This was originally posted for 2005fanmixes challenge.

I'm reposting with fresh links since there's a new Jossverse fanmix community called jossverse_radio and because I've had a lot of people friend me lately.

( Upon Hearing About the Death of Sunnydale )

crossposted to jossverse_radio

Note: This was originally posted on January 1, 2006.

Ahhhhh, 'tis a buyer's market for BtVS sets.

I bought the first three seasons at a discounted rate waaaaay back in the day when they were first released. Let's hear it for a cross between an employee discount and sneakiness with MySimon.com. Never paid over $30 for BtVS S2 or BtVS S3. S1 was gotten new for the cost of a used set now ($19).

I said I'd buy S4 and S5 if I could get them for under $20 each, under $24 each with shipping.

Only way I'd take S6 and S7 is if I got them for $5, including shipping.

Heh.

Yesterday:

BtVS S4 for $19.50, $22 with shipping.

I rock.

People are really dumping their BtVS sets for like, totally cheap to pay for that "Chosen" collection. Buyers market right now.

*waits like a vulture on S5*

I swear I will get back to the FB on this week's massive Fic!Spam. I will. But RL—gah!

I feel dain bread.

At least I have my Arrested Development DVDs from Netflix for tomorrow night. I need me some Bluth weirdness to get my head on straight. I only managed to catch episodes here and there when S1 was airing on FOX. Now I get to see 'em all. In order. Wheeeeee!

And so, it is with trembling trepidation that I put this part of Water out here.

So, as the Mother House in Our Cleveland feels the rush of optimism (sorta), Xander, well, he's been better.

This should put a bullet in any notions that I've gone all fluffy on you people. *heh*

And for the record, I think the LJ-tags are neat, but only for me since it helps me find things that I wouldn't necessarily throw into memories. Although, it's a true pain to go back and LJ-tag all my posts. I'm slowly starting to do it, but I can only tackle two to three months at a time before my eyes start to bleed. Plus, I'm hoping they lift that 100-tag limit. The limit is not helpful for me, and I've been around only a year-and-a-half. I can't imagine what the long-timers are going to do. 

This is just my way of saying: "No way am I going to abandon memories." It's too convenient and at least puts the links to all my fic and really, really important stuff on one page.

 

All previous parts can be found here.

Continued from from Part 29.

 

( Good vs. Evil )

DOWNLOAD: Am I Wrong by Love Spit Love [YSI Download (Good for 7 days)] [Megaupload (Good for 30 days)]

Apologies. I haven't been online that much this week. RL is kicking my ass just a little. Busy at work. Busy at home.

Right now, I'm avoiding paying my bills. I'll have to pay tomorrow.

This is a strange little Faith-centric character study I've been working on since near the end of Living History. It's just a short one-shot that takes place sometime after Water Hold Me Down, but before No Myth.

It's also completely a stand-alone, so you don't have to read anything else to read this.

I needed a break from the unrelenting Water and took another look at this one. Polished it a little, and am putting it here completely un-beta'd.

The title, which is an odd one for me, actually was the title of a history class I took in college. Now, I love history, and I love good comedy. Plus, I figured, "Gut course." (translation: Easy A) Yes, it was an easy A (for me), because, like I said, loved both subjects. Plus, how can you not love a class where you pretty much watch television shows and movies?

Yet, I probably learned more in that class than in all my other history classes combined. It's very hard to explain, but there is a pattern to the kinds of humor that become popular (black humor, screwball, domestic sitcoms, etc.) and historical patterns like the state of the economy, whether a country is at war, and whether there's a dominant illness killing a significant portion of the population.

This title is the only one that fits for this particular character study, at least to me.

And like every other essay I've ever read about what makes something funny, or why something hits the funny bone, this story is not funny. That's okay, I wasn't aiming for funny.

And when I say this story is short, I mean it's shorter than a single chapter of Water.

Now pull up a chair, and imagine that Faith is talking to you.

 

Title:

The History of Humor in the 20th Century
Author: Lizbeth Marcs
Rating: PG-13 for language
Genre: Friendship, character study, FutureFic
Pairing: None. Faith-Xander friendship.
Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS, post-‘Chosen.’ Slight AU from Buffy-verse canon in that all the Scoobs went to Cleveland.

Summary:

Sometimes comedy can tell you something serious.

 

( It all starts when you sit on the couch and ask Faith what she's watching... )

I haven't had much of a chance to even look at comments for the last part (I apologize), let alone answer. It's been a busy couple of days.

hjcallipygian is in town, so I've been hanging with him and annakovsky and her friend (whose LJ name I don't know and I dislike giving people's real names in a public forum without their permission). Thursday night it was hanging in Harvard Square for dinner and then a trip to see Batman Begins. I feel left out of the squee-age among people on my FList, mostly because I wasn't terribly impressed. The CGI bats made me giggle like a loon and I kept worrying about Bruce Wayne needing a rabies shot. Then ( cut for spoilers )

. Yeah. Can't take medical writer out of the girl, I guess.

( Cut for more Bat-blather, none of it really kind )

Yeah. The movie was good brain candy and I'm probably over-analyzing it. But nothing beats a good post-movie rant from Bat-fan hjcallipygian. Made the price of admission sooooo worth it. 

So, yesterday me and  hjcallipygian were on our own, so we headed to the New England Aquarium (PENGUINS! I GOT TO WATCH THEM FEED THE PENGUINS! WHEEEEE!) with a side-trip to Salem and a visit to Borders because, hey, bookstore! Never say no to a bookstore. 

( The Bewitched statue in Salem: I think I know why the locals are enraged. )

Remember, history is important. And people react badly when you minimize a traumatic event in the local history, even if it happened more than 300 years ago. They don't appreciate being patted on the head and told they're overreacting. It just gets them even more angry.

I suspect that that the statue is going to be targeted for some "redecoration" by the locals when Salem officials start getting lazy about keeping an eye on it. I won't be shedding any tears when it happens, that's for sure.

At any rate, I'm going to be out of touch again for a few days, in deference to Father's Day and visiting the 'rents.

Now for more Water

I'm posting the next part. It's short (for me). Just a little fall-out for your voyeristic pleasure.

For all previous story parts, go here.

For Part 28, click here.

 

( By the Harsh Light of the Moon )

DOWNLOAD (good for 30 days): The Fall of the World's Own Optimist by Aimee Mann

This part is loooong. So no pithy statements, other than to apologize for not being around and posting this sooner. I needed to tweak it to make sure it read right.

All previous parts are here.

Continued from Part 27

 

( It's a War in There )

 

DOWNLOAD (good for 30 days): It's a War in There by Dar Williams

I've fixed the link for Quiet Mountain Town from South Park so it should work now.

Just to recap: To Download songs from YouSendIt, click on the first option only. Do not ever, under any circumstances, click under the second option, even after you complete the download. If you do that, the song is removed from teh YouSendIt server and no one else can get it.

If anyone has trouble downloading the song or finds that the song is missing, please let me know ASAP and I'll fix it as soon as I can. If it's beyond the seven-day limit, I won't refresh it. However, I promise that I'll put together a soundtrack as the story approaches the end. I'll even include all the songs.

On a happier note, welcome back to nwhepcat,who has arrived safely in the Midwest.

Also, I just realized that this is probably the only part I'll have a chance to post this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Apologies to my non-U.S. readers, but family and free food wins. Plus, I won't have access to the Internet for three days. It'll resume Sunday.

Continued from Part 9.

 

 

( Part 10 )

Download (good for seven days): Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of War Drums by A Perfect Circle
(Have I mentioned how much I love MP3 blogs? Ohmyyes.)