Day 3 - My favourite television show

It will be no surprise to anyone that my favourite show is Coronation Street. I got hooked on it 20 years ago and never looked back. With the advent of the internet, my interest in it expanded and i met loads of like minded people all over the world through online forums and chat rooms. While the chat room has gone nearly completely quiet, i still keep in touch with those friends though it's through facebook more often now with many of them, Still, i've also made some really special friends too (you know who you are!). It's opened me to more travel opportunities with friends in many places. I've become involved in a local group that puts on get togethers for fans and an event show every year so i've got chances to meet actors from the show as well. I've visited the set twice. *That* was very cool!

And...best of all...i gained a lovely man and love of my life because he came into the Corrie chat room on the invite of someone that was a regular there!

I've been interviewed by the media on several occasions, i did some freelance (paid) blogging and now blog on a friend's site as well. I download the UK episodes but i still watch the Canadian ones (we're 10 months behind). I write an episode summary for one episode a week for a mailing list. I assist with one of the better known fan websites. Yep, i'm a pretty major fan but believe me, i *can* differentiate between fiction and reality! I own books, dvds and memorabilia but my house isn't a shrine.

Getting involved with the local group can be a lot of work but it's fun too. And i have strangers start talking to me in shops, on planes or at bus stops. They know me because of the events but i don't always recognize them. But when they start talking Corrie, i realize where they know me from.

Ego busting

Doh.
A couple of months back i was asked if i would donate a painting to a silent auction. This wasn't for work, it was for another government organization. They said they'd pay me 25% of whatever they got for it. I thought the subject of a minimum bid had come up and i had mentioned $20. I guess they didn't do it. I got a little envelope in the mail today with my 25%. Total received: $1.25
This painting garnered a grand total of $5.00 at the auction making them a net total of $3.75, less really because it would have cost nearly 60 cents for the stamp to send me the money. Hardly worth it to them or to me. I guess i won't be doing that anymore. At least at work they put a minimum on it even though i don't get any proceeds from the sale. The painting is 12x16, too, not a little one. It was one of my favourites and it kind of hurts that someone only bid 5 bucks for it and won it. It's worth so much more, well i thought so anyway. Even $20 isn't much but at least it's some value.

Bah.