The LMB List and Me

[davidklecha]

I'm beginning to think that I'm subscribed to the LMB mailing list more out of a desire to maintain social ties than anything else, and now with LJ helping me maintain the ties I've considered most important, I'm having a hard time justifying my continued membership. It gets about as much of my attention as the spam folder that I glance through really quick to make sure I don't miss any real mail.

When I first resubscribed, it was the reams of Paladin of Souls discussions. Not only have I never really been interested in those point-by-point discussions of a single book, but I don't even have the book yet. Now the discussions look to be heavily weighted toward sex, with speculation on what Miles and Ekaterin did on their honeymoon at the Orb, and talk of naked picture attachments being sent around (even an admonition from James Bryant, indicating someone may have tried to send a picture to the entire list?) And I'm teetering between aggressively disinterested and actively squicked.

So, I'll unsubscribe when I get activated, if not sooner, and I don't think I'll go back. (And boy was that another one; what an outpouring of interest that post of mine received. Not that this is a direct reaction to that howling void, but it sure doesn't make me care more.) I don't think I've ever measured up to the level of intense fandom that I've encountered on that list, anyway. I like the books, I like talking about them... but I don't reread them all regularly, or anything like that. And I'm so so so so not interested in trying to read so deeply between the lines that I know whether or not Miles and Ekaterin played at D/s on their honeymoon to the Orb.

It's been fun... I like you all that I've met there. But... meh.

Comments

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

Word. In fact, wordy mcwordpants.

Which is to say: I've been unsubbed for a couple months, and I've been not reading for quite a bit longer, and. It happens, I guess.

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I didn't think you were still subscribed. And, while I know you did have, at one point, a more intense fan interest than I, I also know that you moved on much sooner than I did.

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. I let digests pile up unread for several days, then delete all but the most recent one. I glance over the subject lines in the table of contents, and more often than not delete the entire digest unread. But I've met some good friends on that list, so I still have a certain fondness for it.

[mycrazyhair.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got to admit that I've been spending a lot less time on the list since I've starting keeping my livejournal. I wander through the archives from time to time, but haven't posted anything to the list in months. Maybe I should just give up and unsubscribe. Still, it was really nice to see everyone at WorldCon this year.

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, the list is always changing, and sometimes it does seem like it changes right out from under you. I've felt just like you are, more than once. And yet, it can be fun, and there are so many great people there, not to mention one gets the occasional Lois tidbit. Maybe if you take a break, you will feel like coming back one of these days.

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Well, as I've mentioned repeatedly (but seems to be utterly ignored by many), I'm going away for a year, and I'll be unsubscribing. As with questions of "what are you going to do about school?" I play this one pretty much the same. Right now, I feel like I won't want to continue (with the list or school) when I get back, but we'll see how I feel when I actually get back. Pointless making plans or resolutions now, even if I knew precisely when I would be coming home, which I don't.