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Apr. 25th, 2004 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vivienSo the topic is Alternate Universes. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
flouritephoenix brought it up on her journal and spicedrum thought about hers here. Those of you who read my wibblings know about my little AltUni Vivien actress persona, but I was really thinking about
So what if I'd gone to Texas Women's University, like I'd planned? I wouldn't have gone into acting. I would probably be a teacher in Dallas, married with two or three kids by now. I would probably have met the friends I know from OBSSE, but would I be as heavily invested in fandom? Probably not. And I doubt I'd have met anyone in person, except maybe at a marathon.
I could've gone the acting route. I might've done okay for myself. I would have been drawn like a moth to flame to the Internet in any of the scenarios, but again, would I have as good a group of friends? I just don't know.
Snorri and I could've gone to grad school instead of languishing in OKC for 3 years. We'd probably still be there.
We could have moved to Seattle instead of Denver. That was the plan.
We could have never met, or we could have split a long time ago.
We could have had a kid before he got sick. That would've cut back on my on-line time. Seriously, I think about that possibility a lot, sometimes with tears, and sometimes with relief.
It's interesting to think about the could have beens, but I don't know. I kinda like the now. Except I would be Vivien Brady, famous actress in heartbeat :P Where is Fantasy Island when you really need it?
Speaking of fantasy, the Fandom Escapist Elections have begun!
Cross your fingers for me around 9:15 mountain time!
flouritephoenix brought it up on her journal and spicedrum thought about hers here. Those of you who read my wibblings know about my little AltUni Vivien actress persona, but I was really thinking about So what if I'd gone to Texas Women's University, like I'd planned? I wouldn't have gone into acting. I would probably be a teacher in Dallas, married with two or three kids by now. I would probably have met the friends I know from OBSSE, but would I be as heavily invested in fandom? Probably not. And I doubt I'd have met anyone in person, except maybe at a marathon.
I could've gone the acting route. I might've done okay for myself. I would have been drawn like a moth to flame to the Internet in any of the scenarios, but again, would I have as good a group of friends? I just don't know.
Snorri and I could've gone to grad school instead of languishing in OKC for 3 years. We'd probably still be there.
We could have moved to Seattle instead of Denver. That was the plan.
We could have never met, or we could have split a long time ago.
We could have had a kid before he got sick. That would've cut back on my on-line time. Seriously, I think about that possibility a lot, sometimes with tears, and sometimes with relief.
It's interesting to think about the could have beens, but I don't know. I kinda like the now. Except I would be Vivien Brady, famous actress in heartbeat :P Where is Fantasy Island when you really need it?
Speaking of fantasy, the Fandom Escapist Elections have begun!
Cross your fingers for me around 9:15 mountain time!
