Because we’re all had seriously embarrassing moments as anime fans.
1. Once upon a time, I entered an elevator. This elevator was completely and utterly empty, unsurprisingly since it was pretty late in the afternoon. When I felt the elevator begin to move, I had the sudden urge to hum Virtual Star Embryology (from Shoujo Kakumei Utena), and stand with my back to the door, just like in the second ED from Shoujo Kakumei Utena. This in and of itself is obviously not all that embarrassing… until you totally miss the fact that the door has opened behind you, and your academic advisor is staring at you from the other side of the door. Oh, hey there… yeah, uh, gee, we have a advising session next Tuesday, huh? Yeah, yeah… uh, yeah, I’m actually getting off here, ’scuse me, sorry…
2. One of my friends came to visit this summer. My friend slept in my room, whereas I went and slept in the cellar, being the fantastic host that I am. I gave my friend a tour of my the house (LOL parents’ house), and in my room pointed out a few things. I warned him to avoid one of my bookshelves, which was probably foolish – if you tell someone they won’t like what they see, they suddenly get very curious.
The next morning, I went to wake him up, kicked him a few times, and then went back into the hall because I had to use the bathroom. I went back to my room again after to make sure he’d woken up… and found him giving me a very strange look… and saw that my books weren’t properly aligned… and realized he’d opened the final volume of Yellow… a.k.a. the volume they have sex in. For about thirty pages.
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3. Speaking of friends finding your dirty manga, ever had a moment when someone knocked on the door while you were watching hentai? And you thought you hit the pause button, only to have your computer totally freeze up and keep the audio playing? And the mute button ceases to function? But the person has already entered the room and is staring at you? And then you realize that everyone else who lives in your suite has clammed up because they can hear the moaning coming from your laptop? Yeaahhhh….
Full disclosure: The person who knocked on my door was the same friend who visited last summer! Uwa~!
4. Drunk, at a party – your Japanese T.A. just drunkenly sang Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’… and she’s dressed as a bumble bee. And you got it on video. Good night, huh? Until you grab the mic, open your big fat mouth… and start belting out the Sailor Moon theme song. FAIL.
5. So, it’s a Saturday night, and you’re cooped up in your room desperately trying to finish a post your anime blog. Your phone rings, its one of your friends, and they want you to come out to go partying. You have one eye one the screen, looking at the blank space, and another on the clock, desperately trying to come up with a reason for why your friend should wait longer. Suddenly, the girls in the next room over start screaming and jumping up and down because a mouse is crawling across their floor. In the chaos, you unconsciously blurt out, “But I gotta finish my blog post!” You suddenly realize your slip-up when the person at the other end of the line goes, “Uh…” So then, trying to cover it up, you
Oh, wait – I’m trying to prevent that one from happening. Peace out, bitches.
(I did go take care of the mouse, though)
Please Note: When I say ‘bitches’, I mean it endearingly so.
October 5, 2008 at 06:36 |
Hey, the fact that you still have friends after all that is a happy thing, no?
October 8, 2008 at 02:21 |
You are 100x manlier than me. I’ve never been caught with hentai. One time my roommates thought I was watching hentai but later found out it was non-pornographic anime. They were so disappointed. Then there was that time a mouse was running around my dorm room. Instead of toughing it out, I ran away to the library and did homework. It was the only time in college I’d ever finished a homework assignment by 7PM.
October 9, 2008 at 02:25 |
@ issa-sa – Yes, it is, although I’m pretty sure any of my dalliances into hentai are far less disturbing than one of my friend’s mass consumption of porn, and therefore wouldn’t raise an eyebrow.
@ Baka-Raptor – Actually, I managed to convince him that it was a remix of this song ‘Sex Dwarf’ which sounds pretty sexual at the start.
As for the mouse… yeah, I’d say I’m 100x manlier than you… but somehow still moe-ish. I dunno, I swear it works.