Post of all randomness

[nny]

- ...Hunh.

- Did I ever mention we (as sibling collective) got a Wild West Gunslinger game for Christmas last year?

- I have a collection of bites on the back of my leg. Judging by the size of the lump something must've got caught in my sock, or something; there's about five of them there.

- Every time I mention that I'm feeling better or that my pain ain't so bad or what have you, my body goes THERE IS NO PLACE FOR OPTIMISM HERE! It's fun. Yup.

- It's amazing how much time at uni will do for you even outside the degree subject. Teaches you a different way to look at the world and format your thoughts and suchlike. So even though I don't feel like I chose the right subject, and I kinda screwed up, it was still a positive part of my life with a good end result. I'm very pleased by this.

- If I make an ass of myself, or if you feel like I've not thought an opinion through enough or expressed it badly, please let me know. I'd rather I knew than found out down the line that you've thought I'm an idiot for years.

- I have no idea if that sentence is accurately tensed. I can't be bothered to work it out.

- I'm already looking forward to half term.

Comments

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

I promise if I ever think you're being an ass, that I'll tell you.

Love for you, honey. *hugs you gently*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

HaHA, you FOOL! You fell for my EVIL PLAN! This post was just to get people close enough so I could completely collapse on them. Now you will be dragging my dead weight around ALL DAY!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

OK. I've no problem with being used as a pillow. :) *cuddles up with you* You're foiled, foiled I tell you. :D

[seshat1.livejournal.com]

I clicked on the link and then read the title as "America in critical need of a mandarin". Also, I then didn't think that was strange. *headdesks*

[batyatoon]

*randoms back at you*

You are using an icon that I made. This makes me happy.

*dances!*

[bcgphoenix]

...huh.

You know, between that and the Blue Sun Biofuel website that popped up earlier in the year, I am shooting more and more suspicious glances in Joss Whedon's direction.

[kyraille.livejournal.com]

Wtf, yes, my school just picked up an evening Mandarin class for this year. Hunh indeed.

okay, nervous now.

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

Talking to a friend about this reassured me that I wasn't overreacting too much, so -- I mean, you're free to think I'm crazy, because I'm probably hypersensitive by now, but I thought I'd mention it.

You link to an article about Americans wanting to learn Mandarin in a way that expresses confusion and some bemusement: - ...Hunh. I know you can't control your comments, but at least one person responds with even more bemusement. Would you respond in the same way to an article about how the Chinese are scrambling to learn English? Or, say, an article about how Americans want to learn German?

Maybe I am overreacting and I've read your post and the comments wrong. But you know, this kind of thing piles up and it piles up and I never know what the posters are really thinking; I can only go on the impression I get, because frankly, asking and clarifying would probably be more trouble than it's worth. I'd usually just twitch and move on, but -- I trust you, and I sort of feel I should speak up now, because it'd be unfair not to, with so many people expressing their desire to know what kind of cluelessness ticks me off.

Re: okay, nervous now.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

This particular link was actually a reaction to Firefly - Joss Whedon has his characters occasionally using Mandarin words because in the universe it's about the US and China were the two superpowers when Earth was destroyed. The way it was phrased was characteristic of Mal Reynolds who, incidentally, has the best 'hunh' face ever in the world; I have developed a liking for characters with completely understated reactions, like Oz from Buffy. But yeah - what with a developing company that sounds faintly ominous and has the same name as Joss' bad guys, and this development of interest in Mandarin in America, I'm looking at Joss very suspiciously.

However, I do take your point. Probably the significant part, the major indication of my cluelessness was that I didn't even think about someone having an adverse reaction to how I'd phrased it. It's very easy, since (thinking about reading that article you linked to yesterday) I've selected my friends a lot of the time to match my interests on various subjects, to assume that they are coming from the same place as me, you know?

That's why I am genuinely interested when people make posts about opinions and suchlike that are really important to them, because I already know we have similar perspectives on fandom, and if everyone agreed all the time it would be a very dull place. People who get too caught up talking about fandom or their RP character or what have you do tend to bore me, rather - although obviously it depends how much of their own voice is clear in what they're saying.

...and I've just woken up from a dream about Rodney McKay, so I'm not sure how much sense that made. I'm hoping it was at least a little. :D

(And, genuinely, thanks for asking. Sometimes I manage to insert foot firmly in mouth, and not find out for weeks, so I appreciate it. :))

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

I've watched Firefly, but it didn't spring to mind, obviously. :) That makes things a little better, thanks.

[kenovay.livejournal.com]

Well i personally have thought you were an idiot since I met you. *solemn nod*