HELLO.

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SO I LEFT CLASS EARLY TODAY TO DRIVE MY DAD TO THE DMV, only to discover (in an ironic twist, seeing as I had his car) he was gone. I called him and he said something about "having two meetings" and he's going tomorrow instead, but he didn't want to bother me in class. WHICH, WHATEVER, but isn't telling your daughter not to come get you so she doesn't ditch her next class for no reason (especially after last week, OH GOD) what text messaging was INVENTED FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE? >:(

WHATEVER, WORLD, I AM GOING TO BE A STUDENT-DELINQUENT AND SIT HERE AND WATCH LAST NIGHT'S FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.


Idk if you remember my purse dilemma, but I ended up buying the blue one from the place and about a week ago I got the package, and inside was NOT, in fact, a strawberry purse, but the ugliest little faux-leather crocodile wallet I have EVER seen in my life. I emailed them about exchanging the thing I got for the thing I bought, but I think the guy misunderstood me, because he was all "well we can process your return for AMICI ACCESSORIES STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE and refund you and then you can buy a new purse!" BUT I DO NOT WANT A NEW PURSE, I want to be free of ugly crocodile wallet, and I want the purse I bought. YOU FUCKED UP, AND YOU SHOULD FIX IT. I really just need to call them, but I keep remembering at odd hours :( Except for now, when it is actually the middle of the day. I have no idea why I am writing a whiny LJ entry instead of calling them right now.

But I actually didn't decide to post so I could be fussy, I wanted to make a poll about the pimping of new fandoms (and pretend, for the sake of argument, that the new fandom in question is not something you have seen everywhere already and have whatever preconcieved notions about-- it is new, relatively fresh, and you do not):

[Poll #1300985]

Comments

[likespring.livejournal.com]

lol oh, the last ticky in the second-to-last question was SO appropriate because Supernatural is one of the fandoms I had in mind when answering this. Sometimes I have a bias but it's not too bad and it can be overcome -- for example, I was biased against Gossip Girl, but eventually shamefully caved and now I like it. But Supernatural, no. I have plenty of fangirls on my flist but I am never ever going to watch Supernatural; I refuse. And if I really hate something and EVERYONE GOES ON AND ON AND ON about it, that's annoying and solidifies my hate.

However, if I am only a tiny bit negative, ambivalent, or somewhat curious about something, anything can work, it just depends. Sometimes a pretty picspam is good enough, if a good number of my flist is talking about it (but not in the aforementioned annoying way), and especially if I see from others' posts or comments that there is something I would really like from the show right off the bat.

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I have read much too much about misogyny in Supernatural when I should've been doing absolutely anything else to EVER watch to touch it with a ten foot pole.

AND YOU KNOW, I can deal with everyone going on about something if they're chattering amongst themselves, it's when they try and drag me into it I get irrationally pissy. IT'S SUCH A FINE LINE YOU'RE WALKING, and the line is in a different place for absolutely everyone. UGH :(

[likespring.livejournal.com]

That is EXACTLY why I will not watch it. And apparently there's some pretty sketchy race issues too, although it seems it's not as prevalent or at least not discussed as often. Supernatural will forever be about that in my mind, and it doesn't matter how often people go on about how it's not really that bad and we should just give it a chance, etc. etc.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Yeah I've heard the race thing too, but apparently it takes a backseat to the gross sexism stuff. I don't think a show with thirty times the quality of Supernatural could draw me in despite being squicky on the ~issues~. Just, ick.