Fannish Fifty Challenge: Post # 12: Fandom Has Enriched My Life

[ride_4ever]

Yesterday I posted on LJ about it being my 12th LJversary and that it pretty much coincides with my general fanniversary. I want to share here that one of the comments I received (from grey853) was "Oh, happy day! I hope fandom has enriched your life as much as it has mine," and I want to share here the comment I made back to her. I responded with "Yes, fandom has enriched my life so much: given me a sense of community, widened my circle of friends, sparked my creativity, turned me into a traveller who attends cons and who gets invited to visit fan-friends both in my home country and abroad. (And I embody my fandom love 24/7 with my due South tattoos on both arms from shoulder to wrist.)

Comments

[verushka70]

Huzzah! I mean, fandom led us to befriend each other... and discover we lived in the same town, lol! Perfect for getting together for fannish and friendship reasons... and even if we don't live in the same town anymore, we still live in adjoining towns! 🙂

I envy your fannish ink... I just still haven't gotten past that tattoo "what if I don't like it and it's permanent??" block in my mind yet.

[ride_4ever]

<3 <3 <3

[baronjanus]

Fandom is certainly a huge part of how my life became what it is today

...Also I'm so curious about the tats!

[ride_4ever]

Love to talk about my tats. What do you want to know?

And...do you have any ink?

[baronjanus]

Kind of.. everything? Everything you're comfortable sharing. What's in them, for example.

I have a little one, Bowie related actually, and vague plans for a future.

[corvidology]

Happy anniversary! ♥

The tats sound like true dedication!

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly!

And yes, so dedicated. I did not have a single tat before due South fandom...and BTW, I'm getting another one later this summer.

[scintilla10]

Aww, yay! Happy fanniversary! :D May there be many more years of enrichment.

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly!

[kuwdora]

♥ !!!!!! happy fandomversary ride!!!!! the joy of fandom always continues. ♥ !!!!

[ride_4ever]

TYK!

And <3 !

[mergatrude]

♥ ♥ ♥

[ride_4ever]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 moar.

[adafrog]

:)

[ride_4ever]

❤️

[amalthia]

Happy anniversary! :) I'm also grateful for all the people I've met in fandom.

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly!

(And you're certainly one of the people I'm so glad to have met in fandom. Plus sharing talk about the library biz.)

[amalthia]

I have a great time talking about libraries. :) I rarely attend my state library association conferences and it's fun seeing what other librarians are doing. It's also great meeting fans with different fandom interests. :)

[ride_4ever]

More library talk when I email.

And I've been feeling like I need a vacation day at home to get caught up on emails. /o\

[clarasteam]

Happy fanniversary! ❤️❤️❤️

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly! 😊

[luzula]

Late comment, but happy faniversary! : )