A feeling of achievement, no matter how small, is still great.
I first joined fanpop because I wanted to watch some cool videos, and because I was bored. I didn't really plan on doing much on it, just rejoindre a few key spots (my favori TV shows). As I delved further and further into what this website had to offer, I began wanting to be a part of it. I began seeing names everywhere (Chel, Temptasia, Benji) and I realized I wanted to be recognized.
I wanted to contribute things to fanpop that would make people think and/or laugh, because those are my two favori things to do. So, I started adding picks, I commenté on all that I could, and adding people to my fan list. I looked on YouTube for videos, hoping other Fanpoppers would enjoy them as much as I do. I began working harder on getting the name ThinkPink20 out there for many people to see, to be recognized.
I felt the importance of being part of something that is bigger than me. But I wanted to stand out. I wanted to be appreciated for something, anything, so I felt like I belonged. It is important to feel appreciated par your peers and your elders; it gives toi a sense of quality. Like toi matter to the world and aren't just a waste of oxygen. And, that's how it is on the internet, toi want to feel, not that you're just a waste of some gigabytes ou whatever, but that what toi did matters to someone other than you.
I wrote my first soapbox article from what I felt, not what people want to hear. It was about how JD and Elliot (the "Ross and Rachel" of Scrubs) shouldn't end up together in the end of the show. It was probably the first thing I did for myself to do, for ME to be proud of, to get MY opion heard. I didn't care if people liked it. Some didn't. Some accused me of being negative. Others agreed with me, but chose to keep on hoping. When snoznoodle gave me hommages (my seconde props) for telling it like it is, I was floored.
So, my realizations while on Fanpop:
Do what toi love, not what others will love, because chances are, there is someone out there who is thinking exactly like toi are.
Recognition is what drives us to do things we don't normally do, and that's a good thing.
In order to recieve, toi have to give. So, if toi want hommages ou anything, don't expect it to come to you. toi need to work hard and contribute to society if toi want to get anything out of it.
So, thank toi to Temptasia and snoznoodle for your recognition and appreciation. It is what is driving me to contribute further to this vast entanglement of people, to something bigger than just me.
A fan,
ThinkPink20
A feeling of achievement, no matter how small, is still great.
One year down (and then some) and getting better all the time...
Since this is the first time we've done one of these things, I'm suggesting haiku to start, because it's short, easy, and most everyone knows how to do it.
However, in case anyone does not remember how haiku works, here's a quick primer. In English, it's simple: a line with five syllables, then a line of seven syllables, then a last line of five syllables. No other structure is necessary.
Here's an illustrative example of the form:
One two three four five
Two three four five through seven
Seven eight nine ten
...which has nothing to do with fanpop. toi can do better, can't you?
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