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The pressures of fandom
9.30.2006 4:38 PM \| Link	Sometimes I think I'm into too much stuff! I know there are many fans who are much more extreme than me, but sometimes I get overwhelmed by all the geeky things I'm interested in. The other day I had lunch with Barron and Ryan and we stopped in Wonko's, which is overflowing with cool toys. Everywhere I looked I found myself thinking, "Wow, it would be fun to start collecting (you name it)." I was really impressed by an awesome Space 1999 Eagle die-cast toy, but it was too expensive for an impulse buy, and I had just bought a die-cast Enterprise recently anyway (which I still haven't photographed)! I also saw a cool series of DC super-hero miniature figures that were screaming at me to buy them. Staying with the geek theme, I recently finished the terrific Revolution on the Planet of the Apes comic series, which made me remember that I'm a big Apes fan! Of course, I still love Star Wars (I've been thinking of ordering a miniature Han Solo blaster replica), which is feeding my LEGO hunger (Slave One is waiting to be built). Besides all the stuff to buy, there's the time requirement for all my obsessions! The new season of Battlestar Galactica is starting next week (thank goodness I'm up to date on the cool webisodes), there are tons of anime series I want to see, plus I'm trying to keep up with all the Jpop videos and Hello! Project TV shows I can find (I usually burn at least two DVDs a week full of various clips to watch)! I haven't even mentioned manga or Nintendo DS gaming or Disney fandom, which is still going strong (in fact, today is an all-Disney music day since I'm getting psyched for a Disneyland trip in a few weeks). Being a fan of so much stuff is definitely tough, but I love it so. I don't mind dedicating my free time to the pursuit of cool stuff! Labels: life


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