i am only living out a lie

[fiarra]

I may or may not have been listening to the Repo soundtrack for the past 7 hours (minus an hour for dinner). JUST SAYING.

First things first

I joined up on the latest Merlin friending meme. So.. anyone new around here... WELCOME TO MY JOURNAL. Help yourself to cookies.. drink the Kool-aid at your own risk. etc etc... I was definitely starting to feel bit of a fandom void lately. Still have plenty of people left from the HP days (I still love you guys even if I don't comment places and such!), but mostly it's people I know IRL.. and I feel guilty when I squee too much at only that audience. *woe* So this came right in time and I forced myself to be all not-shy and join in.

Let's talk about my morning. And how I was scheduled at 11:30. And then how I woke up.. at 11:30. Ahahaha... I sat up wide-awake and called them right away. I was out the door in 10 minutes. I felt so bad because I'd been really good about getting up in time and then I went and messed it up. *sigh* As a result, I was out of sorts for the shift. And I was working with someone I don't normally work with, so I was a little... not happy with the shift. So glad when I got to leave earlier.

Tonight I was making lasagne noodles while my mom was ironing and she said the following to me: "You're starting school now so I think you need to start backing down with the anime stuff because school is more important". I was... vaguely appalled? I mean, I'm not stupid and I know that I NEED to do well if I want to get anywhere academically. But like... she was saying it like... it was something stupid and childish that I need to be leaving behind. And I'm just like, goddamnit anime is what saved me in college from any variety of stupid things that could have happened. Bah to that.

I have ep three of FMA sitting on my harddrive... maybe I should watch that when I'm done modding...

Comments

[kick-flaw.livejournal.com]

REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO REPO!

That's all.

[starsparkle333.livejournal.com]

THAT IS THE ONLY LOGICAL REACTION

[thedreademperor.livejournal.com]

Yes, I too hate when people on my friend's list are those I know!

[awayfromlife.livejournal.com]

Hi! Oh, cookies om nom nom nom. Re: animes, my mom (and extended family, really) is the same. Which makes me really frustrated sometimes because how hard can it be to accept that all animes=/=just for children? GAH.

So, what are you studying?

[starsparkle333.livejournal.com]

hiii!!

Yea my parents have been like that since I started getting really into it. And then I was president of the university's anime club for a few years and they didn't like that much even though it was important to me. *shrug* I tend to ignore the comments now.

I'm going in the fall to study marine ecology and get my Ph.D! I'm really nervous about it, but I think it'll be at least a little bit fun.

[awayfromlife.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, cool! I'm sure it'll be fun. If it is what I think it is, it sounds interesting.:)

[i-claudia.livejournal.com]

OH HAI THERE. *helps self to cookies* I know exactly what you mean with the "fandom void"... I love my RL friends dearly but they tend to roll their eyes and pat me on the head when I go on about Merlin (or HP!) for more than half a minute.

[starsparkle333.livejournal.com]

\o/ COOKIES FOR ALL!!

It's nice to see someone else with the same thoughts of fandom void as me! I was starting to feel guilty about posting anything fandom-related because no one really ~got it~.

[stolenrain.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think its a hispanic mother thing. I've said it a million times, but I still believe it.

When I go home for breaks and whatnot, all my mother *sees* me doing is going out with my friends until about 2 am, sitting online and playing computer games. Then she has the nerve to say "you need to be more focused when you go back to school... you can't keep doing these things during the semester."

I find it aggravating because in my mind - if I'm getting A's in my classes, and you don't actually see me for 75% of the year except for when I DON'T have class, then you have NO idea what I do during the semester. And slacking off and playing video games and staying out until 2 in the morning is definitely not part of my daily routine.

I wouldn't worry so much about what your mom says. They just like to say things because they have nothing better to do other than to say stupid crap like that to us. If they can't figure it out when they see the grades we're getting - well then that's too bad for them. How else do you get good grades? I'm certainly not sleeping with my professors - nor am I baking them cookies in exchange for credit.

It must be all those games and anime that we watch.

/rant

[starsparkle333.livejournal.com]

Oh hispanic mother syndrome. *shakes head*

I'm not worried about it really. ^^ I know I need to focus and fully intend to throw myself into my studies... once it actually starts.

Thanks for the encouragement. <3