You can spend a lot of time talking to somebody on a forum and still not know much about them.
You know their opinions, what gets under their skin, and who's likely to turn a harmless discussion about lawn fertilizer into a three-day argument about the collapse of Western civilization.
But you don't necessarily know the person behind the username.
For all I know, somebody here used to wrestle alligators in Florida. Somebody else might have driven a truck across the country for twenty years. And I'm sure somebody has a story involving a golf cart, a bottle of bottom-shelf tequila, and the boss's daughter.
Not that I'd know anything about that last one. Just throwing out possibilities.
That's what I like about the Zines. They're a place to share stories, memories, or whatever happens to be on your mind without turning everything into a forum discussion.
It doesn't have to be anything extraordinary. Your first car, an old photograph, a childhood memory, or the Saturday you tried saving seventy-five bucks on a plumber and ended up causing four thousand dollars in water damage.
I'd read that. Hell, I've probably done worse.
And you don't have to be a writer. Nobody's grading anything. Just tell a story the way you'd tell it to somebody sitting across the table from you.
That's how I look at my own Zine. If something interests me, I write about it. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's serious, and sometimes it probably only interests me. That's fine, too.
What I especially like is how those little stories add up. Before long, you've got a collection of memories, experiences, and bits of your life that other people might never have known about.
And as we get older, I think that's worth something. Especially while we can still remember what happened.
Although some of us have been telling the same stories for forty years, and every time we tell them, the fish gets bigger, the car gets faster, and we get better looking.
Funny how that works.
Anyway, I'm enjoying the Zines and hope people keep sharing. It's a great way to get to know the folks we've been talking to all this time.
Where to find the Zines:
Browse Zines: More > Community > Newsstand
Your own Zine: More > You > Your Zine/Locker
Take a look when you get a chance. And if you feel like sharing something yourself, go for it. No pressure, no expectations.
Everybody's got a story.
And I'm still convinced somebody here has a home improvement story that ends with their spouse saying:
Quote:"Don't touch another damn thing. I'm calling a professional."
I'd especially like to read that one.
Mostly because I'd like to know I'm not alone.
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