I am not, by any stretch, an anime fangirl. Oh, I went through a phase in high school, and I do my best to keep my hand in, but not fannish about it by any means. I have, however, picked up a smattering of fangirl Japanese, although I never, ever use it.

Except, apparently, I have somehow picked up the habit of using the honorific suffixes. But only in a particular situation, that being when I am addressing inanimate objects. Mom and I fixed a leaky sink this morning, and she commented at one point that *that* was when Dad would have started swearing. I wasn't swearing. I was saying, "Please, Screw-san, just one more turn and we will be finished," and "Faucet-sama, why are you being so difficult today?"

?? Now that I've brought it to my attention, I realise that yes, I have been doing this when I tinker for a while now, but I have no idea when it started. Or *why*. I suppose saying "Mr. Faucet" or "Faucet dear," seemed too twee, but it would be rude to address them by their bare name in such a situation. (Now I am starting to wonder how this might link in to the animistic tendencies of Shinto, but luckily my most current knowledge of Shinto come from old Tenchi Muyo episodes, so I am spared the need to theorize further.)

After the plumbing adventures ended successfully, ( Comics. Rather old comics. )

stellar_dust is coming home tomorrow, with darcy-cat. So is dreamsquirrel. Mom has started making her noises about 'you know you can have friends over whenever you want, right?' with the subtext of 'you do *have* friends, right?' So, yeah. Should keep that in mind while people are around for Thanksgiving.