10 years ago today

[sergebroom]

Ten years ago today, my wife and I completed our drive from California and began living in New Mexico. It was hard and lonely at first, what with my being a pioneer of telecommuting. One decade later, it's not uncommon for someone to work with a group that's more than one thousand miles away. For many years though, not a day went by when I didn't think about moving back to California - impossible as our financial situation made that.

My state of mind changed 3 years ago. Finally. What happened? First, a few people became very close friends, thanks to the internet, even though they live so far that we're lucky if we meet every 2 years. Close in the heart, if not on the Earth.

Also, 2 years ago, I became involved with the local SF club, and found a place where I belong.

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[txanne.livejournal.com]

<3

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

Glad you found a place

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

and the telecommuting worked out.

We found our place in Kansas City BEFORE we moved, we'd lived in Lawrence and kept going to the KaCSFFS meetings monthly. We'd make a date 'day' of it, into town, into the gaming store, a nice dinner and then the meeting. Between their welcome and the state of the jobs available in Lawrence, I transferred in the U. Kans. employee system to the medical center library, and then we found a place to live and Jim came over to find a job.

Then again, it was starting an SF club at U. Kans. that I MET Jim, and got that 'struck by lighting' event that very few people ever get. SF is an important part of our lives but not the only one.

But fandom does make some things better. It's a good starting point for common interests.

Re: Glad you found a place

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

fandom does make some things better. It's a good starting point for common interests

I can't imagine having spent my life who wouldn't feel similarly about F/SF. By the way, while fandom doesn't need anymore to function as a refuge from those who ridicule our Love, it's nice that it still fills a need, if I'm to judge why young people still join our ranks.

As for telecommuting... I'm glad too, but it wasn't easy to be a pioneer.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Here's to the net. I have a rumination on this general subject as a result of the trip I just took and some other things in the past couple of years. Your trips to the bay in the past three years are part of it.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm glad to hear that.

[soon_lee]

The internet is wonderful in that regard: allowing people with shared interests but who are physically distant to form communities.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

In the days before the internet, my wife and I had a heavy-duty correspondance before we actually met. One could look at that as a very slow internet. It doesn't matter how fast or how slowly it happens. What you say to each other is what matters.

[evilrooster.livejournal.com]

even though they live so far that we're lucky if we meet every 2 years. Close in the heart, if not on the Earth.

Though I am violently allergic to the usage in most contexts, yes, this.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Abi!