In a whole bunch of sharing with some kravvers (there's an odd fandom, right there), I mentioned that my "Other Interests" section on my day job's intranet was basically "Teaches krav maga and watches television."

The instructor I was talking to was quite surprised. Didn't think I was the type to watch more than ten minutes of TV. I told him, no, I'd recently come to accept that TV was a hobby of mine, the way some people follow sports.

I think in LA, that might be easier to get across than in other places--he came down to "Oh, I dated a woman who followed TV like that, but she was in the business."

I don't think he was ready for the full fandom discussion.

Yeah, outside of LA (or at least in Education), where people are really proud of not watching any tv, it is not, in general, considered a reasonable hobby. This is, IMO, unreasonable, but it's not like I'm convincing most of them of most of my other quirks, either.

TV is teh awesome!

I actually just watched the pilot of the West Wing. Looks like I might enjoy it a bit. I'm more excited for Aaron Sorkin's new show, though - it's the West Wing, but about television!

Considering I have Buffy fandom to thank for more than half of my friends today, I refuse to be embarrassed about geeking out over a TV show.

Gris, you haven't seen West Wing? The first few seasons are really amazing. I'm definitely curious to see the new show.

I tend to wax rhapsodic about the power of narrative. I consider it a diversionary, but not dishonest, tactic. I'd rather save my fights for policy stuff, with people I know from work and potential work. Other people, it depends on my mood. But I'm way less embarassed about pretty much anything I watch than having read Angels and Demons (It was there. I needed something to read during down time at work.)

I work for an entertainment company, live in LA and people still think I'm weird for watching television. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have an opinion about what I watch. I don't know.

In my entire book, I don't actually talk about television at all. Oddly, I'm listening to "I Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Melanie Doane. A love song about television.

I'm just now getting into why I loved Buffy so, and what that had in common with my love of fandom.

But since all roads lead back to Minearverse, I remember at that panel where we saw Tim talk about teevee, and the mod asked what he thought about people who had snobby attitudes about television. Like it was beneath them.

Tim said, "I run them down with my Mercedes."

"I run them down with my Mercedes."

This is my goal in life. To have that attitude and means if not the car. And it was hysterical when he said it.

"I run them down with my Yugo."

Just doesn't have the same ... verve.

I have a Chevy that can take Tim's Mercedes in a fight.