snowflake challenge #15

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Challenge 15:

In your own space, create your own challenge.

First of all, I can't believe this is the last challenge! It really flew by. I managed to complete all 15, which feels like succeeding at a personal challenge that I didn't know I had. A quick thank you to all the mods who put in so much hard work in running this! Also to all the people who have commented here at any point- I enjoyed and appreciated seeing all your responses and interacting with you and I hope to come across you sometime in the near future.

This Snowflake Challenge really gave me a chance to interact with those that I normally would not have come across and I appreciate that. Not just that but the interaction in general. So that leads me to two personal challenge, which you are welcome to take on yourselves.

1. This year, step out of your comfort zone.

Interpret that however you would like. I know I am a perfectionist- it is not a brag; it's actually really inconvenient and frustrating because I'm often scared to try new things or get mad when something doesn't come out right the first time. My family has commented on it too.

This year, I want to be less afraid and try new things, in and out of fandom. Take a step I wouldn't have taken. As long as I'm not hurting anyone, I shouldn't be afraid to fail.

2. Participate.

From what I have realized from reading the responses to these challenges, people miss the older fandom days with more interaction and I think this is a 'be the change' situation. Whether that involves commenting, recc'ing, creating and/or all of the above, it can be done! We may not be able to go back to when forums were popular and you couldn't keep up with your LJ flist, but surely there are ways to bring that kind of activity to what we have now. I'm even figuring out Discord!

I was lucky enough to find two co-mods so that I could help run my first AO3 challenge. This year, maybe I will run my own community or lead something else. Someone suggested a more general comment_bingo (I have to find out who did that to credit them too), with permission from the people over at the Steve/Tony one who run a ship specific one, and even though it might be work, it hasn't left my head and I might try that. We'll see.

After all, like I said, it's worth a shot. :D

Comments

[siberian_skys]

I grew-up with the bands of the 70s and 80s. I was always confused in the 90s. I couldn't keep the boy bands of the 90s straight. I know that's sad. I've been watching Chris Knights house show, though. I didn't realize who he was at first, but he's revitalizing old farm houses in Massachusetts . I finally worked it out since I knew the Wallburgs were from Boston.

I'm not sure I believe things are ever going to get back to normal at this point. I'm afraid to let myself think so, because every time I do I get bit in the butt.

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To be fair, a lot of them did look alike, and I think that's what they were going for too. I'm sure plenty of people mixed up Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, if that wasn't a genre they weren't into. I actually have never heard of Chris Knights. Oh yeah, I did know about the Wallburgs being from Boston but I don't think I ever listened to their music either.

It's probably better to adjust to the current situation and work around it rather than comparing to how it used to be. At some point it will but to hope for it any time soon will just lead to disappointment.

[siberian_skys]

That confused me, too. The Chris Knight I knew was on the Brady Bunch not The Backstreet Boys. Though the Chris Knight that turned out to be a Backstreet Boy looked familiar, I just didn't know why.

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There wasn't a Chris Knight on the Backstreet Boys though? The five guys were Nick, AJ, Brian, Kevin, and Howie. There was a Chris Kirkpatrick on NSYNC but that's not the same guy. Sometimes people just look familiar and you don't know from where.

[siberian_skys]

And this is why I'm forever confused with the boy bands. Which band did the Wallburg guy front? That's the band that Chris Knight performed in.

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Two of the Wahlberg brothers (neither of them Mark) were in New Kids on the Block, but that didn't have a Chris Knight either, only a Jordan and a Jonathan so maybe you're thinking about one of them.

[siberian_skys]

Now I've figured it out. Donny Wawllburg was in New Kids. He's the same guy as on Blue Bloods. For some reason since I started watching the farmhouse show that the guy's name is Chris. IT's not, I checked. It's Jonathon Knight. who I had confused with Chris Knight from the Brady Bunch, but only by name, because I know they weren't the same person. Chris Knight looks nothing like Jonathan. Another reason why I'm tired of getting old. It sucks.

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Well, mystery solved! At least it's relatively easy to figure out, with all the information out there.

[siberian_skys]

I'm just tired of my old brain not cooperating with me.

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Frustrating, but it happens to everyone.