i just expanded my repertoire of really bad jokes that nonetheless crack me up more than they should.

why am i getting email from Rupert Murdoch?

after giving it some more thought, i'm now convinced that Carol would be able to take me. she's a tough old bird.

i was nearly in a car accident yesterday with Carol Channing. i'm not certain if she was the Carol Channing or a man dressed as Carol, but the resemblance was striking. unfortunately, she really pissed me off by a) being in the wrong lane of a two lane street where she was trying to make a left turn through rush hour traffic. b) trying to gun her way through traffic and across the street, nearly hitting me, then giving me the finger like i was doing something more than waiting for her to get the hell out of the way. true to form, i made an audible list of every profane word i could think of, pointing at her, shouting, "I'm gonna kick your ass, Channing!".

so, Carol, next time you're on Hollywood Squares, you better watch out. i'll be there in the studio audience, waiting. Martin Mull and Whoopi won't be able to save you.

the title of this article cracks me up. someone at the Tulsa World was a little bored yesterday.

County dons chicken suit.

five reasons i didn't go to work today:

*it's a beautiful day.
*i didn't get any sleep.
*Clay was here, and i had to get up waaay too early to take him to the bus station.
*hangover.
*i have a few days of unused vacation that i should use by the end of the year.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "Crush" and "I Was Made To Love You"

then, whether a happy happenstance or good planning, the UPN Buffy rerun tonight is "The Body", which is, in fact, the episode that's supposed to come after "I Was Made To Love You". for those of us trying to get them in the right order, this is happy news. yay!

"The Body", if you haven't seen it, is very sad. have a box of Puffs handy!

out of the blue, i just received a call from Clay, my first boyfriend. he's been living in smoggy California for a long while now. we kept up through email for a bit, then suddenly there was nothing more from him. today, he is in Tulsa. yay! so, after work, i'm gonna meet up with him, and take him home to meet my current boyfriend and our roommate, who is also an ex-boyfriend.

thinking about how many of my friends are also my exes, i think i need to widen my circle of friends so that it includes non-exboyfriends. good thing i have Jean around.

Slayage.com has a copy of a post that Joss left over at The Bronze about shooting an episode of Angel. is it real? i dunno.

and hey! "Once More, With Feeling" is # 9 in the television catagory on Time's list of Best for 2001!

fodder for the conspiracy theorists.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: "Checkpoint" and "Bloodties"

movies watched (for the first time) over the weekend: Moulin Rouge and All Over The Guy.

i liked both (though during All Over The Guy, i kept thinking about a certain someone who really doesn't like Adam Goldberg and wondering 'Do I keep missing whatever it is that's so bad about him?'), but during Moulin Rouge, there were several places where the voices weren't quite synchronized, and throughout the movie, either the music overwhelmed the voices or the chorus of voices would be unintelligible. so i'm wondering now, was that just the DVD or was it that way on the bigscreen too?

Buffy toon news

i've been having trouble posting all weekend. i don't know if it was a problem with Blogger or if it was something on my end at home, but i had a nice long rant written about Governor Keating, who called Tulsa 'dumb' because his wife didn't win the Republican primary for the District 1 Congressional race (here's the article). off course, it was a primary race, so he must have meant that District 1 Republicans were dumb, but being the partisan lapdogs that they are, the city and county GOP leadership have been making excuses for him ("he's just emotional"). this is the same governor who said that the best way to deal with the Oklahoma Education Association was "homicide."

as for his wife, Cathy, she didn't actually lose the primary. with no majority winner, she with 30% of the vote, and John Sullivan with 45%, were to have a runoff next month. Cathy announced on Friday that she was dropping out. instead of being a loser, she's a quitter.

so long, Cathy. it looks like Frank will have to whore you out another way to get to DC.

Slayed: Five reasons why "Buffy" may be the best show on television
[via Slayage.com]

there are some toys you just have to have.
[found at Mefi]

this sounds familiar to me, but i can't see that i've mentioned it before.

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. take a look at the trailer, and, if there's anyone out there who still can't decide on a gift for me for Christmas, i want one of these (heroes).

i was mistaken when i said that a middle school choir would be singing here at the office today. it's a fourth grade choir. and they're about to begin.

feh.

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: have you been wondering why Tara's been hiding spell ingredients whenever Willow tries to cast 'Locate Evil' or 'Find Demon' spells? discover Tara's terrible secret tonight on "Family"

see the scar on Spike's eyebrow? want a long black coat like the one he's got? find out where he got them in "Fool For Love"

BBC has opened up their Angel Guide (first season only. i guess the UK is a little behind us) to go along with their Buffy Guide.

eeg! look at the Drusilla action figure (at the bottom. check out the detail to the hair)!

OED Seeks SF Terms: Editors of the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary have launched a project to identify and collect words associated with the field of science fiction. The effort is the first by the editors to include all words that are frequently used in a specific field of endeavor.

bloody hell. the company is having a big holiday festivity thing in the Tulsa office tomorrow. they're gonna serve lunch (BBQ, the traditional Christmas feast), have a middle school choir sing just a few yards from my cubicle (i'm glad i have headphones), carolers wandering around singing crappy christmas songs (again, yay for headphones), and a karaoke contest in the afternoon (because that's what the Trio of Magi did while standing at the manger) the only bright point is there will be an email trivia contest (i have a tendency to win those. i'll participate in anything that awards the winner a day off).

yes, i'm all for humbuggery. i don't like christmas. some say it brings out the best in people, but seven years in retail showed me that it brings out the worst. people suddenly forget what manners are and they all get short-tempered and violent (shoving matches over Tickle Me Elmos and fist fights over parking spaces come to mind). plus, they get stupid and cause car accidents. holiday cheer? fuck that. i'm no grinch. i'm not trying to steal anyone's holiday. go ahead and have it. just leave me out of it (unless you're buying me a gift, then please, please include me! i'm not ashamed to admit that i'd only get into it for the materialism).

we saw Scary Movie 2 last night. it's just as dumb and as tasteless as the first one, which is to say that we enjoyed it. stupid movies are fun, plus, after a few shots of Rico, they're damned funny. the DVD also comes with plenty of extras, unlike that stupid Angel Eyes movie (lots of deleted or alternate scenes and such). i may add this one to my collection for the Mindless Humor Film Festivals i like to have every so often (not strangely, most of them are Wayans brothers' movies, including the classic I'm Gonna Git You Sucka).

tonight's syndiBuffy double feature, "Out of My Mind" and "No Place Like Home"

from Sci Fi Wire:

the headline alone cracks me up. i'm simple, i know. Head To Play Who --- it's been announced that "Anthony Stewart Head, who played Giles on UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will voice Doctor Who in three segments of the BBC's radio series, coming in February." we actually talked about a few months ago, but i think it was still in the rumor stage then.

Whedon Confirms Iron Man --- "wow," you think, "Joss is directing Iron Man!" uh, no. the headline's misleading. Joss has "confirmed for Cinescape Online rumors that he's under consideration to make his feature-film directing debut with the movie version of Marvel Comics' Iron Man series." he adds "I'll probably end up doing another series before I do a feature... I'm looking to do a hard science fiction show. I am looking to do some spaceship action. Something very different from what's gone before, but ultimately it will exactly be the same as everything I do--women posing with fisticuffs." chicks kicking ass rock!

Frank Miller says he's still developing Batman: Year One with Aronofsky.

and Pfeiffer Advises Judd's Catwoman "make sure they give you a place to go to the bathroom, a little something. They don't think about that." Judd responded that she felt confident that she, "unlike Michelle, could just hold it for the entire length of the shoot." Pfeiffer asked, "What? You think you're a tougher Catwoman than I am?" to which Judd replied, "Honey, it ain't about toughness. It's about the fact that you ain't firm in all the right places anymore. You couldn't get into the suit with a shoehorn and a jumbo sized tube of KY." Pfeiffer signalled her disagreement with a quick (but visibly slowing) roundhouse to Judd's head.

i mentioned Everquest earlier. i've been playing it a lot lately too. i've got an Iksar necromancer. the iksar are a reptilian-humanoid race. last night, i had several nightmares about them. in the dreams, some reached from beneath my bed and grabbed at my arms and legs. in other dreams, i could see one standing in my closet, watching me sleep, or see in a mirror the reflection of one creeping about my dining room. in the game, the creatures aren't all that scary looking, but when you wake up thinking there are a couple of them hiding under your bed, it's terrifying.

one of my roommates has been naughtily downloading things and has infected my computer with a virus. doesn't make terrence a happy camper. last week, while one of them was online, i looked over in time to see him accepting one of those Verisign Certificates. 'what was that?' i asked. 'i don't know,' he answers. 'it says i have to have it to see the web page.' 'could you stick to the porn sites that you can see without downloading anything?'

feh.

on Saturday, i started up IE to see that someone had installed Yahoo! Companion on the browser. i already have the Google toolbar, so the Yahoo! only duplicated the functions. also, i now have Yahoo! Messager installed without my knowledge, and keep finding "Sign Up for AOL Now!" shortcuts on my desktop, neither of which i want (and don't those AOL things appear once you've installed something that's sold its little electronic soul to the evil empire?).

when i first decided to get internet access at home again, i asked my roommates about what they'd be using it for (probing to see if i'd need to worry). 'I just want to be able to check my email!' says one. 'I just want to play Everquest!' says the other. and i believed them. bah! now i have to do like i did whenever my mom wanted to use my computer: no downloading anything. period. i don't care if it says it's a photo of cute fluffy kittens. don't do it. if you're even thinking about violating that rule, you'd damned well better ask me to take a look first. and don't click OK for anything without asking me about it first.

plus, i'll be buying some software to make sure they can't do crap with the computer, except check their email and play Everquest.

my current #1 thing that shouldn't exist but does: line dancing to House of Pain.

formula for a really kick ass movie: kung fu-using samurai vampire dinosaurs from outer space.

old news for some of us, but i thought it worth reposting.

"Key episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--including the critically acclaimed "The Body" and the Emmy-nominated "Hush"--have been withheld from syndication to give UPN a chance to air them first, the Zap2it Web site reported. UPN worked with Buffy executive producers Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon on picking which episodes to air during the show's brief three-week hiatus in December. "Hush" will air Dec. 11 at 8 p.m., followed by "The Body" on Dec. 18 and "Buffy vs. Dracula" on Dec. 25. New episodes will continue airing on New Year's Day."

"Buffy vs. Dracula" is most definitely a Christmas episode. more old news that is definitely worth reposting (because i'm getting hits from people looking for this info).

"Fox Home Entertainment announced the release of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season-one DVD set on Jan. 15, 2002. The set will include all 12 episodes of the fantasy series, which is currently in its sixth season.

The DVD will feature commentary by series creator Joss Whedon, interviews with Whedon and co-star David Boreanaz (Angel), the pilot script, the original trailer, DVD-ROM links, images and biographies, Fox announced. The set will carry a suggested retail price of $39.98 in the United States."

a poster for the up-coming Blade sequel (please, god, let there be lots of swords in this!)

also, Aaliyah Online has one for Queen of the Damned. (please, god, let there be lots of swords in this! or much vampiric biting carnage!)

months ago, i read an article that asked whether or not Angel Eyes was a supernatural thriller. the answer from the director was "The supernatural aspect of it is love. Love is supernatural." (actually, that's just stupid. it's natural. someone send Louis Mandoki an American Heritage please).

anyway, i saw it last night (VSG wanted to see it). i can answer that question now. it is neither supernatural, nor a thriller. this is another of those 'Is it over yet?' movies. BORING! it takes all of 5 minutes to figure it all out. it made me wish i'd had a fifth of anything to pass the time with.

i gave this movie an honest chance. i think Jennifer Lopez is a cardboard actress. though her performance in this was much better than anything else i've seen her in, i still couldn't like her. she evoked no pathos. i couldn't care about her or any other character. there was no chemistry between the two leads, and the backstory was a hokey attempt to get the audience to say 'oh, such pain! and she fixed it for him!' blech. and what was the crap about her and her father? who cares!

btw, the DVD extras suck. nothing worth noting there. geez, i'd rather sit through a Hugh Grant film marathon than see Angel Eyes again.

also saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch. much better! effectively washed the foul Jennifer-Lopez-film taste out of my mouth.

my number one reason for hating co-workers on a Monday morning:

rather than make a fresh pot of coffee when they've taken the last cup of the current pot, they'll turn the coffee maker off. it takes less than 30 seconds to start a pot, and the bastards are too lazy to do it.

today is 'Bonk the Noggin Day' for terrence. i've only been awake for 90 minutes and i've already hit my head three times. mondays suck.

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.

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