You know you're obsessed when . . .

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LILKRISTY

Monday, January 16, 2006 3:48 AM

You start using Firefly speak in the real world.

So I'm a coach for a girls volleyball team and we had a tournament this weekend. In one of the huddles I was encouraging the team, explaining some positional things blah blah blah. The whistle was blown to end the time out and I'm wrapping up and putting hands in the middle when I look at the girls and say "We shiny?"

The all looked at me like I was crazy. After the game asked me about it and I set about converting them to the 'verse.

So have you ever done anything like that? Do you find yourself using gorram or ruttin or shiny?

CARTOON

Monday, January 16, 2006 3:51 AM

Saying "Shiny" once in a while isn't quite an obsession.

Just as long as you don't start naming your firearms "Vera" or the like...

"This must be what going mad is like."

BOWIE

Monday, January 16, 2006 3:59 AM

Are you fong luh? I take it as my personally responsobility to learn as much talk in the verse as I can. The first step to getting people to convert is to get them already thinking firefly. The more I talk Firefly, the more people ask me about, and thus are actually intrested, in firefly. If they ask then they'll be far more open to learning the verse, and thats all Shiny to me. :)

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

AURAPTOR

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:02 AM

Better, if instead of asking if they understand, you say - Dong Ma?

I know I had a dream or 2 which involved the Firefly 'verse. I think of ways to personalize my license plate, or some such. While I don't have the imagination as some folk here, I find myself thinking a fair amount about Firefly. Not sure why though, But it's all good.

Hey, a buddy of mine called up and left a voice mail... " Don't know these folks and don't much care to .They're whores I'm in! "

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

ZOMBIENINJA

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:13 AM

When you memorize the theme song and start humming it during class...

I use shiny all the time. I also relate anything and everything to Firefly/Serenity. And I can't stop thinking about it.

Zombie Ninja

MIRAMEL

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:20 AM

ok, so given i'm something of a geek (arn't we all :) ) and do this with various phrases and the like from other worlds, but yeah, i say "shiny" ALL the time, and gorramit, and even a cuple chineese phrases i've picked up (though noo doubt mis-pronounced). ive gotten people at school to start too, it's good fun, most of my friends say shiny now.

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, January 16, 2006 4:30 AM

You think about Mal and crew all the time, and don't really like watching anything else.

You spend most of your time ( even time you are supposed to be doing something else!) right here at FFF.net, because this is home.

You say gorramnit and shiny all of the time, it's now second nature, AND the folks around you are imitating you and asking you where you got the cool new words ( thus leading to opportunities to convert folks into Browncoats!)

You ALWAYS say dong ma for understand.

Your desktop at home and at work is a pic of Mal or Serenity. And your screensavers are pics of Mal and Serenity too!

You play the DVD's at work for folks to see and maybe fall in love too!

You look for news of a sequel everyday and you are willing to buy DVD's and convert folks, because you love this 'verse so much.

No---me obsessed? Not much....

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Monday, January 16, 2006 5:19 AM

You know you are obsessed when....

You start knitting tiny Jayne hats for next years Christmas tree, and they turn out so well, you decide to knit a little firefly bug, and that turns out shiny, so you knit a purple Fruiy Oaty octopus. But that doesn't turn out, so you keep trying until you get it right. And you decide to decorate a whole Christmas tree in little knit Firefly items...and its only January.

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

KWICKO

Monday, January 16, 2006 5:47 AM

Yup, shiny and gorram are just words that pop out of my mouth now. So do various quotes from the show. The other day I told my boss "What you plan and what takes place ain't ever been exactly similar." I don't know if he caught the reference, but he was amused at the wording.

"Kaylee, find that kid that's taking a dirt nap with baby Jesus; we need a hood ornament."

FELIX276

Monday, January 16, 2006 6:16 AM

Yip...
...been quotin' Firefly now for a while without meaning it...
An occational "shiny", a "gorram-it" or two doesn't make me obsessed; per se....
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.yip...
I might just be obsessed,

Not that that's a bad thing!

FIREFLYSADIST

Monday, January 16, 2006 6:23 AM

Oh, I say gorrammit ALL the time, i say Fei OO, a lot, (whowever you type that)And another one i say alot is "what in the spictre-hell is going on". But no one really questions me. Im allways saying "If someone tryes to kill you, you just try to kill them right back" whenever i can (surprisingly a lot) and I say Shiny a little too much to be handled.

LAWLER

Monday, January 16, 2006 6:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:

You know you are obsessed when....

You start knitting tiny Jayne hats for next years Christmas tree, and they turn out so well, you decide to knit a little firefly bug, and that turns out shiny, so you knit a purple Fruiy Oaty octopus. But that doesn't turn out, so you keep trying until you get it right. And you decide to decorate a whole Christmas tree in little knit Firefly items...and its only January.

How adorable you are!

I think you may have helped me decorate my tree this year. Have any patterns you can share or point me to?

TANSTAAFL28

Monday, January 16, 2006 6:56 PM

I'm already using "gorram" and "verse" and a whole lot more "aint's" than I should.

"You can't take the sky from me..."

SIMYLEE

Monday, January 16, 2006 7:06 PM

I wouldn't go as far as saying obsessive, but I play Dungeons and Dragons now with the theatre teacher, who is now a poker dealer here in Vegas, that got me into it, along with 3 other of her proior students. But anywho, whenever we can in our scenario we're playing, we always either quote Firefly/Serenity, some so minor some of us don't even pick up on it until 5 minutes after it's been said.

BOWIE

Monday, January 16, 2006 7:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:

You know you are obsessed when....

You start knitting tiny Jayne hats for next years Christmas tree, and they turn out so well, you decide to knit a little firefly bug, and that turns out shiny, so you knit a purple Fruiy Oaty octopus. But that doesn't turn out, so you keep trying until you get it right. And you decide to decorate a whole Christmas tree in little knit Firefly items...and its only January.

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

Got any patterns? That sounds like a really great idea. :) I love jaynes hat, and having the pink octipus would be awsome. :)

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

COPILOTLEONARD

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:00 PM

I always use words like "shiny" and "gorram" and those Chinese phrases. Plus I have tons of Firefly/ Serenity stuff in my room. I've got Alan Tudyk pictures all over. But hey..being obsessed is a good thing

"I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all"

RIVER6213

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:41 PM

Last week, in a staff meeting, during a presentation in front of 200 people I used the word Gorrum by accident. The people there gave me an instant look of confusion, which made me suddenly aware that I used the wrong word with the wrong audience! I corrected myself and quickly moved on in the presentation. OMG! That was close!!!!!

I've found between Firefly and Battlestar Galactica, my language seems to be changing.

Words like Rutting, Gorrum, Shiny, Tasties, Pretties, and Frak have worked their way into my speech pattern.

Oh well! The power of televsion at work I suppose!

MATTIE

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:46 PM

You know you're obsessed when...

Your boyfriend asks how your day was and quickly forbids you to say anything about Firefly/Serenity when you talk to him.

Your parents say, "Can we quote a movie OTHER than Serenity?" (The "we" in this case refers to me.)

You say "I'll be in my bunk" and everyone around you knows exaclty what you're talking about because you've explained the line to them, even though they haven't seen Firefly or Serenity.

You sing the song "Hero of Canton" as loud as you can--even when you're not in the shower.

You find out that your college professor is a Buffy/Joss fan so you go talk to her after class and confess how much you love Firefly.

You find that words like gorramnit, shiny, dong-ma, and expressions like man-ape-gone-wrong-thing
have slipped into your vernacular.

Someone says something and there's a Firefly/Serenity line that fits perfectly into the situation, so you say it and everyone looks at you like you're crazy.

The thing you think about most isn't boys, money, school, or work. It's, "when am I gonna get a chance to watch another episode," even though you've seen them all a gazillion times already.

Mostly, though, you know you're obsessed when your family, friends, and even you say that you are.

Wacky fun!

OMELET

Monday, January 16, 2006 8:54 PM

You know when you're obsessed when...

1. You go to Blockbusters and the like and put Serenity front and center on every gorram shelf and such so everyone can see it.

2. You go to a Virgin Megastore and watch Serenity on the TVs without the sound on and start quoting the movie to everyone nearby you(Like me)

And...

3. You start yelling out Chinese explitives in school and instead of asking people if they comprehend, you say Dong Ma(Once again, like me. Nearly said it to my sister.)

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!

VOSHEXETER

Monday, January 16, 2006 9:30 PM

you know you're obsessed when you start berating yourself for not being able to remember what episode a specific line is from.

"The war's long done. We're all just folk now."
Mal

TEETHGRINDER

Monday, January 16, 2006 10:09 PM

You know you're obsessed when... You realize that watching anything else other than Firefly/Serenity is almost entirely a waste of time. Everytime(very seldom!!) that I get to watch anything else or start watching something else ...I always end up thinking about Firefly/Serenity and saying to myself how blessed we browncoats are for having discovered this verse we got. There's nothing out there that comes close to how superior our crew... our ship... our stories... and our verse is or how much I love , adore and enjoy FIREFLY/SERENITY. As far as I'm concerned... There's Firefly/Serenity and then there's "everything else" and if I can help it... The rest of my life will have very little of "that everything else". I know I'm a hopeless case but Gorram it.... I'm proud of it and I love it!!!!!

MCALLEN

Monday, January 16, 2006 10:17 PM

You think about Mal and crew all the time, and don't really like watching anything else.

You spend most of your time ( even time you are supposed to be doing something else!) right here at FFF.net, because this is home.

You say gorramnit and shiny all of the time, it's now second nature, AND the folks around you are imitating you and asking you where you got the cool new words ( thus leading to opportunities to convert folks into Browncoats!)

You ALWAYS say dong ma for understand.

Your desktop at home and at work is a pic of Mal or Serenity. And your screensavers are pics of Mal and Serenity too!

You play the DVD's at work for folks to see and maybe fall in love too!

You look for news of a sequel everyday and you are willing to buy DVD's and convert folks, because you love this 'verse so much.

No---me obsessed? Not much....

FOLLOWMAL--That could be my list! Right there with you. I'm a new fan, and kind of surprised by my sudden and all-encompassing obsession. It would be a might disturbing if I didn't have daily reassurance on these boards that I'm not the only one!

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, January 16, 2006 10:30 PM

Welcome, mcallen!

Naw, you're not alone! We're all out here in the same boat ( literally, ha, here at FFF.net!).

Glad to have you, join in all the time and hope you have as much fun and feel as at home here as I do!

Dong ma?

"Where's the back-up? WHERE'S THE BACK-UP?!" Mal

SAMEERTIA

Monday, January 16, 2006 11:01 PM

Now, I ain't sayin' I'm a gorram addict, or nothin', 'cause that's just wrong. Dong ma?

But I did kinda notice when I was trying to work on my LOTR fanfiction story that Lord Celeborn's sounding more and more Mal, and that Haldir's thinking more and more like Jayne. (Just kill 'em and get it over with!)

I think maybe I'm cross-genre-ing. And don't even go into what's happened over at Highlander-Community. We got more Jayne & Mal sigs than we do Methos!

MIMA

Monday, January 16, 2006 11:49 PM

I know I'm obsessed when...

1. I come home from work and immediately login to the boards. oh wait, first i have to get browncoat radio playing so the background is set.

2. instead of going on a normal vacation to the mountains or the beach, i ask my husband if we can go to a geekfest called dragoncon so i can listen to the cast talk. and because he knows what kind of fan i am, he says yes.

3. i volunteer to work the fanbooth at said dragoncon, go to the shindig by myself to mingle with browncoats, and have invested in different firefly shirts to wear every day.

4. If i'm going into any public location where i think a demographic might be interested in the verse, i wear the shirts as propaganda (going dancing, going to the mall, going to an art show...)

5. i bring serenity to my friend's new year's eve party to play in the background for propaganda.

6. i donate a set of the verse to the local libraries.

and all this goes without saying... getting friends to watch the episodes, using the lingo, going to the movie in the theatre 3 times, rewatching the dvds until i can say the lines before they do...

fanhood is fun!

NWUKSTEVE

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:09 AM

... every time you're watching TV and see the Universal logo appear, it feels weird when it doesn't morph into Earth That Was with accompanying narration.

RIVERGODDESS

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:53 AM

My friends are like, "Okay, lets go see a movie. NO SARA WE ARE NOT WATCHING SERENITY AGAIN!"
Gorrammit. No, really, I have trouble working 'gorram' into stuff unless I'm by myself, but shiny is definitely overused, along with chinese phrases under my breath at people. I'm a regular moonbrain (use that, too). Also, too many 'ain'ts', and quoting the series and movie has become a regular for me. Anytime I can put something in, I will. I've used "I-I was weak" at least twice this week. Yesterday my dad made us all listen to the Firefly and Serenity soundtrack because I got the theme song stuck in his head, and he needed to listen to it again right away. I'm also prone to break out in The Hero of Canton everywhere. It's sooo fun being obsessive!
Scary, but wacky fun.

*~*~
Summer's response to Nathan getting his very own action figure:
"I tried to pull his head off."

URSULA

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:31 AM

I loaned my sister and her family my "Firefly" DVDs and today when she brought them back, I lent her "Serenity". It was like a hostage trade, each of us hanging on to our DVD box until we had a good grip on the other and snatching it away!

All day Friday at work, I was singing the Fruity Oaty Bar song.

I'm lucky to still be alive.

N7XEJ

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:33 AM

You miss Mal and all the other members of the crew more than your own family-----what am I saying?! They are my family!

If wishes was horses, we'd all be eatin' steak!

JACKEBROWN

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:57 AM

Browncoat Radio?

Keepin' the Shiny side Up...

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:28 PM

No BOWIE,

No patterns yet. Plus I use a knitting loom, not knitting needles. (I know, "real" knitters frown at us loomers...LOL)

Anyway, If I ever write them up I will post it...but you may have to get yourself a knifty knitter.

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:46 PM

Do I quote Firefly without meaning to? All! The! Time! It's getting silly.

I taught English as a foreign language during the summer and used the TV show/movie premise to promote a discussion on the future of the English language. Interesting topic, and it helped get a bunch of English teachers going to see the movie :)

Still, I have a long history with Jossverse quotes. I quoted Buffy and Angel for years and no one had a clue what the heck I was on about. Some of my more infamous moments include:

1) Yelling "Numfar! Do the dance of joy!" at the top of my voice when the Irish soccar team equalised with Germany in a world cup match.

2) Shouting "Ha ha ha! Puny recepticle!" when I managed to hit a target with a tennis ball.

3) Saying "That was the most fun you could have without having any fun." after a particularly long and boring meeting.

*sigh* It's difficult being the only Mutant Enemy fan at work...

GINGER08

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:49 PM

Well, I have had pretty much all of my friends ask me to stop talking about it ALONG with my family. Now whenever I start they all glare or their eyes glaze over. *Sniff*

I've also now recruited 7 new people to Firefly and Serenity and am working on number 8. Which I figure is pretty damn good for a 15 year old in a town of 800 in south-eastern Minnesota.

But I know I'm obsessed because whenever some one says something that sounds remotely like a Firefly/Serenity line I have to stop whatever I'm doing until I can figure out where the quote is, what episode it's from (or if it's from the movie) and then say the line the correct way.
I did that during a basketball game with my friends. They didn't appreciate cause I had the ball and wouldn't give it to them till I knew where it was from. heeehee

And of course I use Firefly speech whenever possible. I get weird looks a lot too but I'm used to it. lol. *sigh* No one in my school understands. Which of course is why I spend so much time here.

"I don't need a back spaceship driver!"

ZOMBIENINJA

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:48 AM

I completely agree with you.

Zombie Ninja

KOMELION

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:57 AM

I figure this obsession is good. If not Firefly, it might be making pipe-bombs.

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Well, here I am.

VIOLETRIX

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:18 AM

Quote:
Do you find yourself using gorram or ruttin or shiny?

you have no idea...

http://violetrix.blogspot.com
soon there'll be no room for naughty men like us to slip about at all

BOWIE

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
No BOWIE,

No patterns yet. Plus I use a knitting loom, not knitting needles. (I know, "real" knitters frown at us loomers...LOL)

Anyway, If I ever write them up I will post it...but you may have to get yourself a knifty knitter.

~~~~~
"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

A loom? Wow, my repect goes up five notches. I tried to learn how to do that once, but couldn't get teh hang of it. Everything I made, in many ways, resembles a blown up Octapus, but not in a good way. :P

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

25MYTURN25

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:57 AM

I always find myslef saying things like "aint" and talking in a western way. Using "don't" instead of "doesn't", very odd what an obsession can truely do to the mind.

Mal: He'll kill you, kill every last one of them if it comes to that and he he'll sleep well that night.
Nandi: Rance Burgess is just a man, and I wont let any man take what's mine. I doubt you'de do differently in my position.
Mal: well lady. . .You're my kind of stupid

SERENYTY

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:02 AM

If you hear the words "shindig, shiny, lion, alliance, independance, unification, leaf, etc." and your first thoughts go to Firefly, you're obsessed (one science video in class talked about the unification of scientific laws over and over, so I kept thinking about Firefly).

If Jayne immediately registers as a boy's name in your head.

If Wash is now a noun, not a verb in your mind.

If at the first party after you get your DVD you FORCE everyone to watch it. ( I'm going to a party on Friday...)

~A message from Serenyty~

AMANDAJ

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:14 AM

Hahaha!

You are moving to a new place temporarily while your home is being sold, and know you will be living out of boxes for a few months. So you pack up all your DVDs except for Firefly & Serenity, knowing that you can go with watching no other programs and be happy.

*Looks around at all the gorram boxes... ugh!*

JACKEBROWN

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:44 PM

I have other DVD's than Firefly and Serenity?(Looks around at the teetering pile gathering dust in the corner..)
Seriously,tho'..Since the Boxset and the BDM came in,ain't nothin else been on the Player!

Keepin' the Shiny side up ;)

DARKLIGHTER9

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:07 PM

when you start thinking you see characters on the street or at school, then u know ur obsessed

_________________________________________________
Reavers Vs Oompaloompas, clash of the titans! (I'm talking scary Oompaloompas with orange skin and green hair, not the rubbish new ones)

OCELOT

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:40 PM

I hum (and occasionally sing) the theme whenever I'm bored.

I use gorramit at hime, at school, on message boards, etc...

My personal DVD player is ALWAYS playing Firefly.

Everything else on TV seems like garbage.

SERENYTY

Friday, January 20, 2006 1:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Darklighter9:
when you start thinking you see characters on the street or at school, then u know ur obsessed

*sigh* That's happened to me. Sometimes. Once, I was POSITIVE I saw Sean Maher in the audience of my little sister's grade school concert...

Seriously, this guy looked like Sean Maher in the dark, when the concert was going on... But I hoped it was Sean. *sigh*

~A message from Serenyty~

THECRAZYIVAN

Friday, January 20, 2006 2:19 AM

Im taking a Fiction writing class in college (an entire 4 credits...thats a lot!) to get my Firefly Fan-Fiction improved. I think my Final in that class (worth 40% of my grade) will be a Firefly Fan-fiction.

~~~~~~~~~~
"There is a sense that this is still not over. It's hard to put a finger on what's so special about this project and about this group of people, but it's just one of those things you have to trust in, and relish. I am very, very proud."
---Jewel Staite on "Firefly" and "Serenity" in "Finding Serenity" (essay collection by Jane Espenson)

CPTJACKMURRAY

Friday, January 20, 2006 3:44 AM

I work in gorram alot in my life but not shiny too much not much in my life IS shiny...i dont get to work in dong ma much because normally im the one who doesn't dong ma.

BOWIE

Friday, January 20, 2006 5:41 PM

You know your obssesed when you print out copies of the script to each episode, so you can read it when your away from TV, and hand to your friends to read.......

like I did. :)

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

FOREVERSHINY

Monday, January 30, 2006 8:29 PM

...You say shiny, gorramit, ruttin, and other such Verse-words.

....You start swearing in Mandarin and try to convert your friends into speaking Chinese as well.

...You start pondering what outfits you will wear when you meet them/go to a panel at a con and wonder if Sean will like his face tattoed on your stomach. (Okay, sadly, have done the first, but...not the second. I promise! )

~ForeverShiny~
An Unreasonable Believer
~~~~~~~~~~~
Can't Stop The Signal.
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, January 30, 2006 8:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bowie:
You know your obssesed when you print out copies of the script to each episode, so you can read it when your away from TV, and hand to your friends to read.......

like I did. :)

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

Wow, I coulda used that this weekend when I went travelin' and couldn't use my computer or get decent tv. ( No DVD player

) I was planning on reading fanfic, but it was not to be.
Must use this option next time I think there's any possibility I will be without my Firefly fix!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

ELOISA

Monday, January 30, 2006 9:32 PM

A salutary tale for you...

A couple of years ago my sister started saying "shiny". She's never seen a Firefly episode in her life; she'd evidently picked it up from some unrelated Browncoat. It drove me up the wall. I ended up literally wanting to smack her every time she used it.

I got the series in early January. I started saying "shiny" two days later.

My incredibly frenetic job involves, amongst many other things, typesetting accountancy course examinations and textbooks. I have Microsoft Word open from 9am to 5.30pm. When the company isn't crashing down around my ears, guess what I'm doing with it, children? So many fanfics, so little time...

***
http://forums.ffonline.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19
Creative Writing

GRIZWALD

Monday, January 30, 2006 9:33 PM

To ginger from SE Minnesota... We're practically neighors! I'm in New Albin, Iowa.

OK, Obsession Confession Time: I'm still new at this, but I did switch all my sound themes to Firefly sounds. Whenever I start a device, I hear, "'River? Please, why don't you come out?' 'No! Can't. Too. Much. Hair.'"and when I stop it, I hear, "'River, honey, he's putting the hair away now.' 'It doesn't matter. It'll still be there. Waiting.'" Email incoming is "And despite our best efforts, they - they kicked." Windows startup is the Firely theme and shutdown is Jayne hollering, "The Hero of Canton, the one they call meeeee!"

My baby girl loves to sing the Fruity Oaty Bars song (Fwooty Oaty Bawwws, according to her).

TAMSIBLING

Monday, January 30, 2006 9:36 PM

You know your obsessed when:

* You spend your last minutes before you go to sleep thinking of your next post on FFF.

* You can't stop watching the episodes, even though you have them comitted to memory.

* You try to rework your entire financial budget to fit in attending BD Flanvention II.

And you know your obsessed with Joss when:

* You just wish he'd make another gorram tv show!

Were there monkeys? Terrifying space monkeys? - Mal

DC4BS

Monday, January 30, 2006 9:54 PM

I was worried a coworker would unexpectedly walk into the datacenter late in the evening while I was upgrading servers and singing "FRUITY, OATY BAR!" at the top of my lungs last week... (It's noisy in there with all the computers, airconditioning and fans and stuff so you gotta sing loud.)

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dc4bs

RYCE

Monday, January 30, 2006 10:39 PM

I've got the Fruity Oaty Bar theme as my ringtone.

Also, last week my boyfriend and I were walking back to campus from dinner, and some people asked us if we could answer a question for them and have them videotape it. Sure, why not? The question was, and I am not making this up, "What are you obsessed about?" I answered Firefly/Serenity, and I was very proud of my 2 minute coherent spiel on the basics and how it's about 9 people just trying to live (somewhere in there I was asked about them being rebels, and I answered that I think deep down, we're all rebels at heart). I found out afterwards that this was a project for their church (not sure how they'll use my entry), but at least one of the guys asking the questions knew what I was talking about (it helped that I had my Serenity pin on my purse)

No power in the 'verse can stop me!

SHINY1

Monday, January 30, 2006 10:54 PM

Let's see, I am logged on here and I am supposed to be working right now. Hmmm...a touch of obsession. Not too bad.

I feel the need to check in to the site as much as possible to see what other Browncoats have on their minds...again during working hours. Maybe a bit more obsessed.

Have gotten a tattoo of the Serenity chinese charachters on the shoulder. Does that mean obsessed? Probably. Though at least the tat is not of Mal or the ship itself. THAT might be taking it too far lol.

DONCOAT

Monday, January 30, 2006 10:58 PM

...when you buy a brand new laptop computer, and the very first thing you do when you turn it on for the very first time is insert the Serenity DVD and watch it.

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

GUENEVER

Monday, January 30, 2006 11:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 25MyTurn25:
I always find myslef saying things like "aint" and talking in a western way. Using "don't" instead of "doesn't", very odd what an obsession can truely do to the mind.

I love it; my accent and vernacular go mainstream. Well kind of -- for years I've had to hide my accent; now I don't!

ASARIAN

Monday, January 30, 2006 11:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Better, if instead of asking if they understand, you say - Dong Ma?

Shuh-MUH? :)

"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam.

ASARIAN

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:09 AM

I love this thread. :) *giggle*

Okay, you know you're obsessed ...

- When "Mal" means "good";

- When you start ducking when you hear the Fruity Oaty Bars song;

- When you no longer associate "River" with water;

- When Chinese no longer sounds like Greek.

This was fun. :)

"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam.

SHINYFLY

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:38 AM

I am officially obsessed, I say gorrammit, gos se, shiny, not so much, damn site better than...all of the above. Plus I hum and sing the theme song at work, while cooking, in my sleep...Other TV bores me now too. At work today my boss told me something to do and I replied with, "It all looks very doable." Sigh...Obsession is shiny...

"You got time to do my hair?" "Out!"...Train Job

PROSERPINE

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:49 AM

...you graciously toast a piece of bread for your boyfriend and say "wife soup!" when you hand it to him.

...you jump up and down when a character in a tv movie is named Washburne.

...you have a final exam worth 70% of your winter session grade tomorrow and yet you've still managed to find time to check this site three times today.

"Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever."

METALINGUS

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:40 AM

So I'm reading your obsessed if you...quotes and I am laughing hysterically. I read the one about your professor and I realize it's you! I loved it Mattie! Beautiful list. You had me rolling. I do the exact thing. That's all I can think about. I have many a time sang Hero of Canton without realizing it.

SAMAFIN

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:17 AM

Let's see...where do we start...

The only things my tv has played for the last month and a half is serenity, the box set, or Dora the explorer (I have a 2 year old)

Said 2 year old watches the show with me and names all the characters during the intro...ending with "Book!" ...pause... "And HORSES!"

Teaching your eleven year old neice how to swear in Chinese from the show....and she's teaching her little friends at school (Honest, Mister Principal...It wasn't me who taught her...)

Shuffling the bills that the tax return is paying off to hopefully go to Flanvention.....and planning on taking said niece along because she's a Browncoat now TOO!

What is this signature you speak of?

DONCOAT

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by samafin:
Shuffling the bills that the tax return is paying off to hopefully go to Flanvention.....and planning on taking said niece along because she's a Browncoat now TOO!

Hope to meet you both there!

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

SAMAFIN

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:46 AM

I'm hoping to make some new friends there, lol...cuz i'm a small town girl, so I'm likely to be goggling around, totally lost, and feeling too shy to do anything wild, crazy, and fun...

GUTTERBALL

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:05 AM

Well, let's see.

I told a friend, when she asked for something to drink, that the only liquid I saw was the puddle of pi$$ refusing to pay my wage.

When asked if I'd watch the phones for a few minutes while the secretary "took a walk", I replied "No ruttin' way!"

I've sweet-talked at least ten close friends/family into watching episodes or the BDM. I hate sweet-talk. I never use it.

When four providers showed up at my desk, all needing something RIGHT NOW and all of which would require at least twenty minutes of my time concurrently, I took a deep breath, gave each my best steely look, and growled, "You are starting to damage my calm". It worked like a charm.

I started to comment to my roommate about a particularly well-done scene in the BDS, and he just looked at me deadpan and said, "You don't PARTICULARLY like this scene. You like the whole d*mn thing. Admit it."

Hey, no skin off my muscular buttocks. Heh.

So, whaddya think? Am I obsessed?

________________________________________

Please remember that the 9:30 show is completely different from the 7:30 show. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

NCBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:26 AM

You know you're obsessed when .....

You buy a new laptop and the first thing you do is transfer your Firefly/Serenity pics for your wallpaper and screensavers.

spend $10 in internet cell phone charges trying to download the Firefly theme as a ringtone (still can't figure out how to gorram do it!).

call the postage machine " a gorram piece of gose" when it eats up your 100 envelopes instead of putting postage on them.

check FFF when I come home for lunch, when I get home and before I go to bed.

WOMANMEDIC

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:53 AM

i work in a semi.. ok, totally professional piece of the verse but using the slang of the fly has really helped cut back on my swearing at work when things go really wrong. the way gorram just slides off the tounge makes things not seem as bad. i am a newbie to all the expressions but since all i watch when i come home is my cherished boxed set, i am sure to be using/learning more.
i also find myself humming the main theme in a stressful situation. FF just makes me all shiny.

are most of the expressions chinese? i am going to get one of those learn chinese cd's if so.
also can anyone teach me how to add a photo to my post? i love everyone's and i am full of envy.

"you ever been with a warrior woman?"
"your patient ought to be dead right now"

FOREVERSHINY

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:01 PM

Go to your profile and hit "Edit Profile." At the very bottom, right before the update button, there's a section of icons you can use. Click on the one you want and there ya go.

Hope that helps.

~ForeverShiny~
An Unreasonable Believer
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Can't Stop The Signal.
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

VOSHEXETER

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:12 PM

you know you're obsessed when......

you open all your gigs by saying "Grrrr, Arrrrgh."

you have more friends on fireflyfan.net than in real life

you eat protein bars from gas stations and imagine it's Alliance Grade A Foodstuffs

you figured out both the "serenity theme song" and the "Hero of Canton" on guitar

your three top priorities are food, shelter, and figuring out who Book actually was before he hooked up with Mal and Co.

you have all the episode scripts memorized not to mention the commentary tracks

".....and we will call it, 'this land'" Wash

voshExeter

CANDLELIGHT

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:16 PM

I've responded to being teased by my husband with "I can hurt you"...I've also referred to someone who had annoyed me as a "total backbirth"

I spend an inordinate amount of time hanging around here, and I organise my day so I can squeeze in yet one more viewing of an episode on my beloved dvd's. I even fall asleep listening to Firefly Talk, or The Signal podcasts on the nights when my husband isn't home

BELOWZERO

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 6:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bowie:
You know your obssesed when you print out copies of the script to each episode, so you can read it when your away from TV, and hand to your friends to read.......

like I did. :)

If you play Nationstates.net check out the region Firefly.

Yea, and where do we GET said copies of scripts????
THANKS. oooooh this will help me memorize each and every episode...

omigawd. I think I am truly obsessed.

"Do not go gentle into that good night....
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. . ."
--Dylan Thomas

If you make my favorite show disappear forever, you *will* go to a very special level of hell, one reserved for child molesters, people who talk at the theater, and Fox executives.

DRACE

Thursday, February 2, 2006 10:48 PM

YAY! I luv this thread... it means other people like me!LOL! totally Firefly obssessed! I just gave my uncle a puppy for his birthday and I named him Firefly... not my uncle, the puppy. LOL! He's a yellow lab, so I guess it fits. Oooo, I'm also trying to fit some Mandarin Chinese classes in my schedule... even though I already know all the really useful stuff. lol. Browncoats FOREVER!

Take My Book, Take My Wash
Kick Me Right Smack In The Crotch
I Don't Care Cause I'll Still See
This Film Whedon Made For Me!

OLDFOGEY

Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Drace:

...trying to fit some Mandarin Chinese classes in my
schedule

Few years ago I took some Chinese at night school.
It was incredibly interesting and painfully
difficult to get up in front of class and speak.
Can't do that in english - teacher made us do it
in Chinese. Bit of a disaster, that.

What I really meant to say here, though, getting
back on topic, is: I Am Not Understanding Why Any
Network In The World Is Making Stuff That's Got
Nothing To Do With Our Beloved Firefly!! {that
would be all in caps except my coworkers would
notice if I started shouting like that.)

GEDEON

Friday, February 3, 2006 9:18 PM

Well if the octopus turn out right,
then it justifies everything.

Doesn't it?

SERENITYSLITTLEANGEL

Friday, February 10, 2006 6:13 PM

When you are seriously considering committing murder and/or serious theft to get River's blue dress (selling for £3179 - http://www.propstore.com/list/cat_id/1/ob/itm/num_display/10/view/0/mo
vs/877/pos/10)

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19 conversions and counting!!!

ASARIAN

Friday, February 10, 2006 7:59 PM

The other day, in one of them Star Wars threads, I heard someone say:

"Leia's a ho!"

And my immediate thought was:

The term is "companion".

:)

--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

GEDEON

Friday, February 10, 2006 10:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SerenitysLittleAngel:
When you are seriously considering committing murder and/or serious theft to get River's blue dress.

Hey, relax! Can't you find a disreputable crew to do that for you?

NARIA

Saturday, February 11, 2006 12:03 AM

You know your obsessed when...

You say something Serenity related, everyone stares at you, and you think it's completely normal.

GEDEON

Saturday, February 11, 2006 12:19 AM

The worse part of being obsessed is when a friend
tells you his dad had a chest x-ray and they find
something.

Then you resist asking the only thing that came up.

Was it gold?

I wasn't too proud of myself that time. I didn't know what to say, and that idea was not the best way to go. Nice work, dumbass.

SERENITYSLITTLEANGEL

Saturday, February 11, 2006 12:38 PM

Quote:
Hey relax! Can't you find a disreputable crew to do that for you?

Well... I put out an ad, but no one's answered yet.

Another sign: I was watching T4 this morning and one of the presenters said "And now for a clip of the world's most awkward kiss". I jumped up, ran over to the TV and screamed:

"THEY'RE SHOWING WAR STORIES???????"

Umm... no.

"Beauty and the Geek". Honestly. Why get my hopes up like that?

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19 conversions and counting!!!

KAYNA

Sunday, February 12, 2006 7:13 AM

-you go to sleep thinking about where to take you fanfic and end up dreaming about it
-when your friends and family (who all like Firefly/Serenity) look at you funny and say your obssesed 'cause you spend to much time in the verse. (watching the show/movie or on sites like this)
-you spende hours workinf on fanart specificly to post it in the Blue Sun Room
-you actually respond to this post with a list of ways to tell
-said list describes your average day

There's nothin worse than a monster, thinks he's right with God.

BOOKADDICT

Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:04 PM

When my mother who is eighty and doesn't watch television even when she is in the room says "didn't you watch that yesterday?"

When I actually converted one of my workmates to fanfiction writing, for Firefly of course!

When I take a notebook and pen to surf club, 'cause we'll be there two hours & I might get an idea for my story.

Yeah, I think I'm obsessed.

FLAUTISTFIRST

Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:48 PM

All the time, all the time. Especially gorramit, since I tend to do minor cussing a lot.

GRAYALBATROSS

Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:50 PM

I like to eat tuna fish in pita bread and pretend it is protein . I also worked out how to write the entire theme song in pictures.

None of my friends know what Firefly or Serenity is so I'm going to invite as many people over as possible to my birthday and make them all watch it.

Mwaaahahahahahahaaha!!! Mine is an evil laugh (not really). (Maybe).

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When in doubt, consult the hamster.

Also, I can kill you with my brain

KAYNA

Monday, February 13, 2006 4:08 PM

Have you ever watched something just because you noticed a Firefly cast member was in it? It could be TV or movies and it doesn't matter how small thier part is or how bad the show/movie is, you still watch. I have examples. For small parts, I watched a CSI rerun I had seen several times because I noticed Summer Glau was in it. Or Dracula 2000 with a cameo by Nathan Fillion. As for the bad...have any of you seen Cleopatra 2525? It wasn't a great show, really campy but light hearted fun, you know. I can't for the life of me figure out why this show has twice as many episodes as Firefly but it stars Gina Torres.

(opens mouth to say most awesonme signiture)......I have no cool signiture. I am sad.

DRINDELL

Monday, February 13, 2006 8:46 PM

I am new to the community, no longer a "rebel without a cause", am proud to be a browncoat. That said, I thought I would contribute my own short list.

1 - The "you know you're obsessed when..." post is the first you ever responded to, and you can relate to everything posted before you.

2 - You find yourself referring to the governmental institutions and figures as "Alliance" (Actually found myself yelling to my fiance in the driver's seat, "Careful, Alliance!" when I spotted a police car pulling in behind her.

3 - You subconciously compare every woman you meet to your lost love, Kaylee. Goram FOX! And find yourself getting jelous at the name or image of Simon.

4 - You find yourself referring to your preacher as a Shephard.

5 - You can't wait to get to work so you can check in on FFF without your Fiance nagging you about your obsession. And your lunch hour is devoted to hunting down every rumor of a continuation of the series / sequel.

MELAM

Monday, February 13, 2006 9:28 PM

You know you're obsessed when...

While reading MacBeth in English you can't help but giggle at Malcom and it does not help that they abriviate it as Mal. People around you in class stare.

You hum or sing the Fruity Oaty Bar song and then look around all paranoid, sure that a girl is going to proccede to beat everyone in the vicinity.

Your sister has a friend named Miranda. She wasn't allowed in the house for a while, and when she asked why and you told her she thought it was cool, and went and picked up the sieres.

You go shoping for clothes at, Ross or T.J. Maxx and every article of clothing you pull out, you classify: "Oh this is so Kaylee." or "Jayne would so wear this." And then you buy it.

MELAM

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:30 AM

I spell my name Melinda. One of my teachers has a habbit of writing it Malinda. I never correct him because if it were spelled that way my friends would call me Mal.

"Putting the Me in Mercinary, Jayne Cobb."

FIREFLYNUTTER

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:03 AM

U noe ure obsessed when:

the moment u get ure new MP4 player u rip all the firefly episodes so that u can watch them wheneva, where eva... Alright!!! gotta get my firefly fix!!

it's late at nite so u put on the firefly episodes to fall asleep to...

say gorram _______ way too much, and swear more in chinese then you ever did in english

KAYNA

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:23 AM

I play World of Warcraft now and then and have several friends who play it incessantly. The "good guys" are called the Alliance. Like I said, thier supposed to be the good guys and my character is alliance but whenever I hear someone mention it I start to get all crotchety and paranoid.

DOG13000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:06 AM

An average day in the 'verse for me (why not today?)...

- Wake up at 6:00AM; turn off DVD player/Surround
- Take shower, singing Ballad of Serenity or Hero of Canton
- Sleep on school bus, wondering about certain scenes in Firefly, or working out my fan film
- Arrive at school, go to computer lab. Check my gmail for FFF.Net responses, if none, sigh, go there anyway. Look through the interesting posts on the front page, as well as images and cool sounding fan-fics. Go to google news, middle click my stickies for firefly and serenity, in hopes of some magical announcement that happened over night...see the same post from two days ago about "Done the Impossible" coming out soon. Sigh, logoff.
- Go to my advisory (homeroom), where I try to convince my advisor to let me bring in Firefly and show it to the people.
First period English, space out, Write, and Re-write character descriptions and plot lines for my fan film.
- Second period, Outdoor Education; Use the word gorram a lot when I can't tie a rock climbing knot correctly, shiny when I get it.
- Third period, history, half pay attention, and read my copy of "history of the 'verse" (well, it is history)
- Fourth and Fifth are pretty much firefly free, with the exception of quotes
- Sixth Period, Lunch, Talk with friends, bringing up Firefly a lot, and quoting it, a lot. I tell someone who hasn't seen it I will lend them one of my copies (I have three). Finish eating, go back to the computer lab, do the same stuff I did before school.
- Seventh Period, Math, Wonder how in the 'verse River was so good at this stuff
- Eight Period, Free!, do all the computer stuff again, more finely
- Ninth Period, Free!, Get a call from my dad, let my cell phone ring as long as I know it will before it goes into voicemail so I can here the Ballad of Serenity play out.
- After School, go to a friends house, discuss our big damn fan film, play halo 2 and DOA4, using firefly quotes all the way.
- Early Evening, eat dinner, try and get my dad to learn the guitar part to Ballad of Serenity (I play the violin), he refuses, again...
- After Dinner, Check the boards and such again.
- Evening, go play a video game, COD2 or something like that, and quote firefly between lives
- Sleep, put on DVD player/Surround with whichever episode I chose on, decide whether I want commentary or not, turn it on, fall asleep to captain tight pants

"Someone Ever Tries to Kill You, You Try and Kill Em' Right Back"

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:17 AM

Drindell,

I am the current keeper of the browncoats that are handed out to new Browncoats and it appears I missed you in the rush of new folks. So....

*hands Drindell a shiny Browncoat*

and welcome to the 'verse!

By the way, I've become so obsessed I literally can't leave the site for long.... might miss someone new and might miss some news!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

DOG13000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:22 AM

Yeah, I go into withdrawl if I don't have something firefly around me.....

"Someone Ever Tries to Kill You, You Try and Kill Em' Right Back"

COPILOT

Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:36 PM

You know your obsessed when....
You get angry at someone for interupting your firefly time trying to buy something that makes you a hefty commision.
When you start saying Joss bless you when someone sneezes (I actually did this yesterday)
When you put on firefly when you clean your house because it's nice to hear your friends voices when performing boring tasks. Note I said your friends voices not friendly voices.
When you actually watch Ghost Whisper just because Sean Mayer is in that episode.
Last but not least you use at least one quote from firefly or serenity in every conversation and your love ones have stopped asking what the heck you mean by some people juggle geese.

An I carried such a torch

ASARIAN

Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:43 PM

I'm visiting my parents now. It's the middle of the night here, and I "snuck" the Serenity DVD home with me + the FireFly disk with "Safe" on it, just so I can get my FireFly/Serenity/River fix for the weekend. And I am on the FireFly board now (obviously) and STILL planning to see Serenity this night!

And I'm in my dad's office; and there's a phone next to me, with a label that says: "TAM/fax". And I think: River!

Yeah, I think this counts.

--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

GUTTERBALL

Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:32 AM

You know you're obsessed when you're scrubbing the bathroom, find a book under a pile of clothes, open it up, and mutter:

Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today we were captured by hillfolk and never heard from again. It was the best day ever.

Heh.

I also caught myself grumbling "gorrammit!" several times as I mopped. But that's nothing new. That's my new favorite expletive.

Huh. I guess that could count, too....

________________________________________

Please remember that the 9:30 show is completely different from the 7:30 show. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

PENGUIN

Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:11 AM

You know you're obsessed when you spend hours on the web trying to find dinosaurs just like Wash's!

ERIC

Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:42 AM

When you spend the weekend trolling the malls (which you hate with a passion!) searching for the perfect lookalike for Mal's coat. I WANT ONE!

When you look at a girl and think "man, would she look good with a little engine grease!"

ELOISA

Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:45 AM

When you're apologising to someone at work for being too busy to have done the thing they gave you to do by saying not "I'm doing too much at once" but "I'm trying to juggle too many goslings".

(She didn't ask.)

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