Facing High School Fears

 

Ben: lol I used to love Seinfeld, one of the few memories that I retain from high school involves me loudly professing my love for Seinfeld just before biology class at which point a girl made fun of my enthusiasm.

Ben: In reality I had never seen that many episodes of Seinfeld, I just liked it because my parents said it was funny.

Me: Hahahahaha.

Me: What did she say?

Ben: To paraphrase what I remember of the exchange:

Ben: [something is said about television or something amongst the two friends that I had in biology class]
BEN: "Omg Seinfeld is the greatest show ever. The greatest!"
GIRL: "Seriously? Is it the greatest?"
BEN: "Yeah!!" [spoken with sincerity, it is not until later that I realize that I was being made the fool]

Me: What a cunt.

Ben: I know right.

Me: Is it too much to ask that if someone makes fun of you they at least say something funny?

Ben: Are you more mad at that or mad that she made an oblique insult towards Seinfeld fans?

Me: It doesn't sound like she was belittling Seinfeld so much as she was belittling you for being enthusiastic.

Ben: I had always imagined that the thrust of her possibly misremembered point was not only to belittle enthusiasm, but specifically enthusiasm toward Seinfeld.

Me: That's even worse.

Me: Who was she?

Me: Are you fb friends?

Ben: I don't even rember anymore.

Ben: Probably not, I am not as loose on Facebook as thou.

Me: You are like the kids from IT.

Ben: How far are you?

Ben: My retort depends on your answer.

Me: ~Halfway.

Me: My progress has slowed to a crawl.

Me: It's so depressing.

Ben: Okay so I can't tell you why exactly we are not like the kids from IT.

Me: Well I was referring specifically to how after they leave their childhood hometown they somehow completely forget about that part of their lives until called upon to face evil once again.

Ben: Stephen King needs to rewrite IT for the Facebook generation.

Me: Well he did write that book where people were being killed by their cell phones or something.

Me: Are you reading anything right now?

Ben: No, I have yet to open SALEM'S LOT.

Me: Too spooky?

Ben: Is it one of his spooky novels?

Me: There are a couple spooky scenes.

Me: More than in any other ones you have, I think.

Ben: I thought that the disease book was supposed to be spooky throughout.

Me: THE STAND?

Me: There are some spooky parts but it's like when you're exploring subways tunnels in Fallout 3 and ghouls attack you.

Me: It's more a story about life after the apocalypse than classic horror like 'Salem's Lot.

Ben: What about HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, is that a scary one?

Ben: Because I have no idea what to think.

Ben: It could be horror or it could be a chick flick.

Me: It's about growing up during Vietnam.

Me: Hearts is my favorite King book.

Me: Also pretty depressing, though.

Ben: That sounds pretty cool.

Ben: Although it's sad that the high point of my DARTOWER experience will be at the eighth book of the eighteen-book septology.

Me: If not for the Dark Tower tie-ins you woudn't know it was written by Stephen King, it's pretty much just a normal good book.

Me: Why will that be your high point?

Ben: Because you said it was King's best book, so unless some of the series was not written by King it is, in your opinion, the high point of the series.

Me: I said it was my favorite of his books that I have read.

Me: Popular opinion is that The Stand is his best book.

Me: Although there might be some confusion there between "best" and "longest."