Personal: During a job interview ...

[elles_letters]

Potential employer: So, tell us some of the things you like to do in your free time.

Me (thinking): Oh shit. Don't say reading fanfiction. Don't say writing fanfiction. Don't say the word "fanfiction" at all. Pretend to be normal. For the sake of our rent check, PRETEND to be normal!!!

Me: I like ... the Internet. You know, doing stuff on the Internet.

Potential employer:

Comments

[an-sceal.livejournal.com]

"I like to read, and I enjoy writing haiku. About cocks."

No?

[pazz-and-jop.livejournal.com]

Oh! How about this: "I like to volunteer ... stories about men kissing other men."

[an-sceal.livejournal.com]

"I'm interested in law enforcement. Specifically, getting some of them out of their pants and into bed with other dudes."

[pazz-and-jop.livejournal.com]

"I like to watch TV. My favorite shows? Ones with lots of homoerotic subtext."

Too much?

[an-sceal.livejournal.com]

Naaaah. Employers like honesty. ;)

[pazz-and-jop.livejournal.com]

You know, universities study EVERYTHING. I wouldn't be surprised if there was someone out there getting paid to read fanfiction. I want that job.

[an-sceal.livejournal.com]

I actually know a Communications prof who taught a lesson about slash and other fanfic in her class. So yes. There is someone. And I want her job. *grin*