tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "Killed By Death". better than being lightly wounded by Death, i guess.
and "I Only Have Eyes For You." -- a really great ghost story, and even has a "Aww, poor Giles" scene.
Thursday, November 01, 2001
with yesterday being Halloween, and because i'm taking the rest of the week off for my birthday, my review of "All The Way" won't be posted until Monday, mainly because i haven't written it yet (Halloween's a very busy day for me. no time to write it).
on the bright side, i'll should have a review of "Once More, With Feeling" posted by Wednesday morning instead of my usual Thursday afternoon since i'll probably be up all night next Tuesday watching it over and over again.
on the bright side, i'll should have a review of "Once More, With Feeling" posted by Wednesday morning instead of my usual Thursday afternoon since i'll probably be up all night next Tuesday watching it over and over again.
today is my birthday, today is my birthday, today is my birthday! yay me!
being 27 isn't all that different than being 10: i play with toys. i watch cartoons. i read comic books. i like to play in the rain and ride my bike through puddles. i have a 10pm bedtime. i still ocassionally imagine myself as a supervillain out fighting superheroes and plotting to take over the world. my allowance isn't big enough. i don't clean my room. i sleep with a stuffed animal. i have a "b-b" (a special blanket). i have to get up every morning and go spend all day somewhere i don't want to be, but while there, i pass notes to others in the same situation and don't pay attention to the things i should be focusing on. i still have sleepovers with the other boys. places like Chucky Cheese's are the coolest place to have a birthday party, and roly-polies are still the coolest bugs.
being 27 isn't all that different than being 10: i play with toys. i watch cartoons. i read comic books. i like to play in the rain and ride my bike through puddles. i have a 10pm bedtime. i still ocassionally imagine myself as a supervillain out fighting superheroes and plotting to take over the world. my allowance isn't big enough. i don't clean my room. i sleep with a stuffed animal. i have a "b-b" (a special blanket). i have to get up every morning and go spend all day somewhere i don't want to be, but while there, i pass notes to others in the same situation and don't pay attention to the things i should be focusing on. i still have sleepovers with the other boys. places like Chucky Cheese's are the coolest place to have a birthday party, and roly-polies are still the coolest bugs.
i've begun thinning the herd. i've dropped Special Unit 2 and Roswell from my Required Weekly Viewing list. i just don't have the time, with the 13 hours of Buffy on every week, but, more than that, they just aren't holding my interest. Smallville still has a chance, though it may be on a Viewing hiatus for a couple of weeks.
i've also decided that i need somewhere to focus my burning fury, so i'm thinking of taking up Seventh Heaven viewing. man, that show pisses me off, and if i have an outlet for all of my pent up anger and frustration, i may become a nicer person.
i've also decided that i need somewhere to focus my burning fury, so i'm thinking of taking up Seventh Heaven viewing. man, that show pisses me off, and if i have an outlet for all of my pent up anger and frustration, i may become a nicer person.
Jean points out that there's a new 60 second teaser for "Once More, With Feeling" (the Buffy musical episode) up here (the same place for the two minute teaser). more ensemble, more Spike, and Tara! also, a dancing demon! i was hoping there was no dancing demon, that Anya's theory for the cause of the singing was the right one.
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
tonight is the night that, in an ancient power-sharing agreement, the Seelie Court gives over the reigns to the Unseelie Court.
Get to know your new masters: Unseelie faeries of the British Isle.
Get to know your new masters: Unseelie faeries of the British Isle.
just got back from the stupid company costume contest. none of the contestants knows what "Most Original or Creative" means. almost everyone who got up there had a store bought costume (Winnie the Pooh is original?). there were a few good ideas that were poorly executed, and then a couple of good, original and creative ideas. the winner of that catagory was a guy from the mailroom wearing what i thought at first to be a Christmas gift. he was "God's Gift to Women."
the partiotic catagory sucked. 4 contestants: Raggedy Ann holding an American Flag, a woman in army fatigues and face paint, a mediocre looking Statue of Liberty, and "Aunt Samantha" (female Uncle Sam, i.e., red, white & blue striped and starred clothing and hat) who played the national anthem on the violin. the judges picked Aunt Sam to win, as long as she played the national anthem again, so she did. people stood up and acted like they actually gave a f*ck. she sounded like a junior high school orchestra student, but everyone cheered for her like she was Yitzhak f*cking Perlman.
my idea for a costume: wear a very boring looking jacket and tie, and keep an inflatable woman in my cubicle, along with a plastic baby doll and a plush stuffed dog. every once in a while, reach over and punch the inflatowoman and scream "Where's my dinner, woman!" what am i? heterosexual.
feh. these people have ruined Halloween for me. no one remembers the true meaning of Halloween.
the partiotic catagory sucked. 4 contestants: Raggedy Ann holding an American Flag, a woman in army fatigues and face paint, a mediocre looking Statue of Liberty, and "Aunt Samantha" (female Uncle Sam, i.e., red, white & blue striped and starred clothing and hat) who played the national anthem on the violin. the judges picked Aunt Sam to win, as long as she played the national anthem again, so she did. people stood up and acted like they actually gave a f*ck. she sounded like a junior high school orchestra student, but everyone cheered for her like she was Yitzhak f*cking Perlman.
my idea for a costume: wear a very boring looking jacket and tie, and keep an inflatable woman in my cubicle, along with a plastic baby doll and a plush stuffed dog. every once in a while, reach over and punch the inflatowoman and scream "Where's my dinner, woman!" what am i? heterosexual.
feh. these people have ruined Halloween for me. no one remembers the true meaning of Halloween.
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
tonight is a three hour Buffy night!
first syndiBuffy: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" -- alliteration is fun for the entire family.
second syndiBuffy: "Passion" -- a great episode, one that made me hate Angel for a looong time.
and the brand spankin' new UPN Buffy is "All The Way" -- considering this episode seems to be about Dawn, i don't think i care much for this title.
first syndiBuffy: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" -- alliteration is fun for the entire family.
second syndiBuffy: "Passion" -- a great episode, one that made me hate Angel for a looong time.
and the brand spankin' new UPN Buffy is "All The Way" -- considering this episode seems to be about Dawn, i don't think i care much for this title.
an email from Jean, about the two minute Buffy Musical Episode promo:
Something else that's interesting about WDWGFH is the juxtaposition when they're all lined up holding hands. Buffy's got Spike, Dawn and Giles in between her and the people who raised her, and Willow is the farthest away from Buffy. Also, when the song starts out there's a clear split in the stage blocking, with Spike & Buffy apart from the core group, and Anya and Dawn both off by themselves. I wonder if that's significant.
The hand holding positioning is interesting in light of Restless, though, especially if you theorize that Buffy playing in the sandbox was supposed to represent both herself and Dawn. So in that scene in Restless, you had Buffy, Giles, Spike & Dawn in one group on the playground, and the people who raised Buffy in the ice cream truck. Xander starts out torn between them, but then ends up in the ice cream truck.
some people watch television. others *watch* television. many of the things Jean has said about the promo have made me sit back and nod my head in awed contemplation.
Something else that's interesting about WDWGFH is the juxtaposition when they're all lined up holding hands. Buffy's got Spike, Dawn and Giles in between her and the people who raised her, and Willow is the farthest away from Buffy. Also, when the song starts out there's a clear split in the stage blocking, with Spike & Buffy apart from the core group, and Anya and Dawn both off by themselves. I wonder if that's significant.
The hand holding positioning is interesting in light of Restless, though, especially if you theorize that Buffy playing in the sandbox was supposed to represent both herself and Dawn. So in that scene in Restless, you had Buffy, Giles, Spike & Dawn in one group on the playground, and the people who raised Buffy in the ice cream truck. Xander starts out torn between them, but then ends up in the ice cream truck.
some people watch television. others *watch* television. many of the things Jean has said about the promo have made me sit back and nod my head in awed contemplation.
why no new Slayer over the summer? (we've known this for a long time. why's TVGuide so slow in keeping up? maybe they laid off too many non-executive people)(my pH > 12).
and speaking of new Slayers, i didn't realize Bianca Lawson (Kendra) was in the Snoop Dogg movie Bones or in the had-no-desire-to-see Save the Last Dance.
and speaking of new Slayers, i didn't realize Bianca Lawson (Kendra) was in the Snoop Dogg movie Bones or in the had-no-desire-to-see Save the Last Dance.
"One time, I was at the grocery store, walking through the doors in a wistful attempt to recapture the magic, and I was attacked by some Girl Scouts. Apparently, they were trying to sell those damn cookies (which are Soylent Green, by the way. You heard it here, first), and I was scaring off the potential customers. Those Girl Scouts are very territorial, and they'll stab you in the neck if you don't watch it."
girl scouts are evil. even Wil Wheaton says so.
girl scouts are evil. even Wil Wheaton says so.
last night's Angel (maybe spoilery, yada yada blah blah): Misogynist Wesley was scarey. afterward, i had a scarey dream of him stalking me through halls of my old high school, which was much bigger than i remember. also, i guess he wouldn't be Misogynist Wesley if he chased me. he'd just be Axe-Wielding Wesley.
Weeping Wesley made me sad. poor guy.
Gunn rocks! he took it on the noggin twice for the team. he didn't get much screen time this episode though.
Fred's getting better. no more hanging out in her room for weeks at a time, which is good. there are only so many episodes you can get out of her in her room.
yay for Wes/Cordy tenderness moments! these two spent all that time in Sunnydale making googly eyes at each other. there should be something deeper (though platonic) between them. plus, i like Cordy being the one they all go to when they need advice.
yay for Cordy empowerment episode! yay for Lilah growing some of whatever it is women grow that makes them brave! yay for Cordelia/Lilah talk! yay for Lilah taking down the baddie and just walking away! yay! yay! yay!
i wish/hope that Billy isn't dead. i thought he was going to be more of a baddie this season (even though i reeeaaallly hate him. he did do that cool "slam the fists on the ground thing and make it ripple and glow" thing though).
next week: the return of everyone's favorite syph-ridden Whore vampire, Darla!
Weeping Wesley made me sad. poor guy.
Gunn rocks! he took it on the noggin twice for the team. he didn't get much screen time this episode though.
Fred's getting better. no more hanging out in her room for weeks at a time, which is good. there are only so many episodes you can get out of her in her room.
yay for Wes/Cordy tenderness moments! these two spent all that time in Sunnydale making googly eyes at each other. there should be something deeper (though platonic) between them. plus, i like Cordy being the one they all go to when they need advice.
yay for Cordy empowerment episode! yay for Lilah growing some of whatever it is women grow that makes them brave! yay for Cordelia/Lilah talk! yay for Lilah taking down the baddie and just walking away! yay! yay! yay!
i wish/hope that Billy isn't dead. i thought he was going to be more of a baddie this season (even though i reeeaaallly hate him. he did do that cool "slam the fists on the ground thing and make it ripple and glow" thing though).
next week: the return of everyone's favorite syph-ridden Whore vampire, Darla!
Monday, October 29, 2001
tonight, the syndiBuffy double feature is: first -- "Innocence" -- Luke, who was dusted by Buffy in 'The Harvest' is reincarnated as a big smurf with a bad attitude, and to deal with him, Buffy brings in the big guns: Gargamel and Azrael!
followed by (Jeopardy! style) answer:"Phases." the question: What were the Xander and Oz thing for Willow?
on tonight's Angel: "Billy"
followed by (Jeopardy! style) answer:"Phases." the question: What were the Xander and Oz thing for Willow?
on tonight's Angel: "Billy"
i've been thinking: if you've had the desire to buy something for me and send it to me (or just send large denominations of cash) but thought that sending something out of the blue would put you into Stalkerville, you can safely do so this week and next without anyone thinking you're a freak. my birthday is on Thursday.
i offer my thanks to you now for your gifts. Buffy memorabilia would be great, but cash is always welcomed and probably would save you on postage.
i offer my thanks to you now for your gifts. Buffy memorabilia would be great, but cash is always welcomed and probably would save you on postage.
so i go to the FX website to cast my votes for the Buffy X-Ballot marathon on Thanksgiving Day (sorry, Grandma, i can't make it. there's a Buffy marathon on today), and they let you choose three episodes as your favorite. it goes up through the fifth season, which i didn't know (i thought FX would only have the first four seasons). it excludes the episodes "Hush," "Buffy vs. Dracula," "The Body," "The Weight of the World," and "The Gift." i don't know why. i hope it means they have something special planned for those eps, and not that FX won't be showing them.
ha! i got out of being Dead Guy in our group's Halloween decoration contest entry. instead, i get to be Guy Who Makes Cardboard Tombstones. my choices include:
•Dedicated Employee -- Worked Herself To Death
•Beloved Friend Count Chocula -- Death By Chocolate
•Rest In Pieces -- Andrew and Abby Borden followed by the Lizzie kiddie rhyme (Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks... and so on).
•Bloody Mary -- followed by a recipe for a Bloody Mary
•Dedicated Employee -- Worked Herself To Death
•Beloved Friend Count Chocula -- Death By Chocolate
•Rest In Pieces -- Andrew and Abby Borden followed by the Lizzie kiddie rhyme (Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks... and so on).
•Bloody Mary -- followed by a recipe for a Bloody Mary
egad! a two minute promo for Buffy: The Musical can be found here. there are also the shorter teasers, plus some for other episodes of Buffy and Angel.
the two minute promo is great. watch it. i burst out laughing at Anya.
[bravo! to Jean for emailing the link, though i don't know why she doesn't blog it herself]
she also says (don't hold me to it. consider it rumor for now) that a posting over at MBTV says the episode will run 10 or 15 minutes long, be in widescreen format, and that a soundtrack release is planned.
the two minute promo is great. watch it. i burst out laughing at Anya.
[bravo! to Jean for emailing the link, though i don't know why she doesn't blog it herself]
she also says (don't hold me to it. consider it rumor for now) that a posting over at MBTV says the episode will run 10 or 15 minutes long, be in widescreen format, and that a soundtrack release is planned.