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07 December 2012 @ 09:17 am
ATTF: friending time.  
Greetings, best bar on earth!!  Man I have missed this place. This time of year is always so crazy-busy, and there's always so much to get done that it seems to fly by in a kind of haze (I know I've pretty much been doing my own zombie walk just trying to make it through, and a huge shoutout to Bob for some much needed fic therapy; it's totally keeping my ass sane right now.)

But how goes it, y'all? [livejournal.com profile] shenshen77and I were talking the other day and she had mentioned that we hadn't had a good old-fashioned friending meme in a while, and I thought that sounded like a dandy idea. I also think we need a good impromptu dance party and a chance to chat and hang out with old friends and make new ones and just be our awesome selves.

So please come by and introduce yourself. Say a few words about how you found this place or this ship and what your interests are. Check out other people's comments. Feel free to stalk them (in a non-creepy and completely respectful way) and comment crash-- hell, this place was built on comment-crashing (you think I'm kidding but I'm not.) There is no form to fill out becuase I'm allergic to forms. Free jazz all the way, bb. ;)

ETA on the introductions: no need to go into detail on the personal stuff. share as much as you feel comfortable with. i always like being a little cautious on that front, this being the internets and all. <3

Pics, gifs, randomness, chitchat, melarkly, and general bedlam are always encouraged. I've missed you guys. <3

ALSO-- I'm posting a sign-up sheet in the comments for future ATTF posts. We have had some amazing guest hosts and I thank each and every one of you. Y'all are constantly raising the level of discourse (and squee) around here and it's awesome. So for anyone thinking about signing up-- don't be a stranger, m'kay?
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[identity profile] paksenarrion2.livejournal.com on December 10th, 2012 02:00 am (UTC)
Re: There is NEVER a bad time to talk about/display JR arm porn
Well I do TALK about The Avengers-like talking about the movie release dates so hopefully that will clue them in.

although the three LoTR Lego kits that I just bought, will be assembling and displaying might throw them off.

And I do admit, I love Lego.
http://lar_laughs.livejournal.com/: Marvel - Clint colored lens[identity profile] lar_laughs.livejournal.com on December 10th, 2012 02:14 am (UTC)
Re: There is NEVER a bad time to talk about/display JR arm porn
Because LEGOs are COOL!

I'm really tempted to buy the Firefly set (that isn't a true LEGO release) but I don't really think spending over $300 on a huge ship would be smart at this juncture!
[identity profile] paksenarrion2.livejournal.com on December 10th, 2012 02:52 am (UTC)
Re: There is NEVER a bad time to talk about/display JR arm porn
*ahem*

Well I did just spend $250 on the three LoTR Lego kits.

*whistles* But I got the three Avengers kits free after using Discover card cash back bonuses so you know-Merry Christmas to me.

And Legos are cool. I played with them as a kid. In fact, I had a whole trunk full of them. Except they weren't all the cool things they have now. It was all bricks and flats. No shapes or wheels or cool things like that. But my imagination sufficed quite well. I would build whole cities and then play with my barbie and GI Joe dolls. (Barbie usually drove the Tonka truck through the city *g*)
http://lar_laughs.livejournal.com/: TBBT - king of nerds[identity profile] lar_laughs.livejournal.com on December 10th, 2012 03:13 am (UTC)
Re: There is NEVER a bad time to talk about/display JR arm porn
Ah, the days when LEGOs came without the imagination included! I get so frustrated with them now because you have to play with them the way they think you should play with them. And the girl-ification of them has me a bit miffed but I know it's just a tactic to garner more money going into the holiday buying season.

I never had enough to build cities so used boxes for that. I still have this thing about boxes... like I should be using them for something instead of recycling them. It's particularly bad at work where I'm constantly carting flattened boxes to the bins. All those cities... reduced to rubble!
[identity profile] paksenarrion2.livejournal.com on December 10th, 2012 04:01 am (UTC)
Re: There is NEVER a bad time to talk about/display JR arm porn
Yeah, I just started getting back into Lego a couple of weeks ago. On one hand, the kits are great because I am looking to build sets to display and not really-at this point in time-looking to build things to play with.

But the girl-ification of Lego is really an overall symptom of the entire toy/media industrial complex. Girls like all things pink/frilly/"traditionally feminine" and boys like things blue/gritty-dirty/"traditionally masculine".

So girls get toys like the Easy Bake Oven, all the Barbie crap (and yes, there are a few Barbie dolls that are Doctors or other role models but tbh, I hate the whole concept) and marketed pink and purple Lego kits.

Boys get Hot Wheels, Tonka Trucks, GI Joe and really cool Lego kits.

For fuck's sake, Amazon.com has links to girls toys and boys toys. And guess what each page has??

Let's not get started on the unrealistic ideals that girls are expected to live up to with respect to beauty ideals.

/soapbox

Sorry, I have lots of feels about this.

Boxes are fun to play with. I used those a lot as well. They made cool forts. I think, because when I was a kid we didn't have computers or the internet, we had to make a lot of our own fun so we had to rely more on our imagination.