Sometimes Fandom Feels Too Much Like Work.

This morning on Rosenrot, Beekay tweaked me for "quoting images when they're still on the same page." Well, excuse me. I thought it was standard Internet practice to quote that to which you were responding so as to avoid confusion. If I don't quote, how is anyone supposed to know to which image I'm referring? There can be more than an image per page. Her board, her rules, but it strikes me as a ridiculously anal-retentive rule. Feh. Perhaps it's best if I simply revert to lurking and avoid the clit-pinching dramatics altogether

Maybe I'm so hypersensitive about this because the shower is clogged and I'm enduring the Red Bloat and need to wash my hair. It's a rather rank, sticky conundrum. Roomie has gone to the grocery store for baking soda and white vinegar, that homebrew drain cleaner. Hopefully, it works because the idea of pouring corrosive liquids down there doesn't inspire much enthusiasm. Suppose it returns like a vengeful demon to peel the flesh from my feet while I'm scrubba-dub-dubbing? There's a bottle of Liquid Plumbr on standby just in case, but I'd rather use a pipe snake if it came to that.

Apparently, the demand for Rammstein tickets was so hight that the website servers crashed at 7PM German time, leaving many desperate fans in the lurch, and predictably, the outraged howling has begun. For the record, I don't blame them. I'd be pissed, too, if I only had one outlet for tickets to see my favorite band and that outlet crashed because the management failed to anticipate the huge demand. Pilgrim, in their customary bumbling fashion, isn't exactly rushing to remedy the problem, since the servers weren't expected to be restored until late afternoon today. They did, however, promise to add more Berlin shows.

Some estimates claim that more than 150,000 fans have tried to purchase tickets. It sounds like fannish hyperbole, but if it's true, bravo for Rammstein.

I'm started a Rammstein slush fund so I'll be ready if and when US dates are announced. I figure U.S. dates won't even be announced until at least New Year's, and so I'll have six months to scrimp and save. If Rammstein comes near me, I'll be ready, and if they don't, then I'll have a handy nest egg for other things.

I saw The Taking of Pelham 123 yesterday, but more on that tomorrow, because I'm just too hot, sticky, and crampy to care right now.

Sometimes Fandom Feels Too Much Like Work.

This morning on Rosenrot, Beekay tweaked me for "quoting images when they're still on the same page." Well, excuse me. I thought it was standard Internet practice to quote that to which you were responding so as to avoid confusion. If I don't quote, how is anyone supposed to know to which image I'm referring? There can be more than an image per page. Her board, her rules, but it strikes me as a ridiculously anal-retentive rule. Feh. Perhaps it's best if I simply revert to lurking and avoid the clit-pinching dramatics altogether

Maybe I'm so hypersensitive about this because the shower is clogged and I'm enduring the Red Bloat and need to wash my hair. It's a rather rank, sticky conundrum. Roomie has gone to the grocery store for baking soda and white vinegar, that homebrew drain cleaner. Hopefully, it works because the idea of pouring corrosive liquids down there doesn't inspire much enthusiasm. Suppose it returns like a vengeful demon to peel the flesh from my feet while I'm scrubba-dub-dubbing? There's a bottle of Liquid Plumbr on standby just in case, but I'd rather use a pipe snake if it came to that.

Apparently, the demand for Rammstein tickets was so hight that the website servers crashed at 7PM German time, leaving many desperate fans in the lurch, and predictably, the outraged howling has begun. For the record, I don't blame them. I'd be pissed, too, if I only had one outlet for tickets to see my favorite band and that outlet crashed because the management failed to anticipate the huge demand. Pilgrim, in their customary bumbling fashion, isn't exactly rushing to remedy the problem, since the servers weren't expected to be restored until late afternoon today. They did, however, promise to add more Berlin shows.

Some estimates claim that more than 150,000 fans have tried to purchase tickets. It sounds like fannish hyperbole, but if it's true, bravo for Rammstein.

I'm started a Rammstein slush fund so I'll be ready if and when US dates are announced. I figure U.S. dates won't even be announced until at least New Year's, and so I'll have six months to scrimp and save. If Rammstein comes near me, I'll be ready, and if they don't, then I'll have a handy nest egg for other things.

I saw The Taking of Pelham 123 yesterday, but more on that tomorrow, because I'm just too hot, sticky, and crampy to care right now.