I think I had academic dignity at one point.

[amaelamin]

Omg you guys, I have class in half an hour, but one of my Facebook friends just linked to this Asian pop conference happening at Princeton (which: waaaant. New Jersey's not that far, right? I could totally hitchhike!) And then a little subsequent Googling turned up someone (unrelated)'s thesisYou guys, it is called "It's My Passion, That's My

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[stellsonic]

Essay is for Thursday night, silly. <3

[potetofurai]

ohhhh I'm gonna have to read that thesis~ I love reading about Asian pop/johnny's/fandom in an academic way (<--does that make sense? )

The title of the whole thing and the chapter titles I loveeeeee.

(The grammar in this comment is terrible ><)

[amaelamin]

No, I totally understand - that was pretty much my exact reaction. :D

dlfkhjdglh I just scrolled down to a random page and it says, I quote, "NEWS and their member-ai" IN SOMEONE'S THESIS, why is this not my life. T.T

[fluidcomplexity]

I'm totally reading this when I get time (which is not until like 9PM tonight, and then I'm gonna try breaking open my SS2 DVD -finally- XD)! I'm actually really excited at the prospect of fandom in academia, haha.

Also, WHAT A CONFERENCE. I need to go to one. Ugh, that Princeton one looks so good, especially "Language Unleashed Through K-Pop: Emerging Rhymes & Puns". PLEASE, they have to talk about 'fantastic elastic', 'hysteric mysteric', 'loverholic robotronic' and 'electronic manic supersonic bionic'. :D

[amaelamin]

ENJOY YOUR DVD, BB! It's an interesting read but I think your priorities are right on. :D

PLEASE, they have to talk about 'fantastic elastic', 'hysteric mysteric', 'loverholic robotronic' and 'electronic manic supersonic bionic'. :D

I know, right? All the topics looked so interesting. And... I had not realized quite how much SM likes to do that, haha! "Fantastic elastic" is obviously classic, but man, find some new syllables to rhyme, guys. XD (She says, using an -ic word...)