You know you've been at Fandom High too long when . . .

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

In the midst of a flurry of comings and goings, let us pause in this festive season to remember all the good crack that we've smoked these past four months and indulge in a little game of 'You know you've been at Fandom High too long when . . .'

I'll start.

. . . one of the first things your mother says to you after not seeing you for four months is, "Um, why are you getting mail from someone called 'Aziraphale'?"

. . . while giving a tour of campus to a prospective student, the following comes out of your mouth: "This is Liquor Lane, which is actually the best lit part of Fandom." "Excuse me?" "Campus. I meant campus."

. . . the words 'frell' and 'frak' enter your vocabulary, despite having no exposure to said fandom.

. . . you can't help giggling your way through 'Revenge of the Sith' because your mind keeps hearing banthabells.

. . . the words, 'Can't sleep, Fandom High will eat me' have left your mouth.

. . . you start watching 'Power Rangers: SPD' just because of Bridge.

. . . whenever an actor (say, for example, Steve Bacic) is in a show, you involuntarily think, "Squee, that's me!"

Any others?

Comments

[bens-mikey.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that last one -- oh yes. Especially since I thought I was getting a break from FH over Thanksgiving (since mom is internet-less), and then Hal Sparks shows up on the Thanksgiving CSI. *headdesk*

To add:

...mini marshmallows (especially in cocoa) make you think of Aziraphale and/or Yazoo.

...you watch DVDs of the show your character(s) is/are from, and skip through to watch only the parts with your character(s) in them.

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

You're getting taken out for a very swanky Holiday luncheon on the company's dime and all you can think is...

"Damn it but I was doooinnnggg things in Fandom!"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

It gets weird reading your regular flist b/c when you see icons from various fandoms you assume it's the character.

[sensethevisions]

...whenever something bad comes up you immediately want to vanquish it

...the words "But that isn't how Camulus teaches it" have come out of your mouth

...your daughter asks you how come you're getting mail from Aziraphale's rare Books

...you watch Revenge of the Sith and laugh because "our Anakin is better"

...you collect the Power Rangers toys from McDonalds in hopes of getting a green one

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Method RP.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

...you start organizing your DVDs by Fandom High OTPs (Veronica Mars goes next to Angel goes next to Xena, Star Wars goes by the Gilmore Girls...).

...the words "I go to high school with them" have actually come out of your mouth during television previews for shows you didn't even know existed four months ago.

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

...you go shopping for DVDS and go "ooh, I'm buying all my friends!" and put Veronica Mars inbetween Firefly and BSG so that Veronica doesn't feel awkward next to Lee and Anakin feels a little left out that Liz is not purchasing Gilmore Girls this time around.

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

...the words "I go to high school with them" have actually come out of your mouth during television previews for shows you didn't even know existed four months ago.

OMG YES. People talk about GG all the time on my flist and I keep wanting to say that I go to HS with Rory and she's awesome....OMGWTF?!

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS GETS ME ALL THE TIME. Especially as Kara's mun makes AWESOME icons that most of my flist has and I keep thinking "wtf, Kara's posting? About the Yankees? ... oh wait..."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

...You spend more time Xmas shopping for your characters friends than your RL friends

...You say I can't go to bed yet I'm finishing my homework

...Most you the stuff you've bought recently has been FH related

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

*snickers*

Yes, as sogothcally-mun and I discovered the past few days, EVERYTHING IS META NOW.

Because when you walk by an X-Box at Fry's Electronics and can't stop snickering, or you just have to go and put the Star Wars Episode III DVD next to a Gilmore Girls box set because it just doesn't look right otherwise, that kinda says something.

As does ordering toast just so you can ask for it to be "*fingerwiggle* buttery."

Or laughing your ass off every time you drive by the ABC Dental Cosmetics storefront.

*w00ts quietly over yet another mention of SPD-watching*

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

...you collect the Power Rangers toys from McDonalds in hopes of getting a green one

*is not snickering uncontrollably at all, no*

*because that would be a very pot-kettle situation when you're doing that yourself*

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

*laughs at the "mail from Aziraphale"*

...You can't watch television or movies with actors from FH playing other characters, because the entire time you're thinking things like "Gosh, the Doctor's being really creepy today".

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

...Your entire holiday season gift wish list is stuff from fandoms you're trying to catch up on so you can interact with more people.

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

She's a big baseball fan, didn't you know? ;)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

...the words "I go to high school with them" have actually come out of your mouth during television previews for shows you didn't even know existed four months ago.

Oh, DEAR GOD YES.

If I had a nickel for every strange look I've earned . . .

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

*dies of snickering*

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

OMG MY ENTIRE FLIST HAS YOUR ICONS. AAAH!

And yes. :-)

[sensethevisions]

*raises hand* Me, too!

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

Me three!!

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

I just remembered another one.

. . . when watching GoF, you blurt out (too loudly, actually), "It's Doctor Who!" when you've never, ever watched any Doctor Who before. Actually, I think I might have yelled, "Doctor Ten"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

OMG I HAD TO DO IT. IT JUST LOOKED SO WRONG OTHERWISE. THEY WERE ALL SAD BEING FILED IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

You probably should have moved Episode II over instead. It probably sends a better message than "Our relationship will end with you dead and me evil and machiney."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Rorykin: Our loveissoTHWARTEDBYGENRE!

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

...point.

It's really a romance for the ages, isn't it?