Where were you Schmoes?
I have been intending to write this from weeks ago. The title came out days ago. Is not that Is a premeditated blog, it were just feelings I have, feelings which became Ideas, Ideas that are written together and became a blog.
Many of you have expressed how bad/angry/sad/ you feel because you cannot share your taste in movie or the intensity of your taste in movies and I was surprised that there were so many people in the world with the same feeling as me. I actually surprised myself a lot when I find out people with the same taste in music and movies like me, because there isn't a single person that I know, who I could possibly talk, share about movies and music. I got that look in their eyes that classify you as an ALIEN.
So why in the HELL I didn't know this site before?, why now?..where were you Schmoes when I was discovering Buffy? when I had to run into places and beg the guy not to sell the DVD to someone else (as if it was possible). Where were you Schmoes when I went to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers Concert?, Where were you Schmoes when I was in the University with 17 years old among a bunch of 30 and 40 something people? When I was getting my first tatoo? When I was a freak with the hair as Macy Gray, with no money in my pocket, when I had to quite the university, when I was dumped and cheated those unlimited times?.
I guess that this is the right time. That time internet was like an unreachable Demi/God, having a computer was an impossible dream, I did not know English at all. Everybody traveled around for each holiday season while I never knew how the hell an airport was. So my self-confidence is build from the thousand times I was cheated, from the times I was rejected, dumped and /or betrayed, and suddenly I stop caring if no one have the same music taste as me, or caring about the intensity of my love for movies, or being single or taken, or dating or whatever. Exactly at the time that happen I joined MFC and a whole universe was discovered into my eyes. This is not a site for being popular, of if your profile is the one with more comments, or if you are good looking, or rich, or poor, or single, or married, or taken, quoting Joblo himself (on my inbox people) "This is a site FOR movie fans made BY movie fans" and is all what I needed.
So this site comes with a lot of "featurettes" like friends, additional sites and wacky things that use to happen (like Vanity night, or Jhon LOcke day... that thing was fun!), but the most important things comes out unexpected... like this awful day when you feel cranky, when the office was a living hell of ego and hypocrisy, when the rain and the wind was so strong that took some one else's life away, when the people in the Gym was full of brainless people, when you reach home and your computer doesn't want to work, then finally at the very end of the day your computer cooperates, you log into MFC and you see Wallcrawller with his cute students singing a Christmast song, when you see him almost dancing and directing those little ones, and you remember what he wrote on his facebook " I love kids. I love teaching. I wouldn't want to be doing anything else." and it simply brings you to tears of joy to see a video of a fellow schmoe doing what he loves to do. This kind of things comes the day that you shout out: "I need to hear the voice of my schmoes".
So yes, this seems to be the perfect time to be here, because on a cranky crapy day you get this medicine right away.
Gotta love this place.
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I gotta thank SuperMarcey - I never would have found this place if she hadn't brought me in.
Now you can't get rid of me.
Well put!
I've been here for a week and I'm already in love with this place. You guys are stuck with me now.
PM me anytime, Laksmikanti. Cute picture. :)
Aww, that was beautiful. I mean it! Honestly, I feel the same way, especially when I feel that I can't relay on certain people in my everyday life. I wish you all were around years ago, too! I'm just thankful that I found this site, period. *hugs*
I'm so glad you've found your way into our vast community of Scmoes. You rock particularly hard and we're happy to have you here.
I'm going to echo what everyone has replied and say I felt the same way in feeling lucky that I found a community in which I can share my passion for film with people who didn't look at me like or talk to me like I had no life. MFC is very...therapeutic in many respects. You're in good company here laksmikanti and you add to how great this place is. Especially with the MFC women calender you're organizing :).
This is amazingly honest and straight from the heart.. Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad you've made it onto MFC.. Nothing but love for ya!
I'm glad you came here as well...And I'm just going to let you know that you will flourish here...I mean, You already have EVERYONE looking to see what you're going to say next, not to mention what opinions and thoughts you are going to offer up. If anything, you're already popular, just for being yourself. This place was meant for you. :)
Fantastic blog. You gave us a peek into the sincere heart of Laksmikanti. I totally agree, this place has connected with people and personalities I was sorely lacking in life.
We're all grateful to have you here with us celebrating the stuff we love. So don't you go nowhere! =)
Great words! Sometimes when I just need a quick smile in the middle of the day and I only have 3 minutes to spare, I pull up MFC and there is ALWAYS immediatly atleast one thing that brings me that smile.
It was a Best Buy employee that referred me to this place back in 2008.
i stumbled onto this place by accident in 2010. I am happy to be part of the MFC family, and it's brought me many new real life friends, as well as internet friends (you're up there), and helped strengthen friendships with buds that I asked to join MFC, or talked about it so much that people just joined.
In any case, you are a super cool chick, and you may love this place, but we love you just as much. :)
thanks for the shoutout, btw. :)
So sweet! It's nice having you around little lady! MFC is a great place with tons of cool movie fans. If only we all lived on the same block...
It was a huge relief when I discovered this site and meet so many people who share the same interests in movies, music, and other forms of entertainment like myself. This site is truly a gem within a giant ocean.