something unique about the whole thing, being conducted online, or on a specific virtual space, or something?

In my case, it's the "buffyness". he might have been able to grok it (but not be interested) while the show was on, but now that the show is over, he would ask "what's there to talk about"

My student worker, who is 23 and has a dog named Frodo, just referred to the fact that he reads Harry Potter fanfic in his free time. Since he is engaged and a divinity school student, I managed to refrain from asking if he'd read Lust Over Pendle, which is the only Harry Potter fanfic I've actually heard of.

Thanks, Nilly! I'm in the middle of the additional classes I have to take to get my Master's, so it's certainly appreciated now.

I'm in the middle of the additional classes I have to take to get my Master's

Is that a summer semester? When are you supposed to be finished? Can I ask more questions?

The Israeli translator of the "Harry Potter" books gave a talk here last week. She mentioned, among other things, that the strangest slash pairing she's ever heard of was Lily (I'm probably misspelling her name) and the Giant Squid. At least I knew what "slash" was when she explained it to the audience. And that was totally thanks to b.org, and I would never have been able to explain it to most people I know in face-space.

I have friends I've told about my "imaginary internet friends" and one who knows which board. She seems to have looked around in here from something she mentioned, but the others sort of shrug and go on to something else.

A couple of my RL friends know about "my internet friends" in a vague kind of way, but most don't. My sister knows "the buffistas" and could find her way here any time (pretty sure I have it bookmarked on her computer, in fact) but doesn't. She's met a buffista or two as well. My father knows about "those Buffy people" but probably couldn't figure out the board or lj if he tried. Either way, I'm not too concerned.