Spontaneous Musings

I have similar problems, re: conversational landmines. I tend to avoid telling people I don't know very well the shows I'm fond of, unless it's something like Mad Men or Deadwood that has widespread critical acclaim. One time I was on campus on the weekend, in my office, and I thought I'd watch a BtVS episode (doing personal things like that is allowed at the office, so we're clear); suddenly my officemate (who watches shows like Boardwalk Empire, The Wire, Deadwood -- very critically acclaimed) entered just as I was getting ready to watch. I didn't want to say I was about to watch Buffy, so I tried to figure out what else I had on my computer to claim that I was about to watch that. All I could think of, sadly, was Doctor Who. Lol. But I went with Who as 'what I was watching,' because I am much less emotionally invested in Who (personally) and wouldn't feel the need to defend it as strongly -- it's closer to a guilty pleasure for me personally than Buffy is, and it wouldn't bother me if he criticized it. Anyway, then he insisted he wanted to watch the episode with me for something to do, and then we watched it, and it turned out to be the worst episode I had seen up to that point (it was really bad), and I was embarrassed throughout. At the end, my officemate said casually, "Yeah...I don't think I really like sci-fi."