Subject: [VP] intro and how I got into slash
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 07:14:23 -0400
From: Catherine (csalmon)
Hi everyone!
I'm one of the new neighbours (the one in the floating home :-)) and
since I worked up my courage, I figured I'd introduce myself. My name is
Catherine and I live in Vancouver, Canada. I'm a psychologist, finishing up
a post-doc at one of the local universities and I've been a slash fan for
about 10 years or so.
I first got introduced to slash after buying a gen zine from Bill Hupe
at Toronto Trek. It was a Blake's 7 zine and it had an ad in the back for a
companion series of slash zines. My immediate reaction was, ooh, I wanna
read that! So I sent my money and started down the road to a collection
that fills one of the rooms in my house. I eventually got into other
fandoms, Pros, Due South and then Starsky and Hutch. I'd watched it as a
little girl with my best friend and loved it. So I got a friend to make me
copies of the episodes and was totally hooked again. It's wonderful to see
it on air again and get first generation copies of the tapes (Hey Yolanda,
feel like making some vids?).
Thanks for letting me move into the neighbourhood!
Catherine
"Don't sing it, bring it."
Scott Hall