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I'm sorry your first week was so exhausting. I remember lots of days at work when all I feel like doing is going home and getting on my computer (and yeah, usually running right over to XOC). My first few days of college were a little different because I lived on campus, so my entire routine had changed, and dorm life is so intense. Both good and bad--good being the way that it's pretty typical to just run over to the library to read or study, bad being the way that you go from defining your schedule and having privacy to having almost no privacy and going with everyone else's routines. Anyway, I think all I'm saying is that the class and library routine will start feeling more natural as time goes on. College isn't supposed to be permanent--it's crazy and intense and life changing and beautiful--and then you go forward back into a much more stable life.

I hope you do meet more Xenites. I definitely feel for you in walking around campus, wondering if there's anyone enough like you to be good friendship material. You know, I think Xenites are unusual people. We think about the world and about our lives in a bit of a different way than those around us, even other geeks. It's why I've made some very deep connections on XOC and through the friends who've migrated over to livejournal from there. I wish we were all in a closer geographic location sometimes. But there are other ways to make friends too, and other connections to form. Give it a bit more time? It's going to take time to discover those on campus who think the way you do, and who will take you seriously even when they don't understand how important something really is. I like the way you put that last, that to have the show shunned is like having a part of your heart shunned. Yeah, I understand. :) Guard your heart, and keep on reaching out too.

I found most of my fellow Xenites at college at my local Spectrum/GLBT club. I'd suggest starting there, if you haven't already.

I do think you're setting yourself up for disappointment if you require people to understand X:WP in order to "get on" with them, though. I mean, I understand what you're talking about. I have had people blatantly disrespect X:WP -- and not in the affectionate way I enjoy -- when they knew it was important to me, and that really stung. But it was more the fact that they were hating on something that they knew I loved, rather than the fact that they were dissing X:WP itself. I think it's different if you just "randomly bring it up" vs. when they know it means something to you. Did these people know how important X:WP is to you?

Also, in my experience, most people who don't like/get Xena just haven't seen very much of it. You might try having a marathon yourself and inviting people over (this is extremely affective if you promise them food of any kind). People tend to gravitate towards the funny, adorable episodes, and then gravitate towards the more serious arcs.

Just my two cents. Battle on!

I think there is actually a Pride section in the Guild. I've been going back and forth wondering if I should join or not.

Both the girls I tested liking Xena on, where people i'd met on the day. That's why I brought it up immediately, to see their reaction. I'm not going to stop talking to them, or avoiding them! :P

If I actually become friends with them, I might explain to them more, my love for the show. Right now though, it's so new that I don't really want to share that part of myself with them, already knowing their initial reaction.

I have tried converting people! I even promised alcohol (it seems to work better then food with my friend, hmm...) and one of them was bored out of their mind, one got drunk and the other one didn't show up because she didn't want to watch hours of Xena. I showed them A Day in The Life, When Fates Collide, Sins of the Past and Haunting of Amphipolis before they called it quits.

Hmm. I find ADITL and WFC generally don't work for introductory marathons b/c they rely on the viewer understanding a whole bunch of other stuff. ADITL has a lot of in-jokes and WFC is an alternative to what actually happened on the show. It's hard to imagine alcohol not making people love Xena more, though. I hope you have better luck in the future. :-/

Yeah I know what you mean. I've had some issues over the years trying to find people to communicate and understand my love for the show with...a lot of the time they're very difficult to find if not on the net.

I guess I was lucky that my first real friend at uni brought it up first when we were talking about the first lesbian's on TV haha. Now she's gone home...I too mainly have the XOC to rely on...tis a good place to rely on. Keep the test up..it's something I do (although not everyone sees it as a good idea in my house) but it does allow you to make Xena-allies if needed.

I'm sorry you're friend went home. :(

It sucks so badly when you find someone that you really click with and then they go away.

I think when winter (Summer = too hot to wear heavy black shirts) comes I'll just wear my Xena shirt everyday. :D I'll literally be a walking Xenite magnent if there are any!

I know exactly how you feel. I tried to get my friend to watch Xena, and after that, all she did was make fun of it. Just another reason why we aren't friends anymore I guess.

Mmm...Maybe it was like one of thoes warning signs in a friendship. If they make fun of Xena, BEEP warning-warning-warning. Not going to end well. :(

"That show was dodgy. Didn't she, like hook up with that Gabriella chick?"

Dodgy? Oh, blue. I'm sorry. That blows goats. ...Keep watching your DVDs if you have them, or torrent things. I find it helps a lot when you're alone in meatspace with Xena.

Yeah. Screw the real world!! I have my DVD's and XOC (have you joined XOC?) so nothing else matters. ^.-

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that, but don't worry, I think you will find a fellow Xenite soon enough, or if you don't, you could convert someone into one. I think it will take time though; if you talk to someone that has preconceived notions about the show, you could try to explain what it means to you and how you see that it's deeper than they might think. Anyway, I hope things get better.

Muahha convert people into Xenites and take over the world. ALL PART OF MY MASTER PLANS!11!1!

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I mean, erm...Hi. :)

Oh, oh , this is so me right now! I haven't any friends either, mainly just people I can casually chat to at the start of lectures but I havent even tried the Xena test, maybe I should. My housemates are nice but they are all cool.. like really cool, and I am totally uncool. It would be great to find another Xenite on campus, but as you said, I'd also settle for any kind of geek. I really wanna meet my kinda people, only cool people seem to live on campus though so its really hard!

Hang in there, I hope you make some friends (possibly Xenites), I hope I will too lol.

Yes! People at uni are so cool and fashionable, I feel like a bit of an uncool geek. :P

Do you have a like a student guild thing at your uni? I'm going to check mine out to see if they have a LGBT group and a sci-fi fantasy geeky group. Maybe then I can find some people on my wave-length.

How's school going this week?

Hey! ^.^

This week has been pretty good. The work isn't difficult (yet!) but I have been avoiding the library.

No new people to talk to, though, the girl who said XWP was dogey has actually really nice and friendly so far. Damn first impressions!

Hey! I'm glad the week has been good, and yeah, maybe the library just isn't your thing. Will they let you check out books overnight?

Aw, I hope you have a potential friend. Nah, I think that there are some people who misjudge XWP because their opinions on fan things are so different from ours--and some who do just because they haven't actually seen the show yet. I bet once she sees what it means to you she'll soften.