Oldbies and trying to keep up

[alice_loves_cats]

Anne U wrote:

> You were wise to take this tack, Abigail. I joined HPFGU about 6 
> months ago (right after finishing GOF for the first time) and back 
> then was trying to read every message. I managed to keep up for 
about 
> 3-4 months, I guess, 

Alice:

Woah. I kept it up for about three weeks, I quit sleeping, and just 
read. But that had a reason: a WANTED to be half-dead all the time, 
because it completely stopped me THINKING, and that was something I 
really wanted to avoid. I loved the fact that I was sleepy, tired, 
nasty and looking really downtrodden all the time, cause it matched 
my mood. So for some free psychology, I recommend surfing the all 
night. I developed some sort of an illness by the end of it, anyway, 
mission completed. :-)))

Anne U:

> So I started reading a lot of fan fiction. Mostly I'm 
> focusing on a few of the BNFs (AngieJ, Lissanne, Lori, now working 
on 
> Barb's HP and the Psychic Serpent, which is lots of fun). 

Alice:

BNFs??? (Sorry, am newbie by all definitions...)

Anne U:

>(poor plots, bad 
> grammar and punctuation, MarySues, etc.) 

Alice:

MarySues??? (see above)

Anne U:

> Anyway thanks for reminding me about the folks whose posts I pretty 
> much *always* read when I was really keeping up  with the list. 

Alice:

I have my own favourite, but I'm not giving it away. Would be really 
stupid to have a crush on an otherwise unknown HPFGU-poster, wouldn't 
it? :-)))

Love, Alice
---back to Corporate Finance - exam tomorrow