just saw Jurassic Park III. i didn't realize how much i'd missed Dr. Grant. Sam Neill is cool.

tonight's syndiBuffy double feature: first, the only remaining episode i haven't seen yet, "Primeval" before wrapping up the fourth season with "Restless" [it's the Cheeseman!]

want some Miss Kitty Fantastico links?

Miss Kitty Fantastico For the Next Big Bad
Miss Kitty Fantastico Appreciation Society

more as i get them.

Joss to direct Iron Man?
Chronicles of Narnia on the big screen?
yummy Hugh Jackman getting yummier?

"New Moon Rising" was another really good episode. going into it, i knew nothing about it except 'Oz comes back'. it's not as talked about as some of the other fourth season episodes, which is unfortunate. a good story (yay, Marti!) and top-notch acting (yay Alyson!).

oh yeah, tonight's syndiBuffy: "New Moon Rising" and "The Yoko Factor"

Mefi discussion: "Joss Whedon, only a few weeks ago, brought audiences what was arguably the best hour in television history with the musical episode. Then, last week, he brought us a shameful don't-do-drugs piece of drivel. Has the best-written show on television finally gone bad, along with Willow?"

quote from the discussion: "I stopped watching Buffy years ago when Oz left the show. By then the writing had gotten lower than the quality of the original movie that it's based on."

please someone help me. i think the vein in my forehead is about to burst at some of the things being said, and its feels necessary to smash things.

Browsing the Google directory:
Texas T's Homepage. About Forest fires and Diesel pickups!
J.T. - Pretty Fly for a White Guy and probably pretty fly for an accountant too.
Somebody Broke The Dictionary -- only because the definitions for 'glibido' and 'lymph' cracked me up.
West Coast Playboys '99.
Who's the guy in the hat?
Oz's Hippy Hoppy Happy Page.

Why I don't like Canadians!!!: All Canadians have something wired wrong in their head. The only cool Canadian is Tom Green.

i think this guy has something wired wrong in his head. Tom Green? not even with Drew on his arm as he siphons off some of her likability does he approach anything remotely cool.

the rest of his explanation is really lame too. at least i have real reasons for not liking Canadians (they're all Eeevil and work in tandem with the Girl Scouts in a plot to take over the world).

check out some of his other rants. come on! there are better things to bitch about! like that crappy 7th Heaven.

E! Online is doing another poll, this one a "Best of 2001." i say, of course, go vote for Buffy in every catagory possible, even if it's Best Performance By A Former Golden Girl.

for the catagory Top "Did You See That?" Tube Moment, i didn't see any of them, but i'm sure i didn't miss out on much. also, i haven't seen any of the nominees in their Scariest Movie catagory. how much do i suck? for Most Spectacular Breakup, my responses as i read the last three nominees were "They did?", "I thought he was gay," and "Who?"
[margin of error ± 5% over at Slayage.com]

tonight's syndiBuffy double feature: "Superstar" (no, Molly Shannon's not in it) and "Where The Wild Things Are"

email from my friend at the Department of Environmental Quality: I have a complaint on my desk against a man named Shatwell. I thought you'd get a kick out of that. Especially since it concerns surfacing sewage.

how right he was!

watching "Afterlife" again last night, i still got all choked up at the look on Spike's face as he realized that Buffy was somehow alive, and at the "Hundred forty-seven days yesterday" response. one speaks to the actor's abilities, the other to the writer's.

comments about last night's syndiBuffies: it was really good to see Faith again. whenever Buffy and Faith throw down, it's a guaranteed kick-ass fight. i've decided, without doubt, that the Faith/Buffy battles are the best in the series, and probably on television as a whole.

as for "Who Are You?", all i can say is "WOW!" it's taken a firm position in my list of the top ten episodes of Buffy.

spying under the pews

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "This Year's Girl" and "Who Are You?"

eww.

somehow, a rumor has started here at work. it says that i'm taking organic chemistry this semester. people are asking me for help with their organic chemistry. problem is, i'm not taking it, i've never taken it, and, indeed, i'm not even enrolled at university this semester (nor have i been enrolled anywhere for several years). people gossip about the strangest things.

i'm definitely in a lame joke mood today over at Mefi. those poor people.

are you fascinated by names?

the International Astonomical Union's FAQ on the naming of stars. who knew astronomers had a sense of humor?

ack! i know i mentioned that Psycho Beach Party will be playing on the 8th, but it also played sometime around one this morning (way past my bedtime, which is why i'll be watching it this weekend). my roommate woke me and said "Hey, Xander's in this movie that's on right now," so i got up to watch a bit, and i have to say, it's going to be grrrreat! i don't mean great in the 'This makes you think' kind of way, but great in the same way that i enjoy Dude, Where's My Car? (minus the Seann Scott factor).

i don't think i've ever blogged this before, but now that Jean has moved it, it's a good time to link to Joker's Realm. if you have any interest in Batman's archnemesis, take a look.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "The I in Team" and "Goodbye Iowa"

from the mailbag: "What do you mean by torpedoed battleship and shot down fighter planes? Are you saying that Pearl Harbor bombed?

for those who didn't quite get it, 'big ass torpedoed battleship' and 'squadron of downed fighter planes' are both things that go down, which means they can be said to suck, much the way this movie does.

You should check your facts before you write something like that. It was one of the best movies of all time.

*ahem* but, box office gross is not necessarily a reflection of a film's quality. it is my opinion that Pearl Harbor sucked, but don't take my word for it.

thanks for writing! here at the last of the great tolkhans, we enjoy and appreciate your email and pledge to respond to each one personally (though we make no promises of proper grammar or spelling! heck, we don't even promise to make sense!) .

yay! Showtime will be showing Psycho Beach Party on the 8th! (careful with that link. there's lots of loud music)

i saw Pearl Harbor for the first time last weekend. 183 minutes of a patriotic, crowd pleasing masturbatory session. who needs that claptrap? and the love story? please. are all future 'historical' films going to be love stories using as a backdrop the event their supposed to be about (although it was kind of fun to quote Titanic as the warships sank: 'Jack! Come back! I'll never let go! I'm flying!' and whispering "Give me what I want and I'll go away," everytime Admiral Kimmel [a.k.a. Andre Lenoge] was onscreen). the movie tries to tug the heartstrings, but just ends up making a clumsy grab that doesn't actually work. the best thing about the whole experience was the History Channel program on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shown after the credits to the movie finished.

i give this film a big ass torpedoed battleship for the cheesy love story (blech. get over it Ben. she's a whore)(no, wait, get over yourself, you cocky bastard) and a squadron of downed fighter planes for everything outside the actual PH attack scene, which is the only reason those fighter planes got off the ground in the first place. otherwise, this movie would have died in the hanger.

some news about the first volume of the Batman: the Animated Series DVDs (only the first five eps. bummer).

still sick. not working today. feel guilty that i called in. i always feel like the boss doesn't believe me.

anyway, enjoy a brief read about Andromeda, which starts out talkig about James Marsters guest appearance this week (not spoilery).

even worster than snow, i hate being sick.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature, "Wild At Heart," which is the very first Buffy episode i ever saw, though i didn't realize what it was at the time. i only stopped to watch because of Seth Green (grrr!) the Werewolf (grrr! bark!).

the second ep tonight is "The Initiative". muscly millitary commandos and Spike. oh yeah!


also tonight, on UPN is Enterprise.

it's time to clean up my Favorites List. i can't find anything, though everything's sorted into folders. current count: 55 blogs (i only read about 20 daily), 26 Buffy sites, 21 news sources, 18 politic related sites, episode guides to 11 television programs, 9 dictionaries, 8 law related websites, 8 state and federal agencies, 6 gaming sites, 5 map/atlas sites, 4 cartoon related sites, 2 periodic tables of elements, and 51 assorted "junk links" (individual news stories, blog posts, dead and unidentifiable links, and this cow thing)? there are no porn links (those are all on my computer at home). i am a packrat. usually, i enjoy clutter, but there comes a time when it becomes too much for me.

so, goodbye to The Times (London, India, Hindustan, and Canberra).

so long, Buffy's Domain of Delight, CHUD, and Socio-Political Themes in The Smurfs.

farewell, Chad Slacker diaries, Ethnologue, History of the Federal Judiciary, FBI, White House, and Oklahoma Department of Environmental Qualilty.

adios, oneballjay (whoever you are).

Demon Kitties From Hell: The Movie

from Zap2it, 'Buffy' Sex Scene Had to Be Trimmed

David Boreanaz is married now.

this guy is in talks to play the villain in the next Trek movie, according to Trek Web. if he gets it, i'm hoping the villains are the Edo.

i hate snow.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: the fourth season Hallowe'en episode "Fear, Itself" and "Beer Bad"

a note: if'n your wanting to discuss Buffy with me, get over your B/A 'shipperness, and quit talking about how the Spike/Buffy thing has ruined everything and that it'll take a lot to save this season. i don't want to hear it and i won't talk to you for the rest of the afternoon if you don't.

"hey, what's that?"

"it is, i believe, a dead horse."

ack. during it's 'Publishing Unavailable" Phase this morning, Blogger must have eaten my first two posts of the day. that bites.

Buffy's Swearing Keyboard. bizarre little wtf that's interesting at all for only 27 keystrokes.

heh.

an interview with Sarah Michelle Gellar about Scooby Doo (there are two parts to it). [via Dark Horizons]

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "Living Conditions" -- an exposition on substandard dorm life

and "The Harsh Light of Day" investigates the effect of natural lighting on the skin.

also, i'd like to say that i fucking hate people who have their cell phone set to play 'Jingle Bells' instead of having a nice, normal, annoying ring.

i just had a sudden flashback to that episode of 7th Heaven that i hate so much, the one with the tear streaking down Dad's face at the end, the one that pisses me off so much that i slip into this autonomic response of shaking my fists in the air and shouting 'i fucking hate that show!!'

i don't know why i thought of that episode now, but it's really pissed me off again. fucking crappy programming. i'm waiting for the episode where one of kids snaps (and it will happen eventually. they all can't survive with that family for too long) and takes out the family with a shot gun, or a Lizie Borden style axing, or just fucking strangles them one by one as they sleep.

i really hate that show.

the Guardian UK article about Buffy that Max linked to started out really well, goes through a weak vampires-as-sex section, then builds back up to a Who's Who that expends more copy talking about Giles than Buffy, praises English vampires for being better dressers than American vamps, makes a few errors and omissions (Faith's not dead, Joyce is; Anya was a demon, not a goddess), says Giles gives the UK "a reputation for independent thought and irreverent behaviour" (irreverent behavior? Giles?) and lists Ted, but not Oz or Jenny or Jonathan or any of the many other characters who, unlike Ted, have appeared in more than one episode (what? is John Ritter the same thing to the British that Jerry Lewis is to the French?). also, i could have done without the rug-munching line.

kiss the kitty.

"LA BOUCHE SINGER DIES: Former La Bouche singer Melanie Thornton, 34, was among those who perished in that Swiss plane crash on Saturday near Zurich. Of the 33 passengers on board the Crossair jet, only nine survived. Thornton was on tour promoting her solo album, eerily titled Ready to Fly. "

my first thought was "a plane crashed?" news coverage around here really sucks.

had a strange dream last night in which Maggie Walsh and the alien chick from Species invaded my nephew's birthday party. they were capturing people to use as food for the Visitors. luckily, i was very skilled in the magickal arts, which i only used to leap to the top of a tree so i could hurl fruit at the invaders. it wasn't a very effective defense.

also from Slayage.com, vote for Joss Whedon as EW's Entertainer of the Year. no, you're not allowed to vote for anyone else, and yes, please vote, because L. Ron Hubbard is listed as number 8 and he shouldn't be anywhere on the list. especially because he's dead.

OH MY FUCKING GOD!! MadTV had a skit with Bunny (Swan) the Vampire Slayer! with Michelle Trachtenberg!

here's a transcript of the David Boreanaz chat on AOL.
[via Slayage.com]

feh.

so, because of this accursed holiday (shoulda let the Pilgrims starve!), there will be no syndiBuffy. sad, i know, but tomorrow, instead of watching another boring football game, you can watch the 14 hour Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathon on FX! yay!

yip! Dark Horizons says "The classic episodes [of Buffy the Vampire Slayer] "Hush" and "The Body" will air December 11th and 18th on UPN."

yesterday, i was bitching to Jean about how "Hush" and three other episodes were missing from FX's syndicated run, and she'd told me UPN would be showing them during reruns months, so yay for her!

anyone else having trouble working today?

on tonight's syndiBuffy double feature: wrapping up season 3 (and high school) with "Graduation Day, part two" and getting a start at university with "The Freshman."

then, on UPN, tonight's new Buffy is "Smashed."

response to the question (concerning last night's Angel) "what about that hunter-guy?"

Holtz tracked Angel down, captured him, wanted to use him as bait to lure Darla, was saying things along the lines of "I'm gonna kill you so much!" but Lilah showed up, said, "Kill him. Like I care.'" Hoyt said, "Angelus has changed... somehow" and Lilah said "Yeah, yeah, gypsy curse, got a soul, eternal torment and penance for his evils, yadda yadda, hurry up and kill him." Hoyt was like "Whoa! Dude's got a soul?" but he didn't have a chance to do anything cuz Angel made a pretty cool escape.

we're nearing the time for "Tales of the Slayer". yay!

just because i haven't said it this week:

kiss the kitty.

so, FX has posted their schedule for Buffy for the rest of this week, including the 14 hour marathon on Thursday, the schedule for the remainder of November and for the month of December. it looks as though FX will be changing their schedule again, adding a morning showing of the syndiBuffy double feature.

it also looks that they'll reach "Weight of the World", the episode immediately preceding the season 5 finale, a few days before Christmas, but there are some glaring omissions. no "Hush," no "Buffy vs. Dracula," no "The Body" and no "The Gift." i think that's going to make me grouchy.

this can't be good:

i'm in the mood to sing today. not in a "I'm Happy and I Want To Twirl On the Mountaintops" kind of way, just a "I Don't Feel Like Being Quiet Today" way.

in other news, for some reason, last night's Angel gave me nightmares. the episode, "Lullaby," wasn't scary, but i dreamed of demons moving about my apartment all night long while i, Wesley, Cordy, Fred and Gunn all hung out on my bed. we were safe as long as we stayed on the bed and didn't hang our feet off for the demons to grab or anything.

Gamespot has a favorable review of The Sims: Hot Date.

on tonight's syndiBuffy double feature: "The Prom" and "Graduation Day, part one."

maybe tomorrow i'll have more to say.

coming next month, the first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Haunted, a four-issue miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics and written by Jane Espenson.

The Internet's Cheese Information Resource with an exhaustive World Cheese Index. also check out some of the cheese poetry and prose.

today on the syndiBuffy double feature, "Earshot" and "Choices"

yay for word games! last Monday, my boss decided to have a contest to see who could find the greatest number of words hidden within the word "Veterans." thanks to Inge's Anagram Generator, our group won. we get to go home early today. yay!

happy birthday, Oklahoma! in celebration, here's a variety of links:

the Travel OK Infocenter with touristy-type information, or for those who intend never to visit this great state, few short facts (for those with short attention spans), or maybe you'd rather look at a pretty, colorful
shaded relief map or satellite image.

Betty's and Jim's Cool Data Page with buttloads of links on all sorts of topics, like Agriculture, Drugs, Education, Media, Politics, the State Budget and Weather, all focused around the Oklahoma City area because OKC is the only city in Oklahoma. really.

and here's a site that's not pretty and can't be considered exhaustive by any standard, but it does say "Oklahoma, during prehistoric times, as evidenced by the fossil record, was part of the great sea that covered it, Kansas, and Texas. Thankfully, God saw fit to uplift the land. It was a close vote but He also lifted up Texas too." anyone who recognizes Texas for the shite hole it is deserves a link on my blog.

not to give anyone the impression that i think Oklahoma is all hugs and puppies, i point out a letter concerning the "Joklahoma Legislatures" (Watts and Inhofe, specifically). and, just because i enjoy disliking the corrupt asshole so much, here's The Religious Freedom Coalition's "Two Faces of J.C. Watts Page"

the official Jason X website (Jason X: Evil Gets an Upgrade). there's a trailer there, but i can't watch it 'cause i'm not allowed to download quicktime. someone tell me if it's any good, please.

i think Oz was digging the leather clad Willow last night.

tonight on FX's syndiBuffy double feature: "Doppelgangland", the first appearance of lesbian(esque) Willow, and "Enemies"

recap of "Tabula Rasa" is up. review comes tomorrow.

i have to say, i like the little pop up "In Season X, Buffy [did this]" promo thing at Buffy.com

go vote for the musical soundtrack to be released on CD, and while you're there, time's almost up to register for a chance to win a limited edition poster (eh, it's just more spam).

sometimes people just totally miss the point. (it's an Angel link).

because i already had last night's syndiBuffies on video, VSG and i watched movies all night. first up, A Knight's Tale. it spent a large portion of it's time trying to make you care. still, i couldn't. and what a pansy boy! a woman treats him the way Jocelyn does and he just takes it? co-dependent much, buddy? she isn't worth it. if she truly loved you, she wouldn't ask you to do something you don't want to do (more ABC After School Special stuff). my rating: i'd need a liter of rum to watch it again.

second: Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. this one left me cold. nothing exciting, nothing 'Oh cool!' about it, the story caused much confusion and i'd get pissed everytime someone called them monkeys instead of apes (including my roommates). didn't even get a half-bare Mark Wahlberg to make it better. i definitely prefer the original. Cornelius could kick Ari's ass easily, though Insane Chimp Possee Thade was frightening. plus, how can you not have Dr. Zaius?

also, the DVD extras sucked. yeah, there was all that behind-the-scenes stuff, and the interface was actually kind of cool, but the extended scenes weren't very interesting and talks with the stunt people alternated between nifty stuff and 'man, you think too much of yourself'. my ratings: film- though i give it no thumbs in either direction, i'd definitely choose this movie over "Seventh Heaven" or the "Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!". DVD extras: not worth the cost of the extra disc.

third movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas. i liked the costuming, the hair, and the sets. i was even able to tolerate Jim Carrey for most of it, but it ran too long. it felt like things were added in just to pad the film's running time. it's not a good thing to wonder for the third time "Is it almost over yet?" and Whos are annoying! how can anyone be that chipper all the time? to hell with the Whos!

DVD extras: children's games and sing-alongs. bleh. my ratings: film- it's Jim Carrey. i can't stand him usually. he's tolerable in this, so i'll rate this a "Buy it to occupy the nephews when they come to visit." DVD extras- i'd need illegal street drugs to keep me awake. boring. all digits down.

enjoy "Seventh Heaven meets the Taliban."

so tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature, we have "Bad Girls" (which i believe is the name of a popular webcam site) and "Consequences". taken together, those titles sound like something from the ABC After School Special library.

it's a good thing i have episode guides from two different sources. the FX guide is full of errors. it caused great confusion to see it list "Homecoming" tonight.

tomorrow, i'm hoping to feel less disease-ridden and more chatty.

good night everybody!

after watching "Helpless" last night on syndiBuffy, i have to say that i can't stand to see Buffy screaming and running like a girl when the vamp jumped her.

my employer offered it's minions free flu vaccinations (actually, it only offered them to one-third of us. the others will just have to take their chances). this was my first flu shot. it made my head hurt and caused me to feel nauseated. the nurse who administered the injection said it's nothing to worry about, but managed to take up half an hour of my time checking my pulse, my breathing, asking questions about my health, reminding me how pale i was looking, and a bunch of other things that make me a little nervous about this vaccine. i think that this will be my last flu shot. i'd rather suffer the flu.

welcome aboard!

did anyone else laugh so hard at the Scoobies-opening-the-door-and-screaming scene last night that, after the ep was over, you had to rewind because you laughed all the way through the rest of the scene and missed out on what happened? anyone else rewind and watch the screams a dozen times like me? god, that was funny.

here's a poster for the Scooby Doo movie.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "Amends" and "Gingerbread"

and later, Darla continues her maternal visit to Big n' Broody Angel, which, i'm sure, will be great fun for everyone on Angel!

yeah, i like saying "kissing the kitty." i prefer that imagry to what was actually .. uh... fictionally .. going on.

the referral logs made me laugh way too hard today: "willow and tara what where they doing when tara was singing."

i think most people already have an idea, but if you don't know, you're probably too young to be asking that question. i can imagine, though, someone coming to my blog,, trying to get that question answered, and leaving wondering what i meant by "kissing the kitty."

next in the "Things That Keep Me Up At Night" series: what happened to Joyce's gallery? i thought she owned it, but it hasn't been mentioned since her death. does that mean she was just an employee? i must have missed that part somewhere.

bring on the speculation!

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: the Spikelicious "Lover's Walk" and the debut of our favorite Vengeance Demon in "The Wish".

scarcely recalled memory.... only a snippet, and fuzzy at that... focused on one thing, everything around it is there but i can't see it. someone help me out here.

ninjas are coming, right? a television program that i watch is having ninjas on it soon, right? oooh! is it Angel? something to do with Darla's baby perhaps? ack! that's the only show i can think of that would have them (though i can't remember the teaser for next week's Enterprise, so i guess there could be Space Ninjas coming).

TVGuide likes to do their silly little Collectible Cover thing. people must buy up multiple copies, or there wouldn't be anymore multicover weeks, right? i think it's time i cashed in on this and made a little money myself, so i'm offering a tolkhan exclusive third Michael Jackson cover. send me $$ and it's yours! quantities are limited! don't miss out!

i'm getting a lot of hits looking for the FX X-Ballot Marathon. if you've come for that, i suggest the FX website. makes more sense, don't you think?

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: watch Giles be a tough guy! see Joyce become a tramp! it's "Band Candy"!

followed by "Revelations". is this another apocalypse episode? is Buffy battling four guys on horses? tune in and see!

tonight is also the series premiere of The Tick. watch it.

also from Sci Fi Wire (and i'm reposting the whole thing because i think it's worth more than just a link):

The special musical episode of UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer rated well in its Nov. 6 airing, the network reported. The all-singing, all-dancing episode, "Once More With Feeling," ranked No. 3 among persons 12-34, adults 18-34, teens and female teens, UPN reported.

The Buffy episode also ranked No. 2 in its 8-9 p.m. timeslot among males 12-34, men 18-34 and male teens, beating The WB's Gilmore Girls, ABC's Spin City, CBS' Jag and NBC's Three Sisters, UPN reported.

Apple has posted a streaming version of the soundtrack to the first Lord of the Rings film, The Fellowship of the Ring.
[from Sci Fi Wire]

a June 2001 Q&A with ASH and Amber Benson:

Charlie_Angel - if you could play any other character on the show who would it be and why?

Amber - Actually I wanna be on Angel and I wanna be the host - the karaoke singing demon

Tony - I always wanted to be Cordelia!

the Sarah Kuhn review of "Once More, With Feeling," which is also where i found this:

been in an foul mood since yesterday evening. found something to cheer me up: Nicholas Gonzalez

and to connect this post with the one one immediately preceding, here's Nestor Carbonell, and a TVGuide article about his role as Bat Manuel.

tonight is the premiere of

here's what TVGuide Online has to say about it.

we'll call it "Part One" for now, but the "Once More, With Feeling" review is up on my Buffy blog.

forgive any errors for now. i'll clean it up later.

here's Jean's take on "Once More, With Feeling"