Making the necessary introductions
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gogmagogWell, this is awkward - first entries always are, I've noticed. But I suppose I'd better get it out of the way so I can blog like a normal person (for fannish values of "normal").
So, a few statements about me:
- I'm Joseph, or Yosi. I'm a graduate student in the humanities, working on my Ph.D.
- I am a Whovian, a Whedonite, and a member of various other unsavory televisual cults.
- I love videogames, especially RPGs (the more weeaboo, the better).
- I enjoy reading comics, though my knowledge of such is relatively limited, I feel (or maybe it's just that most of the comic book geeks I know are even geekier than myself). I also read a lot of manga, primarily shoujo (girls') manga, and within that primarily cute romantic stuff.
- ...No, I'm not secretly a sixteen-year-old girl, honest.
- I have practiced every kind of craft at some point or other (well, except maybe tatting), though the only ones I've managed to keep up with for any length of time are knitting and rubber-stamping.
- ...No, I'm not secretly a forty-year-old housewife, either.
- I am whatever the British equivalent of a weeaboo is. (A Britaboo?) It is daily the bane of my life (well, to be honest, maybe weekly) that BBC America is not part of my cable package. I would like to live in England someday, though I don't see that happening anytime soon unfortunately.
- I like cheese, primarily white cheeses like farmer, Monterey Jack or mozzarella. However, I do not like melted cheese except on pizza. (In case you hadn't noticed, I am really really picky.)
Nice to meet you!
So, a few statements about me:
- I'm Joseph, or Yosi. I'm a graduate student in the humanities, working on my Ph.D.
- I am a Whovian, a Whedonite, and a member of various other unsavory televisual cults.
- I love videogames, especially RPGs (the more weeaboo, the better).
- I enjoy reading comics, though my knowledge of such is relatively limited, I feel (or maybe it's just that most of the comic book geeks I know are even geekier than myself). I also read a lot of manga, primarily shoujo (girls') manga, and within that primarily cute romantic stuff.
- ...No, I'm not secretly a sixteen-year-old girl, honest.
- I have practiced every kind of craft at some point or other (well, except maybe tatting), though the only ones I've managed to keep up with for any length of time are knitting and rubber-stamping.
- ...No, I'm not secretly a forty-year-old housewife, either.
- I am whatever the British equivalent of a weeaboo is. (A Britaboo?) It is daily the bane of my life (well, to be honest, maybe weekly) that BBC America is not part of my cable package. I would like to live in England someday, though I don't see that happening anytime soon unfortunately.
- I like cheese, primarily white cheeses like farmer, Monterey Jack or mozzarella. However, I do not like melted cheese except on pizza. (In case you hadn't noticed, I am really really picky.)
Nice to meet you!
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Date: 2009-05-03 08:58 pm (UTC)I dunno, I think there's a distinction? It's sort of like Japanophile vs. weeaboo; a Japanophile might be interested in Noh, or Shinto, or Basho haiku, whereas a weeaboo is first and foremost interested in the animu/manga. I'm definitely an Anglophile, too - I love English history, literature, modern culture, music, etc. - but I also happen to love British TV shows with a passion, which makes me a Britaboo as well.
You know, I used to like brie when I was a kid, but I don't really anymore (not a fan of spreadable cheese). Good to see that there are other cheese fans out there too!
I haven't read Koukou Debut, though I think I've read something about it? (Maybe you mentioned it on your LJ.) And I will hopefully be on the # more this summer, now that my comps are over!