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The world in general
Nov. 9th, 2005 05:19 pmLil' Trimmer.
I HAVE INTARWEB! Aaron came over toting his handy-dandy USB network card last night, and thus my lappy and the net have been reunited at long last. Joyous day! Except now I only have one USB port to use for other stuff and it's kind of dodgey. Who wants to buy me a USB hub for Christmas? ^^; Or at least one of these...
I also have an exceedingly sore throat still. Earliest doctor's appointment I could get was tomorrow. I visably cringe when I swallow >.< Damn you, tonsils!
I got paid today, so I went and blew money on Christmas presents for peeps ^_^ Well, I got the money order for what I'm getting them anyway. I can't send it 'til I've printed out an order form, and I have no printer TT_____TT So the goods probably won't get here 'til after Christmas. But they're really good pressies, at least in my opinion! Does that count? >.<
Blah. Attempted to call that psych from Centrelink today but I got the machine. Damn. There's one thing that concerns me about going to see a psych on a regular basis, and that is that they'll try to make me normal.
I'm not normal.
Very few otaku I know are normal.
I think it stems from the fact that most of us lean towards the outcast variety. Growing up away from the mainstream, we ended up gravitating towards fellow outcasts. When you're an outsider who mostly only associates with other outsiders, of course you're going to be different. You develop your own sense of normalacy and community that greatly deviates from the mainstream. The anime fandom is rather unique, which only adds to the strength of the bonds formed between brethren. We dress up, we like gay sex, the genre's varied enough to pull in all sorts of people and yet it's possible for people from all ends of the fandom to get on due to the common interest. Yaoi fans don't neccesarily hate yuri, mecha fans don't neccesarily hate shoujo, and everyone despises fangirls.
But after being involved in such a community for so long, it's easy to forget how to interact normally. Outside smalltalk it can be harder to form relationships with "the norms" when you've come to accept your little niche as normalacy.
Meh.
I HAVE INTARWEB! Aaron came over toting his handy-dandy USB network card last night, and thus my lappy and the net have been reunited at long last. Joyous day! Except now I only have one USB port to use for other stuff and it's kind of dodgey. Who wants to buy me a USB hub for Christmas? ^^; Or at least one of these...
I also have an exceedingly sore throat still. Earliest doctor's appointment I could get was tomorrow. I visably cringe when I swallow >.< Damn you, tonsils!
I got paid today, so I went and blew money on Christmas presents for peeps ^_^ Well, I got the money order for what I'm getting them anyway. I can't send it 'til I've printed out an order form, and I have no printer TT_____TT So the goods probably won't get here 'til after Christmas. But they're really good pressies, at least in my opinion! Does that count? >.<
Blah. Attempted to call that psych from Centrelink today but I got the machine. Damn. There's one thing that concerns me about going to see a psych on a regular basis, and that is that they'll try to make me normal.
I'm not normal.
Very few otaku I know are normal.
I think it stems from the fact that most of us lean towards the outcast variety. Growing up away from the mainstream, we ended up gravitating towards fellow outcasts. When you're an outsider who mostly only associates with other outsiders, of course you're going to be different. You develop your own sense of normalacy and community that greatly deviates from the mainstream. The anime fandom is rather unique, which only adds to the strength of the bonds formed between brethren. We dress up, we like gay sex, the genre's varied enough to pull in all sorts of people and yet it's possible for people from all ends of the fandom to get on due to the common interest. Yaoi fans don't neccesarily hate yuri, mecha fans don't neccesarily hate shoujo, and everyone despises fangirls.
But after being involved in such a community for so long, it's easy to forget how to interact normally. Outside smalltalk it can be harder to form relationships with "the norms" when you've come to accept your little niche as normalacy.
Meh.
