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Etcetera: YKYLRTMW This is SO cliche. It's so cliche everybody has it. But you know what? That's part of it's charm. So here you are, I gave in and wrote one too: the list of reasons why You Know You Like Rinoa Too Much When.. just try saying that five times fast. 1. You try to slip the word meany into everyday conversation as much as possible. 2. Whether it's a goldfish or a cat or a real live border collie, you always toy with the idea of naming your new pet Angelo just for kicks. 3. You really do get a border collie. And you're allergic to dogs. 4. You go on a hunt for a necklace that's made like Rinoa's, and actually find one. (Tell me where, please, I never did.. ;)) 5. You've been through five different cheap neclaces already - they always break because you're tugging at them all the time. Whenever your friends or family ask you why you have to wear a necklace with those two rings on it every single day, you kind of shrug and mumble some lame answer. But in your head, you know the real reason why.. 6. You have a ton of blue-ribbed tank tops. Every time you see them in a store, they just remind you so much of Rinoa, you have to get them. 7. One day when the psychotic bastards at Old Navy don't have your size in blue-ribbed tank tops, you go Angel Wing on them. 8. You search for hours for a dress like Rinoa's ballroom gown to wear to prom. How could you possibly miss out on a chance to dress like Rinoa, and not look insane? 9. You happen to be walking through the mall one day and see a black, fake-leather fur-lined jacket that resembles Squall's inside Charlotte Russe. You halt, do a double take, and then immediately take your father's money and attempt to buy it because you want to wear it and tell people Squall, your lover, lent it to you. 10. When you find out they only have a display copy, you scream at your father for thirty minutes and next week go to a different mall across town to attempt to buy one at another Charlotte Russe. 11. You grow out your hair and layer it in the front, and seriously consider dying it black or getting red highlights. 12. When your friend wants to cut her hair short, you suggest cutting it at her shoulders and then flipping the ends out. You can't ever have to many friends that look like Rinoa's friends. 13. You actually own a blue duster. (This is the last clothes one, I promise!) 14. An older guy at your school wears a Griever neclace. You stalk him and fantasize about cornering him at the next school dance, and hypnotizing him into liking you with your right hand. 15. You tell your boyfriend you want to promise to see shooting stars together. 16. When he laughs at this, there is only one way you could possibly react: you call him a meany. 17... Or, your boyfriend knows you so well, that he'll start to say "I'll be here..." and then you say, "Why?" And the two of you repeat the whole conversation. It totally makes your day. 18. People who know you know to NEVER wake you up from a nap. You might scratch them to death. 19. If you have to do an art project, you always do it badly. After all, that's how Rinoa would do it. 20. You refer to your car as your "base." 21. You have, or have ever contemplated, spraypainting a skull on something with the word "Raiders" above it. 22. The ultimate symbol of Rinoa obsession: an angel wing tattoo on your back. (... Just to reassure you, I haven't actually hit this level yet.) (If you visit a tattoo parlor after you read this I am in no way responsible for any obsessive decision making on your part. ;)) 23. You visit Paris, and all you can think about is how much it looks like Deling City. 24. You look for houses that look like General Caraway's. 25. That Edgar Allan Poe poem (poems? are there more than one?) about a girl named Lenore has a special meaning to you. 26. You decorate your room in light pink. 27. You actually got the two above this.. ;) 28. Nobody seems to understand what is so exciting to you about running around in fields of flowers during the spring. 29. You start a petition to get your school mascot changed into an owl. A forest owl. 30. Upon hearing Avril Lavigne's new single "Girlfriend," you are absolutely appalled. Not because it's poppy, brainless, juvenile, or a complete step backward for girls everywhere.. No, it's not any of that. It's something much, much more important: you can't believe Avril would dare to usurp Rinoa's long held title since 1999. Sorry to break it to Av, but there's only room for one "Princess" in this world, "motherfucking" or not, and it's Rinoa Heartilly. The Forest Owls said so. Not to mention the fact that they were spraypainting skulls on underpasses in Deling long before Avril started prancing around in front of that winking logo.. 31. Your friends have brought it to your attention that you "sit funny." AKA, Rinoa style.
PLUS! Indicators of FF8 obsession in general! 1. You get really excited in your weather & climate class whenever you talk about cold fronts because, inevitably, the term "squall line" comes up. 2. You know the words to Selphie's train song, and you've made up a tune for it that you think of whenever you ride a train, trolley, or any other kind of moving vehicle on tracks. 3. You take French just so you'll know how to say Laguna's last name. 4. You refer to the FF8 strategy guide as your Bible. 5. Whenever you forget something, you always make it a habit to curse the GF exhistence. 6. You wonder what shampoo Squall uses. 7. At some point in time you have had a password that consisted of the numbers 41269, in that order. Props to you if you get this one. 8. You still have the poster that came with your FF8 strategy guide. It has been on your wall for years now. 9. You hope that your dorm room in college is set up like either of Squall's rooms in Garden. 10. You have been shopping with a boy who was buying shoes (a rare occurence in itself...) and convinced him to buy some kind of black and red shoe that resembled Zell's. 11. You actually know what Zell's shoes look like. 12. Shawls inevitably make you think of Ellone. And yellow sweaters of Raine. 13. You are afraid to go camping because there's always been this thought, in the back of your mind, that a Behemoth or Red Dragon might attack you in your sleep out in the wilderness. 14.. On second thought, you're kind of okay with that. Afterall, you own a gunblade. And then you might finally get some energy crystals! 15. If you ever play FF8 in front of someone else, you realize how much of a nerd you are because you know the name of every single monster in the game.. and you really aren't sure how. 16. Even X-ATM092. 17. You actually wanted to read Gilgamesh in English class, in the hopes that the next time you replayed FF8, you would finally be able to understand that really bizarre scene with GF Gilgamesh coming into the fourth fight with Seifer.. 18. The night before your English test, when your other friends are cramming, you're in your room playing FF8. While reading over your notes, you started wondering about that scene... so (in the name of a very quick break from studying, of course) you started up a save game and played through that scene.. and then all the way through Time Compression. Tch, why study when you can fight sorceresses? 19. You are really disappointed that the Gilgamesh in the version of the epic that you read doesn't have, like, 5 billion awesome swords like the one in FF8. 20. When you know someone who managed to incorporate FF8 into a school project, you're excited, but also pissed that they beat you to it. 21. You're a member of the "I beat Omega Weapon and all I got was a Three Stars" or "FF8 owns my soul. Seriously." groups on Facebook. (I, for one, am actually not.. so don't waste your time trying to find me XD) 22. You don't have bad hair days. You have Selphie-hair days. Oh, and if you feel the need to contribute, please go right ahead! I'll credit you! It might take me awhile to post it up here but if you come up with a good one it's totally guaranteed to make my day. Return: Etcetera |