Video Spam pt 3

[beachlass]

For any number of reasons, this is my offering to the universe today.

I think it's only fair to say at this point that if successive links to obscure british operas, and vintage american pop isn't your thing... this may not be the journal you are looking for. de-friend at will

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[beachlass.livejournal.com]

I've got food allergies too, and am really glad not to have a gluten allergy, because I think it would be so much harder to avoid.

Next time we can spam your comments page if it will make you feel better.

(And why ashamed - my kids dragged me into anime a few years ago. I read a cool article last year on www.tomatonation.com on Sars' opinions on being a geek. not that I'm saying you're a geek, but I certainly am. She was writing about fads being named geeky; and argued that it's not so much about the content that we geek out about: Star Trek or Naruto or Scrabble or whatever... it's the obsessive, creative, culture building process that makes it geeky. And that made a lot of sense to me... I'm quite happy in this corner of fandom; because it's a geek culture that fits for me, and I like the people I've met here... but we could be talking Buffy, or books *grins* and I'd be just as happy. So maybe it's a kind of intersection of interests and personalities.

Oh, I'm sorry, you didn't actually ask to see my "girl who overthinks simple things" geek credentials, did you.

/tangent

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

oh i totally heart your "girl who overthinks simple things" geekage, it's part of what makes you so awesome :D

i don't always get the 'ashamed' thing either, despite the fact that i sometimes feel that way...i love the fandom, finding people who i relate to on things other than work or school. it is a comfy place to be, amongst fellow geeks who get it. and it has sparked this plethora of creativity in me, at a time in my life when i was feeling too tied to the real world, boring and as uninspiried as the next guy scrubbing shit for a living. for someone who's always lived too much in her head, it left me reeling and ungrounded (which somehow sounds wrong, ungrounded but normally head in the clouds, which is usually described as ungrounded...guh...anyway)

i think in part that the 'ashamed' comes from the fact that i do get terribly obsessive and if you combine that with my sometimes desperate need to not stand out...well, whether you're going to the movies five times a week to watch the same movie, or reading four books in one day, or lying in bed staring at the ceiling for hours, or writing anime porn...all of it indicates that you are maybe somehow different and i have been labeled 'different' by so many things outside my control that, as a result, i seek to appear as normal as i possibly can. [/amatuer psycology]

thankfully, this is changing, in large part to jake (who accepts it all and is amused by and really loves my inherent oddness/geekage) and the people here, who are all geeking about fandom and writing and so many things that get my blood up. hooray for finally embracing my inner geek!

and you thought you went all tangenty! (and sorry for the 'woe 'es me stuff...')

on a food allergy note: my bro is allergic to nearly everything! comparatively speaking, i feel pretty blessed to only have to cut the wheat, oats, barley and rye :)

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

and not that you needed to see all my horrific self doubting inner workings...

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

Wait... I thought wearing our self doubt on our sleeves acted as our security clearance badges.

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

*laughs* omg that is soo true!

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security officer: mame, i can't let you in here *blocks door to fandom*

fan gurl: why?!?!?! i just love naruto to pieces, i must join!

security: sorry, you need one of these to get in *points to SD badge*

fan gurl: what? what's that?

security: proof that you'll fit into the fandom

fan gurl: oh! ok! how do i get one?

security: well, the thing is, you seem happy and well adjusted and chock full of self-esteem...

fan gurl: that's a problem? but...but...everyone loves me! i'm all that is goodness and sweetness and light!

security: fine, don't say i didn't warn ya' *lets fan gurl in*

....*two minutes later, fan gurl comes hurtling out*

security: i did try to stop you.

fan gurl: *shuddering* they were angsting, and wangsting, and ranting all over the place. people were writing deathfics and smut!!! a couple of them were fighting over who's interpretation of sasuke was correct and another group was involved in something called "The Shipping Wars"! i'm pretty sure someone was crying in the dark, musty corner across from the soapbox! they all need help!

security: yeah...that's...well....

fan gurl: who'd want to go there?!?! they're all crazy!

security: yeah...well....oh, hi dr!

dr: all right jo? i'm just here to gather more data.

security: 'k, head on in, it's apparently wild in there today.

dr: *looks gleeful, nearly rubs hands together* good, good
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*dies* god i love the fandom!

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

*laughs until her sore throat hurts again*

omg - that is too funny.

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

is it bad that i amused myself as well?

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

One of the more common sayings amongst my close friends is: "Well, at least we think we're funny."

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

*laughs* and we are darling we are!

and i'mma stop spamming you now....work in t-minus 6 3/4 hours....(though it is the end of the seven day week! glorious!)

[jbmcdragon.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* You're awesome. :D

J

[thursday-kat.livejournal.com]

*grins* you know it's so true or at least 98% true :)