Still technically on vacation
Nov. 28th, 2008 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankyoldmanBut I'm in freaking northern Ohio, where there's SNOW and I need the warm glow of the computer to keep me from freezing.
Ok, kidding. But I am a little bored, and I have wireless here. So have some fun things I've caught up with!
- Approval, does it matter?
- Some crazy musics.
- Match calendar.
- Really awful sex scenes.
- Writer friends might like this.
- The Macy's Rickroll video.
I'm unsure why it keeps coming up, maybe it's because of the season, but I've been annoyed a lot lately.
I think there's a fair bit of snobbery going around, and I don't like it. Not one bit. It's not a matter of one person liking something and another not liking that--this is human nature, it's what keeps us individuals and makes us a nice variety from one another.
No, there's been just plain snobbery, which just a tad of entitlement going around.
I like talking about things that are both "serious" and silly. I think it's because I don't want to take myself TOO seriously and become a complete bore, nor do I want to be a clown. I can get really emotional about things, but I've learned to take a deep breath and wait before hitting the keyboard. I'd like to think I'm generally patient too. I could be wrong. XD
But if there's one thing that will probably annoy me, unequivocally, it is when someone gets snobby about something they like. Hell, I've gotten that way before too, I'm not perfect, but I tend to feel bad when I notice it. Or Drak tells me. But lately it seems to have reached a certain degree in which I am starting to feel ashamed for my less than amazing things I'm into. Which is ridiculous. So I've decided to stop that, and just get out what's been bothering me, in bullet form.
- Fine, so you don't like Final Fantasy or you like other games better. I'm cool with that! But I do. Not because I think they are superior games or world-changing or whatever. It was just a series I started with, and I like it. I even like the crazy fandom that comes with it. No matter how much you talk about some other game you like or how superior something is, you will not make me like it less. In fact, you're turning me off to the games you love, because you're being such a snob about it. Not everyone had an Atari when they were kids! Gamer culture is intimidating to start in as late as I did, and I find it annoying that I still have to defend what I like. So I'm not going to anymore. You don't want to hear me babble, then don't read. I'll do the same for certain types of rants. Hell, I haven't even STARTED on my love of Legacy of Kain, which I hear lots of gamers didn't get into.
- Yes, I read a lot of stuffy books that are a part of English class curriculum. For fun! I don't do this to lord over anyone and some of them I don't end up liking. But the ones I do end up liking, I like. I don't turn my nose up at newer stuff. But I don't find ONLY reading new stuff in an attempt to buck the current English class curricula to be particularly innovative, or smart. In fact, I find it childish. Maybe it's the history minor part of me, but it's good to know BOTH old and new. Fluff and dense. Maybe I don't like your brand of fluff, or you don't like my brand of dense, but again, people are different. And I'm ok with that. Sure, it's different because I'm not graded for reading stuff. But back when I was in English class, I was one of the kids that LOVED poetry analysis and crazy stuff like that. Maybe I just like taking things apart. I dunno.
- Alright, so satire and parody is fun and hilarious. But I kind of feel bad for the people that like Twilight (and other things like it) because they know it's fluff and not because they think it's this intense love story (or because they just like the genre). Hell, I felt the same way about Harry Potter to be honest. Fun fluff, not anything that groundbreaking. I think it goes with age. Sure, it worries me that it's aimed at younger people, who don't realize that Romeo and Juliet is in fact a terrible example of Tru Wuv, but we all have something. I mean, I'm a fan of really bad spy/thriller novels and movies. That's basically the genre I will ALWAYS watch/read, no matter my mood or inclination. And really, if you've seen The Sentinel and know that I actually paid MONEY to see it, then you'll know how bad my obsession really is. I actually LOVED Hannibal Rising. Some people are dorks for vampires (though I liked Van Helsing too... it was just FUN and DRACULA WITH PONYTAIL). I think we all get now that it's awful. Or not. Or whatever. Link me hilarious videos (and I'll link you), but find something else to talk about, please? And no, I haven't read it, but it's because I haven't had the desire to, either to make fun of it or to like it. I sort of want to just go see the movie, because I want to see the sparkly parts. XD
- Um... there is no point four.
Not a lot, but yeah. I feel better now. Being away from school lets me think for a bit.
~Cendri
Ok, kidding. But I am a little bored, and I have wireless here. So have some fun things I've caught up with!
- Approval, does it matter?
- Some crazy musics.
- Match calendar.
- Really awful sex scenes.
- Writer friends might like this.
- The Macy's Rickroll video.
I'm unsure why it keeps coming up, maybe it's because of the season, but I've been annoyed a lot lately.
I think there's a fair bit of snobbery going around, and I don't like it. Not one bit. It's not a matter of one person liking something and another not liking that--this is human nature, it's what keeps us individuals and makes us a nice variety from one another.
No, there's been just plain snobbery, which just a tad of entitlement going around.
I like talking about things that are both "serious" and silly. I think it's because I don't want to take myself TOO seriously and become a complete bore, nor do I want to be a clown. I can get really emotional about things, but I've learned to take a deep breath and wait before hitting the keyboard. I'd like to think I'm generally patient too. I could be wrong. XD
But if there's one thing that will probably annoy me, unequivocally, it is when someone gets snobby about something they like. Hell, I've gotten that way before too, I'm not perfect, but I tend to feel bad when I notice it. Or Drak tells me. But lately it seems to have reached a certain degree in which I am starting to feel ashamed for my less than amazing things I'm into. Which is ridiculous. So I've decided to stop that, and just get out what's been bothering me, in bullet form.
- Fine, so you don't like Final Fantasy or you like other games better. I'm cool with that! But I do. Not because I think they are superior games or world-changing or whatever. It was just a series I started with, and I like it. I even like the crazy fandom that comes with it. No matter how much you talk about some other game you like or how superior something is, you will not make me like it less. In fact, you're turning me off to the games you love, because you're being such a snob about it. Not everyone had an Atari when they were kids! Gamer culture is intimidating to start in as late as I did, and I find it annoying that I still have to defend what I like. So I'm not going to anymore. You don't want to hear me babble, then don't read. I'll do the same for certain types of rants. Hell, I haven't even STARTED on my love of Legacy of Kain, which I hear lots of gamers didn't get into.
- Yes, I read a lot of stuffy books that are a part of English class curriculum. For fun! I don't do this to lord over anyone and some of them I don't end up liking. But the ones I do end up liking, I like. I don't turn my nose up at newer stuff. But I don't find ONLY reading new stuff in an attempt to buck the current English class curricula to be particularly innovative, or smart. In fact, I find it childish. Maybe it's the history minor part of me, but it's good to know BOTH old and new. Fluff and dense. Maybe I don't like your brand of fluff, or you don't like my brand of dense, but again, people are different. And I'm ok with that. Sure, it's different because I'm not graded for reading stuff. But back when I was in English class, I was one of the kids that LOVED poetry analysis and crazy stuff like that. Maybe I just like taking things apart. I dunno.
- Alright, so satire and parody is fun and hilarious. But I kind of feel bad for the people that like Twilight (and other things like it) because they know it's fluff and not because they think it's this intense love story (or because they just like the genre). Hell, I felt the same way about Harry Potter to be honest. Fun fluff, not anything that groundbreaking. I think it goes with age. Sure, it worries me that it's aimed at younger people, who don't realize that Romeo and Juliet is in fact a terrible example of Tru Wuv, but we all have something. I mean, I'm a fan of really bad spy/thriller novels and movies. That's basically the genre I will ALWAYS watch/read, no matter my mood or inclination. And really, if you've seen The Sentinel and know that I actually paid MONEY to see it, then you'll know how bad my obsession really is. I actually LOVED Hannibal Rising. Some people are dorks for vampires (though I liked Van Helsing too... it was just FUN and DRACULA WITH PONYTAIL). I think we all get now that it's awful. Or not. Or whatever. Link me hilarious videos (and I'll link you), but find something else to talk about, please? And no, I haven't read it, but it's because I haven't had the desire to, either to make fun of it or to like it. I sort of want to just go see the movie, because I want to see the sparkly parts. XD
- Um... there is no point four.
Not a lot, but yeah. I feel better now. Being away from school lets me think for a bit.
~Cendri