Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.
– Dale Evans
Christmas
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Birthdays
StandardI grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
― Ovid, Metamorphoses
Or
Happy Birthday. You have a free pastry at Panera.
– my son, this morning
Black Friday
StandardIf a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.
~Frank A. Clark
Thanks Be To G-d
StandardFor each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotation
StandardI thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.
– Virginia Woolf
Quotation
StandardWe’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
– Jerry Garcia
Quotation
StandardThere’s a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called ‘fan fiction’.
– Josh Whedon
Quotation
StandardFandom is less like being in love than like being in love with love.
– Michael Joseph-Gross
Quotation
It’s because we have no other choice.
– Sam Winchester, Supernatural. Season 6, Episode 15: The French Mistake
I’ve chosen this quotation for three reasons. For fans of Supernatural, this is an amusing line from The French Mistake when Jared Padalecki was playing Sam Winchester who was playing Jared Padalecki. He was attempting to act, which Sam did very poorly, but it spoke volumes for Jared’s talent.
For those of you who have no idea what I’m referring to, that’s okay. The second reason I picked it because it succinctly states most of the fans in fandom. We’re in fandom because we have no other choice. Fandom has called to each of us individually and drew us into their world. However we interact in it and with it, it is a large part of our lives.
Tonight is the premiere of the 200th episode of Supernatural. It has been on television for ten seasons, premiering in 2005. This is a big deal for a TV show. Not many make this milestone. I am excited and pleased to be a part of this fandom and look forward to the rest of the season and series, however long it will be.
I started posting about fandom yesterday, but this week, I’m highlighting the appeal that fandom life has for many of us in it as well as the differences between the casual fan and the fandom fan.
I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to your comments and insight into your own fannish lives and hobbies. All are welcome.
Quotation
StandardBy recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands –your own.
– Mark Victor Hansen
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 