Updating? Pssshhh.
Yikes, I haven't touched this thing in forever. I probably should update a little bit more frequently, but with how busy I am, that just doesn't seem plausible. Plus, anytime I think about sitting down to update, and then think about everything that's been happening, I just end up staring at a blank entry.
Jotting everything down that's happened in the last few years would make a pretty long entry.
So, highlights!!
→ Met this really cute, kinda snobby guy at work. Found out he was really fun to tease.
→ Learned that he's pretty much just moonlighting as a stuffy librarian. And he's got a lotta cool weapons.
→ Danced with him after defeating a big-bad monster, and um... kinda made out with him (a lot) by my car. Was two seconds away from asking him to come home with me, I swear.
→ Didn't take him home with me. Took a couple cold showers to calm down.
→ Got a present from super-cute-librarian -- a new belly ring! Multi-colored crystal, and I still love it.
→ Went to the Burning Man festival in Black Rock; it was fun, but I kinda kept missing England.
→ School started up again in September and I bumped into England on the first day. Got kidnapped by some vamps not long after; Buffy saved the day as always and England drove me home. We made out some more in his car. I decided we couldn't keep going like that, and made a plan to get a date out of him.
→ Date thing didn't exactly go as planned, but I still really like him. Don't think I'm going anywhere just yet.
→ Second date at his place -- disasters a-plenty, though ultimately it turned out to be a great night. I fell asleep cuddled up next to him on the couch.
→ Had to save the world (or, rather, Sunnydale High) again when some vamps planned a party on Parent-Teacher night. England came home with me (not that way, though we got pretty damn close).
→ Had a movie night ruined by some more vamps -- don't these guys give it a rest? -- we went back to his place to get patched up and fell asleep together. The next morning, well... let's just say I discovered he's got magic hands.
→ Another date wrecked by a fight, though this time it wasn't physical in nature -- verbal. He lied about liking a surprise date and I got a little ticked. We made amends in the end, though.
→ Had to learn basic fighting techniques to fight the big-bads. He's a pretty good (sexy) teacher. How does Buffy not have a crush on him?
→ Planned a little seduction that ultimately got ruined when a secret from England's past came out... and I got possessed by said-secret. Had to take a few steps back after that one.
→ After a few weeks of avoiding him, I kinda started to feel bad. So I went to make up with him, and uh... somehow wound up shooting him with a crossbow. Oops. He's funny when he's drugged, though.
→ Celebrated the Christmas season with him -- dragged him to a Sno-Ball dance at the school since I was basically cornered into chaperoning. Luckily we got to sneak time for ourselves and dance to 'our song' (Wicked Game by Chris Isaak), as well as make out in a utility closet. Pretty sure we definitely would've had sex in there if not for that damn bucket.
→ This time England got pissed at me and rightfully so. The truth about who I really am came out when Angel lost his soul. To make things up to him, I started secretly working on a spell to restore his soul.
→ Angel (Angelus, really) decides to mess things up by destroying the means to restore his soul and then chased me around the school. I would've died that night had it not been for Rupert. I still don't think I remember everything about what happened at the school (just a lot of running, Angelus' hands on my neck ready to snap it in half, and then ending up eventually back at my place). Rupert comforted me after a nightmare, and that comfort brought us back together... in every sense of the word.
→ I found out (several times in one night) that he's really good in bed. I knew that repressed stuffy nature was just a front. :)
→ Rupert and I still have to cope with the whole almost-dying thing. He drama queens about it for a bit until I set him straight -- I should kinda be the one falling apart. So I do, and he catches me. ♥
→ I decide to sign everybody up for the talent show, which doesn't go over well. England and I come up with this cool knife-throwing act, and then at the show he surprises me by doing an act of his own -- he sings me a Beatles song! I called it there and then that I would marry that man.
→ I finally complete the restoration spell for Angel's soul, and just in the nick of time -- Willow performs the spell while Buffy, Xander and I run off to rescue Rupert where he'd been held in Angel's mansion.
→ Rupert and I decide to move in together, though just as he's finishing moving in, I (still feeling really restless) take a summer teaching job in Boston and leave. He proposes marriage at the last second but it's not the right time.
→ Boston ultimately ends up sucking because he's not there with me. The teaching job is great (curriculum, students, facility), but I decide that I need him there with me -- I can't be that free spirit I always was. I'm part of something bigger now. So, I go back home to him and we make up.
→ A new Slayer comes to town and kinda has eyes for Rupert. I get jealous (maybe, just a little) for a split-second until Rupert reminds me he's not going anywhere.
→ Rupert and I split up when I find out he's been hanging on to his old apartment without telling me. We yell, we spat, we argue, and call it quits. He moves out and kisses me one last time before he goes.
→ All the adults in Sunnydale eat some magically-tainted candy bars and revert back to being teenagers. Rupert and I flirt like crazy, though Joyce Summers kept trying to tag along.
→ Angel comes back from hell and suddenly is desperate for me to forgive him. I don't (still don't) understand why, exactly, and he just keeps telling me it's because I gave him his soul. He saves me from some zombies and then something weird happens between us. Still am not sure what it was, but it was something. I end up having a weird dream about him where he kisses me. This doesn't bode well for me.
→ Rupert and I make amends thanks to a great big sign in the form of anomalous snowfall in Sunnydale -- the make-up sex is beyond great.
→ Spend Christmas with Rupert again and then the kids spring a New Year's party request on us. Buffy turns on the teenage manipulation and Rupert caves. Angel shows up unexpectedly and pisses Rupert off. Though this doesn't stop him from proposing... or so I thought. The ring box had a key in it, and he asks me to move in with him again. What's a girl supposed to say to something as sweet as that? No? Yeah right.
→ Rupert is put through hell when the stupid-ass Watchers' Council makes him test Buffy by taking away her Slayer powers. Buffy gets extremely pissed at him and it destroys him; he decides to help her out, which ends up invalidating his portion of the test. Buffy passes, he doesn't -- they fire him instead.
→ The Hellmouth opens again and that stupid beasty thing chomps down on my stomach. I guess I almost died (again) and would have if not for Angel. He gives me some of his blood and I'm able to heal.
→ Have to start coping with the side effects of having Angel's blood in me. I can sense him whenever he's nearby, even if he's nowhere in sight. He can sense me, too, I guess. I also somehow ended up with this really awesome superhuman strength, though it's kinda hard to control.
I think that's it so far! Yikes, that is a lot to pack into a few years-worth. Though I wouldn't trade all of that insanity for anything in the world.
Jotting everything down that's happened in the last few years would make a pretty long entry.
So, highlights!!
→ Met this really cute, kinda snobby guy at work. Found out he was really fun to tease.
→ Learned that he's pretty much just moonlighting as a stuffy librarian. And he's got a lotta cool weapons.
→ Danced with him after defeating a big-bad monster, and um... kinda made out with him (a lot) by my car. Was two seconds away from asking him to come home with me, I swear.
→ Didn't take him home with me. Took a couple cold showers to calm down.
→ Got a present from super-cute-librarian -- a new belly ring! Multi-colored crystal, and I still love it.
→ Went to the Burning Man festival in Black Rock; it was fun, but I kinda kept missing England.
→ School started up again in September and I bumped into England on the first day. Got kidnapped by some vamps not long after; Buffy saved the day as always and England drove me home. We made out some more in his car. I decided we couldn't keep going like that, and made a plan to get a date out of him.
→ Date thing didn't exactly go as planned, but I still really like him. Don't think I'm going anywhere just yet.
→ Second date at his place -- disasters a-plenty, though ultimately it turned out to be a great night. I fell asleep cuddled up next to him on the couch.
→ Had to save the world (or, rather, Sunnydale High) again when some vamps planned a party on Parent-Teacher night. England came home with me (not that way, though we got pretty damn close).
→ Had a movie night ruined by some more vamps -- don't these guys give it a rest? -- we went back to his place to get patched up and fell asleep together. The next morning, well... let's just say I discovered he's got magic hands.
→ Another date wrecked by a fight, though this time it wasn't physical in nature -- verbal. He lied about liking a surprise date and I got a little ticked. We made amends in the end, though.
→ Had to learn basic fighting techniques to fight the big-bads. He's a pretty good (sexy) teacher. How does Buffy not have a crush on him?
→ Planned a little seduction that ultimately got ruined when a secret from England's past came out... and I got possessed by said-secret. Had to take a few steps back after that one.
→ After a few weeks of avoiding him, I kinda started to feel bad. So I went to make up with him, and uh... somehow wound up shooting him with a crossbow. Oops. He's funny when he's drugged, though.
→ Celebrated the Christmas season with him -- dragged him to a Sno-Ball dance at the school since I was basically cornered into chaperoning. Luckily we got to sneak time for ourselves and dance to 'our song' (Wicked Game by Chris Isaak), as well as make out in a utility closet. Pretty sure we definitely would've had sex in there if not for that damn bucket.
→ This time England got pissed at me and rightfully so. The truth about who I really am came out when Angel lost his soul. To make things up to him, I started secretly working on a spell to restore his soul.
→ Angel (Angelus, really) decides to mess things up by destroying the means to restore his soul and then chased me around the school. I would've died that night had it not been for Rupert. I still don't think I remember everything about what happened at the school (just a lot of running, Angelus' hands on my neck ready to snap it in half, and then ending up eventually back at my place). Rupert comforted me after a nightmare, and that comfort brought us back together... in every sense of the word.
→ I found out (several times in one night) that he's really good in bed. I knew that repressed stuffy nature was just a front. :)
→ Rupert and I still have to cope with the whole almost-dying thing. He drama queens about it for a bit until I set him straight -- I should kinda be the one falling apart. So I do, and he catches me. ♥
→ I decide to sign everybody up for the talent show, which doesn't go over well. England and I come up with this cool knife-throwing act, and then at the show he surprises me by doing an act of his own -- he sings me a Beatles song! I called it there and then that I would marry that man.
→ I finally complete the restoration spell for Angel's soul, and just in the nick of time -- Willow performs the spell while Buffy, Xander and I run off to rescue Rupert where he'd been held in Angel's mansion.
→ Rupert and I decide to move in together, though just as he's finishing moving in, I (still feeling really restless) take a summer teaching job in Boston and leave. He proposes marriage at the last second but it's not the right time.
→ Boston ultimately ends up sucking because he's not there with me. The teaching job is great (curriculum, students, facility), but I decide that I need him there with me -- I can't be that free spirit I always was. I'm part of something bigger now. So, I go back home to him and we make up.
→ A new Slayer comes to town and kinda has eyes for Rupert. I get jealous (maybe, just a little) for a split-second until Rupert reminds me he's not going anywhere.
→ Rupert and I split up when I find out he's been hanging on to his old apartment without telling me. We yell, we spat, we argue, and call it quits. He moves out and kisses me one last time before he goes.
→ All the adults in Sunnydale eat some magically-tainted candy bars and revert back to being teenagers. Rupert and I flirt like crazy, though Joyce Summers kept trying to tag along.
→ Angel comes back from hell and suddenly is desperate for me to forgive him. I don't (still don't) understand why, exactly, and he just keeps telling me it's because I gave him his soul. He saves me from some zombies and then something weird happens between us. Still am not sure what it was, but it was something. I end up having a weird dream about him where he kisses me. This doesn't bode well for me.
→ Rupert and I make amends thanks to a great big sign in the form of anomalous snowfall in Sunnydale -- the make-up sex is beyond great.
→ Spend Christmas with Rupert again and then the kids spring a New Year's party request on us. Buffy turns on the teenage manipulation and Rupert caves. Angel shows up unexpectedly and pisses Rupert off. Though this doesn't stop him from proposing... or so I thought. The ring box had a key in it, and he asks me to move in with him again. What's a girl supposed to say to something as sweet as that? No? Yeah right.
→ Rupert is put through hell when the stupid-ass Watchers' Council makes him test Buffy by taking away her Slayer powers. Buffy gets extremely pissed at him and it destroys him; he decides to help her out, which ends up invalidating his portion of the test. Buffy passes, he doesn't -- they fire him instead.
→ The Hellmouth opens again and that stupid beasty thing chomps down on my stomach. I guess I almost died (again) and would have if not for Angel. He gives me some of his blood and I'm able to heal.
→ Have to start coping with the side effects of having Angel's blood in me. I can sense him whenever he's nearby, even if he's nowhere in sight. He can sense me, too, I guess. I also somehow ended up with this really awesome superhuman strength, though it's kinda hard to control.
I think that's it so far! Yikes, that is a lot to pack into a few years-worth. Though I wouldn't trade all of that insanity for anything in the world.