Proof that fandom is everywhere.

[icarus]

The writing center at our fine univeristy, where (if I get my act together) I am going to be working in a few short weeks, has a webpage.

Our fearless leader wants us to give little bios and a photo for said webpage.

Hmm. Anyone who knows me is well aware that I am paranoid of a RL/internet mix. I regularly google my own last name to be sure that I'm not out there.

I do have some sane reasons for this, but mostly it's my latent tendency to want to live in a mountain shack surrounded by barbed wire. And chickens. Chickens definitely figure in that picture.

Let's say I didn't greet the idea of "Gee, let's put your name and photo on the internet!" with a great deal of enthusiasm.

I wondered how bad the security really was. I picked up one of the tutor's names -- someone I'll be meeting with on Monday -- and dropped it into Google. I instantly found, yes, her page on the tutoring website. It was the first link in fact. Then I found her Livejournal.

Irony of ironies, she's in fandom. Reads fanfic. Mostly anime now, but she's been in the HP fandom. Knows copperbadge and mctabby and musesfool. Has a post by an old friend Cordelia bookmarked.

Also, she sounds really fun.

Think she'll be freaked out that I know all this?

How does one broach this? Because my first thought is "Whoo-hoo, whee! Yes, I realize I found you in a highly successful stalking test but, yay! You're in fandom, too!" *twirl* *dance*


ETA: In other news, wildernessguru is out in the wilderness, backpacking. The house is quiet and I will probably get my tons of Sanskrit homework done.

*sigh*

Sure is quiet around here without him.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Jeff sounds good. *nods*

I emailed my boss with my findings:

Hi --

Hmm. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. I dropped [name of fandomer-tutor] name in Google (she's tutoring me on Monday), and the tutoring page was the first link. From there I easily found her personal journal. I now know that she was hit on by three guys she was not at all attracted to last week, and is currently panicking over her JET application. (Also, she sounds like a lot of fun.) But should I ever feel the need to stalk her, I'm all set.

My boss has decided to go with first names only. *g*

Icarus