Cable! And Mysterious Unexplained Trips to Oxnard.

[hafital]

Okay, I've been cable deprived for a long time now, but my dad hooked up the cable in my room and I have once again numerous useless tv channels right at my fingertips. Yay! None of the movie channels, but that's okay.

And um, while I wasn't looking they started airing MacGyver on TV Land. :::twitch:::

In other news, I have suddenly become the family chauffeur. I would complain, but I have nothing else to do at the moment and they need me. sigh. I moved back home just in time, I think.

I told my mom I was going to be gone for a few days next week.

"Oh, that's nice. Where are you going?"

"Ah, to see my friends."

"Where?"

"Ah, Oxnard?"

"Oxnard. There's nothing to do in Oxnard."

"Ah.... Yeah."

hoo-boy. *g*

Er, she's very good at not pressing when I obviously don't want to explain further, but I'm notoriously bad at lying to her.

I could, of course, just tell her about it, but then she's going to want to read the fiction, and that is just not happening, people. Nuh-uh.

I did tell her about vidding, although she has yet to see a vid, but that's easier since she knows editing and things, and that's not, you know, nearly as explicit, or anything. Hm, I wonder how long I can keep the smoke screen up.

The funny thing is, I don't want her to know more because I worry she's going to think it's a waste of time (and that I should be writing more original fic) than because it's slash, or homoerotic. This is mostly my neurosis, but still. Let's keep everything hidden. Hide! *g* *sticks head in sand*

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[geekturnedvamp.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is, I don't want her to know more because I worry she's going to think it's a waste of time (and that I should be writing more original fic) than because it's slash, or homoerotic.

I think this is a common neurosis--my mom knows about fandom and while she thinks my friends (those of you she's met) are lovely, that really is her biggest complaint... Plus I think the impulse to hide things from your parents is normal in adolescence and then when you get older it persists because it's just easier to tell them stuff on a need-to-know basis--unless you're really sure they won't suddenly be all, and why aren't you in graduate school/married/providing me with grandchildren yet? Which I think most parents have a rather disconcerting tendency to do at some point or other, usually when you least expect it *g*.

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[elke-tanzer.livejournal.com]

and why aren't you in graduate school/married/providing me with grandchildren yet?

Actually, with mine it's: and why aren't you selling your brilliant creative work and having a stellar career and owning your own home, since you're divorced and in no hurry to have children? Failing that, why aren't you moving closer to home so we can pamper you more?

*wry grin*

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[hafital.livejournal.com]

Hi hon! You're so right. :) Totally.