i'm so over apathy club, i liked it when it was underground, now it's so mainstream, they sold out

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

Okay, George didn't expect it to be this hard to really get into the spirit of Apathy Club. But she had actually worn a costume for Halloween, and it didn't suck. Like, it had been fun (shut up). Oh and she had a date tonight. So those were all good things and, uh. Yeah. So.

The next best thing to apathy was being a cooler-than-it-all pretentious douchebag, so she was going to try that.

"Your favorite band sucks," she announced, to anyone / no one / the room in general.

Good thing Jono wasn't here, or she wouldn't be able to get away with that. Pearl Jam totally didn't suck.

Maybe there would be a flame war or something, or someone would get cranky and storm off. That might be fun. Or maybe everyone would be all "meh, who cares." Which would, of course, be in the spirit of Apathy Club, which made it a total win/win.

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Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[stars_and_money]

Oh, Jeremy was totally going to talk to George. He was going to smile at her, too.

"Hey, George," he said. "Are we still on for tonight?"

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

And George was totally going to -- um -- oh! Hi, Jeremy!

"Hey," she said, and look! She was smiling back. Dammit. He was good at that.

"How do you not have a favorite band?" she asked.

Look, that was important, okay?

"... We're still on for tonight," she added. Because he could swear up and down that he secretly loved Hannah Montana and she would still want to lick his neck. Shut up.

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[stars_and_money]

"Good," Jeremy grinned. And then he shrugged, again. "And I just don't, man, I don't know. I don't think that kind of loyalty to a band really works for me, you know? Like... I like to be able to just go with my mood."

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"You should think of it more like being a label-whore, but with music," she teased. "It's the same kind of pretentiousness, except instead of it being how much you paid for the dress, it's how early you were into that group."

The sad thing was how true that was.

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[stars_and_money]

"Hey, there's nothing pretentious about label-whoring!" Jeremy objected, though it was in good humor. "Does that mean I shouldn't wear the Ferragamo tonight after all?"

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"No," George said, way too quickly to play it off with any degree of subtlety. Um. Oops. "Um. I mean. Wear it. Just. You know. You have your labels, and I have my post-grunge. How's that?"

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[stars_and_money]

"That's completely fine with me," Jeremy laughed, then nodded. "Me and my suit will come pick you up later. I gotta run now."

Figuratively. He rarely ran literally.

Re: don't talk to george [ap]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"Bye," George said. She was not glowing, or beaming, or any of that shit. Shut up.