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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):
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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]
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FOR REAL? I FIND THIS ASTONISHING.
Ah, I see what you mean about the distinction. If I ever get like that, PLEASE TELL ME RIGHT AWAY! My worst fear is that I secretly alienate people or annoy them with my incessant babbling. Which actually is a notion that, in and of itself, seems really strange to me because why should people even care???? IDK I think I'm just paranoid though and have a tendency to interpret completely normal things as passive aggression. BUT BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND! I don't get how people turn something so lovely and fun into something so stressful and antagonizing. Why do you need to pimp your show like a fanatical, scary, WATCH THIS OR I'LL CUT YOU or DON'T WATCH THIS AND YOU'RE DEAD TO ME kind of a way? Yes, you want your friends to watch and love what you watch and love, but nine times out of ten, your obnoxiousness WILL NOT WORK. So just go out and make new friends in your other fandoms!
Speaking of the FNL situation, I was just thinking back, and I think I definitely justified my initial ~rebellion~ with the fact that everyone was telling me that I'd love it so much and it's so amazing and I was all "WTF I HATE ALL THE THINGS ITS ABOUT WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT I'LL LOVE IT." Eventually I learned my lesson -- that it was not only amazing and wonderful and perfect, but that I actually could relate to it in ways I never thought I was able to -- but I did that on my own (basically because it was $20 at Target. SO THANKS TARGET, I OWE YA ONE!) Not because of people telling me I'd go apeshit for it. So moral of the story is that...Maybe I do hate that stuff after all! Man, all this psychology behind the fandom is giving me a headache...
And I think that FNL anecdote definitely applies to XF and people who don't watch it because of personal or irrational or completely rational biases against it. (Which some people actually have? WHO KNEW.)
because telling someone that show that started last season is great is totally different from telling someone they should watch, like, two hundred incredible hours of television.
So true! Exceeeeept, there are definitely instances where I love the fact that I have seven seasons ahead of me because I can stretch it out and have that feeling of watching something for the first time go on and on and on. WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T WAIT TIL TWW. And why I'm loving the XF re-watch! (which I increasingly want to end after Requiem. I don't want to leave it with any negativity toward the show or characters D:)
To make this already insanely long comment even longer: did I tell you I started my FNL re-watch with a friend from my program? She hasn't seen it before and our new Thursday night ritual is The Office, 30 Rock, two episodes of FNL. SO. FLIPPIN. GOOD. Always.
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IDK I think I'm just paranoid though and have a tendency to interpret completely normal things as passive aggression.
AHHHHHHHH, I totally get the same way! I THINK BECAUSE I FREQUENTLY FIND MYSELF IRRITATING TEN MINUTES AFTER I SAY SOMETHING, but I also think it's my own mental retribution for the fact that I do get passive-aggressive occasionally :( BUT KNOW THIS: I always enjoy your enthusiastic capslocking. TRUST.
I was all "WTF I HATE ALL THE THINGS ITS ABOUT WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT I'LL LOVE IT." Eventually I learned my lesson -- that it was not only amazing and wonderful and perfect, but that I actually could relate to it in ways I never thought I was able to -- but I did that on my own
AND SEE, THIS TOTALLY GOES AGAINST MY OWN ~STYLE~ OF RECOMMENDING THINGS, because I am all about the "you will love it" part? When I was fifteen my sis and I totally used to conspire to show our friends XF with these lists of episodes we'd pick out for each friend specifically (I think we only ever tried it out on three people between us, BUT IT WAS STILL FUN). And I also think that's the best way to get me into something-- not trumpeting "OMG THIS SHOW IS GREAT" but rather that aside of "I know what you like, Alex, AND I THINK YOU WILL LIKE THIS."
AND THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE THING-- if you want to make a big, giant pimptastic post, whatever you do, however you get people interested, you're turning a lot of other people off, because everyone has an entirely different set of buttons they don't want pushed. Erg.
RE: XF REWATCH-- I HAVE A SLIGHTLY BRILLIANT IDEA. You should totally totally stop at Requiem, aaaaand if you do eventually want to see 8 & 9 for whatever crazy reason, two years from now when you feel like rewatching from the beginning, start there. That way they can't leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
And you told me you were doing it but not that you'd started! UGH, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME. Did I tell you my mom got super into it? I'm going to have to buy season 2 on DVD so I can lend it to her.