Music and a poll

[geoviki]

I just posted four songs on audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.

My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.

I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?

I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.

What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.

[Poll #645057]

Comments

[scoradh.livejournal.com]

Frankly, my lack of WIP-reading-ness is not so much due to any fault in the theory of WIP, but rather my inherent raging jealousy. This was always a fairly marked trait, but it's grown to explosion level since entering fandom. I really don't want to see yet another writer who's better than me, gets more attention than me, or both. Nowadays, even when I see a really good tagline or summary, it puts me off rather than entices me. I content myself with reading terrible fic, so that my superiority complex will have a valid excuse.

Also, am seriously impatient. People only post WIPs to get attention, I'm absolutely convinced. I've done it myself, I know. If you have a really long story, you should finish it, and then post it.

And that is all, because I'm late for a rather horrendous tutorial.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to mention, darling, you shouldn't be so afraid to speak your thoughts. If you are always shy and retiring, no one will notice you! Mwahahaha.... *trails off laughing at my own astonishing wit*

This definitely brightened my day.

[scoradh.livejournal.com]

But you know when I tell my friends about porn, they're like "Ahahaha shut up. You don't. Do you?"

And then they run away.

I've had a lifetime of trying to accomodate everyone in the whole 'tire world, I can't stop now!