und du sagst, du wolltest immer raus hier...

Well, finally. Not completely happy with all of them, but whatever.

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Okay, so I just talked to my grandma on the phone. First, let me say it is difficult with her. She is 86 years old, lives in a nursing home and has been kind of depressive since her husband died a couple of years ago. Plus, she is one of those old people who are generally disapproving of pretty much anything the younger generations in general and - more specifically - their families are up to. So yeah, it is hard to find something nice to talk about with her that she is interested in. But obviously one needs to take care of their family and so I always try.

Anyway, one of the things she IS still interested in is TV. Those cheesy ZDF flicks and series that a certain Timo Hübsch has been doing quite a lot (as Wikipedia told me), to be precise. Knowing that he used to be the male lead in "Wege zum Glück" not long ago and being very, very sure that said grandma does watch that shit, I mentioned him being in AWZ at the moment. Completely innocently. Casual conversation. Really. Just to have something to talk about.

Turns out those fangirl-genes seem to be inherited. Because my grandma is a total fangirl. *headdesks lots* She was all "OMG, I LOVE HIM, I'M SO GONNA WATCH THAT, WHEN DOES IT AIR?"
I AM NOT READY FOR THIS.

She does kind of know about my fandom activities. You know, that it's a gay storyline, that I enjoy watching it. I don't like to hold back about stuff I love and stuff that's important to me, so everyone knows. Kind of. And I don't think she thinks that it's awful that I watch it and I wouldn't consider her a homophobe or anything, but I don't think she gets it either.

And she is still a 86-year old lady with 86-year old values and OH NO, I AM SO NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER WATCHING MY SHOW. I CANNOT COPE, ALL I DO IS FLAIL HELPLESSLY. *continues headdesking*

*yawns*

Okay, I haven't even left my house for 95% of the weekend and I'm still so incredibly sleep-deprived it's not even funny anymore. That actually says everything.

No Horde Left Behind was the most amazing thing ever! (Okay, next to GOOL itself, probably.)
So I really need to say this: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, SHELLY AND KATE, OMG! *capslocks madly*
Until I learned about NHLB, I was thinking this weekend would be, like, extremely unsparkly and I'd have to be really grumpy the whole time.
Instead there's this ****ing amazing thing. Marathoning with everyone even brightened the Dark Years. Everything was fun, really, Hordes even turn usually dull chatty smalltalk like "How did you get your nickname?", "Where are you from?", yadda yadda interesting. And I have about a dozen new friends on YT, LOL.
And when I went to bed yesterday - and I was really tired, mind - I couldn't even sleep but kept grinning like a lunatic.
So thank you, thank you, thank you, Hordes. You're the best fandom ever, I'm so glad to be a part of it!!! *noserubs all around*

Still, next time there'll be an event like that (and I was literally promised there would be!) I'm going to be there. Even if it probably means selling a kidney and my grandma. Everything comes with strings attached, after all.

*loves everyone madly*

Somehow I ended up with a girl from New Zealand sitting next to me. No, really. She's actually staying with a friend of mine for a couple of weeks, but said friend called me today, sounding rather desperate, going "OMG, Dani, I have this really urgent appointment and I have to go to Neumünster tonight, WHAT DO I DO WITH HER?" And because I'm such a nice person *coughs* and because it's a good reason to procrastinate my studying, she's now here.

And I had to figure something out to keep the two of us entertained, so I introduced her to DeRo, AS YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A VISITOR WHO CAME ALL AROUND THE WORLD. So I forced her to watch Gay Boys With Issues all day, with the pleasant but of course completely unintended side effect that I had to watch as well.

She pretended not to get the hype pretty convincingly, going "Uhm yeah, they're cute, but what's the point?" - until now. Now she's sitting next to me, pricking and tickling me to get me away for the computer, so she can continue watching. I guess it is true, there's no way to escape the charms of Fandom. And I enjoy corrupting people. :)

(On a different note, it's making me nervous and confusing me big time, to have someone watching me typing in English and noticing every single mistake I make, while refusing to just freakin' correct me, already.)

Cheers!