Second-Hand Wank
Aaaaaand we're back in Grobania, a fandom that wanks disporportionate to its size and also has an evangelical streak, so more wankers are arriving every day. Be afraid.

I wasn't there for this one, but a friend of mine (rainbowdarling on LiveJournal) was, and she was annoyed enough by the incident to write up quite a lengthy 'editorial' on it, which I will reproduce below. In sum-up:

Friends of Josh Groban is, as I have mentioned, an official fanclub, meaning that the object of everybody's adoration occasionally stops by the messageboard or the chatroom. The fans, however, have absolutely no shame at all, since this does not stop them from posting their erotic dreams, their Mary-Sues, and their squealing about being in posession of his discarded water bottle. Freaky. There are several people in this group who might be thought of as BNF's... but none to compare to LasVegasAngel.

Last week, poor Josh happened to be in the chatroom at the same time LVA was. Several other people who were in there will never be able to look their idol in the online eye again.

Here is rainbowdarling's 'editorial':

Lasvegasangel is Josh's best friend. She is beautiful, and talented, and wonderful, and all people should like her. This twenty-two year old is so talented that if an agent ever comes to one of her shows, she'll be given a contract straight away, because she's just that good. Never mind that she's only a member of the chorus, her amazing skills will shine through. No, really. Just ask her. She'll be sure to tell you.

Lasvegasangel is a member of the Josh Groban fan club (Friends of Josh Groban, or FoJG for short), and a member of the joshgroban.com message boards. She posts in almost every thread on FoJG, solely, we believe, to keep her name on the "Top Ten Posters" list. She's not the only one to do that, of course, but replying to a thread about a Portland Meet & Greet (more commonly shortened to M&G, which is a gathering of the fans to get to know each other a little better) preceding the Portland Concert on January 25th, when she lives in Las Vegas, is NOT going to the Portland show, will not be in Portland at that time, and, hell, isn't even going to a show anyway, that's a little much. You can find her name, almost without fail, in every thread, even if she has nothing of substance to say in it, and doesn't have any authority on the subject. She plays to the starter of every thread, and constantly is contradicting herself about whether or not she will renew her membership to the fan club. But this, my friends, is not what makes lasvegasangel so "endearing."

Josh Groban's concert kicked off on January 22nd of this year in Boise, ID. Of course, by then, he had the entire thing rehearsed, and knew it like the back of his hand. So, all there was to do for several days was wait. And Josh likes connecting with his fans personally, so he logs onto the FoJG site, surfs the message board, and has posted a few times. It touches everyone that he even comes on at all. He, in fact, read just about everything on the boards, good and bad alike. The other day, though, he ventured into the chat room. Now, once would have been alright. Everyone got excited, and talked about it for quite a while. Then, later that night, he went into the chat room again! Now this was just unheard of! The next morning, he showed up once again! He never stayed for long -- only several minutes each of the times, but his presence was enough to drive everyone to ecstasies. Of course it was! He came in several times under a false name, usually female, trying to throw us off the scent. (This was to attempt to get the names of those in the chat room to send them e-mails.) The members of the chat weren't dumb, though, and figured it out quickly, and figured his various names, especially when he changed them before leaving; we can only assume that was accidental, but it did give it away. Well, after the last sighting, people hung out in the chat room, waiting for him to return. He did later, under one of his many names, and, well, lasvegasangel was in there. Everyone else in the room was saying normal things like "Can't wait to see you tonight at the Morrison center!" or "Best wishes tonight, Josh!"... Normal things. Lasvegasangel's comments, though, are deserving of documentation. Unfortunately, the chat room is such that saving conversations directly is quite difficult, so I'll have to paraphrase.

lasvegasangel>Hey Josh!!!
lasvegasangel>I won't be going to any of your concerts.
lasvegasa>I sold my ticket to LA to KathiC, and my other one to Nancy in FL.
lasvegasa>But I've been sharing your CD with lots of people.
lasvegasa>Keep your eyes open for me; I'll be famous soon!
lasvegasa>Then you'll have to compete with ME!!
lasvegasa>LOL!!!
lasvegasa>I think you should give me front row seats because I was so nice and
sold my tickets to these people!!
lasvegasa>And because you love me so much.
lasvegasa>Some people tell me I look exactly like jenny mcarthy.
lasvegasa>I dunno. Maybe you should tell me!!!
lasvegasa>HAHHAHA!
[Note: The chat only allows nine characters for your name, so screennames longer than that are truncated.]

That's the gist of it. Since then, she has started several threads, which mirror others of the same topic, but for some reason, she felt it necessary to start one herself. Her name is still 10th on the top ten posters (likely because she was absent for a time, and because, really, nobody pays attention to her anymore, because she's condescending to them in their own threads, and they all ignore her, because nobody wants to be condescended to in their own threads, any more than she does.) So, that's the tale of lasvegasangel and all her irritating-ness.

But, she's not the only wanker in the FoJG right now. There's the tale of the girls who heard about Josh going into the chat room, and spent all day in the chat room waiting for him. That wouldn't be so bad, since they were talking to each other about all sorts of things, but it gets worse. Some people were in there for up to 33 hours. THIRTY-THREE. And, then, there was a thread started. "Take pity on the loonies in the chat room" ... it's a little scary. The girl who actually stayed in there for all 33 hours finally went to bed for several hours, and then was back later that day, and took up her post again, and was in there for what had to be another 12 hours at least. I'd bet money that they're still in there.

And these people aren't little teenyboppers. The youngest of them is 21, the oldest, early thirties, but refused to disclose her exact age.

Don't get me wrong, as a whole, I love my fandom, but there are some characters in there who make it more than a little scary.