freshers' fair

[sebastienne]

ok, so my heart *did* leap when i saw the LGBT stall. and i felt bad immediately, because i know how ridiculous it is to feel a sense of 'belonging' with all non-heterosexual people. but then the two behind the stall beamed at me and i just wanted to give them a great big hug! because, however wrong it is, the thing i have been missing about home the most is just the sexual diversity of everybody. i need to identify as queer and, i am beginning to think, i need to socialise with others who identify the same way. half the girls i talk to here have boyfriends back home. i'd got so used to being openly gay and all of a sudden everyone here is assuming i'm straight. and i am actually scared to put them right.

the girl behind the stall was wearing a rainbow flag as a cape. LGBT drinks on monday... do i dare turn up alone?

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[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

i have spoken to one girl who was vaguely aware that 'one of her friends wrote porn about manga people' but, apart from that, oxford life is very lacking in fannish affiliations.

wanna meet sometime next week?

~emma

[servalan.livejournal.com]

Next week (week 1) is turning out to be quite hectic.

Maybe next weekend, or sometime in week 2? (Ooooh, and see if you can't find out more about the girl who writes 'porn about manga people'. **fun thought** We should start a fanfic meetup for Oxford.)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

yes! at the freshers' fair there was a tolkien society, a sci-fi society, a role-play society... but noo fanfic society. i have to say i was mildly dissappointed. there must be lots of us out there...

sure thing, whenever we're both free. :)

[servalan.livejournal.com]

Hey hey!

Guess what? I'm starting a fanfic society. (Actually, it's the "Folklore and Fanfiction Society", or "3F".)

Currently, including yourself, there are 3 members. That just means you can pick any officership position you want. **grin**

Our first meeting is on Sunday at 4pm at the Grand Cafe on High Street(high/cream tea) . . . assuming that's all right with you. This meeting will be a general "get to know you" and deciding on our activities/whatnot for the term.

See you this weekend,
Janine (Univ. college, short reddish hair, glasses, maybe I'll make a placard)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

noo! i have wadham chapel choir. but this sounds cooler. hmm...

if it'll be a one-off, meeting on a sunday afternoon, then i figure i can plead a 'subsequent engagement' to the choir people.

do the officerships have silly names like 'captain of the ship' and suchlike?

*is fangirlishly excited*

~emma, who will undoubtedly be wearing something purple. and has a bag shaped like a guitar.

Sorry to jump in...

[like-achilles.livejournal.com]

hiya - I'm also hopefully going along on Sunday, so I thought I'd say hello here first.

I'm a modern history grad at Univ, more into reading fic than writing but I guess that counts? Also a London exile by the way...

cheers,
Rhian

Re: Sorry to jump in...

[servalan.livejournal.com]

Hello, dahlink.

I'm friending you now. Mwahaha. You cannot stop me. **is a tad tired after sitting through her 8th hour of lecture for the day** (<--- don't tell me that I brought the last 2 hours upon myself voluntarily. I'm perfectly aware.)

Re: Sorry to jump in...

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

ohh, i'm more into reading than writing as well. in fact, the only writing i have going on at the moment is exchanging chapters with my friend at cambridge as a way of keeping up!

what's your fandom(s)?

[servalan.livejournal.com]

The officerships I've chosen have serious names b/c I figure I can fit them on my CV. However, we can come up with "officerships vulgaris" or some such to match against these. And you're perfectly welcome to be a swabbie if you really want to.

I picked Sunday this week b/c it was the first day I didn't have some crazy freshers week conflict. (Heck, earlier on Sunday, I *do* have a conflict!)

The Sunday "General Meeting" is going to be all fangirlish, as well as spent deciding what we're going to do with our society. (I figure that the "folklore" element gives it a modicum of respectability, so I'm going to be playing to that, among other things.)

Is Sunday this week a serious problem? We could shuffle it off to . . . errr . . . next Thursday if it is.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

well, i'd rather not miss choir. but if there's no other time until next thursday, and it is just this once... i could be persuaded. there's twice as many altos as any other part anyways.

[servalan.livejournal.com]

I'm flexible on time to later in the day. When is your choral practice over? (I should really consult with cannons_at_dawn before I say stuff like this.)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

well, it's rehearsal from 4-5.30 and then we do evensong at 6.30. so, if i were to go, i wouldn't be free 'til about 8.

meaning, if it is to be sunday, i may as well not go.

[like-achilles.livejournal.com]

Hi - if Sunday is a bother then any day next week is fine, except Tuesday and possibly Thursday.