And no, I don’t mean California. What I do mean is that nothing has gone right for me recently – though some of it is now getting better. To save you all from a long winded rant about what’s happened, why it’s so bad, and how it caused a situation where I don’t have the time to write, etc., etc. I’ve instead crafted a quick list below about my current situation.

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It feels like entire decades have past since I last updated anything on this site. The new Star Wars movie has came out - a movie deserving its 95% rating from Rotten Tomatoes, I'm halfway through my graduating year of high school - what an uphill battle that's been, a new stray (and possibly pregnant) cat has entered my life - and that's only skimming the surface of what's happened in my absence! I suppose to make a long-winded rant short, I've done jack-all with writing these last seven

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In a recent interview, fandom artist John Smith shares his views about the role artists, such as himself, play within their respective fandoms.
With a personal definition of fandom focusing on the creatives aspects of media, Smith describes himself, as well as other artists, as the expressionistic members of a community of like-minded individuals.

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CALGARY – At last week’s Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, cosplayers were questioned about the art of cosplay and the relationship it holds with fandoms. With almost exact answers, we see that the reasoning behind said answers differs much more than one would believe.

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In the halls of Western Canada High School, hundreds of students come to learn from their teachers about subjects such as history and math, to drama and journalism. These teachers, as said by Eric K., a journalism teacher at the school, “… are in charge, as teachers, of engaging learners,” one of the ways he suggests is through awareness of current day media.

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