Shakesthegrounds Rumblings

[Monika]

and the people who stayed around are not the kind of people who run in fandoms.

well.....I don´t think that is quite accurate. I´ve been in other fandoms, and I don´t think I am the only one here.
But BBM has become something more, it has become a part of who we are.

[CellarDweller]

Yes,  it sure has!

[Sason]

That's Lauren, aka tamarack (far right in the group shot above).  I might have her email somewhere, if you'd like.

If you can't find it, I have it. I'll be happy to send it to you in a pm, Lee.

[Sason]

What I wonder about is how we came together in the first place. Ours never was the typical fandom, and the people who stayed around are not the kind of people who run in fandoms. I have been so blessed to meet and know people who I never would have had the chance to meet otherwise. Without Brokeback Mountain and BetterMost, I would have gone my dreary way for the rest of my life, unknown, unloved, unchallenged. Instead, a story about two lonely sheep herders, written by a fiercely unsentimental author, has changed my life forever. And the biggest change is knowing there are people like me out there, being able to reach out to them and know them, even though some have passed through only briefly and even though I may never meet some of them in so-called "real life."

Yes, the whole thing sure still is a mystery in many ways.

BBM has changed my life so profoundly, that I can hardly remember what it was like before anymore.

But I don't wonder about it so much anymore, I accept it and enjoy it. And I'm deeply grateful that BBM happened to me, it made my life so much richer in so many ways.

[CellarDweller]

But I don't wonder about it so much anymore, I accept it and enjoy it. And I'm deeply grateful that BBM happened to me, it made my life so much richer in so many ways.

Me to, darlin'!  I remember when I was first into the Brokie Fever, I was talking with friends, and one of them said that they never had a movie affect them like Brokebackk affected me.  I told them there was still time for that, and they replied that they didn't think it would ever happen to them.

I thought that was sad.

[Sason]

Me to, darlin'!  I remember when I was first into the Brokie Fever, I was talking with friends, and one of them said that they never had a movie affect them like Brokebackk affected me.  I told them there was still time for that, and they replied that they didn't think it would ever happen to them.

I thought that was sad.

But I understand where they're coming from.

If someone had told me, pre-BBM, that they had been affected by a movie (or something else) like we were affected by Brokie Fever; I would never ever in a million years have thought it would happen to me!

And I'm so glad it did!

[CellarDweller]

And I'm so glad it did!

Me too, it's good to be part of the crew!

[Front-Ranger]

I spent most of the day with our friend LauraGigs and told her I didn't really know the meaning of the word friend until I became a Brokie. I celebrate 8 years of meeting her and friend Katherine and later this month I'll be celebrating the 8th anniversary of meeting Adam and Adrian, Jack and Trina, Pete Tannen, and Ellen Raff. Also 8 years since I first talked with Annie Proulx.

[Sason]

Lotsa brokieversaries coming up for you, Lee!   

[CellarDweller]

brokie love to ya, Lee!