Ironic how names stick.

I am currently chatting with two friends over Yahoo! Messenger. And I am also currently uploading pictures in my photobucket. I got some pics of our group (me, Ame, Mi-chan and Loraine) up, and I was thinking what to name that folder. My memory flashes back to high school.

A couple of people called us "mga anime".

*shrudder*

My goodness! That sounded cheesy then, it sounds WAY cheesier now. But -- to my dismay -- the name stuck. Not that we used it, mind you. But when our class in high school has get-togethers, those "few people" still call us that.

Even now that I'm not as much of a fanatic I was before (though I still am a fan), people who knew me in high school half-expect me to jump up and down if the conversation was about anything anime. And, to their disappointment, I don't.

Odd. I mean, I have been in college for four years now. And for four years, my classmates have heard me say "No, I am not going to jump up and down." Still, they can't seem to get it. Sure, I still get excited because of anime at times. But it totally pales to the peak of my otakudom when I become almost insanely hyperactive at practically every chance I get. Oh, well... Their thinking of me still being an otaku is fine, I suppose. And I guess they just wanted something shorter to say than "Sara/h, Beth and Loraine".

But... "mga anime"?!

Yeeesh... Spare me.

So I ended up calling it "otaku", which is a Japanese term for "fanatic", used by non-Japanese anime fans to call themselves. In Japan it strikes somewhat a negative note. But almost everywhere else (or at least in places where there are other anime fans) it's just something fans call themselves.

Even though I'm technically not an otaku anymore --- although, you can say I'm a veteran otaku...yikes, makes me sound old --- the name stuck. Maybe it's just easier to say than "anime fan".

Same banana.

Maybe names simply have glue on them...

It's one of those unavoidable things in life you just wished didn't exist. But then you can do nothing but just roll your eyes and live with it.

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