The conquering of the Geeks
Apr. 18th, 2005 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityofoneYesterday our landlord sent some prospective tenants around to see the place without warning us, so I had to show them around a fairly dirty apartment. Not underwear on the floor dirty, but not the spic 'n' span masterpiece I had envisioned. I don't think it made a difference. These girls were--how should I put this?--very much of my high school. My second high school. Beverly Hills High.*
Not to stereotype, but...oy. I lost brain cells just talking to them. At least three of them were wearing![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
psychopepsquad's favorite mini skirt and Uggs combo, and they didn't ask any of the questions that I would ask if I were checking out a prospective living space but just kept going from room to room remarking, "It's so SMALL!" Over and over, "It's so SMALL!" I felt like shouting, "Hel-lo! Right here!" What were they expecting? A palace? This may be pride of ownership speaking, but I think it's a damn nice place for college.
My favorite thing, though, was their reactions to some of the...geekier decorations I have up. Upon seeing my Spike stand-up one inquired, "Is that Orlando Bloom?" And stumbling across my Wolverine poster (Hugh Jackman Wolverine, BTW): "Is that Harry Potter?"
::headdesk::
So it looks like this place may go from geek paradise to Beverly Hills 94703. Remind me that I'm not supposed to care.
*For those who don't know, after 11 years in Vermont, my family moved back to its native Los Angeles and my brother and I were snuck illegally into BHUHS. Thus I spent the last two years of high school feeling as out of place as I did for the first two--only in the opposite direction.
Not to stereotype, but...oy. I lost brain cells just talking to them. At least three of them were wearing
psychopepsquad's favorite mini skirt and Uggs combo, and they didn't ask any of the questions that I would ask if I were checking out a prospective living space but just kept going from room to room remarking, "It's so SMALL!" Over and over, "It's so SMALL!" I felt like shouting, "Hel-lo! Right here!" What were they expecting? A palace? This may be pride of ownership speaking, but I think it's a damn nice place for college.My favorite thing, though, was their reactions to some of the...geekier decorations I have up. Upon seeing my Spike stand-up one inquired, "Is that Orlando Bloom?" And stumbling across my Wolverine poster (Hugh Jackman Wolverine, BTW): "Is that Harry Potter?"
::headdesk::
So it looks like this place may go from geek paradise to Beverly Hills 94703. Remind me that I'm not supposed to care.
*For those who don't know, after 11 years in Vermont, my family moved back to its native Los Angeles and my brother and I were snuck illegally into BHUHS. Thus I spent the last two years of high school feeling as out of place as I did for the first two--only in the opposite direction.
