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First things first. If you're trying to attend the Sin City Destinta Debacle, what time/times are good for you? I'm thinking a late night showing that way everyone who might be working that evening will be able to attend. Just be assured, I would not be adverse to seeing the film twice in one day. :)
Now, onto the weirdness!
So, some time in January I bought a new shirt from Gadzooks. It had the Periodic Table of The Elements on it (oooooo! ahhhhhh!). I saw it, went 'Great! I loved Chemistry in middle school and high school!' and purchased it. After about one to two laundry cycles, I ended up wearing it to work. While at work, I ended up talking to a retired engineer, a science(can't remember if it was bio or chem) professor, a random science/chemistry enthusiast, and later at Binge and Purge, a waiter who happened to be a physics major about my lovely t-shirt. Now, in the course of these conversations, all these individuals thought I knew more about the Periodic Table of The Elements (oooo! ahhh!) than I actually did. Each time, I said some variation of "Thanks! I bought it because I really enjoyed Chemistry in high school (and the retired engineer didn't seem to understand that I knew that the Periodic Table of Teh Awesome is also used in engineering. I wasn't that annoyed though, he was very nice)!" Clearly, however, they expected me to engage in further, science-y conversation (I think the "I really liked Chemistry in high school" implies that I don't have too much knowledge about it beyond high school, but maybe that's just me). So my questions after all that crap are:
1. Does the wearing of the Periodic Table shirt make me a poser?
and
2. Should I be obligated to engage in conversation about it, since the shirt denotes enthusiasm about the subject?
Inquiring Tifas want to know!
There was going to be an 'I'm a weirdo!" Part 2, but I'm bored with that right now. I'll ask my question and delineate (love that word!) my strange behavior later.
While I was watching some Naruto episodes earlier this week, I got a horrible wonderful idea. Wouldn't a series about young girls learning to fight evil by moonlight and whatnot be awesome? Like a Magical Girl Academy, and they go on missions and duke it out with eachother trying to become guardians. I think it would work best as a parody, but I think it could be taken seriously, too, if done right.
Random pet peeve: I may have my insecurities, but at the end of the day I think I'm fairly intelligent. What bothers me sometimes even more than someone thinking I'm an idiot, is someone being surprised I'm intelligent. What, do I look like an idiot? Do I sound like an idiot? Just because I'm a goofball doesn't mean I'm fucking stupid. If I have someone toss me the 'Oh, wow! She's much smarter than I thought!' look or go 'Wow, that's so great that you can use that word in a sentence! Where did you learn it?' (I'm going to call steelcoat the fuck out on that count. You're lucky I was feeling charitable that afternoon, I'll tell you that much) one more time, I'm going on a killing spree. Keep your amazement that I'm not a fucking imbecile to yourself.
DDR is calling me.
Now, onto the weirdness!
So, some time in January I bought a new shirt from Gadzooks. It had the Periodic Table of The Elements on it (oooooo! ahhhhhh!). I saw it, went 'Great! I loved Chemistry in middle school and high school!' and purchased it. After about one to two laundry cycles, I ended up wearing it to work. While at work, I ended up talking to a retired engineer, a science(can't remember if it was bio or chem) professor, a random science/chemistry enthusiast, and later at Binge and Purge, a waiter who happened to be a physics major about my lovely t-shirt. Now, in the course of these conversations, all these individuals thought I knew more about the Periodic Table of The Elements (oooo! ahhh!) than I actually did. Each time, I said some variation of "Thanks! I bought it because I really enjoyed Chemistry in high school (and the retired engineer didn't seem to understand that I knew that the Periodic Table of Teh Awesome is also used in engineering. I wasn't that annoyed though, he was very nice)!" Clearly, however, they expected me to engage in further, science-y conversation (I think the "I really liked Chemistry in high school" implies that I don't have too much knowledge about it beyond high school, but maybe that's just me). So my questions after all that crap are:
1. Does the wearing of the Periodic Table shirt make me a poser?
and
2. Should I be obligated to engage in conversation about it, since the shirt denotes enthusiasm about the subject?
Inquiring Tifas want to know!
There was going to be an 'I'm a weirdo!" Part 2, but I'm bored with that right now. I'll ask my question and delineate (love that word!) my strange behavior later.
While I was watching some Naruto episodes earlier this week, I got a horrible wonderful idea. Wouldn't a series about young girls learning to fight evil by moonlight and whatnot be awesome? Like a Magical Girl Academy, and they go on missions and duke it out with eachother trying to become guardians. I think it would work best as a parody, but I think it could be taken seriously, too, if done right.
Random pet peeve: I may have my insecurities, but at the end of the day I think I'm fairly intelligent. What bothers me sometimes even more than someone thinking I'm an idiot, is someone being surprised I'm intelligent. What, do I look like an idiot? Do I sound like an idiot? Just because I'm a goofball doesn't mean I'm fucking stupid. If I have someone toss me the 'Oh, wow! She's much smarter than I thought!' look or go 'Wow, that's so great that you can use that word in a sentence! Where did you learn it?' (I'm going to call steelcoat the fuck out on that count. You're lucky I was feeling charitable that afternoon, I'll tell you that much) one more time, I'm going on a killing spree. Keep your amazement that I'm not a fucking imbecile to yourself.
DDR is calling me.