Choire says "Terrence will edit the in-house newspaper and adjudicate all disputes." i'm not so sure i'm qualified for that first part. i like to get creative in my spelling, and make up words ('corndogalicious' anyone?) and i use hyphens way-too-much, and somehow every post i write comes back to Buffy, and i babble a lot.

the second part though i could handle. adjudicating all disputes would make me a judge. *The* Judge. yes, i will rid the world of the plague of post-apocalyptic, nuclear-winterized humanity!

see. every post comes back to Buffy somehow.

blogger's being disagreeable this morning. won't let me update my template.

instead, i'll say that i saw Cats and Dogs with VSG. it's one of those movies i'd watch with my nephews, ya know, but i *loved* the Ninja Cats! any cat that can do a flying kick is ok in my my book.

tonight on syndiBuffy: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind," the Buffy special dealing with Xander's nasty case of crabs.

TNG A1 for TNN; Michael Clarke Duncan in a thong; Seven sells stuff in online auction.

Sarah Michelle Gellar clipage from the BBC.
[Buffster talk via Jean, who's quite pleased, i'm sure, with the True Love clip]

Alyson Hannigan explores Papua New Guinea (too late to see it. i just thought it a strange combination).

Buffy's Back. E! TV profiles SMG, and "everything you've ever wanted to know about the cast and the successful series."

you know why the Emmys keeping getting postponed, don't you? karmic retribution for not nominating Buffy.

leave me alone with my delusions.

a website dedicated to a specific episode? Hush: A Special Buffy

Coming Attractions reports that Gloria Foster, the Oracle of The Matrix, died last weekend. has everyone been talking about this for a week and i missed it?

Aaliyah, Gloria Foster... maybe Laurence Fishburne should get out before it's too late.

i noticed last night that i didn't have any way to contact me listed on this page. fixed that, though now i'm wondering how people have been emailing me when the address wasn't listed anywhere here. the paranoia-minded want to know.

Jason Bates' review of Enterprise.

received an email a few minutes ago from the boss' boss' boss:

"In light of the OU / Texas game this weekend we have developed a little Trivia game for you all. Get all of them right and be the first one in your group and you could win a half day off!

1) Who currently leads the OU / TEXAS series?
2) What is OU's Mascot? and what is the Texas Mascot?
3) The OU Fight song was written by?
4) Throughout the history of the OU/Texas rivalry, who have been the only 2 running backs to rush for more than 200 yards in the same game? One running back played for Texas, the other for Oklahoma."

within minutes, i gave my winning answers:
1) Texas
2) the Sooner Schooner and Bevo
3) Arthur M. Alden
4) De'mond Parker for OU and Ricky Williams for UT

the people in my group complain that i had an advantage because i attended OU and lived in Norman for six years. i don't watch football though. i hate the sport. the only question i could answer on my own was the mascots. i won because i'm fast on the google search, and it really pisses off the guys over in the Cable Sports group that queer!Terrence beat them to it.

take that, jockboys!

not feeling well today. yesterday, i thought i had a toothache, some problem with one of my wisdom teeth. i worried i may need to have it pulled. then, i wake up this morning, with a swollen throat, and i have a dull ache running up the side of my head from throat to ear, with the beginnigs of an ear ache. things like this always happen just before i go out of town.

this afternoon, i'm driving to St Louis for my best mate's birthday. and for the Whitecastles. best mate Brian is going to make me play golf with him. i'm so overjoyed, i'm ready to wet myself.

tonight on syndiBuffy: "Puppet Show," the episode in which Buffy deals with the Supreme Court. goodnight, everybody!

to hell with it. there will be no tv reviews this week. i'll try again next week.

anyone planning to buy all 16 "Collectible Covers" of the TVGuide featuring the Survivor: Africa contestants? i'm really wondering if this multiple cover thing increases sales.

a Gene Roddenberry action figure? seems a bit odd, but i think i want to get one. my Buffy action figure could use a new friend or enemy. not sure which way Gene would go. i'd have to put them together and see how they react.

speaking of action figures, i haven't mentioned that i did get one new friend for Action!Buffy: Action!Oz (see them here with Action!Giles, who i'll be picking up in a couple of weeks). the two make a great pair to battle Evil Doers and the Undead, but with all those weapons, i thought they might turn to fighting each other, and i really didn't want Buffy to kick Oz's ass (you know she would), so i had to get some enemies for them: Warrior Nun Areala and Shotgun Mary. the battle will be glorious!

which action figure do i want most right now? Fiesta Giles.

Also well-orchestrated are the subtle hints at Willow's possible turn to Dark Phoenix-dom. Lying about offing Bambi? Puking up snakes? Wearing clogs?

scifi.ign's review of the Buffy season premiere.

tonight on syndiBuffy: "I Robot...You Jane" the crossover hit that has Xander swinging from the trees in a loincloth. woo!

too bizarre not to link to: "Stone Baby" or "fetal calcification isn't everything it's cracked up to be."

Angel and Buffy fell into swoony star- crossed love. He helped her take on the beasties (Angel morphs fangs, a prehensile forehead and glowing eyes when he's in a fighting mood);

what the hell is a prehensile forehead? how is that even possible? is there a definition of 'prehensile' that i'm not familiar with? eh, it comes from a NYTimes article but is reposted here (scroll down to September 24). all in all, it's a good article about Angel.

haven't posted any links for a while, so here's a few:

the overnight Buffy ratings numbers (6.2 rating and a 9 share, whatever that means). Buffy ended up placing fourth for the night.

a review of Monday night's Angel ("That Vision Thing").

Roswell vs. Smallville.

i'm just not going to have the time for that Buffy review today after all. being forced off the computer for an hour while the tech took care of my little virus problem has put me far behind in work. sucks. also, my lunch with Video Store Guy ran a little long (though it was worth it for the "no thanks, i don't use salt and pepper." "what? you don't *do* Salt 'N Peppa??" conversation). i miss the months when i had no work and spent half of my day just blogging. ::sigh:: ah well. i'll write that Buffy review tonight at home, after Enterprise and Special Unit 2 so it will definitely be here tomorrow.

ok, so now i'm going to say something i've never said before: i hate school. the only person that i've just been dying (not literally) to discuss last night's Buffy with has to study for a test and can't talk about it. boo! hiss! school sucks!

a strange file appeared on my desktop out of nowhere. i emailed the Help Desk about it, and they had someone check it out. it was a virus. they cleaned my harddrive. never the one to do things in a small way, i had seventeenhundred infected files. yay me! but don't think i'm a knucklehead who's been opening up strange emails (what kind of guy do you think i am?). someone's been using my computer late at night, and he or she picked it up in his or her web meanderings. my biggest worry, of course, was that in all the 'Delete Files' the tech would be doing, i'd lose my Buffy wallpaper. thank grog he didn't touch it.

heh. Lifetime cracks me up.

so much to do today, but i will find the time for the Buffy talk. fear not.

been really busy today. haven't had the chance to review last night's Angel, and now there's not enough time. so, it'll have to wait a day or two. hey, i can talk about Buffy and Angel tomorrow. it'll be like old times, when they were broadcasted back-to-back.

tonight's full of Buffy. first, tonight's syndiBuffy is the episode "Angel," in which Buffy discovers that Angel knows the Colonel's secret blend of eleven herbs and spices, followed by (let me say this one more time today) Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Season Six Premiere! watch it. if you don't, i'll have to come kick your ass.

after a month long hiatus, Joss Whedon's Fray #4 comes out this week. yay!

Buffy's all i can talk about apparently. i just talked another co-worker into leaving early tonight and watching Buffy. yay!

or, by Blogger time, five hours, twenty-seven minutes.

five hours, thirty minutes.

Zap2it has some Buffy related clips. some are interviews with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters or Joss Whedon, other's are clips from tonight's season premiere (if you don't want to be spoiled, don't watch them. you can always come back after the show airs, right?). [via Dark Horizons]

tonight's the night. nine hours to go for all-new Buffy!

tonight on syndiBuffy: The Pack. Angel will be on at 8pm CDT on WB.

tomorrow: season 6 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at 7pm. that's only a little more than 25 hours away right now. yay!

congrats, Jean!

i'm corndogiliciously happy about the fair, and i was trying to be positive about the last three days of having houseguests from out of town, but i have to bitch about one of them: one of the two females was so friggin' full of bullshit that i'm still angry. she and i were having a discussion about various military-type things (since i am an expert on such matters) and she said something about Vietnam. i disagreed with her, and she starts shouting "I know what I'm talking about! I was in the army and I have top level clearance!" this is where i had to drop out of the conversation.

this just-turned-20 year old girl expected me to believe that she had top level clearance in the army? she expected me to believe that she was even *in* the army? she expected me to believe that, even though she'd said earlier that she was just a reservist? she expected me to believe that, even if she actually had top level clearance, that she'd just blurt out sensitive information solely to support her contention that the US should slaughter all one billion Muslims?

livid doesn't begin to describe how i felt at that moment. but enough of that. it's not like that was the only thing she did that pissed me off.

her second night in my apartment, she demanded that i give up my bed to her. apparently, extending the courtesy of shelter wasn't enough, and (for some reason) she thought i'd actually give up my bed to her when a) VSG was also staying the weekend with me and b) my best mate Brian and his boyfriend Tim, with whom she was tagging along from St Louis, were there also. they'd have had first dibs anyway (if i'd been willing to give up my bed, which i wasn't. i always sleep on the futon at their house). then: at 3am, she called a guy that she'd met at the fair only 6 hours before and gave him an invitation and directions to my apartment while i was asleep. if there is any offense for which i'd be willing to go all Freddy Kruger on someone's ass, giving a stranger entry to my home with neither my knowledge or permission is it. i wouldn't let most of the people i know into my apartment. why would i have allowed her to bring some rough-trade looking, trash talking, effin' stranger into my apartment? that goes beyond rude. that goes into the "Given the Opportunity, I Will Destroy You" catagory.

ok. i'm done.

the new Angel season 3 cast photo is out, this time including Fred.

Realplayer interviews with Joss about the Giles series and the musical episode (old clips, i think. bloody BBC didn't bother with putting a date on the clips). still interesting if you haven't seen them.

i like this idea: Who Would You Kill on [insert television show]?

it's corndog time! last weekend was opening weekend for the Tulsa State Fair. though it's basically the same thing every year, i go year after year for the corndogs. i never ride any rides (most suck anyway) or buy any of the trinkets (most suck anyway). it's only for the corndogs. entertainment options include LFO, who was there yesterday (bloody hell, i missed 'em) and the local band Shamrock (i've seen them play before. pretty good). have i mentioned the corndogs? they're well worth the price.

i'm taking half a day off, so i won't have the time to write that Enterprise review that i wanted. instead, here's a short one: less V'ulvan B'abe nipples, more hunky guys in spandex. more "oh! how cute! they don't even have tractor beams yet!" less sanctimonious Vulcans ("You must learn to objectify other cultures!" vs. "You haven't embraced our logic and become like us! You are not ready!" pointy-eared bitch). boo theme song. yay title sequence. yay Captain Beckett [did anyone giggle hysterically when the Capt was beamed off the Suliban ship and reappeared on the Enterprise and looked around a bit confusedly, just like he'd just Leaped (Lept?)?]! should i complain that Broken Bow, Oklahoma doesn't really look all that flat?

other things: syndiBuffy! "Teacher's Pet." i'd like to see more of the ClawVamp, but that's off topic. not a bad episode. starting to see more of the Giles-to-come, though he is still a bit too stodgy. the one thing about Buffy that irritates me about early Buffy is that she hasn't quite completely dropped the Valley Girl thing, and Valley Girls are worthy of nothing but loathing. thankfully, SMG really gets comfortable with the character quickly, so the VG thing fades away soon enough. Xander and Willow have the buddy chemistry going, and Bitchgod Cordelia was beautiful to behold in her all too brief glory. did anyone else think that Buglady resembled Jenny Calendar a bit?

oh sad week. one of the best story and character driven games, Wraith: the Oblivion, is dead. White Wolf has decided not to print any more.

the coffee tastes funny. someone's been brewing hazelnut-raspberry or something, and now every pot of regular nasty-tasting coffee has that terrible flavor in it. it seems that no amount of creamer of sugar substitute will cover it. yuck.

too much work to do today. didn't get to review Enterprise (i know you've been holding your breath for it). i'll try to get it written tomorrow. in the meantime, if you're really interested in seeing what others thought, there are a bajillion forums talking about it right now, though i'll bet most of the conversation is about V'ulcan B'abes nipples.

got to get home. tonight is the first of the syndiBuffies i haven't seen before. yay!

from the BBC's Dr. Who news: "The Master" has been named as the international criminal behind the theft of an Enigma machine from Bletchley Park.
[via feeling listless]

here's a review for "Heartthrob" (Monday night's Angel ep).

aww yeah!

"The Encore cable network has commissioned a feature-length documentary chronicling the history of kung-fu movies, from the silent films produced in Shanghai in the 1920s to the recent Matrix and Mission: Impossible II, Variety reported." [from SciFi Wire]

now they only need a documentary on the history of swords in film and i could die a happy man.

trying to decide on the perfect gift to give on the Anniversary of the Crowning of Queen Elizabeth I? here's a suggestion:

on 1/15 (finally!) Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans will be rewarded for their patience. After much delays, Fox unleashes Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete First Season. Presented in full frame with English and French 2.0 surround tracks, extras include a full length audio commentary on "Welcome to Hellmouth" by Joss Whedon, three "Joss Whedon Talks" interviews on six episodes ("Welcome To Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Witch," "Never Kill A Boy On the First Date," "Angel" and "Puppet Show"), an additional interview with Whedon and actor David Boreanaz, a Buffy trailer, the original pilot script, a photo gallery, biographies and DVD-ROM weblinks. Retail is $39.95 for the three-disc set. [source: DVD File]

let's hope this one sticks (buy it for me, and i'll love you forever).

movie channels are showing Silence of the Lambs back-to-back with Hannibal, and i'm asking the important questions: who'd win in a fight, Jodie Foster-as-Clarice Starling or Julianne Moore-as-Clarice Starling?

answer: Jodie would soooo kick Julianne's ass. anyone disagree?

it's been 4 months since the season 5 finale of Buffy. i've been patiently waiting for the beginning of season six, and i've had no trouble with it. i'm not the type who asks to open one on Christmas eve. i don't even have the urge to know early. but now that we're within 6 days of the season 6 premiere of Buffy, i can't stand it. whenever i see an advertisement for it, i get all glassy eyed and googly and i hop up and down a lot, point and whisper "Buffy..." i don't know how i'm going to handle the next few days (especially when, everytime i see the advertisements, i catch a glimpse of a scene that looks like the Scoobies are at the airport, saying goodbye to Giles. i think 'no! he can't leave before she comes back! someone stop him!').

time to head home for some more syndiBuffy, followed by Enterprise.

after that, i get to go meet VSG's mom. joy of joys.

when did they change over from just patting each other on the ass? maybe i should start watching baseball again.

ok, i was a little premature in question VSG's devotion to Buffy. i let him hang out at my place today, so i stopped by at lunch and caught him watching the season three Buffy box set. he said he'd already finished all the others, he was on "Graduation Day part one" when i walked in.

i'm liking this dude.

Video Store Guy called me Monday night after Angel (i'd already warned not to bother calling before 9pm) and invited me over. "Bring some of your Buffy tapes," he said. "I'd better find out what your obsession is all about." i took the B/A Chronicles with me. we watched some, but he didn't seem particularly impressed.

yesterday evening, he came over. after dinner, he asked "You recorded Buffy tonight, right? Let's watch it." i explained that last night's ep was actually the second part of the two part pilot. "OK, cool. We'll watch both."

after "The Harvest" ended, i looked over at him. he didn't seem too keen. i thought i should explain that, while not bad episodes, you can tell they're the kick-off for the series and that it gets progressively better. i also began having these flashbacks to Mikey, who didn't care for the supernatural aspects of the show, and thought i should tell VSG that, as the show progresses, the supernatural becomes the backdrop, not the focus of the show, and that it's considered a supernatural *drama* for a reason.

i was about to explain when he turned to me and asked "Do you have any more?"

i sat silently for a moment before i laughed "dude, i've got the first, second, and third season boxed sets, most of the fifth season, plus a scattering of downloaded episodes on the computer. You wanna watch Buffy all night, we can watch Buffy all night."

"Oh. Well, let's watch the newer ones then, the fifth season."

so we did. we watched seven episodes, stopping only when i, bleary-eyed, said that i had to get some sleep. he was still ready for more. i thought he was just humoring me (in a this-is-what-he-likes-so-i'll-say-i-like-it-too kind of way), but he was asking questions: What happened to Oz? Why's Giles not the librarian anymore? When did Buffy's mom find out? Isn't that the blue one that Willow was looking for? So why aren't Spike and Dru together? When did Buffy get a sister? and on and on and on. and on. i'm still not sure if he's getting hooked or just really perceptive, but he seemed to be genuinely interested in the answers. it looks like i may have a Buffy buddy to watch with.

ya know, i expected to get negative emails concerning what i implied about SC Justice Scalia, but i didn't. instead, i get a couple calling me many bad names because i said Rehnquist is actually dead.

i'm sorry folks, but he is dead. if you can get a peek under his robes, you'll see that they have a tube coming out of his backside to relieve any pressure from the build up of decomposition gases. it wouldn't do to have the Chief Justice bloat up and explode during oral arguments.

this template i've been using lately is evil. i tried to adjust the size of the text, and nothing happened. i tried using the <b> tags in my posts, and they're ignored. not good. maybe i should have used that avocado template i liked so much.

ok, so now that i have a little time (i.e., i'm goofing off again), it's time to write a little about Angel: [may be SPOILERS ahead!]

i was very pleased with this episode. except for a couple of minor things (Wesley's hair during his first scene: what the hell was that?!?), it was, all in all, a worthy episode. i had two big concerns about this episode (and this season, by extension): first, would Buffy's death be ignored or glossed over? second, how is Fred going to fit into the group?

i was happy with the way they handled the aftershocks of Buffy's death. Angel had to go away for a while, and just returned at the beginning of this episode. Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia made mention of it a few times through the episode, and Cordy showed and expressed a great deal of concern for how Angel was dealing with it. it wasn't mentioned off-handedly, and i think it was VERY appropriate (and maybe some hints for future developments?) for Angel and Cordy to be the ones discussing how it affected Angel, especially after the things James said to Angel about (paraphrased) 'you didn't love her, because, had you, you wouldn't be able to live.' handled very well, i think.

Fred is going to take longer to decide upon. it was right that she be reclusive during Angel's absence. she hid out alone for so long on Pylea, Angel was the one who rescued her and took her away from her Cave of Solitude, and she's a couple of digits short of making a collect call. it was good that she not be out interacting with the Cordy, Wes and Gunn, but it still hasn't answered any of the questions about how she's going to fit in with the others. in fact, at the end of the episode, Angel and Co. walked out, on their way to whereever, and no one gave a thought to "Hey, are we sure Fred's going to be ok here alone in a place where an enemy had just invaded and attacked?" we'll have to give her some more time, but i do agree with Jean: she's got to get rid of that annoying accent.

other little things about the episode that i liked: Angel jumping out of the dorm window to do some roof top hopping, hopping, hopping in pursuit of the baddies; Dennis hasn't been forgotten! Cordy's post-vision breakdowns are still getting worse, though she's trying to keep the others from seeing it; the Host singing!

things that bugged me: the shakey camera thing during fight scenes, along with that strange edit-at-the-moment-the-blow-lands during the James/Angel fight scene. both of them irritated me. i hope they don't become regular parts of the show.

good quotes: Cordy, after receiving a pendant from Angel-- "Look how it brings out my breasts!"
Cordy-- "I'm Cordelia. I don't think. I know."

memorable lines that cracked me up but weren't meant the way i took them: Gunn to Angel - "Thanks for the head, bro."

fight scenes: Angel vs. Demon Monks was ok, but the Angel vs James fight was pretty kick ass. James turned out to be a tougher opponent than he looked, and i liked the way he snatched the Cordelia-tossed stake out of the air and took to Angel with it. too bad James died spontaneously.

WTF?? scenes: Darla. is. pregnant.

it's the return of "On This Day In US Supreme Court History"!

on this day in 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as an associate justice.

on this day in 1986, Antonin Scalia was commissioned as associate justice (soon after completion of his semi-autobiographical novel, which was later turned into a popular Scorsese movie staring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci).

on this day in 1986, William Rehnquist died. within minutes, he was propped in his chair by a group of law clerks and commissioned as Chief Justice. due to his extreme advanced age at the time of his death, he is technically considered a well preserved mummy. he still sits in his chair to this day, dead, and held up by a combination of dow rods and a complex weaving of bent and twisted wire coat hangers.

for more "On This Day in SCOTUS History," try the Oyez Project.

it's time for me to go save my state from it's own shortsightedness. i'm off to vote (as if my vote weighed more than another's).

until i get the chance to talk about Angel, why not go read a review of "Welcome to the Hellmouth," the first (and last night's) episode of syndi-Buffy.

have i mentioned that my now-not-so-new boss is a hot little muscly man with closely cropped hair and a penchant for tight Levis?

it can be really distracting sometimes.

everyone *did* watch Angel last night, right? i'll talk about it a bit later (busy morning at work). if you need to know a little know, head over to Jean's for a taste (beware: spoilers)

want to see some trailers for Lord of the Rings?

good lord! the only way this could be scarier is for it to be a clown instead.
[things that shouldn't exist found by Stuff and Stuff]

this found there too.

oops. Angel airs at 8pm. i've corrected the earlier post.

coolness: Angel will air in widescreen this season.

coolness buried within coolness: "The network and New Line Cinema also confirmed an earlier report that a new trailer for the first of Peter Jackson's upcoming Lord of the Rings films would debut during the [premiere] episode."
[again, via SciFi Wire]

there's an online petition asking that Aaliyah's role not be recast and that the scenes she'd filmed already not be cut and reshot. sounds great, unless there are more scenes with her character that haven't been shot yet. what should the director do? corpses just aren't very animated ('cept in voodoo country) and can be difficult to work with.
[via SciFi Wire]

everyone (in the US) remember: the season premiere of Angel is tonight on the WB at 8pm CDT. tune in for the further adventures of Joss' answer to Batman.

and syndicated Buffy begins at 6pm on FX (the Buffy movie started at 4:00).

i saw The Mummy Returns this weekend with Video Store Guy. i figured out why they gave it that title. i didn't know the shaven headed guy was back. i thought the whole thing featured the Rock, and i kind of expected a Smackdown feel to the movie, but i'm glad for Imhotep. i thought he was nice.

i'd had many people tell me that this sequel was better than the first. the only reason it was better is the swords. the swordplay can make or break an otherwise dull and predictable movie. ooh! and the chick fights too! those were cool.

anyone ever have the desire to watch Nosferatu in surround sound?

Click here for my petition to end discrimination against gays giving their sperm to spermbanks. — from the very last line of Mathieu's Diary.

we all have to have our Causes, i suppose (except me. i'm too apathetic. don't care about anything. eh). i'm not interested in promoting the Cause so much as wanting to thank Closetboy for posting the link. grrrr! something to put me in a good mood this morning.

fuckwit is my new favorite word. it's fun to say, and i think it's appropriate that the first person i get to call 'a fuckwit' is myself. i had the opportunity today to speak to my brother. i haven't talked to him in four years, because he lives with my father, and my father doesn't want his only remaining son talking to the faggots.

anyway, today, at my nephew's soccer game, as i'm saying goodbye to my nephews, my father and brother are standing there, just a few feet away. my sisters tell me that our father has really mellowed out during that last couple of years, and i guess he has a little, considering that his only reaction was to take a step away and turn his back to me, both ignoring me (which is really the same way he interacted with me when he was still talking to me) and appearing to give silent assent allowing me to talk to my brother.

so, i turn to my brother, who, at one time, followed me everywhere because he thought his big brother was the coolest thing in the world, the little boy who begged for years for my old Transformers toys, the boy who, when i left for college, would sleep with my hand-puppet green dragon named Spike because he missed me, this little boy who is now fifteen and resembles me far more than i'd like (shattering the hopes i had that his father is not my father), i turned to him today, took a deep breath, and said "Hi." that was all. i stood there, with years and years of things to say, and i couldn't pick out just one thing to talk about. so we stood quietly for a moment, before my father (er- his father) decided it was time for them to go, and i watched him leave while thinking 'fuckwit!Terrence' and hoping that, by the next opportunity, i'll have improved my conversational skills beyond the salutation.

because the truck was dripping ectoplasmic ooze while Sigourney Weaver, clad only in plastic wrap and a toothbrush, writhed lewdly on the big extendo-ladder and sung the love theme from "Ice Castles".

heh. inebriation-thought is strange.

TVGuide Online interview with Gonzo the Great.

Landover Baptist Church's report on Enterprise.

Mikey brought over a large bottle of rum last night. i was worried about coming to work with a hangover. i should have been worried about coming to work with no sleep and without being completely sober. ugh.

i watched Son of the Beach for the first time last night (what? i was watching FX for the Buffy commercials). fucking hilarious! until i watched the second episode. it bit. i'm leaning toward a belief that the first episode i saw was a fluke.

today will be a long day.

excitement is building. the next few weeks are going to be very good for television viewing (all times are Central Daylight Time):

Monday 9/24
syndicated Buffy premieres on FX at 6pm (each episode will replay the following weekday at 3pm). check out the FX Buffy site. not bad.
Angel premieres on WB at 8pm. on it's new night. following 7th Heaven.

Wednesday 9/26
Enterprise premieres on UPN at 7pm with a two hour debut.

Tuesday 10/02
do i even need to say it? if you don't know, you're a worthless monkeyfuck. season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer premieres on UPN at 7pm with a two hour debut. in case you missed the first hundred times i said it: WATCH IT.

Wednesday 10/03
Special Unit 2 premieres it's second season on UPN at 8pm, following Enterprise. i don't know why, but i have a soft spot for this show. i'm looking forward to the new season.

Tuesday 10/09
Roswell premieres on UPN at 8pm, following Buffy. i had trouble getting into this show last season, but now i know i just caught a couple of the less-than-great episodes. i'm ready to give it another try.

Tuesday 10/16
Smallville premieres on WB at 8pm. this is where i run into a little trouble. it's opposite Roswell. i can watch one and tape the other if i'm home, but what happens when i can't be home? may need another VCR.

if you don't like the idea for "Thirteen Days, Seven Nights, 15 Minutes," maybe you'd prefer "Erin Brockovich Must Die" in which a spunky and scantily clad law clerk faces off against ex-cop Jet Li in the courtroom but when outside it, romances him secretly, much to the disappointment of her three children and boss who battle nightly against the kung fu forces of Jet Li's law firm. it ends badly when all must undergo hysterectomies because they were unaware of the hexavalent chromium used in the ink of their legal briefs.

or maybe "Crouching What's Up, Tiger Lily, Hidden Dragon?" Woody Allen and Michelle Yeoh battle to the death in a film in which the soundtrack has been replaced entirely with a dying Chow Yun-Fat eulogizing himself. subtitles by Jade Fox. (hey, a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story" would have waaaay too much kung fu. make your teeth hurt).

bless Max for mentioning that the last issue of the Oz miniseries is out. i was in the comic/gaming store yesterday (buying Kithbook: Eshu) but forgot to check the comics (and hey, if you love me, you'll buy me this).

also, it's time for me to get excited about upcoming BTVS comic books because of the one-shot upcoming Lost and Found "in which we check up on the kids immediately after Buffy's death," Tales of the Slayer (which i've described before), should be released just after my birthday, and Fray will be back next month (speaking of TOTS, i'd like to see some Tales of Kendra or something. i like her).

coolness is Buffy comics online.

this is kinda cute. this is just funny.

from Sci Fi Wire: Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays little sister Dawn on UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told TV Guide Online that creator Joss Whedon has approached her about starring in another Buffy spinoff series.

keep reading. not quite what they make it out to be.

"I've been asked if a spinoff or a continuation [of the show] would be of interest to me, and pretty much it is," she reveals.

here's the TVGuide Online report.

and have some fun with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer matchmaker game.

would anyone see a film called "Thirteen Days, Seven Nights, 15 Minutes" in which David Schwimmer is President John Kennedy and Anne Heche is planewrecked on the tropical island Cuba with Robert De Niro during one of the tensest photographer murder sprees in US history?

no?

heh. Oxycontin turns users gay. it's *exactly* how it happened to me.
[linked swiped from Comatose]

although this didn't originate there, i'm linking to the post on Where is my mind? because it's where i found it, and i'm feeling too lazy to attempt looking for the original. i'm also a little unsure about the suitability title, but, eh, i didn't write it, so i don't get to name it.

Why I will not rally around the president.

i shared the email mentioned in the last post because i thought it could be a humorous thing, but really, i can't tell you how much my head aches to think that the company has hired, as our PR manager, the guy who was responsible for promoting the XFL. i know it's unfair to judge him on that when he actually has much more experience (with MLB, MLS, and the NFL, along with "Soccer Digest Magazine") and because the XFL did have a big media blitz (i don't know how good the ads were since i instinctively ignore anything football related). i'm too pessimistic, and the recent lack of job security is influencing the horrible sinking feeling i have about this company.

from an email from a Senior VP:

"Please join me in welcoming Ben ... to the team as PR Manager..." "Ben comes to TV Guide from the XFL where he served as Director of Corporate Communications."

if it'd been me, i don't think i'd have listed XFL on my resume, unless i could think of some way to phrase it that'd put a positive spin on it... like this:

"Having the experience of growing a new brand as well as handling fallout from a downturn in business has made Ben an agile communications professional."

sounds much better than 'i was in charge of promoting the XFL. didn't really do well at that.' i'd like to think that he's here to help us turn things around, but with circulation falling and a round of lay offs every month, i'm worried they're more interested in his experience with a failing enterprise than his ability to get things going.

a discussion of Buffy vs. Dark Angel.

in a really good mood this morning for some reason. i'm singing. singing at work. singing "Broadway Baby" at work. singing "Broadway Baby" at work and not caring that co-workers can hear me. singing "Broadway Baby" at work and not caring that co-workers can hear me and are asking me to stop. bite me, co-workers.

an old friend from my Hell-Mart days was in town last night. haven't seen him in a couple of years. it was nice. sometimes, when you haven't seen someone in a long time, you forget how important they are to you. now i'm reminded.

had dinner with Old Friend and Video Store Guy. VSG seemed a little nervous, and didn't talk much. not until his second margarita. the lush.

am i the only one who's been getting an email like this every friggin' day?

10:30 EASTERN TIME.... 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific

I just heard on the radio that the U.S. has asked that everyone step out on their lawns tonight at 10:30 Eastern time (9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific) and light a candle. They will be taking a satellite picture of the U.S. and posting it on the news tomorrow morning. Please pass this on to as many people as possible.

how many of these stupid sat photos do people think they want? "I guess the one they took yesterday didn't turn out so good, so we have to do it again." geez, every single day this goes round and round.

Experts warn of 'black wave' that could sweep universe and end life.

can't do anything about it, so why worry?

can anyone confirm that Victor Wong (Egg Shen in "Big Trouble in Little China") has died?

this is not a holy crusade. we are not the forces of good. they are not the forces of evil. why are we talking about this in terms of who is right (or righteous) and who's not instead of talking about it solely as 'you hurt us, so now we'll hurt you (and those around you)(oh yeah, and anyone who gets in the way too),' which is all it is.

what he said.

ok, people are dissing the theme to Angel. i like the theme. none should dare disagree with me on this.

in case you haven't been paying attention to my obsessions, we now have one week until syndicated Buffy premieres on FX, beginning, appropriately, at the beginning of season one with "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (and just before that, the film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Kristy Swanson, Dylon McKay, Pee-wee Herman and Deputy Dewey will be shown. you don't need to see the movie version to get into the series. the series makes a couple of brief references to a couple of things from the movie, mainly to explain why Buffy is now in Sunnydale, but otherwise, no previous experience required).

if you're like me, and you missed the first few seasons of BTVS, here's your chance to make it up. if you've never watched before, you can start at the beginning (but, whatever you do, DON'T miss the season 6 premiere on UPN on October 2).

yesterday, i saw Pat Robertson standing on a street corner holding a sign. ok, maybe it's possible it was someone who looks a lot like him, but wasn't. anyway, Pat Robertson was holding a sign, and i drove by slowly expecting to read something like "You're Going To Hell" or maybe "Jesus Loves You." instead it said "Free Car Wash."

i'm not certain what to make of that.

Dark Horizons reports:

Shows being pulled or delayed is one thing, but now certain pro-censorship advocate groups are sensing the frenzy and pushing their own agendas past the point of good reason. Requests are apparently being sent in to video stores to pull films like "Die Hard", "Deep Impact", "Independence Day", "Armageddon" and the "Earthquake in New York" mini-series from their shelves and getting cable/regular TV networks to never show them again. There's also two films still out in theatres with a continuity flaw - both "Final Fantasy" and "AI" features scenes and shots with the towers in them - as both films are set in the future this seems out of context.

Vanity Fair has some good photos of the characters of the Harry Potter movie. if you get a chance, thumb through it and take a look (but for sod's sake, don't buy it).

also, there's an article concerning the Pope's rush to canonize Mother Teresa, who apparently wasn't the nice little old lady everyone seems to think. as a non-Catholic (and non-Christian), i really don't care one way or the other if people start invoking her name when they want something, or if they celebrate a Feast Day in her honor. it was an interesting read for someone who's planning on being canonized one day.

Eleni has something to say about the recent spate of harassment and attacks on Muslim and Arab people.