One of these things is not like the other...

[cherry]

I... am home from school before nine. I have no idea what to do with myself other than study for my five remaining exams this week and where's the fun in that? Admittedly, I am home because I skipped yoga due to the fact that I still have some woozy left over from my bought with the plague. And also, it's snowing a goodly amount.

So, embarrassing fannish admissions:

1) Every time I see "PWP," I wonder why the story is dealing with the Permanent Wilting Point.
2) For a really long time, I thought that 'Beastiality' was a fan fiction involving Hank McCoy.
3) At least once a week, I have to stop myself from updating my LJ with something lame and sciency.
4) I only just learned that the lyrics to the milkshake song are actually "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, it's better than yours" -- instead of "and their life is better than yours." Which always confused me.
5) When I wrote "Like Some Strange Shadow," I had Ray Kowalski listening to the Headstones. Not for any meta reason, but because I randomized my iTunes Canadiana playlist and that's what came up. For months, I had absolutely no idea why brooklinegirl thought it was funny.
6) When I was first active in Due South fandom, I could not figure out why all of these non-college-aged women were all so very into then-underground Toronto punk rock group Billy Talent.

Comments

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

omg, I LOVE YOUR ADMISSIONS! all of them! Beastiality! *dying* and heeeee, your Milkshake story is like when I thought Justin Timberlake was singing about how his back was so sexy!

and omg, the Headstones thing. I remember that! Poor, perplexed you.

When I was first active in Due South fandom, I could not figure out why all of these non-college-aged women were all so very into then-underground Toronto punk rock group Billy Talent.

seriously, that's awesome.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Justin Timberlake was singing about how his back was so sexy!

OMG, you know what's worse? The first time I heard that song was when I saw that awesome Pirates vid to it, and I was all: OMG, who sings this? So I did something illegal, and the next thing I knew Justin fucking Timberlake was on my hard drive. I guess that's what you get for pirating.

the Headstones thing. I remember that! Poor, perplexed you.

It was BOTHERING me, and bothering me, and then when I figured it out it's possible I made some loud noises and put my head down on the desk. Unfortunately, this desk was in a public computer lab. But it means I got lots of personal space.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

the next thing I knew Justin fucking Timberlake was on my hard drive

Aww, bubba. That's just not good at all.

What is the Headstones thing? I think I'm missing something.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

CKR was in Hard Core Logo with Hugh Dillon, who was the lead singer of the Headstones. Fandom tells me that they are Doing It.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Ahhh. Now it all makes sense.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Honestly, the random sciency things would be interesting.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

You say that now, but you've never had to put up with one of my late night emails where I'm bubbling over some new bioremediation technique.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Bah! I spend a lot of time listening to various other friends babble about PCR-ing seastar dna or whatever. If you stopped and used small words when I get confused, I'd probably think bioremediation is really cool, too.

(And it's not as if I don't babble about how incredibly cool Chaucer or the PreRaphaelites or English Neoclassicism is at all... *G*)

[tellitslant]

Ahaha, you are awesome.

OK, here's one from me: for months, I thought that McShep was a single character. I kept hearing "too much McShep fic!" and thinking "What, is he the only interesting character on the show or what"? *g*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Heee! Well, it does seem sometimes that fandom approached them as this weird sort of gestalt entity...

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

and they're like, it's better than yours" -- instead of "and their life is better than yours." Which always confused me.

Ooooh! Ok. Now I know this too.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I aim to serve! I mean, it doesn't make much more sense, but slightly more than how playing in Kelis's (trailer park) front yard would make their lives better has always rather bothered me.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

And we'll just pretend that what I said makes send in some language that isn't English, okay?