I haven't been doing so well. Stress, anxiety, depression, exhaustion, blah blah blah. There are lots of things that are either going wrong or worrying me or otherwise demanding my negative attention, some large and some ridiculously small:

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I'm home, having arrived on our front doorstep in the wee hours of yesterday morning. I'm exhausted & oversocialized, and I've been diving back into some solitary pursuits that were in my mind when I left & have been languishing for more than a week ( Read more... )

For those of you interested, my Season 7 Spike/Buffy video (set to Mads Langer's excellent song "Fact-Fiction") is up on YouTube:

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I'm not much involved in BtVS fandom anymore, so I don't have many friends who would be interested, but take a look if you care.

Hmm. I haven't been posting to my journal much lately, despite how important journaling is to me (and has been since around junior high). New years resolution: write more often ( Read more... )

I finally succeeded in fixing my compass necklace (the one I bought on Etsy which fell apart literally within 10 minutes of my putting it on for the first time -- luckily, the seller refunded my money) and wore it out into the wide world for the first time today. Within 20 minutes of my leaving the house, two different people had come up to me to ( Read more... )

Hmm. I seem to be falling down on the journal-writing job lately. I think I haven't written in almost a week. Let's see ... what's been up ( Read more... )

Ha! I had a bit of a Spike flashback this evening when reading today's word of the day on my friends list. This is for my fellow "Buffy" (or, really, human Spike) fans:

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

effulgentPRONUNCIATION ( Read more... )

I've been sleeping better lately, which is a relief. When I told Shannon this, he commented that that's probably why *he* has been sleeping better, too. But this morning I was woken by Lucy climbing all over me, kneading, and purring. It's not an entirely unpleasant way to wake up, though at the time I was thinking, "Ack! I want to sleep ( Read more... )

I know not everyone who reads my journal lives in the U.S. -- or even celebrates U.S. holidays, for those of you living elsewhere -- but I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all who care. It always makes me think of the excellent "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Thanksgiving episode, "Pangs," from the otherwise lackluster Season 4.

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Watched "Seeing Red" and "Villains" today with Lisa. Boo. Depressing. I felt vindicated when Lisa spontaneously said that Spike seemed out of character in "Seeing Red," though over the years I have come to a certain understanding of what Marti Noxon (boo) was thinking. It was something like this: Men suck. No seriously, I think I understand where ( Read more... )