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I hate acronyms.

Let me state that a little clearer-- I hate acronyms.

Someone throws a series of letters out at me during conversation. I want nothing more than to scream at them "I DON'T FUCKING KNOW WHAT XGT OR BFI OR MZT OR SKL or LAX is so SPEAK FUCKING ENGLISH IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME!"

These are the acronyms I use regulary:

brb= be right back
FE= first evil
BTVS= Buffy the vamprie slayer
XF= x files
ME= Mutant Enemy
SARS= big evil epidemic
AIDS= bigger eviler epidemic
STDs= sexually transmitted dieseases
IRS= internal revenue service
MSN= microsoft network
LotR= Lord of the Rings
USA= united states of america
LOL= laugh out loud
:g:= grin
XO= executive officer
SiTs= Slayers in Training
DBZ= dragonball Z
JM= James Marsters
LJ= Live journal
ETA= edited to add or estimated time of arrival

If I ruled the world...

I'd get rid of most acronyms. At least among English speakers. Anything that's not the ones listed above, I'd instate laws that asked people to please pronounce each word carefully, as if speaking to a small child. Not only will this make me able to understand you, but it will surely reinforce vocabulary and greater understanding of what it is you're actually talking about. Or, if they absolutely must be used, it would be forbidden to shorten anything unless you've already stated the full phrase earlier in the paragraph/ conversation, and then indicate that said phrase with be henceforth known as "...", and that acronym will only be used for the duration of that paragraph or conversation.

But sadly, I do not rule the world.

ETA: This is somewhat of an irrational anger, as it's not something I can really change, and is almost a pointless gripe to have when you're involved in something like fandom or internet stuff where such travesties are inevitable even in one's own behavior if you're there long enough... but this is my journal, and I'm venting. I hate acronyms.

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SARS= big evil epidemic

Can a virus be evil all on its own (I can't talk about virus's without dropping into a Hugo weaving impression "You're a virus!")

it's kind of cropped out of the News here in the UK. I guess that means only the Chinese are still dying of it.

yeah, a virus can be evil. humans can be evil, and humans "are a virus!", and therefore virus can be evil! Weee... matrix in less than a week.. :)

I share your joy! My tickets are on my desk even as we speak...being guarded by my cat. Als it is over a week for us poor brits (it released on the 21st here).

Your the first person i met who knew who hugo weaving was! I was told by someone I should stop calling him "Agent Elrond" and learn his name. s I did. But no one knws who the hell I am talking about, so I am going back to calling him "Agent Elrond."

"Agent Elrond"

BWAhAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!! that's funny. I've never heard that before.

heeeeeee!

dude, i am so with you.
but you forgot one to add to your list: TP! beavis's cornholio routine would be outlawed in your world without it. and god, what a horrible world it would be with him. :)
ahhhh, i need TP for my bunghole...

okay, yeah, i'm a loser. :)

TP... hm. I'd probably get that in the right context.

heeee....toilet paper!
oh maaaaan,, you really need to bone up on your beavis and butthead. ~hangs head in shame~

I'd save beavis & butthead constitutes a context in which I'd understand TP.

heh heh heh. i said "bone"

My favorite acronyms are all military ones that contain the word "fuck." Everyone knows SNAFU, though many many people think "fouled up" is how it goes. I'm very fond of FUBAR myself. Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition (or Repair, depending on your preference or the sitch). That is all.

Well, most rulers make exceptions for the sake of a good cussing...

XGT -Xanthophobic Goat Technician
BFI -Bees Freaky Insects
MZT -Mongoose Zoning Territory
SKL -Snoopy kisses Lucy
LAX -(Isn't this an airport?) Lazy Anteater Xing (I'm cheating,I have no more workable X words)

I'm still trying to figure out what "XD" means. And why do people keep putting it in random places in their journal?

LAX -(Isn't this an airport?) Lazy Anteater Xing (I'm cheating,I have no more workable X words)

Actually it is. Los Angeles international.

Woo hoo! Go me! Except "international" doesn't begin with an "X". I don't think they get this whole acronym thing. They've got the "L" and the "A" part good but they totally mess up with the "X" part. It should be LAI...which looks weird, like I forgot the "d" in "laid". I've got smart ass disease.

i don't know either. always bugged me. see above entry. ;)

XD

is a facial expresion-- scrunched up eyes and wide smile.

Oh! Wow, I've been trying to figure that out for a while and couldn't come up with anything sense-making. Neato. You're a genius. I bow down to your giant, squishy frontal lobe that did not warn me about Wolfwood and guy in white outfit with blue hair(I suck at name remembering) dying on Trigun. *sobs* I liked them! They were hot!.

You watch anime? Damn... I should make a list, so I remember who from LJ does and doesn't watch anime.

wolfwood

WOLFWOOD! Oh, WOLFWOOD! ::sob::

guy in white outfit with blue hair

Legato! Legaaaaato Bluuuuuuuuuesummmmmmmers...

The episode where he dies is my favorite of the whole series, because it says so much about Vash and his character path and stuff. And plus, I love Legato and Legato had an awesome death scene. So much pain.

I bow down to your giant, squishy frontal lobe

Damn straight. KNEEL, fool, and offer up sexual favors!

You watch anime? Damn... I should make a list, so I remember who from LJ does and doesn't watch anime.

Actually, I started watching it cause you were talking about an idea for a Buffy/Trigun crossover and told me to check it out. And now I'm all addicted and attached to dead characters.

*kneels and offers lots of sexual favors*

Oh, yeah, i remember! hey, that's cool... someone actually listened to me! Damn, I love it when i can infecct other people with Trigun luv. Don't you agree it would be a great crossover platform? Want to write one for me to read? Want to help me bombard

automatedalice_ with requests for her to write one? Is Wolfwood not the coolest? Is Vash not adorable and tormented? hey... did you catch the episode that was a flashback to their childhood on the SEEDS ship? That episode explained so much.

And now I'm all addicted and attached to dead characters.

Yeah, it's sad. I loved how Wolfwood just outright shot that dude in the rubble. No pretense, no mercy for both working for Knives, no nothin'...just BAM! and :smoke:. I was all weepy for wolfwood's death. And then I was all sad when Legato died. But his death was so cool and planned out and shit that I loved it too.

I've been missing it (I have most on DVD or VHS); have they reached the end and restarted yet? You should watch it from the beginning.

Yep, you infected me with Trigun love. Darn your sinister Trigun love infection ability.

Yeah, very cool crossovery goodness. Sure, I'll write one...I just need the ability to complete a story(not just get the beginning and the end , middle and end,or beginning and middle). Wolfwood, so cool...but he's gone *sob*. Vash definitely adorable and tormented. Poor guy want to save everybody. Oooh! Yea, that was neat. I lurve backstory.

Last episode they showed was the one with Legato's death. Definitly plan on watching it from the beginning once it restarts....Wolfwood and Legato will be un-dead, but not undead like Vampire undead...just not dead...yet.

I just need the ability to complete a story(not just get the beginning and the end , middle and end,or beginning and middle

Wh, I see we suffer the same sort of writing problem! That's the exact reason I haven't written one. I found a good one once, but the only Btvs character was Angel. It wasn't B/A particularly, since he was the only one there, and it was nicely written, but I want one with Spike, dammit.

Last episode they showed was the one with Legato's death.

Oh, then you haven't seen the end yet! It's good. So... are you a VashxMeryl shipper or a WolfwoodxVash shipper or into the squickiness that is "twincest" ::shudder:: Wait, don't answer that until you see the last two episodes this week. I'm personally a VxM shipper, but everyone has their take.

Definitly plan on watching it from the beginning once it restarts....Wolfwood and Legato will be un-dead, but not undead like Vampire undead...just not dead...yet.

Yeah. Did you see the episode where Legato is introduced? That has the scariest moment in Trigun and the funniest moment, one after another. The scariest moment is when Legato first shows up. I was watching it late at night on DVD with a friend (

meryl_stryfe), and it was out first time seeing that episode, and we were all "Damn, I'm actually creeped. I've never been creeped out by anime before." The funniest moment is when Legato introduces himself-- he says his name real slow, kind of purring it out. It sent us into hysterical giggles, and we spent the rest of the week at school randomingly saying "L

The funniest moment is when Legato introduces himself-- he says his name real slow, kind of purring it out. It sent us into hysterical giggles, and we spent the rest of the week at school randomingly saying "Legaaaaato. Legato Bluuuuuuuuuesummmmmmmers." and the giggling some more. It's even funnier because we changed audio tracks on the DVD and the original japanese voice actor says it the exact same way.

But truly, Wolfwood is my babe. He's my man-bitch.

Wh, I see we suffer the same sort of writing problem! That's the exact reason I haven't written one. I found a good one once, but the only Btvs character was Angel. It wasn't B/A particularly, since he was the only one there, and it was nicely written, but I want one with Spike, dammit.

Damn! Could we somehow bribe

automatedalice_ to write one?

Nope, didn't see the end yet.Evil cartoon network not showing it on the weekend, making me wait.Hey, wait! What do you mean two last episodes? There's only two more?!
No, no twincest cause ew.

Did you see the episode where Legato is introduced? That has the scariest moment in Trigun and the funniest moment, one after another.

I didn't see that one yet. Squee! Scary and funny! Coolness.

Now I'm drooling over the DVD set...expensive DVD set. Pretty DVD set.

Damn! Could we somehow bribe automatedalice_ to write one?

I keep asking, and she keeping agreeing that it's a cool idea, but she's never actually promised to do it.

There's only two more?!

one season only. 26 episodes. but there's some really potent, long, killer fanfiction out there that I could point you to. Not as much as Buffyfandom, but a few really good ones.

Several anime series (Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne (thebest EVER!), and Trigun) have only one episode. Other series (like Inu Yasha, which is also on Cartoon Network, after Trigun), have 100+ episodes (though only 52 of them have been dubbed in english so far, CN is acquiring more). That's a good show too, though not as good as the three above... especially since the dubbing on IY has ruined a lot of the funny lines to be just stupid or insipid.

Now I'm drooling over the DVD set...expensive DVD set. Pretty DVD set.

The DVDs have few extras (only lots of character sketches, imag stills, and image galleries--- but very pretty page design), but they are so much better than watching it on tv. For one thing, they're not edited. Some of the violence is cut out for CN. I haven't watched much of it there so I don't know what was cut out yet. But I know my friend is watching it and she's getting annoyed. The DVDs have both English and Japanese (subtitled), and I personally will only watch the Wolfwood episode (#23) in subtitled. It's so much more powerful in japanese... the voice-acting was better and I was all near to crying.

I have t

I keep asking, and she keeping agreeing that it's a cool idea, but she's never actually promised to do it.

Let's get her drunk and make her promise. We'll get it in writing, have her sign something!

Does CN play Escaflowne? I'm hunting for lots and lots of stuff to fill the void Buffy will leave. Anything and everything I can attach myself to.

Most of this afternoon has been spent arguing with myself...
I'm going to go to Best Buy and buy the DVDs.
No, I'm not.
Yes, I am.
No, I'm not.
Brain whispers, "You can make icons, lots and lots of icons if you have the DVDs."
Yes, I am.

I have no willpower. *runs off to Best Buy*

I'm hunting for lots and lots of stuff to fill the void Buffy will leave. Anything and everything I can attach myself to.

I've started an addiction. You'll hate me later. You can't just get into Trigun-- you'll seep into the rest of it too. Anime is a fandom entire, that includes sub-fandoms for series like Trigun or Esca. But I can point you to the cool ones right off. So can

automatedalice_. Because there's a lot of crap out there.

Does CN play Escaflowne?

No. It played on Fox Kids for a while, but it had to be butchered and ripped to pieces and taped back together wrong in order to make it ok for little kiddies. It's a teen+ show. Excellent though. The full title is The Vision of Escaflowne (difficult to explain the title-- it's part of the plot) The DVDs (available under just 'Escaflowne') are uncut and dual-language, and you can get uncut VHS tapes too (just not the ones labeled Fox Channel). Esca is like... Alice in Wonderland meets giant robots meets fantasy-novel type Rennaissance age meets psychic girl meets Atlantis legend meets great love story. The music is beautiful, the animation art is very good (you get used to the character designs fast), the plot is swift and the characters and character relationships are the most important part, well drawn and developed over the course of events. And very rich and complex. Also, this has the sweetest love story. A love story that takes the whole 26 episodes to get to, but is just great when finally finished. Damn, this is making me want to watch it again.... I have the first half on DVDs and the second half I watched from the public library in subtitled.

There is an Esca movie out. Whatever you do, don't go near it. Instead of continuing the show, they take a very complex plot that stretched over 22 episodes and try to shove it into an hour and a half. It's horrid. And the chracters are all different and wrong. When I compare it to the series, I pretend I never saw it.

I've started an addiction. You'll hate me later. You can't just get into Trigun-- you'll seep into the rest of it too.

Hee! But I lurve addictions. It means the cable bill for this fancy digital cable thingy is worth it.

Oooh! Direct me to the cool ones! Then I'll be directing myself to BitTorrent sites to find episodes of the cool ones.

Esca is like... Alice in Wonderland meets giant robots meets fantasy-novel type Rennaissance age meets psychic girl meets Atlantis legend meets great love story.

Nifty. *adds to must check out list*

*Also makes note to avoid movie like the plague*

I'll make a rec list in my journal of the good, bad, and mediocre of anime that I've seen.

ETA: This is somewhat of an irrational anger, as it's not something I can really change, and is almost a pointless gripe to have when you're involved in something like fandom or internet stuff where such travesties are inevitable even in one's own behavior if you're there long enough... but this is my journal, and I'm venting. I hate acronyms.

Dear? You may want to add "ETA" to that list of acronyms you use regularly. ;)

totally. ::runs to do that::

there should be a rule. after a journal entry is one week old it is exempt from any embarrassing things, as no one should go back and read something a week old when LJ is so busy anyway. But glad yuo pointed it out instead of just laughing silently, like now I am obligate to be paranoid and assume everyone else did.

No worries. I worked for many many years as a professional copyeditor and/or proofreader, and so I feel obligated to notice such things even when no one else does. :)

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