"I was 15 when “Buffy” premiered and, as idiotic as it may sound, it changed my life. I had never before (or since) interacted with a TV show on such a deeply personal level. My high school and college years followed lock-step with Xander’s, Willow’s and Buffy’s and though our experiences weren’t exactly the same, their jokes became mine, their joy ( Read more... )

I've been listening to my "musicals" playlist on my iPod on my way to and from school lately, and randomly imagining the perfect fanvid to songs. (Magneto is Defying Gravity, y'all!)

I... kind of now want an epic muti-show Law & Order vid to Officer Krupke from West Side Story. And a season 6 Spuffy vid to Something There from Beauty and the ( Read more... )

Listening to my iPod on the way home from school, I was scrolling through my albums and came upon the "O"s, and clicked on Once More, With Feeling. I was musing that it must be close to ten years since that episode aired, and yes... November 2001. Somehow, this makes me feel so. much. older. than the 10th anniversary of the show ( Read more... )

Travelling back from a family dinner, younger brother H put his iPod on the car radio. We didn't really have that far to go, so he chose to play the end of Abbey Road, from She Came In Through The Bathroom Window.

As I was miming along to Carry That Weight and grinning like a fool (there may have been slight tears of bittersweet happiness ( Read more... )

Dear self,

Yes, I know you are going through a depressive phase at the moment. Your reluctance to leave the house, urge to simply sleep all day and general apathy has kind of proven that. And I know that in such situations, a good cry brought about by external forces often helps.

However, don't you think that your current urge to rewatch The ( Read more... )

Okay, if my Christmas cards don't go out until after Christmas? It's because I'm 20 years old again, living with my grandparents and working at their local library and utterly engulfed in Bittersweet Legacy. I may also be very tempted to go into big long Buffy/Angel rants, listening to Dido, and generally being nostalgic.

Carpe Diem by Gwen Harwood, from Poems, 1963 ( Read more... )

Firstly the more spoilery of the two topics, ( Buffy season 8 from SDCC )

I can't believe there are still fic writers out in the wild (and not just at The Pit) who spell it "Zander". Fail.

Apparently Willow is getting a toaster oven. Except it seems to be in more of a Marissa-style storyline, alas. Apparently Joss thinks that BtVS fandom has been wank-free for too long and wants to stir it all up again.