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.

I use my Andrew icon for this post because he is the only celebrity I would believe can understand the depth of my feelings (about anything. about everything. just feelings in general). Andrew Garfield: Emotional Evangelist is your sponsor for this post.

Comments

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

The sports vs fandom analogy always, always works. And it works on a feminist angle too since fandom is mostly full of women, so while men can be really enthusiastic about sports and make those kind of OTT comments and not be thought of as deluded, women use the same exact language to describe the things we're passionate about...and we're gently reminded, dear, that you know they don't actually exist?

It's all fun and games until someone's reminded they painted themselves blue for the Super Bowl.

The KBell video makes me cry from laughing every time but I see you've seen it now :)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

women use the same exact language to describe the things we're passionate about...and we're gently reminded, dear, that you know they don't actually exist?

It's all fun and games until someone's reminded they painted themselves blue for the Super Bowl.

HAHAHA YES. I love you.

The thing about the KBell video is that if it was anybody else, I would probably think that freaking out crying was just for show. But she's totally sincere about it! I love it!