And a few more of your least favorite things

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I don't quite understand why bandom is looked at with such disdain by so many people. Never before have I felt so supremely judged simply for taking part in a specific fandom. I don't see this one as any different from any of my others - in fact, it's kind of Jsquared to the nth power. And I thought we were all gay friendly around here? So what is it about boys acting somewhat feminine that freaks people out? I just don't understand it. Does the music somehow not come up to some obscure standards? Are they too young? What is it that makes this fandom the subject of so much persecution? I've never been reluctant to post about a fannish obsession of mine before, and I kind of hate it.

This is just another set of boys. Another set of boys who love each other a lot, a lot a lot, and aren't afraid to show it. Another set of boys to write beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, gorgeous stories about, stories that reach out and touch you. Another set of boys to ogle and drool over and giggle at and flail about every time there's a new picture of them completely ignoring the concept of personal space. It's just more boys. So why does fandom at large make me feel ashamed?

I just had to get that out of my system. Moving on!

I did a lot of shopping today, and it was fun! My mom's fiance got me a $30 gift certificate to Borders, so I went and shop shop shopped, it was so much fun! I ended up with quite the haul:

• "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace - This author came to give a talk at my school last year, and oh, he was wonderful. I read one of his short stories before he came and he's so FUNNY! Incisively brilliant, too. This is his long novel and it was at a really good price so I couldn't resist.
  
• "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman - I've been wanting to read this one for a long time. I loved lyra_wing's Supernatural AU based on this, so I bet I'm going to love the book too.
  
• "Invisible Monsters" by Chuck Palahniuk - Damn you Ryan Ross! I probably won't like it, but who knows.
  
• Sci Fi magazine, with Katee Sackhoff on the cover (KATEE! ♥) and containing the fall TV preview.

Yay! So essentially I'm set on reading material for the next, oh, year. I've been reading so slowly lately, sigh.

I also took my sister to Staples for her school supplies, and then to various clothing stores for school clothes. I got myself some cute long sleeved things for Ireland, including a couple hooded tops because hoods = love. Even if they're not quite hoodies *g* So that was a fun afternoon, just us girls!


EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

*deep breath* Okay. Okay. So videos are simply exploding onto the internets from the two Decaydance fest shows recently - Cologne (on my BIRTHDAY) and Paris! And at Paris, Brendon fucking Urie dedicated a song to Ryan fucking Ross, who proceeded to look embarassed and pleased and then pull Brendon in for a hug. YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP YOU GUYS. OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I MIGHT COMBUST. The audio on the video is absolute SHITE, and I'm looking for a better version, but HUG, GUYS, HUG. The beauty starts about 1:05 in. I love how shy and pleased Ryan looks! Eeeeeee!

Other highlights: BRING IT with Gabe William and Travis! Who are all so snuggly together! It's ridonkulously adorable.
Panic! covering The Band's "The Weight" (?) - They do such a beautiful job with this song, I love it.
Panic!'s new song Middle of the Summer - Soooo good. Can I has new album naow? Kthx.
Panic!'s new song Nine in the Afternoon - Ryan introduces it (!) and that's what he calls it! Brendon sounds even better hear than he did at Virgin Fest, and I reeeeally love this song. Like a lot.
Build God Then We'll Talk - It's strange seeing them performing without their costumes and vaudeville troop and elaborate set design, but it's fun to just focus on the boys. You can't hear Ryan very well, alas, but they're as great as always! I love Ryan saying thank you to Paris near the end, and Jon coming over to Brendon's piano at the conclusion. Yay boys!

God, I can't even imagine how I would react to going to one of these shows. RYAN BRENDON JON SPENCER PETE PATRICK JOE ANDY WILLIAM CHIZ SISKY BUTCHER MIKE GABE TRAVIS VICKYT AND MORE ALL IN ONE NIGHT???? *dies* They must be having SO MUCH FUN traveling together!! If we don't get some priceless behind the scenes TAI TV or other videos, I will be muchly disappointed! I love all these boys (and girl!) to such a ridiculous degree. Whee!

Well that's certainly enough out of me, so shutting up now.

Comments

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Panic! pretty much wins at adorable all the time. And I think the great thing about Panic is that the majority of the touching goes on off-stage. It's not a ploy for attention, they just really have no concept of personal space. Or, Brendon Urie has no concept of personal space and has rubbed off on everyone else. (Metaphorically, and literally, probably.)

I don't know, I get being a little miffed that a good deal of your flist has taken up with a fandom you don't care about but ... oh wait. No I don't. There was a time when 3/4 of my flist talked of pretty much nothing but Dr. Who. I'm not into Dr. Who. Did I whine about it? No, I exercised my will to scroll.

Sometimes I'll talk to people, and they'll have all this hate for Panic, and I'll be trying to explain how amazing the CD is, and then I'll realize that the only song they've heard is I Write Sins... And then I want to strangle them. And I want to dare them to really listen to the lyrics to Camisado and not fall a little bit in love with Ryan Ross. And if you just don't like their music and go on your way, that's one thing. Not everybody is gonna like the music. That's fine. But to spew hate about them all over the place just makes me angry. If you don't like them, don't listen, you know? No reason to do anything else.

Anyway, when that happens I just love them a little harder to make up for it. ^^

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To be honest, I Write Sins is probably my least favorite song on the album. It's catchy, sure, whatever, but it's also got the least substance to it. God, CAMISADO. I just. Yes.

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Me too! It's the only song I skip. It has none of the substance of Camisado or Nails for Breakfast and the phrasing isn't even a tenth as clever as oh, every other song on the album. I am also constantly amazed that that song propelled them into stardom.

Yes. CAMISADO. So amazing.

(Um, also, I think I just flew off the handle a little bit up there at anonymous. Sorry.)

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No, dude, don't apologize, I want to squish you to my CHEST. *squish* I'm so lucky to have friends who can be cutting and intelligent in rebuttals with an eloquence I can't seem to manage. I was going to say a lot more to them but I decided not to let them get me riled up, and anyway you lovely gals have taken care of it all for me!

This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor!

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You know, I really try not to let people get to me. Especially in fandom. But that pissed me off. I don't think I've gone on a rant like that since QAF.

It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional. It's sure as hell ain't normal, but we deal we deal!

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Your iconnnnnn *flails and dies* I'm not sure I have the full size image of that! All of them in tight tees? Yeah, um. *GRABBYHANDS*

The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where the apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in!

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Oh man, I fucking love that picture. I got it here (http://oncewasenough.livejournal.com/26792.html) I believe.

*attempts to post pic here*



You can take the kid out of the fight, but you can't take fight out of the kid!

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Gahhh look at themmmm. Thank you so much :D And that's an awesome picspam that I hadn't found yet, whee!

Sit back relax, sit back relapse again!

(I'm off to bed my dear - goodnight!)