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fandomsecrets2011-08-30 08:08 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2011-08-30 08:08 pm
[ SECRET POST #1701 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1701 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[screamland]
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[Glee]
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[seikimatsu occult gakuin]
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[MLP: FiM]
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[Allstate]
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[Deadman Wonderland/Madoka Magica]
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[DC Comics/ Cirque du Soleil]
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[Mortal Kombat]
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[A:tLA]
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[Bleach]
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[Beauty and the Beast]
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[d.gray-man]
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[Lady Gaga]
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[Assassin's Creed]
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16. [repeat]
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[Uta no Prince-sama]
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[The Matrix/The Cell]
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[Ugly Betty]
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[Spirited]
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[Dynasty Warriors]
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[Doctor Who]
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[FF7]
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[Sherlock (BBC)]
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[Ranma 1/2]
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[American Psycho]
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[Flight of the Conchords/The Simpsons]
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[Ai no Kusabi]
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[Mass Effect 2]
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[Lazytown]
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[kara no kyoukai]
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[That 70s Show]
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[Matt Berry]
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[Saiyuki]
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[SPN]
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[Gargoyles]
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[Spitting Image]
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[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]
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[Pride and Prejudice]
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[Vocaloid]
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[Star Wars: the Clone Wars]
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[Big Bang Theory]
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[Vampire Diaries]
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[FMA]
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[Phineas and Ferb, Homestuck]
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[Formula One: Ayrton Senna/Gerhard Berger]
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[Alpha Protocol]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 143 secrets from Secret Submission Post #243.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Thing is, at that retail job, I was so much more reliable than most of my coworkers (not to say I'm awesome, just... most of them were exactly the type of slacker who didn't care if they ever got anything better than a retail/fast food job, or if they got fired from this retail job because there were always more retail/fast food jobs) that I was trusted to work alone, and I worked quickly. So I'd get all my tasks done in an hour and spend most of the rest of my solitary shift with my laptop writing fanfic, or watching Star Trek, or playing games on the DS or PSP.
Now that I have the real job, I don't have 5-6 hours a day to devote to writing fanfic and gaming anymore... and I kind of miss it. I wrote a lengthy fic in six months back then, and I've been working on the sequel for a year, and it's still not done. :P
But on the brighter side, the better pay means I don't have to be quite so worried about budgeting for cosplay. And a mature work environment with mature coworkers means I never have to worry about having the vacation time I put in for six months ago for a non-refundable convention revoked because three people quit/were fired within a week's time just before I was supposed to leave. (Yes, this happened. More than once.) I'm learning programming skills at work that are letting me create neat fandom-related things that I couldn't previously do. And somewhat more self-centered - I feel a lot better when I go to a convention or meetup or whatever, and when they ask what I do, I can say that I'm in web development rather than "night shift gas station attendant". It feels kind of good to prove wrong the snobs who assume that all fandom people have no life or aspirations outside fandom.
So... yeah. It's a mixed bag. Time vs. money, I think - I was used to having more time than money, and now that it's the opposite, it feels weird. I think those of us in such a position just need to figure out how to balance everything - that's what I'm trying to work on, anyway. And part of that is realizing how horribly unbalanced my life was previously.