Social Fail

[mousapelli]

I went to the gym after school with a friend from work, and she came over to my apartment so I could change and we could drive over together. As some of you have seen, the apartment is sort of...awash in Japanese boys. She asked about some of them, and then I drove so we were listening to my ipod in the car, but after a little, she got that sort of...look...about her.

You know the one i mean.

I think I weirded her out, but to be fair, she started it! You can't ask me a bunch of questions and then get all "....uh....huh...." when I answer them! So now i feel all awkward and cranky, because I hate being that moron who can't read social cues, and also I hate not having anybody to talk about fannish shit with in RL. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE ME, MARTY.

At least I got my Jemz package today, so I have lots of magazines, and also the cutest bento EVER. I'm taking it to school tomorrow! where no doubt my coworker will ask me a bunch of questions and give me the look some more.

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[marksykins.livejournal.com]

I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. DDD:

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

i really should have fed the rats your carburator.

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

we should have some more snow days so he could stay there longer. XD

situations like that is why i'm really careful about talking about the boys to people not in fandom and often glaze it with a "THIS IS ACADEMIC REALLY" kind of tone. it's also that stigma that androgynous japanaese boybands have to non-fans that also intrigues me, but that's another thing. :P

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

Or the guinea pig. Carburetors are made of crunchy things!

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

I do my best not to bring it up at all for exactly this reason, because once you get me going it's really hard for me to stop. I need a more routine RL outlet.

Well and see, she was even all, "that guy is FINE" about Keita from w-inds., but then, idk. Yeah, there was a definite WHOA BACK reaction to the fact that everybody on my wall was a boy. I don't get it. They're pretty, obviously that's what's going to sell. I don't see what the big weird-out is all about.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

i think it has to be in the shape of either an x or an O like the other crunchy things.

also the rats said that corn muffins are for saps. It's cause I bought the generic brand again.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

T-this is where I am grateful that most of my friends are in fandom to some point

[goldie.livejournal.com]

It's not fair that it's socially acceptable to be obsessed with things like your favourite football team and decorate your home, office cubicle, toilet wall and car rear-vision mirror magic tree air freshener in those colours, but that people get the Weird Look when it's science fiction posters on the wall, or japanese boybands on your iPod, or anime plushies in your bookcase.

We should hold a secret revolution.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

i think if my revolution were a little more secret, i'd encounter a little less social fail.

[goldie.livejournal.com]

...that's the catch. D: A+ icon use.

At least you weren't wearing Vulcan ears? Heh, I'm sure I've done this so many times, but I only realise when I look back later and go "...oh, yeah, we never did go out for drinks again." /o\

[anamuan.livejournal.com]

:\ i hate that look

[julietbunny.livejournal.com]

I get that look too! It's more of an "aren't you a lesbian why are there so many Asian men on your wall" look, but I definitely sympathize XD

[prillalar]

This is why I only hang out with D&D geeks.

[saturnianlove.livejournal.com]

Some people just can't take the awesome ):

This one guy saw one of my pictures with Yamapi shirtless and flipped out about the bellybutton piercing and ugh it made me upset. iasfhisdufh

[kurifurinkan.livejournal.com]

So now i feel all awkward and cranky, because I hate being that moron who can't read social cues, and also I hate not having anybody to talk about fannish shit with in RL.
THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT UPON READING THIS WAS LITERALLY "Oh, sweetheart,you too?"

And then I realized I'd literally just said that aloud. To a senpai. T.T FORGIVE.

I got that sometimes. But at least I wasn't alone, and anyway, that's really what I get for reading Loveless in a Presbyterian high school. DX Now people (GROWN MEN TWICE MY SIZE ADFGFGG) stalk me in the halls for my Jpop. I don't know which is worse.

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

I know of one other person really, that listens to JPOP bands. :) She's really nice. I saw some of the pictures of what a group of her friends took when they went to see a group. I can't remember it though. I don't mind fan talk. :)

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

One of my co-workers clogs. Another one is all about her kids' softball careers. All the lawyers golf. The yacht broker upstairs shares my pirate ship glee. It's taken some training, but they're all getting the "we're all geeks about something" thing now, and are unlikely to look at me funny this year for doing KMF (provided the tickets will go on sale already so I'll know if I can afford it).

Of course, I think they see my love for K-pop as just part of my "ethnic" thing. I have an Icelandic surname. I know that my surname is Icelandic, and that my maiden name is Swedish. I speak knowledgeably about the music of ABBA. I read non-fiction on folklore from around the world, and have ranted about imperialism, colonialism, and what a long way we have to go on the civil rights front and in terms of equality for women. I think my office regards me as their resident "socially aware" specialist, which is a really sad commentary, but at least it means nobody's willing to risk the explosion if they give me thoughtless grief about my hobbies and interests.