Sounis, what have you done for me lately?
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HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY, SOUNIS!
In November 2005, while waiting very impatiently for the publication of The King of Attolia, some people got together and started a fansite/discussion group. Five years later,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sounis is going strong with over 650 members, nearly 1,600 journal entries, and a brand-new book to squee over.
In celebration, let's do a little bonding. What hassounis done for you? Why did you join, what have you enjoyed, what has it meant to you?
Then we'll all sit around, hold hands, and sing Kumbaya. Maybe wave our lighters and cell phones. :)
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY, SOUNIS!
In November 2005, while waiting very impatiently for the publication of The King of Attolia, some people got together and started a fansite/discussion group. Five years later,
sounis is going strong with over 650 members, nearly 1,600 journal entries, and a brand-new book to squee over.In celebration, let's do a little bonding. What has
sounis done for you? Why did you join, what have you enjoyed, what has it meant to you?Then we'll all sit around, hold hands, and sing Kumbaya. Maybe wave our lighters and cell phones. :)
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Date: 11/6/10 01:51 am (UTC)Given me an impossibly long to-read list.I joined the comm after reading KoA. I'd read Queen and TT, but those didn't grab me the way King did. And then I was hooked. I'd known of the comm for a while, through Jade, 'cause we became LJ friends around when she was having ~issues with Costis, if I'm remembering correctly. I had no idea what was going on then, but I've come to learn that all of you are a delightful bunch of mildly insane reprobates (I'm right there with you and love all of you).
This comm has done great things for me. It brings the lulz, provides surprisingly intelligent discussion (for being an internet forum), and I've come to be LJ friends with some really awesome people (forgive my abuse of positive adjectives; I'm hyped up on caffeine and NaNo fever).
For all these things and more, I raise my Starbucks cup to you, dear Sounis. To another five years! (And hopefully another new book before then)
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Date: 11/6/10 01:52 am (UTC)1. I have made FRIENDS on Sounis. Real, live, friends. I feel like I could go to the four corners of the Earth and know people, and have something meaningful in common with people wherever I might find myself, just by yelling "Elephants" or "Socks" or "Megan Whalen Turner"!
2. I know so much more about these books than I did before, and this knowledge has enriched my life.
3. I have gotten so many book recommendations here! Awesome book recs! Some I have enjoyed more than others, yes, but none that I have not somehow taken something away from (bad sentence).
I don't think I can number this anymore; it's going to get too cumbersome. I have learned about the internet. I have learned about publishing. I have learned about fansites. I have learned about fanfiction. I have learned about other countries.
Wait, I'm sensing a theme. I have learned SO MUCH from y'all!
And of course, I met MWT. And I met Philia. And I met Guin, and a few others. That is EPIC!
I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH SOUNIS HAS MEANT AND STILL MEANS TO ME. THANK YOU.
*GLOMPS*
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Date: 11/6/10 01:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/6/10 01:56 am (UTC)(That being said, if there's any
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Date: 11/6/10 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/6/10 02:01 am (UTC)I joined because I believe
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Date: 11/6/10 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/6/10 02:30 am (UTC)I love how we can go into so many different topics here about the books and issues relating to it. Now if only there was a queen thief con we could attend every year. Think of the cosplaying we could do? XD
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Date: 11/6/10 02:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/6/10 02:34 am (UTC)check out their ff.net pagesearch for an LJ comm, back then I hadn't really considered that, you know, you could search for this sort of thing! MY MIND WAS BLOWN.And then I came here and was all super-intimidated by all the people and all the jokes they were making (CLEARLY THEY HAD ALL BEEN FRIENDS FOREVER, and not just, you know, a few months), but I wandered into Chatzy, and the rest...is history.
Sounis got me hitched and gave me two-year-old septuplets, so...thanks for that?
It also gave me the idea for my minor's thesis, friends across the globe, book recommendations, friends who send me chocolate and postcards from everywhere, an awesome Ophelia poster!, a sneak peek inside the Bodelian, dragon earrings, GREAT NEPTUNE'S MAN NIPPLES, endless opportunities to embarrass myself in front of MWT, and a little corner of home on the internet.
♥
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Date: 11/6/10 02:35 am (UTC)p.p.s. Kuuuuuuumbayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, my Looooooooooooooooord, Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuumbayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
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Date: 11/6/10 02:38 am (UTC)misskrister@aol.com is my email
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Date: 11/6/10 02:47 am (UTC)I joined this community wayyyy back in the Dark Ages just after I turned 18. :P I had just read The Thief and Queen of Attolia, and was about to read King of Attolia, but I couldn't wait till after I read it to post, so I was just very careful not to look at spoilers. I remember being so shocked and thrilled that, not only was there a community for these books, it was an active community!
That's probably one of the things I love most about this community, that it's always been so active, even during periods when there was no new book to squee over. I know I barely ever post these days, but I'm still lurking around here, I promise.
Oh, and I love all the amazing book recommendations we have here! I may never have heard of The Perilous Gard for example, if it hadn't been for this community, and that would have been tragic indeed!
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Date: 11/6/10 02:48 am (UTC)*waves lighter*
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Date: 11/6/10 02:50 am (UTC)My e-mail is savvyliterate@gmail.com, but I also have an AIM which is MegsLeigh.
I'd been looking at some general book clubs, but haven't found any to suit my schedule or preferences. I work at the Patriot-News, and the schedule is crazy - though I love every minute of it.
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Date: 11/6/10 02:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/6/10 03:00 am (UTC)THE POINT IS, YOU ARE FROM ALABAMA, HI, I THINK THAT IS REALLY COOL, 'CAUSE I'M FROM THERE TOO. :-D
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Date: 11/6/10 03:03 am (UTC)(And isn't it sad that I was wondering if you were from Alabama as well? Granted, I broke free seven years ago. Free, I tell you! Free!!! Ahahahahaha!!!)
And people wonder why I'm insane. ^_____^ Are you at UA, Auburn or neither?
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Date: 11/6/10 03:08 am (UTC)(Ah-ha, it is not! And I am kind of a fan of Alabama, in a "you are so screwed up but your people are the nicest and your food is the best" way.)
Hahaha, not at all! My family is a UA family, but I actually went to Notre Dame and am now in the Pacific Northwest. I figure I'll go back to where it is Warm and there is Very Little Snow eventually, but for now I'm happy to bounce around wherever. :-D
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Date: 11/6/10 03:12 am (UTC)My family's a UA family too, but I'm the only one who managed to actually graduate. I got so used to the cold that I couldn't handle the humidity again, and my poor husband would die in Alabama - he's from Liverpool in the UK.
Has it really been five years?
Date: 11/6/10 03:17 am (UTC)Sounis has given me lots and lots.
I first read QT when I was 15, found Sounis when I was about 16, joined just after I turned 17, and here I am almost 19 and still coming around and finding new things to talk about.
This place has really become a part of my daily life. It's wake up, brush teeth, eat breakfast, check Sounis. I've made so many friends here, many of which I speak to on other comms and by e-mail. I would really miss you guys if I was for some reason unable to keep posting.
Like everyone else, I've found lots of great books. More than I could ever read.
I've gotten to speak to many favorite authors, like Kate Coombs.
I've had some of the funniest and most intelligent conversations of my life.
Sounis inspired me to write fan-fiction, which has led to great personal growth as a writer.
I've come to understand me favorite series so much better, and have had the greatest fun doing so!
It may be corny, but hey... QT really has changed my life!
*starts to sing*
*gets shoes thrown at her*
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Date: 11/6/10 03:20 am (UTC)Anyway, I work at Harrisburg Hospital, and I also work a slightly crazy schedule, but we should try to meet-up sometime!
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Date: 11/6/10 03:24 am (UTC)You landed a Liverpudlian? I am the most jealous! --but yes, he would die down there, poor thing. I laugh at people here and back in Indiana who complain about humidity. YOU DO NOT KNOW HUMID UNTIL IT IS 90% AND NINETY DEGREES. :-b
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Date: 11/6/10 03:25 am (UTC)I do listen to NPR, I absolutely love it. I think that would be fantastic, really. One of the copy editors here just published his first book, "Writers Gone Wild," and was interviewed by some of the smaller NPR stations. Likewise, I think MWT interviewed by Terry Gross would be amazing.
(He is a nice guy! I feel like I'm Costis at times when driving, praying that I don't meet my eventual doom on 581 near Camp Hill Mall.)
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Date: 11/6/10 03:27 am (UTC)Heee ... My Scouse is a pretty fantastic guy. And he was completely miserable when we visited my family in July. I think he nearly has a heart attack when I remind him I was in marching band and did six-hour rehearsals in that heat.