the madness continues

Hah. It seems I couldn't have chosen a better time to rekindle my love for the VC fandom. Which, I thought, was nearly dead when I first dove back into it about two years ago. And which is now at an absolute peak of activity due to the recent announcement of Anne Rice's new vampire series. Yep. Believe it or not - or Google it if you don't - but there is a novel called Prince Lestat, due to be released at the end of October. Whether that is in fact a good thing, remains open for debate - and there IS a major debate raging on, let me tell you - but one thing seems certain: the news has brought fandom to frenetic life, and what I see happening around me now is pretty much the same glorious madness I remember from my most intense LOTR years (2004-2006 or thereabouts). Who knew? Life is such a ridiculous party train sometimes. Not in my wildest thoughts could I have anticipated this... any more than I could have anticipated meeting someone who would seem unable to go through the day without making at least some sort of contact with me, some sort of acknowledgement of our shared obsession. It always seemed like the kind of thing that happened to OTHER people. You know, the OUTGOING crowd. I could only witness it from a distance and blink in amazement. And yet, it happened so easily, almost before I knew it. Of course, there was a gradual buildup, and the same applies to fandom activity in general... but from where I stand right now, it looks like an explosion, a crazy supernova. Keeping up with it requires pretty much all the time and energy I have at my disposal. Obviously, I still feel the urge to post in here, or I wouldn't be doing it; but carving out the time for it is becoming more and more of a challenge. Just saying...

On the RL front, my workplace is moving. Our lease on the current office space expires at the end of the year, and we won't be renewing, because they managed to figure out a better deal somewhere else. ( Read more... )