funny thing about that....

[corilannam]

Exactly a year ago today, I was burbling in this journal about how I was about to go see this washed-up 80s band called Duran Duran. I didn't really know or care who they were, but chelseafrew and ndannais used to be obsessed with them, so I figured I'd go and have a laugh at their expense.

Exactly a year ago at the time I started typing this entry, I was standing at a merchandise stand at the Patriot Center, flipping through the tour book and having chelseafrew and ndannais explain to me which Taylor was which.

Exactly a year ago at this exact time, I was in a dark arena with music rising and cameras flashing while chelseafrew and ndannais did their best not to collapse in fits of pure glee next to me.

Tonight, I am sitting here and organizing the 90G of Duran Duran videos and bootlegs that have somehow taken up residence on my hard drive.

Life likes to mock me like that sometimes.

***
On a not-entirely-unrelated note, I was on the bus yesterday as it passed this guy jogging on the sidewalk. The back of his t-shirt caught my eye as he went by. In gigantic letters, it said "RPS".

I didn't catch the smaller lettering underneath which said what the RPS actually stood for. I was too busy giggling and thinking, "Boy, it really is out in the open these days, isn't it?"

Comments

[batagur.livejournal.com]

washed-up 80s band called Duran Duran

Blasphemy!!!!

Thank goodness you were saved by the DD love!

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

I know! I shudder at my own ignorance a year ago!

*g*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

so wonderful that you have the memory and are celebrating.

i do the same thing with grateful dead anniversaries. kind of makes me think that if i had a tardis i'd spend a lot of time going to shows. ;)

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, I've thought about that, too. I have a list of specific shows I want to go back and catch someday when I build my time machine. *g*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

heh, i'd go back to cornel u. in may of 1977 and see that incredible dead show with the *best* morning dew *ever*. then i'd see about what to do next.

[ndannais.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeee!!!!

*ahem*

I have to say, I'm *very* glad that we didn't feel bad for dragging you to the show. *bg* And that you maybe enjoyed it just a bit. *bg* I can also honestly say that you taught me far more about Duran than I ever knew before. Or at least what I remembered. *g*

Happy Duranniversary! *bg*

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I enjoyed it just a little bit. *vbg* I remember walking out of the arena trying to repress my reaction, thinking "Don't let them see you get excited, they'll mock you for *years.*" Though by the next day, as you may recall, that plan was out the window. *g*

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

Music fandom can do that to a person. Heh.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

I just wish someone had warned me I was going to need a bigger hard drive! (and possibly a second job....)

[noelql.livejournal.com]

You are just too funny. If you'd asked me six months ago, if I'd ever being reading RPS or 'cest fic, I would have told you absolutely no way in hell.

Well, here I am in hell. *g*

Strange things happen along the fannish road. Revel in the insanity.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

heeeeee!

I've always thought that it just takes the right pairing to give anyone a kick down that road to the special hell. It's lurking in wait for us all... bwa ha ha!

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Happy Duraniversary! I'm just glad for your sake that they're still performing, because otherwise your obsession would be a very sad thing indeed. :-)

I actually already had my "right pairing"--I was just an early bloomer. Did I ever tell you that? It was back when I was a teenager--two members (a man and a woman, I'm afraid) of my favourite band from the time. I mostly made up stories about them in my head, but some of them I jotted down notes to to help me remember. Fun times.

-J

[sithdragn.livejournal.com]

If you'd asked me six months ago, if I'd ever being reading RPS or 'cest fic, I would have told you absolutely no way in hell.

*snicker* Guilty as well. *G*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm sorry for parachuting in here out of nowhere but I noticed your Happy Dance icon and I was wondering if it was OK to use it?