two things

[lirazel]

+ Listening to coverage on NPR about how people from Connecticut (what do y'all call yourselves?) are split in their support of the Patriots vs. the Giants, I got bitter and pissed off. I shouldn't care. But I do. Because grown-ass adults can talk about "loathing" a team and talk about "redemption" when it comes to sports, and that is totally socially acceptable and nobody questions it. But if I was to go on any media outlet and talk using that same sort of language about ships or character arcs or the depth of my feelings about the stories I invest in, people would think I was weird and either mock or pity me.

I hate the world.

+ Okay, so apparently these ugly-crying gifs of KBell that I've been seeing around have something to do with sloths + Ellen? I really love KBell, so I kind of want to watch whatever this is, but sloths really, really freak me out? Like almost as much as komodo dragons, which are currently number one on my list of animals that freak me out (my list makes much more sense than my sister's, which is comprised of squirrels and fish. I don't know either). Something about the way they move is just scary as anything to me. So can I watch this video without being horrified? Can I close my eyes during the sloth parts and just watch the KBell parts, or is it mostly sloth parts? Ugh. Just writing the word grosses me out.

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Comments

[madcap-shiny.livejournal.com]

+ AGREEEEEEEED. :( I wish fandom wasn't so weirdly disconnected from the ~real world~, ugh. /bitter corner of bitter

+ I think you should be okay with the KBell video! She talks about them during it but no actual sloths make an appearance; there's just photos of them that show up here and there. It's a seriously adorable video that is like 99% KBell just being precious and 1% pictures of sloths sometimes showing up, so I figure you are probably fine. :D

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

+ The perception seems to be sports = something normal people do; fandom = something weird people do. Even though I would argue that fandom makes MORE sense than sports, because stories are part of what make us human, and sports...are just entertainment. Also, I swear all of this is tied up in societal feelings about masculinity (sports as a replacement for war in a society where the average man will never go to war, etc.) and suchlike, which also makes me mad.

+ Just watched it! Mostly fine! I do not understand how she can be the way she is. I wish my surplus of emotions were that unrelentingly adorable.