Family, Meet Fandom

[przed]

The awesome thing about having a laptop is I can work on the latest story when we're up north visiting my mom.

The not-so-awesome thing is my mom is a snoop.

Mom: What are you working on?
Me: Um, nothing.
Mom: ::moves amazingly fast for an 80 year-old recovering from knee surgery and peeks at laptop screen:: Holmes? Watson?
Me: Yeah, I'm writing a Holmes pastiche. Deal with it. ::wipes forehead in relief that the visible scene did not involve Holmes, Watson and a blowjob::
Mom: And who's the guy in that picture. ::points at desktop::
Me: Robert Downey Jr. He's the new Holmes.
Mom: ::gives weirdo daughter a long-suffering look::
Me: ::makes laptop font teeny tiny so 80 year-old eyes will have more difficulty reading it and changes desktop picture temporarily to Hokusai's The Great Wave::

Also, I'm terribly amused that I can call Holmes fanfic "pastiche", like it's almost respectable. *g*

Comments

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the word "pastiche" and use it probably more than I should. *g*

My mother is a world class snoop too... perhaps the skill *cough* kicks in when your child becomes a teenager.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of both the word and the thing. *g*

I'm thinking my mom was always a first class snoop. I was a boring teenager. She wouldn't have found much if she had snooped. Now, however.... Let's just say we call the final cleanup before a parental visit the de-slash.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well, I've always been fond of the thing, I can call witnesses. *g*

My mother could work for the CIA, no problem. I think her skills are what's left me with my lifelong obsession with privacy.