Involuntary Maven
Finally! We had people over for media marathon, plus the snacking and the laughing and the talking. V. Nice. I think I helped get people onto science-y talk early on, with ranting about some neurosci articles I'been reading, and that kind of kept the convo level interesting. For me, anyhow.
Except I got a little too
maven-y. But there are so many
things to show and tell and share and play. Reiko is constantly sore and taking baths, because she's training to
walk a marathon. So I was showing her the amazing
Lush massage bars and bath bombs — especially since they have a store in SF now. No more mail order from Canada.
Then, okay, I might have pressed a
book on Reiko and James, but it was relevant to the conversation. And Rob
asked to borrow the
John Shirley book laying on the counter. And Joey was clearly bored and fidgeting when Jason started ranting politics, so I handed him the paperback
Get your war on.
Also, it's possible I coerced people into watching
Ghost World. Just a little. But they hadn't
seen it.
Finally, Rob asked me if I was getting commission from any of these companies. And I tried to stop, I did. But it's that Maven thing. Not just obsessing about a million things, but wanting to share them all. The media I did push was
nothing compared with what sprang to mind.
The stupid thing is, I would love it if people did that to me. I mean, I try to back way off if the person doesn't seem interested. But for the good stuff? Finding out that a friend has known about something/someone great for years and hasn't shared it just pisses me off. When I found out Rob knew about
Connie Willis for years before I did, I wanted to smack him.
Maven? Otaku? Total bore? Source of neat info? Or just bad hostess? I think I'll never know.
Posted by Liz at April 13, 2003 01:43 AM