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I have resorted to six hour dosings of Motrin 800 because the pain ... she is a bitch. Although, my x-rays came back all clear and 100% normal, there's enough pain in my back to warrant a trip to the neruologist. Oh, fun!
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tkp, I owe you email, but I've been avoidy because of the pain and I barely manage to sit up right at work. Although now that the Motrin has begun to really sink in, hopefully we'll be pain free by the weekend.
Oh, but woe!! Hank (my beautiful, gorgeous laptop) may have died and is currently in the arms of the computer doctors. OMG!! I haven't back-ed up a damned thing and if they need to put Hank down then my life may well be over. Oh, shit!!!!!!!
Ok. But other than all that ...
I have a question (of course I do).diachrony asked me to define the term meta as used by fandom. She needed to explain to someone who was not of fandom. My answer was this:
Meta is a sort of umbrella term used by fandom, I think, to categorize discussions of the text. If meta, as a prefix, is meant to identify something that is "about, behind or beyond" something, then meta in fandom is simply discussions about the canon or show.
Perhaps because there are different fandoms and different types of discussions within fandom about a variety of concepts, characters, themes, etc, (or maybe because we so dearly love to abbreviate things) meta has been adopted, as a term and not a prefix, to encompass everything that is a discussion of the canon, characters, etc. Usually, it implies a more academic discussion, but not always and not necessarily.
For the meta-thon we're talking about our personal canons and/or about specific fic, I guess if I used the correct terminology it would be a meta-text-a-thon (text about text).
Now, my question to you guys is:
If you had to explain meta, what would you say?
(x-posted to IJ)
I have resorted to six hour dosings of Motrin 800 because the pain ... she is a bitch. Although, my x-rays came back all clear and 100% normal, there's enough pain in my back to warrant a trip to the neruologist. Oh, fun!
tkp, I owe you email, but I've been avoidy because of the pain and I barely manage to sit up right at work. Although now that the Motrin has begun to really sink in, hopefully we'll be pain free by the weekend.Oh, but woe!! Hank (my beautiful, gorgeous laptop) may have died and is currently in the arms of the computer doctors. OMG!! I haven't back-ed up a damned thing and if they need to put Hank down then my life may well be over. Oh, shit!!!!!!!
Ok. But other than all that ...
I have a question (of course I do).
diachrony asked me to define the term meta as used by fandom. She needed to explain to someone who was not of fandom. My answer was this:Meta is a sort of umbrella term used by fandom, I think, to categorize discussions of the text. If meta, as a prefix, is meant to identify something that is "about, behind or beyond" something, then meta in fandom is simply discussions about the canon or show.
Perhaps because there are different fandoms and different types of discussions within fandom about a variety of concepts, characters, themes, etc, (or maybe because we so dearly love to abbreviate things) meta has been adopted, as a term and not a prefix, to encompass everything that is a discussion of the canon, characters, etc. Usually, it implies a more academic discussion, but not always and not necessarily.
For the meta-thon we're talking about our personal canons and/or about specific fic, I guess if I used the correct terminology it would be a meta-text-a-thon (text about text).
Now, my question to you guys is:
If you had to explain meta, what would you say?
(x-posted to IJ)
