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This is just out of curiosity. In what order do you do certain things?

Well, I voted other for no. one. I read the fdk first but it's got nothing to do with figuring out which fanfic to read or not.

I just love watching the dialogue between author and readers and even though at the current time I have no time or real inclination to read much in the way of fanfic, I still enjoy reading the fdk.

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I'm such an 'other'. But I think we all know that by now.

Really, half the time, I end up reading the sequel first, and then going back to read the first one. Then the other half of the time, I read the FDK first to see what it's about.
(But couldn't you figure that out by reading the first part, Jen? Oh, why make things easy when you can make them complicated?)

As for drinking...it depends on what I'm drinking. If it's coffee, I drink it after I eat. If it's alcoholic, I'll drink it first, then just drink water or something during the meal. If it's non-alcoholic, I drink it right through the meal. For some reason, beer doesn't really wash anything down for me...unless it's more beer. (Or in my one special case during a wild spring break last year...I let my wine cooler wash down my breakfast.) But nevermind. Drinking Adventures With Jen is another documentary for another time. :p

JD

I voted other on the first question.

I usually read the stories first before I open the fdk folder. But, there are sometimes stories - mostly longer ones - I don't have time to keep up with. In that case, I will read the fdk folder to see what's going on and if I do want to catch up when I get the time.

Mostly, I only find the time to catch up when a story hits the archive. But I currently have a lot of time, so I'm catching up on about everything. So keep the stories coming!

Saskia

In the first question, I went for the first option. Reading the fdk first spoils the story, and I hate spoilers so much I usually don't even read the description of a story <shrug>

As for the second question... well, Jen's got a point, it depends on the drink, but generally I drink while I eat.

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

Well, my real answer for the first question would be "it depends" I voted "other" though, because sometimes, the first thing I read on this board is an ongoing discussion here or in Fanfic Related or wherever.

Just talking about fanfic, I usually read the fic first, but there are times where I'm not keeping up with a story, then check a FDK folder just out of curiosity, and the spoilers in there get me interested in the story.

PJ

Like Pam, I sometimes take a look into the feedback folder if I'm not following the story, just out of curiousity and see if it interests me. But I do follow the story, I mostly read the fic/chapter first because I don't want it to spoil anything.

As for the eating and drinking, I chose the first option, though now that I think of it, I should have gone with 'other'. Yes, I do chug down the drink before I eat, but not mainly because I'm thirsty. You know, it's an old trick to make you eat less, just like people use smaller plates, and it is to keep you from inhaling the food. After I've had a few glasses, I begin to eat, but I drink more inbetween as well.

Pelican