The stuff I'm getting from the interviews is pretty good, but I think it could be better if I go a little further into the story, rather than just first contact.  Most people aren't willing to sit through that long of an interview, though.

I still need to get around to starting the science part of the project.  The hypothesis isn't going to write itself.  I'll have to also check out any other research that's been done in this field.  After that, it'll be a lot of work to track down the patterns in the data and figure out what exactly that relates to.  I hope I haven't got myself in over my head.

Visiting the fanfiction club meeting was a little surreal.  On the outside, I think I did a pretty good job of remaining a calm, cool, profressional Psych student.  On the inside, I was thinking "Oh my God, these are my people!"

I was somewhat surprised to find that only about a quarter of the crowd were bronies.  I don't know why I expected it to be more.  Maybe because FIMFiction is doing so well.  I've heard that there are now more than 20,000 users on the site.

We watched "A Dog and Pony Show" which is one of my favories.  I only pretended to take notes, because I already know the episode by heart.  I'm begining to wonder if I should really be putting so much effort into my facade of non-bronyism.  It's a lot of work.

I did a couple of counterpoint interviews to add to those that I've conducted so far.  Everyone in the fanfiction club seems to be willing to help.

The memebers range from the likes of Jaclyn, who staunchly writes nothing but slashfics, to Todd, who is an unapologetic brony and has the Rainbow Dash t-shirt to prove it.

I also recorded a unique viewpoint in the form of a middle school student, someone I did not expect to encounter.  He was there visiting the club with his brother, who is a member.  I guess I could also interview Professor Harding for even more demographic spread, but that's a little bit outside my comfort zone.

After the meeting, I talked with Nicolas and Benjamin Carpenter, and Jaclyn Ross.  I forgot my interview forms and had to use my notebook.  They were less formal interviews, anyway.  Todd Whiting left early and I followed up with him through e-mail.