I'm in love with your strict machine (not)

Okay, so I'm a sort of yaoi kick. I thought I'd never have an interest in dirty cartoons ever again, having gone through a "het" (i.e., tentacle/schoolgirl) phase several years back, much to Mr. Glove's bafflement. Anyway, to further explore the, er, art form, I discovered a way to be provided with vid files if I were to subscribe to a certain online storage service, as the files are obviously too large to send via email.

So I paid via Paypal, which supposedly would give me instantaneous access. That was about 14 hours ago. Yeah, I counted. I am still "awaiting processing," which implies some actual person somewhere has to input data. I find this kind of thing incredibly annoying because a business that sells technical services online should have this sort of system FULLY AUTOMATED, or so I think. In fact, I believe it the way some people believe in god. I mean, how unprofessional and borderline Luddite is that?

I emailed them a slightly snarky but reasonable message asking when I could expect to be processed and got back a cheery, contentless message with a tracking number and a request that I use the tracking number. Fine. Fuckers. So I sent them the same text with an additional note AND the tracking number.

And got back another tracking number.

No people handy to be blamed, and incompetent machines. I just want my fucking yaoi (which is a fannish kindness, and not even something I'm paying for...I just need the space I've paid for).

And re: Mr. Glove's bafflement. While I often find it peculiar and frustrating that he doesn't just follow me down my pornish paths with slavering enthusiasm, it's probably a good thing. Were he matching me in my fervor, I can see that I could easily end up turning tricks on a dirty mattress in the back of a van. So, I'll take the opportunity here to give thanks for Mr. Glove's moderate prudishness. Thanks, honey.

how did I get here?

smallcondo posted her slash discovery story in partial response to scribblinlenore's incredible patience with her stupid quasi-newbie quasi-flamer here. You know, Lenore mentions that this person has some sort of biz-related signature block, so presumably she's an employed adult, but she sure as hell reads like an idiot child. I would have ignored her. Lenore is a nicer lady than me.

It did get me thinking, though, about when all the pieces fell into place for me. It's not just finding slash fanfic, but finding fandom, and finding out that I'm actually a kind of pervert that is pretty common, though I may be just a bit more vocal about it. I'm pretty sure I've posted this stuff in the past, but I do love to hear myself type, so I'm posting yet another version of the How I Found Slash story.

( Realizing you always knew about slash by the time you discovered it )

I don't know that I make it clear often enough, but fandom, slash, and Smallville have changed my life for the better. If being part of this means that I have to disagree or even quarrel with people from time to time, get my feelings hurt, or unintentionally hurt others, it's always worth it to try to smooth things out because this *vague, hand-waving, all-encompassing gesture* is worth it.

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Rhea County: I am glad there seems to be good news coming from this far corner of the state that I now call home. I am not a native, and I have only mean things to say about here vs. the Far Superior State I Grew Up In when stuff like this happens. But it's not like that everywhere here, really. I'm even liking it most days, though I'm holding onto a foolish belief that Rhi will come back from Seattle in complete agreement that it is a better place in every possible way. She totally won't think that; this is her home, just like that is mine.

Yaoi: These online storage people are morons. They have my money. I just want to see Ai no Kusabi, dammit! Okay, so now my account is activated. Now I am just at the mercy of another fan's schedule and her understanding of the importance of my getting the porn as soon as possible. I am crossing my fingers...

ETA: Oh, and I forgot this: I just wanted to say, in light of a few discussions re: characterization I've had lately, I reread my own story, Biological Imperative, which admittedly was just a longish PWP for the benefit of my darling isagel...but there's not much characterization going on there. Like, way less than I thought at the time. It's just dirty.

Again, with the ETA: If you didn't watch Wonderfalls last night or last week and get all spazzy about it for yourself, take pity on those of us who are indeed giddy about it and give it a chance tonight. FOX 9PM/8PM Central.