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A how-to-write book. Despite the title, mostly for TV and movie writers, down to and including explaining that a prose writer has it easier.
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| ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png) warrington_runcorn_ntdp is a new fan-run community focused on the music of electronic project Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. Anyone is free to join, even those who have never listened before! Although if that is you, I'd recommend checking out the project's Soundcloud, Bandcamp, and Youtube to get acquainted :D Discussion on the community will include, but is not limited to, avourite songs/albums/album artwork, physical media, how you discovered the music, recommendations for similar music, etc. The current rules are pretty standard: no harassment/discrimination against any other Dreamwidth users; no NSFW/explicit content unless it's directly connected to the community's theme; and please keep any posts/comments on topic as much as possible. Anything else can be decided on in the future. I ( ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) oceangrey) am the current only moderator/admin, but if anyone else wants a similar role just message me or comment on the community's pinned post! | |
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| withnailandi is a community for everything related to Withnail & I (1987). Fanworks/recommendations, meta/discussions, whatever, all are welcome here! Another related community is withnailandinsfw, for any more explicit fanworks/discussions. Although not entirely new (made in October 2025) both communities are unused as of yet, due to most of the fandom being on other platforms. Feel free to join whether you're a casual fan, or if it's your favourite film of all time, or if you're somewhere in between! withnailandi is open for anyone to join, and withnailandinsfw is set to administrator-approved due to the community's content. | |
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CONNOR:
Cordy! Cordy!
CORDELIA:
What?
CONNOR:
Are you okay?
CORDELIA:
Sure. Except for the morning sickness that can’t tell time.
CONNOR:
Good. I mean, that you’re okay.
CORDELIA:
Why wouldn’t I be?
CONNOR:
Angelus. He was here again.
CORDELIA: Excuse me? (off his look; innocent) He was?
CONNOR:
Downstairs. He caught Fred alone, used a fake charm. Fooled her long enough to take everything we had on whoever the Beast was working for.
CORDELIA:
That son of a bitch…
~~Angel Season IV Episode #80: "Release"~~
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- A Series of Unfortunate Spins, Chapter 15-17 (Buffy/Spike, T) by A Series of Unfortunate Spins, Chapter 17 by VeroNyxK84
- squared, Chapter 4-11 (Buffy/Spike, T) by jewelram
- Boomerang, Chapter 13-14 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Gabby
- Home Sweet Home, Chapter 15-17 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms
- All Present and Correct, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Harlow Turner
- I Know You By Your Heart, Chapter 9-12 (Buffy/Spike, M) by scratchmeout
- Short and Spuffy 26, Chapter 15-17 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Sarahvampgrl
- First Kiss, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Sarahvampgrl
- Short and Spuffy, a collection , Chapter 1-17 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Sirabella
- A Glimpse In the Night, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Sarahvampgrl
- Idiosyncratic Use of Advanced Dimensional Folding as Mediated Through an Organic System, Chapter 6-8 (Buffy/Spike, T) by zinjadu
- I Can’t Make You Fall in Love Again, Chapter 14-16 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden
- Motorcycles, Busses, and Pedestrianism, Chapter 8-11 (Buffy/Spike, M) by zinjadu
- Fluffy Times in Paradise, Chapter 6-7 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Lashyan
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JOYCE: (faces Buffy again) We got a very exciting shipment in at the Gallery. (glances around the room) I, um, thought I'd hang a few pieces in here.
JOYCE: It cheers up the room.
BUFFY: (looking at the mask) It's angry at the room, Mom. It wants the room to suffer.
~~Dead Man's Party~~
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- Artwork: Right. Wasn't here, didn't see it, couldn't have stopped you. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.04 Teacher's Pet by campanulafield7 (Giles, Willow, Buffy, worksafe)
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- Artwork: giles in band candy by mohich (Giles, worksafe)
- Artwork: casual reminder that patrons in the discord... [link to see NSFW fan art of Giles x Spike] by dovesndecay (link only, promise of NSFW Giles/Spike)
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- Gifset: [if the apocalpse comes... you can still beep me] by ptieuca (Buffy/Angel, worksafe)
- Gifset: BEST OF BTVS: Drusilla & Spike by clarkgriffon (Spike/Drusilla, worksafe)
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- PILOT: sad abt the buffy cancellation less so bc it was new content and... by tboyrupertgiles
- PILOT: the reason buffy is such a good show is because every monster/episode is a metaphor for buffy and her friends' internal worlds by pinesorneedles
- PILOT: hey Buffy fans can we stop pretending that the script of a pilot episode is supposed to be a perfect representation of the show. by oh-so-eepy
- PILOT: I would love to see something for the next year 30th anniversary, short film/special episode. by mangio-formaggio
- PILOT: Just read the leaked script for New Sunnydale, and honestly, the dialog was rough to endure. by icantjustbeherewithoutanaccount
- PILOT: I am sorry about the reboot getting canceled because I want good things for smg, but... by emmathompsonegot
- PILOT: [the decision to cancel makes no sense to me] by cookiedoughmeagain
- PILOT: apparently i’m in the minority, but i’m really sad the buffy reboot was cancelled. by charlielovesbuffy
- PILOT: So the New Sunnydale reboot is cancelled, and I have mixed feelings. I was curious but apprehensive by btvsfemslashenjoyer
- PILOT: [a reboot would be simultaneously be a terrible and brilliant idea] by axelmanicconstantpanic
- PILOT: As a lifelong Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan I’m actually relieved that the upcoming reboot was cancelled. by 75hardend
- PILOT: ok very unpopular opinion but I actually just read the leaked [pilot] that's going around and I liked it. by thread-bare-theoretician
- PITCH: Perhaps, like what the cast of firefly is trying,... by thread-bare-theoretician
- PILOT: im weirdly sad by socratesgirl
- PILOT: [low expectations from the start BUT...] by kinardnatural
- PILOT: Possibly a hot take, but ... I am not disappointed about the Buffy reboot / sequel being canceled. In fact, I am kind of glad about it. by iamanartichoke
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| 1. Came home, did the exercises. ( general state of health )2. Oh as an aside on PT and knee/hip/leg issues? The ballerina in the Sinner's number at the Oscars - who did a split with one leg up in the air and other bent beneath her? She had hip replacement surgery about three months prior. "Just weeks before the Oscars, Copeland had undergone hip replacement surgery to address various injuries from her decorated ballet career, including bone spurs and cartilage loss. Despite this, she was determined to be a part of the Sinners performance, which allowed her to step back on pointe and join the celebration of the film's success, including Michael B. Jordan's Oscar win for Best Actor." In December 2025, Copeland underwent hip replacement surgery. On March 16, 2026, Copeland appeared on stage during the Oscars performance of "I Lied To You" from Sinners." https://nationaltoday.com/us/ca/los-angeles/news/2026/03/17/misty-copeland-joins-sinners-oscars-performance-after-hip-surgery/3. Commute is irritating me - ( Read more... )4. Work is also irritating me. ( Read more... )5. Is this journaling or venting, I can't tell? Well at least it's mostly under a cut? 6. Stumbled upon the Florence + The Machine Song that references Buffy S6, finally. [Take that Christopher Golden (who told Charisma Carpenter in her podcast that he disliked S6 and thought the characters were Out of Character or OTT (?) - which probably explains why I found his Buffy novels unreadable and never bothered with them (I tried them in the book stores and gave up)) and all the other naysayers. (What can I say? Except that the Buffy fandom is a contentious and fractious one. Most are, actually. People rarely agree on anything - even the things they love - so this is hardly surprising? ) ] The song is entitled "This Old Religion" - and I'd not really listened to it before today. I actually love it - it's a good song. ( This Old Religion )Here's the lyric: ( Read more... )6. Regarding Buffy - apparently they not only filmed the pilot, they even reworked the script when Hulu wasn't satisfied with it, and made the show more adult and more centered on the character of Buffy. I'm fascinated with this - because it shows how impossible it is to get good television shows on the air. Crap is easy. But a good television show is really hard to put out there - you have to get around the network. And sci-fantasy is really hard because it is so expensive to produce. Why? They are looking for a sure-thing, so go by market analysis and logarithms and statistical data. Demographics. They used to do focus groups - and select a group to view something. The way Hulu handled the Buffy revival and dealt with the creators involved - reminds me of my own experiences with the publishing industry ( Read more... )And Gellar's comment about the executive at Hulu who disliked Buffy and bragged about never watching it - makes me want to drop my Hulu subscription. (I won't - I watch too much on it at the moment.) ( Read more... ) The problem with our society is too many of the wrong people have all the power. That said? I like the New Mayor of NYC so far - he's coming across as a genuinely kind human being and proactive in his efforts to help all New Yorkers. Chloe Zhao is less angry than Gellar - but Zhao has had different experiences having her hopes dashed and struggling with the corporate animal. (Zhao has had more luck than Gellar overall.) ( Read more... )I know most of the folks who stumble across this - couldn't care less about the Buffy revival or Buffy. Depressing that. I miss the Buffy fandom. But alas, it scampered elsewhere. Mostly on Tumblr, Ticktock, Bluesky, Twitter, and Facebook. And that's not the fandom that I miss. I miss the one that analyzed the show, discussed things to death, and on occasion, not often, wrote fanfic. 7. I've joined then left a private group site on FB. "What to Do in NY" - I finally jumped out of. I decided its a tourist group site that exists solely to annoy the heck out of New Yorker's. (It's painful at times living in a highly frequented Tourist destination.) People would post, and all of the NY Residents on the site, myself included, would be compelled to state - no, no, you idiot, don't do that. Or yes, that's fine, stop worrying. Or for heaven's sake - if you are that concerned, just stay home, NY will eat you alive. ( examples of what not to ask - well if you don't want to annoy New Yorkers )So, I finally gave up and left. | |
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| Gellar speaks out about the cancellation, citing it came as a complete surprise""Let me tell you, nobody saw this coming," the actress, who was set to reprise her role as Buffy Summers in the new iteration, tells People, adding that there's one specific person she blames for the "Buffy: New Sunnydale" pilot not being ordered to series. "We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for him," Gellar explains, not revealing the name of the executive in question. "That's very hard when you're taking a property that is as beloved as 'Buffy,' not just to the world, but to me and [pilot director Chloé Zhao]. So that tells you the uphill battle that we had been fighting since day one, when your executive is literally proud to tell you that he didn't watch it." Read More: https://www.tvline.com/2125094/buffy-reboot-canceled-reason-explained-sarah-michelle-gellar/Sigh. And.. Chloe Zhao: Zhao spoke with Variety on the Oscars red carpet Sunday night, saying she was “not surprised” by Hulu’s decision. "I had an incredible, incredible time with Sarah [Michelle Gellar], with all the cast and crew doing this. And we, first and foremost, see ourselves as the guardians of the original show,” Zhao told the outlet. “Our priority for Sarah and for us has always been to be truthful to the show, to be truthful to our fans. So, things happen for a reason, and we keep our hearts open and we welcome the mystery. And what this might lead us to.” Many fans are hoping the revival series will get picked up at another streamer, with a source telling Variety there is a “lot of love” for the character and “Basically, the door is still open.” https://thenationaldesk.com/news/entertainment/the-buffy-reboot-has-been-canceled-what-happened** I confess? I'm disappointed. There's only a handful of old television series that I'd like to see more of or reboots of, and none of them except for Firefly is actually getting it. Meanwhile we have shows that have been rebooted one too many times. I'd provide a list? But you all would probably kill me..;-) Let's just say I don't watch those shows, and leave it at that? The shows - I'd like to see rebooted or more of? * Buffy * Angel * Firefly * WonderFalls * Veronica Mars * Now and Again * Remington Steel * Farscape * BattleStar Galatica or Caprica * Merlin * Pushing Daisies * SMASH * Gilmore Girls * Fame (if they did it right) * Bunheads * L'Etoile * The Avengers | |
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| The Snake Prince and Other Stories: Burmese Folk Tales by Edna Ledgard
A varied collection. I think a little overwritten, but the tales are a new slice, fitting a new culture. Fairy tales, including a kind and unkind girls featuring a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and a unique take on burning the skin of the shape-shifted: the Naga prince is not killed but he is rendered mortal to live and grow old and die with his bride.
Also tales of fools and clever men, and animal tales.
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| Accomplished next to nothing this weekend. Slept horribly last night - so ended up falling asleep while attempting to watch the Oscar nominated Brazilian film "the Secret Agent" but it's mostly people talking to each other and investigating things...and in Portuguese with subtitles. I kept falling to sleep, then jarring awake and thinking this movie hasn't advanced at all - it looks the same. But I did kind of sleep off and on for about two hours today. Also been wrestling with hot flashes today. Menopause is fun, and strange, and confusing. Tried "Sung Song Blue" - on Peacock - and will definitely go back to it. It's good, but I wanted to watch the Oscars tonight...god knows why? I don't know why? Tradition? Curiosity? I am admittedly curious about the musical performances. Conan's comedy routine however is making me cringe? And I wish there was less of it. But the audience seems to be enjoying it. ( Watching the Oscars )Say what you will about the Oscars - they do have the best commercials. *** Mememage10. It’s International Wig Day – have you ever worn a wig or a hairpiece? No. Or not that I recall. My mother had one once - they were in fashion in the early 70s and late 60s. 11. How organised are you with household paperwork (or is everything just in one big pile)? Mixed bag? I throw it in binders, in a file cabinet, and in bags. If it's junk - bag, if bills - shredding bag, if have to keep filing pouch or cabinet. 12. When was the last time you vacuumed the floor? Last weekend? It's just me. I don't have any mud, and leave shoes at the door or foot of living room. And don't really have any rugs. 13. It’s International School Meals Day. Did you ever have school meals, and what dish still sticks in your memory if you did? Not really? I usually brought my lunch, and in college - I remember the ice cream bar and hot chocolate machine, and mocha shakes. 14. International ‘Ask Me A Question Day’. Go ahead – ask me a question! (Assuming I've not already answered everything you could possibly want to know...) 15. What’s the weather like today? Gloomy. Overcast. And in the 30s and 40s F. I didn't see the point in venturing out in it. | |
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| Hello, it's been a nice and quiet Saturday. Temperatures in the mid to high forties and low fifties. Jacket and sweatshirt weather. Wore sweats for most of the day. Niece sent me a University of Montana sweatshirt for my birthday. I had bought myself the HOKA training/walking shoes (although not from the link provided) rec'd by the PT. Which I wore yesterday and took a twenty minute walk around the block and to MetFresh today. (I know I should probably order groceries? But I find I buy less and I'm more frugal if I go to the grocery store - plus exercise, since I don't own or drive a car and walk everywhere, well outside of using the subway.) Also clear blue sky with a scant trace of cloud cover. But alas no flowers or greenery anywhere, unlike I'd found, albeit briefly, in Battery Park earlier in the week. (Green grass, and one bush. Spring! I thought. But alas, no, still winter.) So, aching for flowers and greenery - I purchased more cut flowers from the grocery store. Red Roses, and a bunch of purple and reddish purple flowers that I do not know the names of - one's a purple globe, the others look like various versions of purple and red baby's breath. I'd buy an actual plant - but I have a dreadful black thumb and kill them. The green thumb skipped me and landed on my brother. I have a black thumb. I can kill a cactus. And fake plants - I associate with dust. ** I did a few walks earlier in the week - when it was still warm outside, before we slid kicking and screaming back into winter. The first was up the pier to check out the cherry blossom festival (or the fake cherry blossom festival) on Pier 15. (It only it actually looked like that? It doesn't. Ah, the wonders of photo-shop and AI.) The second was around Battery City Park - the grass was actually green with flowers, purple flowers sprouting from a patch in the middle of it - helped no doubt by the fact that it was sealed off from people and dogs - and only geese, birds, insects and squirrels could frolic in the enclosure. People and dogs can do a lot of damage. Want to grow grass? Keep dogs and people away from it.  I also saw a green bush. And I thought - ah spring. Then it was in the thirties and forties the next day, and felt like 29 degrees, and I thought, no, still winter. Dang it.  The bush has green buds on it - but you have to enlarge the picture to see it. Also we now have an open pier that you can walk along to see the Statue of Liberty. When the Tall Boats Conference happens in July - that entire walkway should be open - so people can walk along and look at boats in the New York harbor. The second walk was admittedly more productive than the first. I got stopped along the way by a Statue of Liberty Ticket Ferry scammer who was attempting to tell me that I was going the wrong way to the Statue of Liberty Ferry. I ignored him. ** Mother interrupted this entry with a phone call - to regale me with news from my brother. I rarely talk to him myself - and honestly, don't need to, she tells me everything he's doing, his daughter is doing, and his wife doing - his friends are doing - and various and sundry family members whether I want this information or not. (Well in snatches, she doesn't remember half of it - and it's the stuff that I'm usually curious about that she doesn't remember, while the stuff I was happier not knowing - she does). ( discussions with mother )*** Television* Scarpetta This is the series starring Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Simon Baker, and Bobbie Carnvale (along with his son) adapted from the Patricia Cornwall - Kay Scarpetta mysteries - which I read in the 1990s and early 00s, and now have only vague memories of. I honestly don't remember them at all, just the characters names, and vaguely their relationships with each other? I don't remember the FBI agent, or the sister, just the cop Marino and Kay. That means, I can be fairly open-minded about the series, and won't be comparing it to the books at all. And I didn't. I honestly can't remember much if anything at all about the books - and I read most of them. Patricia Cornwall served as a consultant on the series, and it has a woman showrunner and director. I want to like it? But there's something off about it? It's really kind of busy and noisy? I think I want to calm it down a little or cut some of it out? ( Read more... )It's gotten mixed reviews? The professional critics seem to like it, but the audience really doesn't. * Grantchester - this is on Netflix and PBS Passport. I like it better than Scarpetta. It's a historical mystery series featuring a young jazz loving Vicar who solves murder mysteries in his parish with a local homicide detective during the 1950s. The Vicar is a former solider who served in the WWII and is struggling to get past it. * The Pitt - still enjoying this, although it seems a bit subdued from last year, not sure why. I think the characters are a little less on edge - or the characters that are on edge, aren't the principal characters so it's less apparent? Not sure. It's not a bad thing, just a tonal shift. * Count of Monte Cristo - almost done. It's subdued as well, and very understated. I'm hesistant to rec too heavily? I'm enjoying it - because I kind of want understated and restrained and subdued at the moment. I'm appreciating it. I don't why. Maybe I'm tired of the noise that seems to surround me constantly? All the ads, all the marketing, all the noise...I want subdued? This may explain why Scarpetta isn't working for me, but the Pitt, Grantchester, and Monte Cristo are? I'm apparently in the mood for a more realistic touch and a less frenetic high gloss one? Off to bed. | |
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BUFFY: Kathy's evil. I'm an evil fighter. It's simple... I'm gonna have to kill her.
WILLOW: You have to kill her? Don't you think you could just switch rooms, or something?
BUFFY: Well I would, but it's not just me in danger from Kathy. Look.
WILLOW: Toenails?
BUFFY: Evil toenails. I took them off the floor last night when she was in the bathroom. She thought I was asleep.
WILLOW: Good thinking, 'cause in the middle of the night those toenails could have attacked you and left little half-moon marks all over your body.
~~BtVS 4x02 “Living Conditions”~~
[Chaptered Fiction]
- Phantom Pains, Chapter 10/? (Angel/Lindsey, E) by CloudSeeker
- Haunted, Chapter 5/? (Angelus/Giles, Giles/Jenny, M) by SortaMadDog
- Slay Wars Episode I, Chapter 7/? (Buffy/Faith, Phantom Menace xover, T) by storiwr
- Once More With Feeling, My Wayward Sons, Chapter 7/10 (Buffy, Supernatural xover, M) by SequelNeeded
- Body in the woods, Chapter 4/? (Kenndedy/Derek Hale, Teen Wolf xover, T) by Rash_jaya
- Red Xandra: Season Two, Chapter 65/? (Ensemble, T) by Kickaha
- Put Me Down, Chapter 21/? (Buffy/Faith, E) by Inspectorrr
- Violin Violence, Chapter 9/? (Buffy/Spike, E) by Laqt15
- but what about the band?, Chapter 1/? (Buffy & Spike, Buffy & Willow, G) by haloburns
- Painting Over Scars, Chapter 3/? (Buffy/Giles, E) by noctola
- Chasing Happily Ever After, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325
- Back To You, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325
- Come to my window, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Sarahvampgrl
- Forged in Blood, Chapter 34 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal
- Restructuring Reality [Series Part 3], Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Ragini
- Father, Lead Us Not Into Temptation, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by YouCutYourHair
- The Backup Backup., Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, R) by All4Spike
- Mile Markers and Blood Moons, Chapter 52 (Buffy/Spike, R) by JamesMFan
- 10 Things I Hate About Riley Finn, Chapters 13-15 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Kazfox
- Boomerang, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Gabby
- Forged in Blood, Chapter 34 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal
- All Present and Correct, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Harlow Turner
- A Series of Unfortunate Spins, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
- Home Sweet Home, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms
- First Kiss, Chapter 8 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Sarahvampgrl
- Short and Spuffy 26, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Sarahvampgrl
- What's Left of the Night, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Sirabella
- Riding Shotgun on the Hunt, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
- the whole kit and caboodle, Chapters 1-4 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by jewelram
- in friendly recompense, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, R) by LadyInQuest
- Revelations, Chapter 62 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Niamh
- Dearest Gentle Slayer, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by LadyInQuest
- Composing Hallelujah, Chapters 4-8 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Joan963z
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| Happy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
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| 1) I wrote last year about the movie The Big Year, which was about birders trying to break a record in seeing the most birds that year. When I told my partner I was trying to pass 1000 wins at Solo on BGA he said, "So this is your Big Year." ( Read more... )2) I confess I don't really follow the Oscars race or even nominees since I only see movies once in a while and usually well after they've been released, but I thought this was an interesting summation. I was particularly struck by the discussion of costs, and how chasing Oscar prestige outranks movie ticket sales, since so many potential contenders crowd into the end of year period. This almost guarantees many people will miss a number of them. What was interesting about this survey is the data on how people have changed their opinions of last year's Oscar nominees. "Americans are much more likely now than they were last year to say they love "A Complete Unknown" (51%, up from 39%). They’re less likely to say they love "Dune: Part 2" (43%, down from 53%)." 3) On the same day in which NPR's 1A did a show on the value of acknowledging mistakes, someone also posted about The Ctrl-Z Award’ to honor researchers who correct the scientific record. This latter seems like a much needed antidote to our times (and can also be immeasurably helpful). I hope it does well. RE: the 1A episode, here's a quote: "So, you know, theoretically, you could make a decision that was the wrong decision, but if it doesn't have a bad outcome, you're not even judging it as a mistake half the time. And that that's actually potentially the difference between a little mistake and a big mistake...we talk about this three act structure, what happened before the mistake, the mistake itself, and then how we deal with the mistake thereafter...It's not the crime. It's the cover up. Right? And that's an act three problem. But because people haven't gone through the process of saying, okay, what actually happened in act one, act two, and and now how am I gonna deal with it in act three? They make an even bigger one." The fear of error is also talked about here: "what I see in the therapy room is sometimes it can take folks a while to really come around to admit to themselves actually that a mistake even happened because there's so much shame. It gets kind of locked up because as we've been discussing, as a culture, we do a terrible job of admitting to ourselves and to others that mistakes actually are how you learn. And so we get have so much shame that's wrapped up in it. And from that end, when there's shame, depression, anxiety, trauma, you know, are not far behind. So talking through mistakes, processing mistakes, learning not to avoid coming around to kind of, unpacking the Russian doll, if we stick with that metaphor, that's a huge piece of therapy." I can really recommend reading the episode transcript (you can also listen to the show). 4) What these incidents made me think of was fear on the Internet. "One of the phrases we like is curious, not furious. And so whether you're thinking about yourself, oh, I'm so angry at myself. Why did I do this? Or you see someone else make a mistake and you're kind of angry that they did it. The more that you can use curiosity as opposed to anger, I think we would all get along a little better. And then to your point, it's so helpful to talk with someone else. We believe you have to talk your mistakes to death. And it's helpful to write about them, sure, if you really don't have anyone with whom you can speak." ( Read more... )5) And speaking of mistakes, it's nice to have unexpected support even when you make them. ( Read more... ) This poll is anonymous.
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BUFFY: We need to analyze that burger. We need to find out if it used to be people.
XANDER: What?! (swallows) People?
BUFFY: Xander, you ate the burger?!
~~Doublemeat Palace~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- First a Life saved, then a Declaration of Love by ChaosQueen98 (Cordelia/Buffy, not rated)
- The Two and Only by xaeyrnofnbe (Angel/Spike, G)
- Daylight Expenses by Teo Grey (TeoGrey), TeoGrey (Buffy, Iron Man and Blade crossover, T)
- The Dead Have Excellent Timing by Teo Grey (TeoGrey), TeoGrey (Buffy, Doctor Who crossover, T)
- Souls and Centuries by 148Today (Angel/Spike, E)
- Une vie à l'essai by BlanchePomme (Xander & Willow, G, in French)
[Chaptered Fiction]
- I Love You (and The Horizon Hides You in Vain), Chapter 13 by ConcernedReader (Buffy/Spike, M)
- A Guardians Story, Chapter 4 by SilverHalloweenHut (Willow/OC, M)
- After That, Chapter 12 by ScottisI (Ensemble, Harry Potter crossover, M)
- Undisclosed Desires, Chapter 5 by mistigrisunshine (Buffy/Spike, E)
- A Perfect Sky; A Storm (101), Chapter 1 by katirahk (Faith, Oz, OC, M)
- Midnight Release, Chapter 4 by QueenieJay (Xander/Anya, T)
- The Primals, Chapter 9 by BlueStories (Buffy, Willow, T)
- Bound by the calling | Fuffy, Chapter 5 by vampireslayerr (mongoosekiramman) (Buffy/Faith, E)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors, Chapter 2 by QuillBard, Shisumo, thisyearsgrrl (Faith/Buffy, not rated)
- A Message Made From Bones (102), Chapters 1- 5 by katirahk (OC, Faith, Oz, Buffy, Willow, M)
- Flesh and Blood, Chapter 7 by katirahk (Buffy/Spike, T)
- Quest for Glory, Chapter 5 by Geliot99, Claire (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- Rewoven, Chapter 12 by EnchantedWillow (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Short and Spuffy 26, Chapter 13 by Sarahvampgrl (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- A Series of Unfortunate Spins, Chapter 13 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- Home Sweet Home, Chapter 13 by Lilacsandorangeblossoms (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- in friendly recompense, Chapter 13 by LadyInQuest (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Dearest Gentle Slayer, Chapter 13 by LadyInQuest (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- I Can’t Make You Fall in Love Again, Chapter 13 by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Villainess, Chapter 13 by ClowniestLivEver (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Betty and the Bleached, Chapter 10 by Dusty (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Captive Audience, Chapter 13 by Grief Counseling (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
- Riding Shotgun on the Hunt, Chapter 13 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)
- Motorcycles, Busses, and Pedestrianism, Chapter 7 by zinjadu (Buffy/Spike, R)
- Fluffy Times in Paradise, Chapter 5 by Lashyan (Buffy/Spike, PG)
- A Very Dangerous Game, Chapter 7 by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)
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| I finally got some Minute Maid frozen orange juice concentrate and Orange Julius take 2 is way better than the watery version I made last month. Woo! Tomorrow, I have to get up early and bake Irish soda bread to take to the family - we are going out for St. Patrick's Day dinner (and also the NINTH[!!!!!] anniversary of my father's death - it is his recipe I use; I miss him a lot). TV quick takes: Shrinking: ( spoilers ) Anyway, the first few episodes of this show are a little tough to take but it has morphed into a funny, endearing, poignant hangout comedy and I recommend it! Harrison Ford is SO GOOD in it too. The Pitt: ( spoilers ) I am very interested to see where the rest of this season is going. * | |
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| Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
A light discussion of Egypt. Admittedly covering a long period of history and so necessarily cursory in place. Discusses what records we have and what archeological evidence we have found, and various Pharaohs and changes. | |
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| Sigh. I had a story, the first paragraph, and now it's gone. It was in my head walking to the subway. And I thought I could grab it again...when I got on my computer tonight. But alas, it's gone. It'll come back again if need be. I may have to purchase the Tiles Survival Video Game to reprise it.
I learned a valuable lesson this week? When correcting someone or editing, be careful of tone. This is easier said than done? I am doing a lot of editing now - and it requires a lot of patience. Often I am correcting the same mistakes over and over and over again. And the mistakes from my perspective appear to be obvious? Like how can they not know this? And I often have to re-write my comments, and rewrite my emails multiple times, to ensure that my tone is okay.
On the internet it's remarkably easy to screw up with tone, resulting in miscommunications and fights and hurt feelings.
I've been corrected this week - by people who were careful with their tone, and by people who either don't understand tone or aren't careful. Precision in words doesn't always matter as much as how you choose to phrase them. After all, if your phrasing and tone is off - then your reader isn't understanding your words and they fall on death ears. Your intentions will be misunderstood.
I define tone by how I write the sentence. Not just the words that I chose, but the actual phrasing. I think of writing as a means of communicating thoughts, expression, emotion, facts, and information among other things (that I can't think of at the moment), and tone conveys the writers intent to the reader. Also emotion can affect tone - if you are writing from a place of frustration, irritation, impatience, or rage - it will be reflected in your tone. Because you aren't speaking orally - the emotion or intent often has to be conveyed through phrasing.
I've learned that tone in writing matters. So many miscommunications happen because of tone. I've lost count of the number of posts and comments that I've either walked away from or deleted because of the tone. Or the number of correspondents that I've parted ways with because of tone. When my tone is condescending or patronizing - I shut down the listener or reader - they stop hearing me. They stop reading. Instead of engaging their mind, I've engaged their emotions.
Writing carefully takes practice. It's an art. And it is hard to do on social media. I struggle with it. Some are better at it than others. It of course helps if you don't write in anger or frustration.
So many on the internet write carelessly, with little to no regard to the reader. You should care about the reader. We aren't posting our words to the abyss. And as a reader, you should care about the writer.
We should ask ourselves prior to responding directly to any post on the internet - whether it wise? Is it useful? Is it kind? Can we write our response in a way that the reader will respond favorably, and not get upset? Would we respond favorably to that response or comment or would we respond in anger? Do not post anything that makes you think you are clever or smarter or better than another. Or makes you feel superior to the person who posted? Leave your ego at the curb.
This is also hard to do in internet correspondence. I think sometimes it is really hard for people to hear each other? They are so caught up in their own heads they can't hear the other person?
I saw this great little bit on FB recently, where the commentator stated that "when someone is sharing their story with you - listen to it, without thinking about your own. Our tendency is to want to share our own similar story with the other person, as opposed to just hearing and responding to theirs. An example is - if I were to show you around my home or office, and your immediate response is - let me show you mine now."
I'm trying to get better at all of these things. But alas I am a work in progress as are we all. I'm also trying to forgive and be patient with those at work, on DW, in personal life, facebook, fandom, social media platforms, what have you - whose tone is often condescending and hurtful - and try to remember I don't know what their day was like? I don't know what they are feeling right now? Maybe a loved one died? Maybe work pissed them off? Maybe they want to lash out at the world?
It is hard sometimes, I think, to remember this? That in the end, we are all just doing time on planet earth the best that we are able. And sometimes we need to vent into the void without anyone kicking us for it?
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| ANGEL: Jesus, they garnished you? (unties Nina's gag)
NINA: No, get away! Just let them choke on me.
ANGEL: (unshackles Nina by hitting the cuffs with a metal urn) Listen to me. Tomorrow you're gonna be home.
NINA: This is what I am. I can't go back there, ever. This is better.
ANGEL: Nothing better about ending up in a doggy bag.
~~Unleashed~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
[Chaptered Fiction]
- The Primals, Ch. 8 (Buffy, Willow, T) by BlueStories
- Something Borrowed, Ch. 30 (Spike/Buffy, M) by Geliot99
- Greatest Love Story - Prelude, Ch. 13 (Angelus/William, Angel/Spike, M) by FalseGinger
- Buffy and the Slayer, Season 3, Ch. 11 (Spike/Buffy, T) by SunnydaleSentinel
- Faith, and How I Fell, Ch. 2 (Faith/Buffy, M) by Willowhand
- Dolls Underground, Ch. 3 (Drusilla/Spike, Angel/Buffy, G) by Naming_stars
- Sticking Together, Ch. 15 (Angel/Spike/Buffy, M) by AutumnElf
- in friendly recompense, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble, R) by LadyInQuest
- squared, Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by jewelram
- Captive Audience, Ch. 11 (Ensemble - BtVS, NC-17) by Grief Counseling
- Fluffy Times in Paradise, Ch. 2 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Lashyan
- Dearest Gentle Slayer, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble - BtVS, NC-17) by LadyInQuest
- Something Borrowed, Ch. 30 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99
- Short and Spuffy 26, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, Buffybot, Dawn, PG-13) by Sarahvampgrl
- A Series of Unfortunate Spins, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble - BtVS, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
- I Can’t Make You Fall in Love Again, Ch. 11 (Buffy/Spike, Dawn, Joyce, NC-17) by Maxine Eden
- creatures of habit, Ch. 1 (Buffy/Spike, Ensemble - AtS, NC-17) by LadyInQuest
- Riding Shotgun on the Hunt, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84
- Being Earnest, Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Tikiriaaa
- Home Sweet Home, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms
- All Present and Correct, Ch. 12 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Harlow Turner
- Idiosyncratic Use of Advanced Dimensional Folding as Mediated Through an Organic System, Ch. 5 (Buffy/Spike, Dawn, PG-13) by zinjadu
- The Map that Leads to You, Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by VioletMoon
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| I asked a women named Sonnet director of a poet's palm conservancy what it was like to be in asynchronous conversation with someone who was no longer there the poet had risen each day to meditate in silence and wanted silence for his mornings planting palms now many unpublished manuscripts were being found (as were many loving post-its from his wife Paula working around his need for morning silence) and his late-life handwriting was slowly, painstakingly being decoded and transcribed was it like finding seeds waiting like time capsules for someday growing in the forest floor or was it like being haunted She spoke of the hundreds of books needing care after decades' nurturing in that humid house opening a book of eastern philosophy almost beyond saving riddled with holes from book beetles' eatings and finding on the next page a note in the margins from the poet addressed tenderly to the beetles, saying 'you can have the binding, but please leave me the pages' The palms he spent his life planting and the poems he spent his life planting and the pages of all those silent mornings seeding words we are eager to hear now may they continue growing in their season may William and Paula Merwin's names stay living on our tongues ===  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. | |
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Angel: "Sorry they're not closer. Getting five seats together..."
Wes: "Don't be silly. Best place. We get the whole panorama from here."
Cordy: "Besides, back here we stand less chance of setting off the 'under seventy' alarm."
Angel: "Back in the day I'd always get box seats. Or I'd just eat the people who had 'em.'
Cordy: "Don't lets reminisce. We're here. Enjoy."
~~Angel Season III Episode #57: "Waiting in the Wings"~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
- Occam's Razor (Xander, Buffy, T, X-Files xover) by madimpossibledreamer
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- Three Deep episode 12: Use of Weapons () by dutchbuffy, Sylviavolk2000
- Rock, Paper, Scissors Ch. 1 (Buffy/Faith, unrated) by QuillBard, Shisumo, thisyearsgrrl
- Flying CH. 6 (Multiple pairings, T) by Jasmine_Shigeru
- Gonna Lose the Chains, Baby? Ch. 16 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Grianbui
- Slay Wars Episode I CH. 6 (Buffy/Faith, T, Phantom Menace xover) by storiwr
- Lock and Key Ch. 4 (COMPLETE) (Spike/Fred, E) by Kittenwritings
- Red Xandra: Season Two Ch. 64 (Ensemble, T) by Kickaha
- All That We've Burned Ch. 28 (Buffy/Faith, M) by PaperGraveyard
- A Perfect Sky; A Storm (101) CH. 15 (COMPLETE) (Faith, Oz, OC Slayer, M) by katirahk
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| Work and my commute are attempting to take bites out of my good mood, along with a potential rainy weather pattern coming into NYC for tomorrow. But I persevere and the cheeriness continues for the most part. So too are various areas of the internet at work and at home, but not DW (so no worries). 1. MSN's browser at work throws stories at me - one was the headline: Woman's Hike Through Texas' Big Bend National Park Turns into a Nightmare. Thinking for a quick getaway from people and in nature, in the rarely visited park, a woman suddenly finds herself surrounded by hundreds of tiny animals and stumbles into a nightmare. Trying to figure out what "tiny animals" would surround you and terrify you, I of course took a peek? Sigh. I really wish I hadn't. I'm arachnophobic - so no, I didn't read any more of the article (not because I can't read about spiders) - it had pictures. I can't look at pictures of spiders. They couldn't have written the article without the pictures? No, of course not. It's the internet. I hate the internet. It is doing a really good job of biting into my good mood. Fuck you, internet. 2. I apparently liked a few Buffy posts on FB, so FB keeps throwing all things Buffy related at me. Today it threw an Instagram Post by the guy who played Parker Abrhams on Buffy in S4, and who was also on Dawson's Creek shortly thereafter - he was posting a tribute to the lead of Dawson's who died recently from cancer. The gist? ( Read more... )3. And MSN keeps throwing the following at me at work: * how to prepare for retirement with $1M in 401 K or IRA and $2,465 Social Security. (Sigh, if I had $1M in 401K - I'd have retired already.) * The best small towns or places to retire in every state. (They all have one thing in common? You need a car. I don't drive.) * If you travel you shouldn't use a hard suitcase with wheels since it is banned in certain European countries, (Apparently for noise pollution and wear and tear on cobblestone streets? Too many tourists wandering about with baggage at all times at night.) * No, it is better to have one since a back pack or duffel is hard on your back and you can't pack as much. (I wish people would make up their minds.) * If you travel to these 20 countries - you will need an electronic visa or electronic authorization ahead of time - and provide before you get on the plane. (So what happens if your phone dies en route? Oh, brings up a story mother told me the other day - a man was denied passage on a cruise because he brought the wrong passport. He accidentally packed the expired passport as opposed to the new one. This is after traveling by bus all the way down to Miami, with people from the retirement center. Mother didn't seem to know what happened next, except that he turned down the offer to catch up with the cruise in New Orleans. He needed it for Mexico.) * TSA has changed its rules and you need to ensure you do these 12 things, and not bring these things... Sigh. Now I'm afraid to retire and travel. The stupid internet is stressful. I miss the days in which I didn't know all this crap. *** It's also throwing television shows at me. Netflix has apparently added more shows. And the internet wants me to watch Sharp Objects on HBO, which it has decided is the best and most twisty thriller ever. ( Read more... )Me and the Internet are at cross-purposes at the moment? I think AI has made the internet worse? *** What else should I complain about? I don't know what to read next. That's not a complaint. Right now I'm reading or trying out Illona Andrews latest novel - Inheritance, which they'd initially wrote as a lark or a serialized novella, no more than 12,000 words for their blog. But alas, it's become a two-book series. And they had to add a lot of world building. It reads a bit like a post-apocalyptic survival video game, actually, with banter. I can tell the writers played a lot of video games during the pandemic. Survival video games have become a thing - now. The internet was flinging those at me as well. And I'm admittedly tempted but afraid to put that on my phone or computer. Maybe the ipad? (No, Inheritance is not a video game - I switched tracks in mid-paragraph.) The book, Inheritance, is about ( Read more... )I'm hoping I don't regret grabbing Ministry of Time - I didn't know it was about the same thing the Terror television series is about when I purchased it. It doesn't tell you that. Hmm. Oh well, maybe it won't be an issue? *** Took some long walks yesterday and today - first in a long time - at work location. First was up to the cherry blossoms on Pier 15, turns out they are fake cherry blossoms - so not worth the trip or tickets. (Why fake? I don't know, it's NY? It is odd though - I mean it's not like we don't have actual cherry blossoms in several botanical gardens, parks, and a cemetery in late March/early April? Maybe they got desperate and wanted to do it now?) The green houses are tiny, and claustrophobic, and you couldn't pay me to sit in one of them for dinner. I have a picture of it - see below and assuming you can see it - let me know what you think?  The other walk will have to wait until tomorrow. Since long past bedtime for me. Good night all. | |
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| I don't love that Nolan McLean gave up 2 home runs in the same inning in this game, but I do love that Team Italia celebrates with an Armani blazer and an espresso (they literally have an espresso machine in the dugout and if someone hits a homer, he gets a shot) and then the team captain kisses the guy while everyone else does this: 🤌
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Work is currently bananas. Listen, I have a whole document I wrote on how to change/streamline board stuff to foster discussion and engagement, but we were supposed to do it methodically and not implement it until the June meeting, except now we are doing it NOW, and everything got upended in the stupidest way possible. I maybe kind of couldn't control how irritated I am about it because it is basically making me do double the amount of work and is seems to me like it is just going to achieve the exact opposite of what we want it to, but apparently this is coming directly from the new board chair. I told my boss that if I am right, and that this doesn't do what they think it is going to, I might not say it, but I will be thinking the world's biggest "I told you so." And she was like, that's fair. Sigh.
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