Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 01:33:06 -0500 (EST)
From: mtsapper
Subject: [VP] Another VP intro

Dearest neighbors,

Hi!  I'm brand new around here, and trying to get my bearings.  I 
do have to say that ya'll are *awesome.*  Discussions about LOCs 
and zines and egos and economics ... very, very cool.

I'm the "mythical new fan" of flamingo's con report ... I was 
*delighted* to meet up with her, after all this was *flamingo!*  
<smile>  And I'm just so psyched to be here.

I picked up a friend's S/H zine a while ago and *really* liked 
it.  Then TNT started reruns.  And I fell for Starsky.  
Completely.  It's kinda pathetic.  :)

Well, let me tell you a little about myself.  The first thing 
that people tend to notice is that I'm a bit on the young side.  
<g>  I've been told I'll grow out of it.  I'm a poor college 
student, at the University of Maryland's flagship campus.  We 
keep getting profiled in the media as a campus that offers a ivy-
league education at state-school prices.  It's a great school, 
and after a few years of feeling blindly about, I've found a 
major that I love.  Well, actually two majors: math and math 
education. Hopefully, I'll be graduating a year from December.

Now, on to less pedestrian matters.  My other fandoms are Voyager 
(just slash Tom Paris for me, and I'm a happy woman), Xena, and 
Cupid.  They're all reasonably new fandoms, barely a zine among 
them.  <smile>  Cupid is so new that the fen are still trying to 
find each other!  (BTW, we've got a great couple there, just 
waiting for us to slash them.)

So S/H fandom is pretty different for me, but I'm really looking 
forward to learning my way around.  

Thanks for letting me join the neighborhood!

yours,
Taffy

