From my friendsfriends page:
"Two German teenagers have laid waste to a school, wrecking 25 classrooms with ham"
May 31, 2003
May 30, 2003
Zig-a-zig-ah
This turned out entirely differently than what I had intended to write, but I like it nonetheless...
For,
In the moments after the bus stops, they trade quips and wisecracks to one another, seeing how far they can go to make each other laugh.
It's become something of a ritual to them now.
It helps them loosen the tension of just having been in an apocalyptic battle for the world. It helps them cool down from the fighting and the running. Mostly, it helps them not burst into tears or soil their underwear.
Xander tries his best for something witty, playing off of Dawn, but his lines mostly fall flat, and he knows it. He usually obliterates everyone's apprehension with some self-effacing joke, but something's wrong this time.
Even in her exhaustion, Willow sees, and though she looks towards the bus, scanning its windows and the line of people streaming out, she somehow knows that she won't find one person coming out.
By now, Xander is trying desperately to hold himself back, and he wonders how exactly weeping works when one of your eyes is gone. In the warming blurriness of his periphery, he sees the pale red of her hair approach, and she wraps his hand within hers. Willow notices, for a moment, that she has quieted a taut shaking which has gone unnoticed by everyone else.
He can feel the cool wetness of a tear flow down his cheek, but, his hand clasped in hers, he makes no move to wipe it away.
For
Aftershock
In the moments after the bus stops, they trade quips and wisecracks to one another, seeing how far they can go to make each other laugh.
It's become something of a ritual to them now.
It helps them loosen the tension of just having been in an apocalyptic battle for the world. It helps them cool down from the fighting and the running. Mostly, it helps them not burst into tears or soil their underwear.
Xander tries his best for something witty, playing off of Dawn, but his lines mostly fall flat, and he knows it. He usually obliterates everyone's apprehension with some self-effacing joke, but something's wrong this time.
Even in her exhaustion, Willow sees, and though she looks towards the bus, scanning its windows and the line of people streaming out, she somehow knows that she won't find one person coming out.
By now, Xander is trying desperately to hold himself back, and he wonders how exactly weeping works when one of your eyes is gone. In the warming blurriness of his periphery, he sees the pale red of her hair approach, and she wraps his hand within hers. Willow notices, for a moment, that she has quieted a taut shaking which has gone unnoticed by everyone else.
He can feel the cool wetness of a tear flow down his cheek, but, his hand clasped in hers, he makes no move to wipe it away.
Zig-a-zig-ah
This turned out entirely differently than what I had intended to write, but I like it nonetheless...
For,
In the moments after the bus stops, they trade quips and wisecracks to one another, seeing how far they can go to make each other laugh.
It's become something of a ritual to them now.
It helps them loosen the tension of just having been in an apocalyptic battle for the world. It helps them cool down from the fighting and the running. Mostly, it helps them not burst into tears or soil their underwear.
Xander tries his best for something witty, playing off of Dawn, but his lines mostly fall flat, and he knows it. He usually obliterates everyone's apprehension with some self-effacing joke, but something's wrong this time.
Even in her exhaustion, Willow sees, and though she looks towards the bus, scanning its windows and the line of people streaming out, she somehow knows that she won't find one person coming out.
By now, Xander is trying desperately to hold himself back, and he wonders how exactly weeping works when one of your eyes is gone. In the warming blurriness of his periphery, he sees the pale red of her hair approach, and she wraps his hand within hers. Willow notices, for a moment, that she has quieted a taut shaking which has gone unnoticed by everyone else.
He can feel the cool wetness of a tear flow down his cheek, but, his hand clasped in hers, he makes no move to wipe it away.
For
Aftershock
In the moments after the bus stops, they trade quips and wisecracks to one another, seeing how far they can go to make each other laugh.
It's become something of a ritual to them now.
It helps them loosen the tension of just having been in an apocalyptic battle for the world. It helps them cool down from the fighting and the running. Mostly, it helps them not burst into tears or soil their underwear.
Xander tries his best for something witty, playing off of Dawn, but his lines mostly fall flat, and he knows it. He usually obliterates everyone's apprehension with some self-effacing joke, but something's wrong this time.
Even in her exhaustion, Willow sees, and though she looks towards the bus, scanning its windows and the line of people streaming out, she somehow knows that she won't find one person coming out.
By now, Xander is trying desperately to hold himself back, and he wonders how exactly weeping works when one of your eyes is gone. In the warming blurriness of his periphery, he sees the pale red of her hair approach, and she wraps his hand within hers. Willow notices, for a moment, that she has quieted a taut shaking which has gone unnoticed by everyone else.
He can feel the cool wetness of a tear flow down his cheek, but, his hand clasped in hers, he makes no move to wipe it away.
So this is why I'm single...
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Apparently I need more friends, too... :)
So this is why I'm single...
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Apparently I need more friends, too... :)
A Buffy Casting Quiz
I threw this together while I was mulling over the odd connections between cast members in Buffy and Angel. I'm going to name characters from Buffy and/or Angel. Name the movie/tv project in which the actors who played the listed characters shared roles. They don't necessarily have to be on-screen together, and in the television series case, they don't necessarily have to be in the same episode.
Bonus question: Buffy and Whistler shared a scene in a seminal teen comedy from the 80s. Can you name the movie (or for extra points, recite the most famous line from the scene...)?
I'll wait for someone to get everything right, or post the answers on Monday.
Edit: Well, got everything right, not nearly an hour after I posted it, but I've screened her answers so some other people can have some fun. I'll unscreen everything at 6:00 PM (Eastern) or so.
- Spike, Whistler
- Tara, Faith, Maggie Walsh
- Ford, Darla
- Jesse, Gavin Park
- Parker, Darla
- Luke, Natalie French
- Faith, Glory
- Willow, Oz
- The Master, Chao-Ahn
- Whistler, Holland Manners
Bonus question: Buffy and Whistler shared a scene in a seminal teen comedy from the 80s. Can you name the movie (or for extra points, recite the most famous line from the scene...)?
I'll wait for someone to get everything right, or post the answers on Monday.
Edit: Well,
A Buffy Casting Quiz
I threw this together while I was mulling over the odd connections between cast members in Buffy and Angel. I'm going to name characters from Buffy and/or Angel. Name the movie/tv project in which the actors who played the listed characters shared roles. They don't necessarily have to be on-screen together, and in the television series case, they don't necessarily have to be in the same episode.
Bonus question: Buffy and Whistler shared a scene in a seminal teen comedy from the 80s. Can you name the movie (or for extra points, recite the most famous line from the scene...)?
I'll wait for someone to get everything right, or post the answers on Monday.
Edit: Well, got everything right, not nearly an hour after I posted it, but I've screened her answers so some other people can have some fun. I'll unscreen everything at 6:00 PM (Eastern) or so.
- Spike, Whistler
- Tara, Faith, Maggie Walsh
- Ford, Darla
- Jesse, Gavin Park
- Parker, Darla
- Luke, Natalie French
- Faith, Glory
- Willow, Oz
- The Master, Chao-Ahn
- Whistler, Holland Manners
Bonus question: Buffy and Whistler shared a scene in a seminal teen comedy from the 80s. Can you name the movie (or for extra points, recite the most famous line from the scene...)?
I'll wait for someone to get everything right, or post the answers on Monday.
Edit: Well,
May 28, 2003
Pool and a book thing...
Played pool against the new Sidelines team last night. Ollie played it straight for the first time ever, and I eked out a win against their captain, Corey. He had taken the first four games in a five-three race, but his teammate was talking on the phone and said during the fifth game "and Corey's about to win his match..." Corey groaned, and I hooted. Weauxf Gawds, you rock. I managed to win the next three games with a combination of hooks, forced banks and kicks, and blocked pockets. Ollie really helped out with the timeouts. I couldn't make a shot all night, but I ended up playing some really awful defense shots against him, as well as getting quite lucky on some leaves after a few missed shots. He finally tried a jump shot after I hooked him on the eight ball, and the eight knocked the cue into a pocket. Whew!
Lifted from...
Lifted from
- What's your favorite book of all time? Why? Top ten favorites?
Of all time?? I can't really pick one. I haven't really read a lot of books (at least nothing I would call great), but from my current library, I couldn't really point to one single book and say it's my favorite. The wide variety of subjects and genres in my top ten list doesn't really help...
Top ten (in no particular order):
The Biggest Game in Town A. Alvarez
Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer
Endurance Alfred Lansing
Stardust Neil Gaiman
The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
Hackers Steven Levy
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling
Amped: Notes from a Go-Nowhere Punk Band Jon Resh
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
And this is setting aside any comic books/graphic novels that I care for... - Is there any author who's been so consistently wonderful that you've devoured all of his or her work and actually enjoyed *all or most* of it?
Neil Gaiman is the obvious choice, but John Irving as well. A. Alvarez and Jon Krakauer both have smaller bodies of work which I relish reading. - What book do you most often recommend to other people?
Both The Biggest Game in Town, because I mostly associate with lowlifes and gamblers and Amped: Notes from a Go-Nowhere Punk Band, because it's an absolutely hilarious look at some of the antics of some of my Florida colleagues. - What book should be turned into a movie? Should they even *do* that? Does it kill the book?
The Biggest Game in Town or Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. Both books have great Mamet-esque characters (based on real-life people), and enough of the seedy Las Vegas gambling world to make things interesting.
In general, I tend not to like movie adaptations (Sorcerer's Stone did nothing for me), but there are occasional gems which come out. I quite liked the movie adaptation of The Cider House Rules; but Simon Birch was just a bastardization, and Streisand completely ruined The Prince of Tides (way to excise the entire Luke Wingo subplot, Babs). - What's your favorite biography? Am I the only one who likes those?
I haven't really read any biographies, but I'm hoping Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People (by Amarillo Slim Preston) will be a good read about the former World Series of Poker Champ.
Pool and a book thing...
Played pool against the new Sidelines team last night. Ollie played it straight for the first time ever, and I eked out a win against their captain, Corey. He had taken the first four games in a five-three race, but his teammate was talking on the phone and said during the fifth game "and Corey's about to win his match..." Corey groaned, and I hooted. Weauxf Gawds, you rock. I managed to win the next three games with a combination of hooks, forced banks and kicks, and blocked pockets. Ollie really helped out with the timeouts. I couldn't make a shot all night, but I ended up playing some really awful defense shots against him, as well as getting quite lucky on some leaves after a few missed shots. He finally tried a jump shot after I hooked him on the eight ball, and the eight knocked the cue into a pocket. Whew!
Lifted from...
Lifted from
- What's your favorite book of all time? Why? Top ten favorites?
Of all time?? I can't really pick one. I haven't really read a lot of books (at least nothing I would call great), but from my current library, I couldn't really point to one single book and say it's my favorite. The wide variety of subjects and genres in my top ten list doesn't really help...
Top ten (in no particular order):
The Biggest Game in Town A. Alvarez
Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer
Endurance Alfred Lansing
Stardust Neil Gaiman
The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
Hackers Steven Levy
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling
Amped: Notes from a Go-Nowhere Punk Band Jon Resh
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
And this is setting aside any comic books/graphic novels that I care for... - Is there any author who's been so consistently wonderful that you've devoured all of his or her work and actually enjoyed *all or most* of it?
Neil Gaiman is the obvious choice, but John Irving as well. A. Alvarez and Jon Krakauer both have smaller bodies of work which I relish reading. - What book do you most often recommend to other people?
Both The Biggest Game in Town, because I mostly associate with lowlifes and gamblers and Amped: Notes from a Go-Nowhere Punk Band, because it's an absolutely hilarious look at some of the antics of some of my Florida colleagues. - What book should be turned into a movie? Should they even *do* that? Does it kill the book?
The Biggest Game in Town or Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. Both books have great Mamet-esque characters (based on real-life people), and enough of the seedy Las Vegas gambling world to make things interesting.
In general, I tend not to like movie adaptations (Sorcerer's Stone did nothing for me), but there are occasional gems which come out. I quite liked the movie adaptation of The Cider House Rules; but Simon Birch was just a bastardization, and Streisand completely ruined The Prince of Tides (way to excise the entire Luke Wingo subplot, Babs). - What's your favorite biography? Am I the only one who likes those?
I haven't really read any biographies, but I'm hoping Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People (by Amarillo Slim Preston) will be a good read about the former World Series of Poker Champ.
May 27, 2003
May 26, 2003
Spades
Tonight, I discovered that I am an extremely sore loser when it comes to games where my ultimate performance depends on someone else.
It's a wonder that I'm not even more bitter than I already am.
It's a wonder that I'm not even more bitter than I already am.
Spades
Tonight, I discovered that I am an extremely sore loser when it comes to games where my ultimate performance depends on someone else.
It's a wonder that I'm not even more bitter than I already am.
It's a wonder that I'm not even more bitter than I already am.
Notes from the weekend...
- Amy and Runa, in the process of playing four poker tournaments have had a meteoric rise in their Texas Hold'em playing ability.
- If you're going to hold a tournament with over T$6000, make sure you start the blinds out significantly higher than with a tournament with T$250 in chips.
- Playing tournaments is a great way of learning what to play and what not to play.
- Smokers get very, very irritable when they're not allowed to smoke, especially at the card table.
- When you're playing heads-up, anything can happen. Don't be too wary to push all in on a less-than nut hand; otherwise, you'll just end up losing your blinds.
- If you're chip leader, bullying raises will get you a lot of blinds.
In other news, we gave
He had no clue what was going on with it, and his confusion was even more exquisite because Tony got him a Garth Brooks CD to add to the mystery. When he finally found the CF card, though, he held it up between two fingers and looked at us all, and exclaimed, "Sweet..."
Notes from the weekend...
- Amy and Runa, in the process of playing four poker tournaments have had a meteoric rise in their Texas Hold'em playing ability.
- If you're going to hold a tournament with over T$6000, make sure you start the blinds out significantly higher than with a tournament with T$250 in chips.
- Playing tournaments is a great way of learning what to play and what not to play.
- Smokers get very, very irritable when they're not allowed to smoke, especially at the card table.
- When you're playing heads-up, anything can happen. Don't be too wary to push all in on a less-than nut hand; otherwise, you'll just end up losing your blinds.
- If you're chip leader, bullying raises will get you a lot of blinds.
In other news, we gave
He had no clue what was going on with it, and his confusion was even more exquisite because Tony got him a Garth Brooks CD to add to the mystery. When he finally found the CF card, though, he held it up between two fingers and looked at us all, and exclaimed, "Sweet..."
May 23, 2003
I just freaked myself out.
I was listening to music and suddenly got in a mood to make an icon just now--Looking up and down my playlist, I saw Lyle Lovett's "If I Had a Boat," which is a really great song. So I decide to make an icon with the line "and if I had a pony, I'd ride him on my boat." Except I can't really find a good picture to go with that image from my usual fandoms. Buffy never really rides a horse. Until I hit upon the perfect subject.
The Ring, with the whole horse-on-the-ferry, creepy-blood-psycho thing.
And then I get a total wiggins. ::shudder::
I think I'll leave that icon for someone else...
The Ring, with the whole horse-on-the-ferry, creepy-blood-psycho thing.
And then I get a total wiggins. ::shudder::
I think I'll leave that icon for someone else...
I just freaked myself out.
I was listening to music and suddenly got in a mood to make an icon just now--Looking up and down my playlist, I saw Lyle Lovett's "If I Had a Boat," which is a really great song. So I decide to make an icon with the line "and if I had a pony, I'd ride him on my boat." Except I can't really find a good picture to go with that image from my usual fandoms. Buffy never really rides a horse. Until I hit upon the perfect subject.
The Ring, with the whole horse-on-the-ferry, creepy-blood-psycho thing.
And then I get a total wiggins. ::shudder::
I think I'll leave that icon for someone else...
The Ring, with the whole horse-on-the-ferry, creepy-blood-psycho thing.
And then I get a total wiggins. ::shudder::
I think I'll leave that icon for someone else...
May 22, 2003
Buffy thingy...
- Name your favorite character ever. Yes. You can only pick one. Maybe two: Xander. Duh.
- Give one line you love: Well, shit...
Xander's "Do you know what's a good day to break up with somebody? Any day BUT Valentine's Day! I mean, what, were you running low on dramatic irony?" has a particular resonance for me, considering an ex broke up with me on Valentine's; which leads to Spike's "I may be Love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it," but I just can't get past the pure, unadulterated snark of Giles' "If you want to criticize my methods, fine. But you can keep your snide remarks to yourself. And while you're at it, don't criticize my methods." - Favorite three episodes. Maybe five: "When She Was Bad," "Becoming II," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
- Favorite villain: Angelus.
- Favorite song used in a scene: "Sugar Water" by Cibo Matto during the Buffy-Xander Nasty Dance in "When She Was Bad."
- Favorite season: Season 2, the zenith of Buffy writing.
- Scariest episode: "Hush" (or I could say "Beer Bad" for the utter fear it awakened in me that my favorite television show was dying...)
- Best kiss/sex scene/romantic whatever... it can be tame or not: Either the clothes fluke or t-shirt-clad Willow trying to seduce Xander from his bed in "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
- Favorite relationship (of any kind): Xander/Willow (big shock, huh?).
- Set/location you'll miss the most: The High School Library.
Buffy thingy...
- Name your favorite character ever. Yes. You can only pick one. Maybe two: Xander. Duh.
- Give one line you love: Well, shit...
Xander's "Do you know what's a good day to break up with somebody? Any day BUT Valentine's Day! I mean, what, were you running low on dramatic irony?" has a particular resonance for me, considering an ex broke up with me on Valentine's; which leads to Spike's "I may be Love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it," but I just can't get past the pure, unadulterated snark of Giles' "If you want to criticize my methods, fine. But you can keep your snide remarks to yourself. And while you're at it, don't criticize my methods." - Favorite three episodes. Maybe five: "When She Was Bad," "Becoming II," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
- Favorite villain: Angelus.
- Favorite song used in a scene: "Sugar Water" by Cibo Matto during the Buffy-Xander Nasty Dance in "When She Was Bad."
- Favorite season: Season 2, the zenith of Buffy writing.
- Scariest episode: "Hush" (or I could say "Beer Bad" for the utter fear it awakened in me that my favorite television show was dying...)
- Best kiss/sex scene/romantic whatever... it can be tame or not: Either the clothes fluke or t-shirt-clad Willow trying to seduce Xander from his bed in "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
- Favorite relationship (of any kind): Xander/Willow (big shock, huh?).
- Set/location you'll miss the most: The High School Library.
May 21, 2003
Script for "Chosen"
I'm not sure of the validity of it, but I just skimmed a script for "Chosen" linked to off of Usenet. If this is, indeed, an earlier draft of the episode, I think it sits thematically better than what was presented. Of course, major spoilers for the episode, and a slightly more catatonia-inspiring ending (this means you, ...)
Part the first * Part the second
Part the first * Part the second
Script for "Chosen"
I'm not sure of the validity of it, but I just skimmed a script for "Chosen" linked to off of Usenet. If this is, indeed, an earlier draft of the episode, I think it sits thematically better than what was presented. Of course, major spoilers for the episode, and a slightly more catatonia-inspiring ending (this means you, ...)
Part the first * Part the second
Part the first * Part the second
May 19, 2003
A little bit of writing...
Yes. I wrote fanfic. This was for . I've since revised what I placed there--this is the result.
Title: Still untitled...
Summary: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Timeline: Second Age, sometime. Prior to the forging of the One Ring.
He found her at her mirror.
He watched her as her seemingly empty stare fixed on the near-overflowing pool of water--he made no motion to interrupt her, fearing to break her concentration.
"Celebrimbor," she called out to him.
"Lady, it is finished," he replied as he hurried forward. The cloth bundle he carried was slightly longer than his arm, and he unwrapped it as he proffered it to her. Inside, an axe head glinted silver in the moonlight.
"The blade is without compare, shaped from the Mithril of Hadhodrond by the hand of Narvi--and just as you asked, my handle--" He turned the axe and traced a finger down the studded handle to where it joined to wood--a solid section that tapered to a point.
"Splendid," she replied, and took the weapon from him.
From all around, a throng of women--human women--crept from the shadows of the forest. She gave them the axe, and they retreated to a clearing close by.
Celebrimbor watched as each woman, softly muttering, reached her hand beneath her own underclothes and brought it out, smeared with blood. Together, they touched the blade and handle, painting the weapon red.
"Lady?" he asked, incredulous. "We are at peace. What man requires such an enchanted weapon?"
"No," she countered. "No man." The Lady gestured to the mirror.
In the rippled images, Celebrimbor spied a peasant girl striking at a giant bat; a shield-maiden, sword in hand, her flesh melting as she grappled with a balrog. Girls, countless faces--some in braids, some dressed as men--all fighting the unknown and unspeakable.
And a young, fair-haired girl, bloodied and bruised, standing strong in strange clothing, ready for battle against an array of beasts.
"It is for her alone."
Notes: My first real foray into fanfic. In Tolkien lore, Celebrimbor forged the Three Elven Rings, he and Narvi created the Durin's Door ("Speak 'friend'..."), and Hadhodrond is the Elven name for Moria. I think from now on, I'm going to call what everyone's mislabelling "The Scythe," the "mmglih."
Title: Still untitled...
Summary: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Timeline: Second Age, sometime. Prior to the forging of the One Ring.
He found her at her mirror.
He watched her as her seemingly empty stare fixed on the near-overflowing pool of water--he made no motion to interrupt her, fearing to break her concentration.
"Celebrimbor," she called out to him.
"Lady, it is finished," he replied as he hurried forward. The cloth bundle he carried was slightly longer than his arm, and he unwrapped it as he proffered it to her. Inside, an axe head glinted silver in the moonlight.
"The blade is without compare, shaped from the Mithril of Hadhodrond by the hand of Narvi--and just as you asked, my handle--" He turned the axe and traced a finger down the studded handle to where it joined to wood--a solid section that tapered to a point.
"Splendid," she replied, and took the weapon from him.
From all around, a throng of women--human women--crept from the shadows of the forest. She gave them the axe, and they retreated to a clearing close by.
Celebrimbor watched as each woman, softly muttering, reached her hand beneath her own underclothes and brought it out, smeared with blood. Together, they touched the blade and handle, painting the weapon red.
"Lady?" he asked, incredulous. "We are at peace. What man requires such an enchanted weapon?"
"No," she countered. "No man." The Lady gestured to the mirror.
In the rippled images, Celebrimbor spied a peasant girl striking at a giant bat; a shield-maiden, sword in hand, her flesh melting as she grappled with a balrog. Girls, countless faces--some in braids, some dressed as men--all fighting the unknown and unspeakable.
And a young, fair-haired girl, bloodied and bruised, standing strong in strange clothing, ready for battle against an array of beasts.
"It is for her alone."
Notes: My first real foray into fanfic. In Tolkien lore, Celebrimbor forged the Three Elven Rings, he and Narvi created the Durin's Door ("Speak 'friend'..."), and Hadhodrond is the Elven name for Moria. I think from now on, I'm going to call what everyone's mislabelling "The Scythe," the "mmglih."
A little bit of writing...
Yes. I wrote fanfic. This was for . I've since revised what I placed there--this is the result.
Title: Still untitled...
Summary: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Timeline: Second Age, sometime. Prior to the forging of the One Ring.
He found her at her mirror.
He watched her as her seemingly empty stare fixed on the near-overflowing pool of water--he made no motion to interrupt her, fearing to break her concentration.
"Celebrimbor," she called out to him.
"Lady, it is finished," he replied as he hurried forward. The cloth bundle he carried was slightly longer than his arm, and he unwrapped it as he proffered it to her. Inside, an axe head glinted silver in the moonlight.
"The blade is without compare, shaped from the Mithril of Hadhodrond by the hand of Narvi--and just as you asked, my handle--" He turned the axe and traced a finger down the studded handle to where it joined to wood--a solid section that tapered to a point.
"Splendid," she replied, and took the weapon from him.
From all around, a throng of women--human women--crept from the shadows of the forest. She gave them the axe, and they retreated to a clearing close by.
Celebrimbor watched as each woman, softly muttering, reached her hand beneath her own underclothes and brought it out, smeared with blood. Together, they touched the blade and handle, painting the weapon red.
"Lady?" he asked, incredulous. "We are at peace. What man requires such an enchanted weapon?"
"No," she countered. "No man." The Lady gestured to the mirror.
In the rippled images, Celebrimbor spied a peasant girl striking at a giant bat; a shield-maiden, sword in hand, her flesh melting as she grappled with a balrog. Girls, countless faces--some in braids, some dressed as men--all fighting the unknown and unspeakable.
And a young, fair-haired girl, bloodied and bruised, standing strong in strange clothing, ready for battle against an array of beasts.
"It is for her alone."
Notes: My first real foray into fanfic. In Tolkien lore, Celebrimbor forged the Three Elven Rings, he and Narvi created the Durin's Door ("Speak 'friend'..."), and Hadhodrond is the Elven name for Moria. I think from now on, I'm going to call what everyone's mislabelling "The Scythe," the "mmglih."
Title: Still untitled...
Summary: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Timeline: Second Age, sometime. Prior to the forging of the One Ring.
He found her at her mirror.
He watched her as her seemingly empty stare fixed on the near-overflowing pool of water--he made no motion to interrupt her, fearing to break her concentration.
"Celebrimbor," she called out to him.
"Lady, it is finished," he replied as he hurried forward. The cloth bundle he carried was slightly longer than his arm, and he unwrapped it as he proffered it to her. Inside, an axe head glinted silver in the moonlight.
"The blade is without compare, shaped from the Mithril of Hadhodrond by the hand of Narvi--and just as you asked, my handle--" He turned the axe and traced a finger down the studded handle to where it joined to wood--a solid section that tapered to a point.
"Splendid," she replied, and took the weapon from him.
From all around, a throng of women--human women--crept from the shadows of the forest. She gave them the axe, and they retreated to a clearing close by.
Celebrimbor watched as each woman, softly muttering, reached her hand beneath her own underclothes and brought it out, smeared with blood. Together, they touched the blade and handle, painting the weapon red.
"Lady?" he asked, incredulous. "We are at peace. What man requires such an enchanted weapon?"
"No," she countered. "No man." The Lady gestured to the mirror.
In the rippled images, Celebrimbor spied a peasant girl striking at a giant bat; a shield-maiden, sword in hand, her flesh melting as she grappled with a balrog. Girls, countless faces--some in braids, some dressed as men--all fighting the unknown and unspeakable.
And a young, fair-haired girl, bloodied and bruised, standing strong in strange clothing, ready for battle against an array of beasts.
"It is for her alone."
Notes: My first real foray into fanfic. In Tolkien lore, Celebrimbor forged the Three Elven Rings, he and Narvi created the Durin's Door ("Speak 'friend'..."), and Hadhodrond is the Elven name for Moria. I think from now on, I'm going to call what everyone's mislabelling "The Scythe," the "mmglih."
May 16, 2003
More Free Advice...
If you opt to wear your glasses instead of contact lenses because your eyes are bothering you, make sure to tighten the screws on your glasses. You wouldn't want a lens to pop out suddenly and force you to bum a ride from your coworker to the eyeglass shop for a new screw.
More Free Advice...
If you opt to wear your glasses instead of contact lenses because your eyes are bothering you, make sure to tighten the screws on your glasses. You wouldn't want a lens to pop out suddenly and force you to bum a ride from your coworker to the eyeglass shop for a new screw.
May 15, 2003
Free Advice (or "Please Yell if You're Paying Attention")
If you've just been eating heavily-salted garlic-flavored plantain chips, make sure you wash your hands before putting contact lenses into your eyes.
Free Advice (or "Please Yell if You're Paying Attention")
If you've just been eating heavily-salted garlic-flavored plantain chips, make sure you wash your hands before putting contact lenses into your eyes.
May 13, 2003
The "perfect" film
A university lecturer has determined the formula for a "perfect" film
Now, I'm not necessarily saying that this is the definitive formula for a successful project, but does this sound like anything familiar? That's right... Early seasons of Buffy had this kind of mix. Season 4 suffered from too much Love/Sex/Romance and Plot, while Season 6 suffered from not enough comedy.
In fact, I'd daresay that the quality of comedy on Buffy took a tremendous downturn after Season 3.
- Action 30%
- Comedy 17%
- Good vs. Evil 13%
- Love/Sex/Romance 12%
- Special Effects 10%
- Plot 10%
- Music 8%
Now, I'm not necessarily saying that this is the definitive formula for a successful project, but does this sound like anything familiar? That's right... Early seasons of Buffy had this kind of mix. Season 4 suffered from too much Love/Sex/Romance and Plot, while Season 6 suffered from not enough comedy.
In fact, I'd daresay that the quality of comedy on Buffy took a tremendous downturn after Season 3.
The "perfect" film
A university lecturer has determined the formula for a "perfect" film
Now, I'm not necessarily saying that this is the definitive formula for a successful project, but does this sound like anything familiar? That's right... Early seasons of Buffy had this kind of mix. Season 4 suffered from too much Love/Sex/Romance and Plot, while Season 6 suffered from not enough comedy.
In fact, I'd daresay that the quality of comedy on Buffy took a tremendous downturn after Season 3.
- Action 30%
- Comedy 17%
- Good vs. Evil 13%
- Love/Sex/Romance 12%
- Special Effects 10%
- Plot 10%
- Music 8%
Now, I'm not necessarily saying that this is the definitive formula for a successful project, but does this sound like anything familiar? That's right... Early seasons of Buffy had this kind of mix. Season 4 suffered from too much Love/Sex/Romance and Plot, while Season 6 suffered from not enough comedy.
In fact, I'd daresay that the quality of comedy on Buffy took a tremendous downturn after Season 3.
May 7, 2003
Fray Musings
The appearance of Fray's axe/scythe in the most recent episode of Buffy, "Touched," kicked off a train of thought that's been brewing since I started picking up the series.
Spoilers for everything up until issue 6... most notably issue 3 and speculation for the final episodes of Buffy. (Excuse me if this has been discussed before...)
Maybe I'm just remembering "A New Man."
Since the beginning of Fray, I've had this suspicion that Urkonn is Giles. I've since revised that theory--I think Urkonn is one of the Scoobies (or the AI gang).
If you recall "A New Man," Giles somehow becomes transformed into a demon, and he and Spike have to somehow convince Buffy that he's not dangerous.
Now Urkonn and his spiraling goat horns bear a strong similarity to the Demon that Giles turned into in "A New Man," but there's other evidence:
Apparently, 200 years from now, projectile weapons are now antiques and the average street-wise thief has no idea what a bullet could be.
From Fray's description, the Internet and computing has grown beyond its current bounds and is now known as the Grid. She's not especially familiar with the current vernacular term "Computer," but she deduces that it means the Grid.
So based on the previous two items, I find it a bit strange that this demon, Urkonn, whose general speech is grounded in twenty-first-centuryisms doesn't really know what happened to the last slayer. He has "[his] reasons" for helping Fray, though. Granted these reasons could very well coincide with yet another plot by the demons that he's working for (from the opening sequence of Issue 1). Artist Karl Moline, however, imbues the close-up of his decayed face when he says "Because I don't know" with a certain melancholy--a sense which carries through his description of the final battle to his off-camera "I do not know if she lived..."
There is one facet of Fray that doesn't quite fit with these theories--when speaking with his superiors in Issue 5, one of them, Vrill is concerned about "[their] enemy." Urkonn responds, "The Watchers have presented themselves no threat ..." If Urkonn is a former Scooby, then why would ally himself against the Watchers? As he describes, however, the Watchers, after two hundred or so years of waiting, have become impatient and fanatical.
A theory on Urkonn and what it might mean for the Buffy Series Finale:
If you recall the bit of dialogue where Urkonn describes the final battle, the illustration that accompanies it shows a silhouette of a girl, a stake in one hand, and a simple battle axe in the other. Within the confines of Fray the comic, I think we may be meant to assume that this is Buffy. But because she isn't wielding the Slayer's Axe/Scythe (and because Angel the series likely wouldn't continue were she to banish all demons and magick from the Earth) I don't think this is Buffy (or, at least, it's not the series finale).
This scenario, however, offers up a good reason why one of the Scoobies/AI crew would be around and in demon form two hundred years hence. As we've seen from "A New Man," any human character can be transformed into a demon. If Joss does write this as the series finale, I've a couple of suggestions of who Urkonn could be.
Spike: When Fray first meets Urkonn, she attacks him, and in his short temper, Urkonn is a bit violent in his response. As we've seen in "Faith, Hope, and Trick," Kakistos, after an extremely long life as a vampire eventually transformed into a less-humanoid vampire, indeed one with cloven hooves, like Urkonn. As a demon, he would be banished with the other demons away from the Earth.
Angel: Like Spike, Angel could eventually transform into a Kakistos-like vampire with cloven hooves. The Sanshu prophecy doesn't really lend itself to this interpretation, although I wouldn't put it past Joss to give that new life to Spike (the other vampire-with-a-soul) and screw Angel, especially now, after we're meant to question everything we've seen until now on Angel.
In the opening sequence for Issue 6, Urkonn laments the horror of war, and both Spike and Angel have lived through wars.
Giles, Wesley, or Xander: Transformed into a demon, one of these three is banished with the other demons into a hell dimension, and all three would have ample reasons to help a new Slayer.
Conner: Purely cheesy: "Conn-er"/"Ur-Konn" -- yeah, it's rather silly, but as we've seen on Angel, Conner's humanity is in question. Indeed, throughout Fray, Urkonn makes passing comments on the behavior of humans. If this Slayer does banish all demons, would Conner be banished as well? And if the Slayer that banishes the demons is not Buffy, could it be Faith? We've seen that Conner holds a flame for her, and their future relationship is not really set.
So, again, if Joss does write the final battle that Urkonn describes as the series finale of Buffy, then I think one of the Scoobies, with the two frontrunners being Giles and Spike, will be transformed into a demon (in Giles' case) and banished from the Earth along with everything else magickal.
My brain hurts now. Thoughts?
Maybe I'm just remembering "A New Man."
Since the beginning of Fray, I've had this suspicion that Urkonn is Giles. I've since revised that theory--I think Urkonn is one of the Scoobies (or the AI gang).
If you recall "A New Man," Giles somehow becomes transformed into a demon, and he and Spike have to somehow convince Buffy that he's not dangerous.
Now Urkonn and his spiraling goat horns bear a strong similarity to the Demon that Giles turned into in "A New Man," but there's other evidence:
Issue 2: When Urkonn first meets Fray, she points a gun at him. On page 3, panel 2, Urkonn replies, "You are a fool, Girl. I am Urkonn, of the D'Avvrus. Bullets [emphasis mine] cannot harm me."
"What's a bullet?" Fray replies, as she shoots him with what appears to be a stun gun/tazer pistol.
Apparently, 200 years from now, projectile weapons are now antiques and the average street-wise thief has no idea what a bullet could be.
Further into the issue, Fray grabs a flying robot. "What is that?" Urkonn asks.
"Carrier Pigeon. Means I got a job." She replies.
"You do not have computers on the earth anymore?" he asks.
"What, you mean the Grid?" she responds.
From Fray's description, the Internet and computing has grown beyond its current bounds and is now known as the Grid. She's not especially familiar with the current vernacular term "Computer," but she deduces that it means the Grid.
Issue 3: Urkonn describes the traditional role of Watchers and Slayer--"They were trained. Sought out and guided by Watchers, descendants of the shamans who created the first Slayer."
"So are you my Watch-"
"No."
-"No."
"No."
"Then why--"
"My reasons are my own."
[then...]
"Why don't you tell me what happened to the last one?"
"Because I don't know. It was some hundreds of years ago, in the twenty-first century. What we know is this--there was a battle. A Slayer, possibly with some mystical allies, faced an apocalyptic army of demons. And when it was done--they were all gone. All demons, all magicks, banished from this earthly dimension."
"And the Slayer? Did she..."
"I do not know if she lived. But, the demons being gone, she was the last to be called."
So based on the previous two items, I find it a bit strange that this demon, Urkonn, whose general speech is grounded in twenty-first-centuryisms doesn't really know what happened to the last slayer. He has "[his] reasons" for helping Fray, though. Granted these reasons could very well coincide with yet another plot by the demons that he's working for (from the opening sequence of Issue 1). Artist Karl Moline, however, imbues the close-up of his decayed face when he says "Because I don't know" with a certain melancholy--a sense which carries through his description of the final battle to his off-camera "I do not know if she lived..."
There is one facet of Fray that doesn't quite fit with these theories--when speaking with his superiors in Issue 5, one of them, Vrill is concerned about "[their] enemy." Urkonn responds, "The Watchers have presented themselves no threat ..." If Urkonn is a former Scooby, then why would ally himself against the Watchers? As he describes, however, the Watchers, after two hundred or so years of waiting, have become impatient and fanatical.
A theory on Urkonn and what it might mean for the Buffy Series Finale:
If you recall the bit of dialogue where Urkonn describes the final battle, the illustration that accompanies it shows a silhouette of a girl, a stake in one hand, and a simple battle axe in the other. Within the confines of Fray the comic, I think we may be meant to assume that this is Buffy. But because she isn't wielding the Slayer's Axe/Scythe (and because Angel the series likely wouldn't continue were she to banish all demons and magick from the Earth) I don't think this is Buffy (or, at least, it's not the series finale).
This scenario, however, offers up a good reason why one of the Scoobies/AI crew would be around and in demon form two hundred years hence. As we've seen from "A New Man," any human character can be transformed into a demon. If Joss does write this as the series finale, I've a couple of suggestions of who Urkonn could be.
Spike: When Fray first meets Urkonn, she attacks him, and in his short temper, Urkonn is a bit violent in his response. As we've seen in "Faith, Hope, and Trick," Kakistos, after an extremely long life as a vampire eventually transformed into a less-humanoid vampire, indeed one with cloven hooves, like Urkonn. As a demon, he would be banished with the other demons away from the Earth.
Angel: Like Spike, Angel could eventually transform into a Kakistos-like vampire with cloven hooves. The Sanshu prophecy doesn't really lend itself to this interpretation, although I wouldn't put it past Joss to give that new life to Spike (the other vampire-with-a-soul) and screw Angel, especially now, after we're meant to question everything we've seen until now on Angel.
In the opening sequence for Issue 6, Urkonn laments the horror of war, and both Spike and Angel have lived through wars.
Giles, Wesley, or Xander: Transformed into a demon, one of these three is banished with the other demons into a hell dimension, and all three would have ample reasons to help a new Slayer.
Conner: Purely cheesy: "Conn-er"/"Ur-Konn" -- yeah, it's rather silly, but as we've seen on Angel, Conner's humanity is in question. Indeed, throughout Fray, Urkonn makes passing comments on the behavior of humans. If this Slayer does banish all demons, would Conner be banished as well? And if the Slayer that banishes the demons is not Buffy, could it be Faith? We've seen that Conner holds a flame for her, and their future relationship is not really set.
So, again, if Joss does write the final battle that Urkonn describes as the series finale of Buffy, then I think one of the Scoobies, with the two frontrunners being Giles and Spike, will be transformed into a demon (in Giles' case) and banished from the Earth along with everything else magickal.
My brain hurts now. Thoughts?
Fray Musings
The appearance of Fray's axe/scythe in the most recent episode of Buffy, "Touched," kicked off a train of thought that's been brewing since I started picking up the series.
Spoilers for everything up until issue 6... most notably issue 3 and speculation for the final episodes of Buffy. (Excuse me if this has been discussed before...)
Maybe I'm just remembering "A New Man."
Since the beginning of Fray, I've had this suspicion that Urkonn is Giles. I've since revised that theory--I think Urkonn is one of the Scoobies (or the AI gang).
If you recall "A New Man," Giles somehow becomes transformed into a demon, and he and Spike have to somehow convince Buffy that he's not dangerous.
Now Urkonn and his spiraling goat horns bear a strong similarity to the Demon that Giles turned into in "A New Man," but there's other evidence:
Apparently, 200 years from now, projectile weapons are now antiques and the average street-wise thief has no idea what a bullet could be.
From Fray's description, the Internet and computing has grown beyond its current bounds and is now known as the Grid. She's not especially familiar with the current vernacular term "Computer," but she deduces that it means the Grid.
So based on the previous two items, I find it a bit strange that this demon, Urkonn, whose general speech is grounded in twenty-first-centuryisms doesn't really know what happened to the last slayer. He has "[his] reasons" for helping Fray, though. Granted these reasons could very well coincide with yet another plot by the demons that he's working for (from the opening sequence of Issue 1). Artist Karl Moline, however, imbues the close-up of his decayed face when he says "Because I don't know" with a certain melancholy--a sense which carries through his description of the final battle to his off-camera "I do not know if she lived..."
There is one facet of Fray that doesn't quite fit with these theories--when speaking with his superiors in Issue 5, one of them, Vrill is concerned about "[their] enemy." Urkonn responds, "The Watchers have presented themselves no threat ..." If Urkonn is a former Scooby, then why would ally himself against the Watchers? As he describes, however, the Watchers, after two hundred or so years of waiting, have become impatient and fanatical.
A theory on Urkonn and what it might mean for the Buffy Series Finale:
If you recall the bit of dialogue where Urkonn describes the final battle, the illustration that accompanies it shows a silhouette of a girl, a stake in one hand, and a simple battle axe in the other. Within the confines of Fray the comic, I think we may be meant to assume that this is Buffy. But because she isn't wielding the Slayer's Axe/Scythe (and because Angel the series likely wouldn't continue were she to banish all demons and magick from the Earth) I don't think this is Buffy (or, at least, it's not the series finale).
This scenario, however, offers up a good reason why one of the Scoobies/AI crew would be around and in demon form two hundred years hence. As we've seen from "A New Man," any human character can be transformed into a demon. If Joss does write this as the series finale, I've a couple of suggestions of who Urkonn could be.
Spike: When Fray first meets Urkonn, she attacks him, and in his short temper, Urkonn is a bit violent in his response. As we've seen in "Faith, Hope, and Trick," Kakistos, after an extremely long life as a vampire eventually transformed into a less-humanoid vampire, indeed one with cloven hooves, like Urkonn. As a demon, he would be banished with the other demons away from the Earth.
Angel: Like Spike, Angel could eventually transform into a Kakistos-like vampire with cloven hooves. The Sanshu prophecy doesn't really lend itself to this interpretation, although I wouldn't put it past Joss to give that new life to Spike (the other vampire-with-a-soul) and screw Angel, especially now, after we're meant to question everything we've seen until now on Angel.
In the opening sequence for Issue 6, Urkonn laments the horror of war, and both Spike and Angel have lived through wars.
Giles, Wesley, or Xander: Transformed into a demon, one of these three is banished with the other demons into a hell dimension, and all three would have ample reasons to help a new Slayer.
Conner: Purely cheesy: "Conn-er"/"Ur-Konn" -- yeah, it's rather silly, but as we've seen on Angel, Conner's humanity is in question. Indeed, throughout Fray, Urkonn makes passing comments on the behavior of humans. If this Slayer does banish all demons, would Conner be banished as well? And if the Slayer that banishes the demons is not Buffy, could it be Faith? We've seen that Conner holds a flame for her, and their future relationship is not really set.
So, again, if Joss does write the final battle that Urkonn describes as the series finale of Buffy, then I think one of the Scoobies, with the two frontrunners being Giles and Spike, will be transformed into a demon (in Giles' case) and banished from the Earth along with everything else magickal.
My brain hurts now. Thoughts?
Maybe I'm just remembering "A New Man."
Since the beginning of Fray, I've had this suspicion that Urkonn is Giles. I've since revised that theory--I think Urkonn is one of the Scoobies (or the AI gang).
If you recall "A New Man," Giles somehow becomes transformed into a demon, and he and Spike have to somehow convince Buffy that he's not dangerous.
Now Urkonn and his spiraling goat horns bear a strong similarity to the Demon that Giles turned into in "A New Man," but there's other evidence:
Issue 2: When Urkonn first meets Fray, she points a gun at him. On page 3, panel 2, Urkonn replies, "You are a fool, Girl. I am Urkonn, of the D'Avvrus. Bullets [emphasis mine] cannot harm me."
"What's a bullet?" Fray replies, as she shoots him with what appears to be a stun gun/tazer pistol.
Apparently, 200 years from now, projectile weapons are now antiques and the average street-wise thief has no idea what a bullet could be.
Further into the issue, Fray grabs a flying robot. "What is that?" Urkonn asks.
"Carrier Pigeon. Means I got a job." She replies.
"You do not have computers on the earth anymore?" he asks.
"What, you mean the Grid?" she responds.
From Fray's description, the Internet and computing has grown beyond its current bounds and is now known as the Grid. She's not especially familiar with the current vernacular term "Computer," but she deduces that it means the Grid.
Issue 3: Urkonn describes the traditional role of Watchers and Slayer--"They were trained. Sought out and guided by Watchers, descendants of the shamans who created the first Slayer."
"So are you my Watch-"
"No."
-"No."
"No."
"Then why--"
"My reasons are my own."
[then...]
"Why don't you tell me what happened to the last one?"
"Because I don't know. It was some hundreds of years ago, in the twenty-first century. What we know is this--there was a battle. A Slayer, possibly with some mystical allies, faced an apocalyptic army of demons. And when it was done--they were all gone. All demons, all magicks, banished from this earthly dimension."
"And the Slayer? Did she..."
"I do not know if she lived. But, the demons being gone, she was the last to be called."
So based on the previous two items, I find it a bit strange that this demon, Urkonn, whose general speech is grounded in twenty-first-centuryisms doesn't really know what happened to the last slayer. He has "[his] reasons" for helping Fray, though. Granted these reasons could very well coincide with yet another plot by the demons that he's working for (from the opening sequence of Issue 1). Artist Karl Moline, however, imbues the close-up of his decayed face when he says "Because I don't know" with a certain melancholy--a sense which carries through his description of the final battle to his off-camera "I do not know if she lived..."
There is one facet of Fray that doesn't quite fit with these theories--when speaking with his superiors in Issue 5, one of them, Vrill is concerned about "[their] enemy." Urkonn responds, "The Watchers have presented themselves no threat ..." If Urkonn is a former Scooby, then why would ally himself against the Watchers? As he describes, however, the Watchers, after two hundred or so years of waiting, have become impatient and fanatical.
A theory on Urkonn and what it might mean for the Buffy Series Finale:
If you recall the bit of dialogue where Urkonn describes the final battle, the illustration that accompanies it shows a silhouette of a girl, a stake in one hand, and a simple battle axe in the other. Within the confines of Fray the comic, I think we may be meant to assume that this is Buffy. But because she isn't wielding the Slayer's Axe/Scythe (and because Angel the series likely wouldn't continue were she to banish all demons and magick from the Earth) I don't think this is Buffy (or, at least, it's not the series finale).
This scenario, however, offers up a good reason why one of the Scoobies/AI crew would be around and in demon form two hundred years hence. As we've seen from "A New Man," any human character can be transformed into a demon. If Joss does write this as the series finale, I've a couple of suggestions of who Urkonn could be.
Spike: When Fray first meets Urkonn, she attacks him, and in his short temper, Urkonn is a bit violent in his response. As we've seen in "Faith, Hope, and Trick," Kakistos, after an extremely long life as a vampire eventually transformed into a less-humanoid vampire, indeed one with cloven hooves, like Urkonn. As a demon, he would be banished with the other demons away from the Earth.
Angel: Like Spike, Angel could eventually transform into a Kakistos-like vampire with cloven hooves. The Sanshu prophecy doesn't really lend itself to this interpretation, although I wouldn't put it past Joss to give that new life to Spike (the other vampire-with-a-soul) and screw Angel, especially now, after we're meant to question everything we've seen until now on Angel.
In the opening sequence for Issue 6, Urkonn laments the horror of war, and both Spike and Angel have lived through wars.
Giles, Wesley, or Xander: Transformed into a demon, one of these three is banished with the other demons into a hell dimension, and all three would have ample reasons to help a new Slayer.
Conner: Purely cheesy: "Conn-er"/"Ur-Konn" -- yeah, it's rather silly, but as we've seen on Angel, Conner's humanity is in question. Indeed, throughout Fray, Urkonn makes passing comments on the behavior of humans. If this Slayer does banish all demons, would Conner be banished as well? And if the Slayer that banishes the demons is not Buffy, could it be Faith? We've seen that Conner holds a flame for her, and their future relationship is not really set.
So, again, if Joss does write the final battle that Urkonn describes as the series finale of Buffy, then I think one of the Scoobies, with the two frontrunners being Giles and Spike, will be transformed into a demon (in Giles' case) and banished from the Earth along with everything else magickal.
My brain hurts now. Thoughts?
Eleventh Hour Desperation Sex
First some questions to all the fen out there:
1. Where did the term "squee" come from?
2. Why does everyone misspell "whining" as "whinging"?
Spoilers for episodes up to "Touched."
Aside from my sense of excitement at recognizing what most people are calling the Scythe (it's actually more of an axe...) from Joss Whedon's Fray comic series for Dark Horse Comics, my other reaction to the episode is one of general dissatisfaction.
Others have written that the episode "read" like bad fanfic--not having read a great deal of fanfic, I can't really speak to that assertion, but I suspect what they mean is
Of the former, I think the episode really speaks for itself.
Of the latter, I can say that I didn't feel any of the sexual tension between Faith and Principal Wood--a tension that was so palpable in "Empty Places." Sure, their discussion of how the First manipulated both of them was, in a way, breaking new ground between the both of them, and in the past, Faith has shown sexual recklessness, but nothing about the scene preceding their coupling said, "and now I want to jump your bones." The sex just seemed tacked on the end of their dialogue, with a feeling of "I'm bored, let's have sex."
Willow and Kennedy. Some others have posted some pretty winded diatribes on this pairing, some for, but mostly against, and while I'm not particularly wishing for Kennedy's head on a stick, I don't feel like Willow and Kennedy have any reason being together other than that the both of them are lesbians. In my more cynical moments, I rather feel like Kennedy's increased presence in the Scoobies is just a role thrown in to placate the lesbian fans. In a comment to, I wrote that Willow had more chemistry in the hospital scene with Xander in "Empty Places" than in this scene--or really, any scene all season--with Kennedy.
And we really don't need to hear about your first kiss turning you into Warren, Willow. Kennedy was there. Unless she's frighteningly stupid, she remembers.
Of the sex itself, I find it interesting that (speaking as your typical, "girl-on-girl action"-loving, red-blooded American male) the tongue-with-piercing-neck-licking/feigned-moaning had really no appeal, and, as a matter of fact, was a bit of a turn-off. Maybe this is the director's fault, given that, even without a sensible reason for sex, Faith and Wood's scene (as well as Anya/Xander) had more sex appeal.
Of the three pair-offs, Xander and Anya's seemed the most natural, maybe because we're rather used to their having sex. In light of Xander's most recent trauma, however, using him and Anya like comic-sex fodder just irks me a bit.
The entire eleventh-hour-desperation-sex read like a high school Creative Writing class exercise in writing parallelism.
Because of these failures, the Buffy/Spike scene actually shines better for me within the context of the episode, which is a bit startling because I've never been one for Spuffy. But their scenes, at times despite the dialogue (Spike, how did you know Buffy wanted to rush the Vineyard when all you did was walk in to the Summers house, find out they kicked Buffy out, beat on Faith, and leave?), show a tenderness which I've seldom seen in their interactions--about the only other time I recall seeing it is Spike's "I know you'll never love me" speech in the Season 5 finale.
ETA: even without a sensible reason for sex
Umm, who needs a "sensible" reason for sex? Replace "sensible" with "compelling."
1. Where did the term "squee" come from?
2. Why does everyone misspell "whining" as "whinging"?
Aside from my sense of excitement at recognizing what most people are calling the Scythe (it's actually more of an axe...) from Joss Whedon's Fray comic series for Dark Horse Comics, my other reaction to the episode is one of general dissatisfaction.
Others have written that the episode "read" like bad fanfic--not having read a great deal of fanfic, I can't really speak to that assertion, but I suspect what they mean is
- Lack of consistent characterization, and
- Pairing characters for no good (or even bad) reasons.
Of the former, I think the episode really speaks for itself.
Of the latter, I can say that I didn't feel any of the sexual tension between Faith and Principal Wood--a tension that was so palpable in "Empty Places." Sure, their discussion of how the First manipulated both of them was, in a way, breaking new ground between the both of them, and in the past, Faith has shown sexual recklessness, but nothing about the scene preceding their coupling said, "and now I want to jump your bones." The sex just seemed tacked on the end of their dialogue, with a feeling of "I'm bored, let's have sex."
Willow and Kennedy. Some others have posted some pretty winded diatribes on this pairing, some for, but mostly against, and while I'm not particularly wishing for Kennedy's head on a stick, I don't feel like Willow and Kennedy have any reason being together other than that the both of them are lesbians. In my more cynical moments, I rather feel like Kennedy's increased presence in the Scoobies is just a role thrown in to placate the lesbian fans. In a comment to
And we really don't need to hear about your first kiss turning you into Warren, Willow. Kennedy was there. Unless she's frighteningly stupid, she remembers.
Of the sex itself, I find it interesting that (speaking as your typical, "girl-on-girl action"-loving, red-blooded American male) the tongue-with-piercing-neck-licking/feigned-moaning had really no appeal, and, as a matter of fact, was a bit of a turn-off. Maybe this is the director's fault, given that, even without a sensible reason for sex, Faith and Wood's scene (as well as Anya/Xander) had more sex appeal.
Of the three pair-offs, Xander and Anya's seemed the most natural, maybe because we're rather used to their having sex. In light of Xander's most recent trauma, however, using him and Anya like comic-sex fodder just irks me a bit.
The entire eleventh-hour-desperation-sex read like a high school Creative Writing class exercise in writing parallelism.
Because of these failures, the Buffy/Spike scene actually shines better for me within the context of the episode, which is a bit startling because I've never been one for Spuffy. But their scenes, at times despite the dialogue (Spike, how did you know Buffy wanted to rush the Vineyard when all you did was walk in to the Summers house, find out they kicked Buffy out, beat on Faith, and leave?), show a tenderness which I've seldom seen in their interactions--about the only other time I recall seeing it is Spike's "I know you'll never love me" speech in the Season 5 finale.
ETA: even without a sensible reason for sex
Umm, who needs a "sensible" reason for sex? Replace "sensible" with "compelling."
Eleventh Hour Desperation Sex
First some questions to all the fen out there:
1. Where did the term "squee" come from?
2. Why does everyone misspell "whining" as "whinging"?
Spoilers for episodes up to "Touched."
Aside from my sense of excitement at recognizing what most people are calling the Scythe (it's actually more of an axe...) from Joss Whedon's Fray comic series for Dark Horse Comics, my other reaction to the episode is one of general dissatisfaction.
Others have written that the episode "read" like bad fanfic--not having read a great deal of fanfic, I can't really speak to that assertion, but I suspect what they mean is
Of the former, I think the episode really speaks for itself.
Of the latter, I can say that I didn't feel any of the sexual tension between Faith and Principal Wood--a tension that was so palpable in "Empty Places." Sure, their discussion of how the First manipulated both of them was, in a way, breaking new ground between the both of them, and in the past, Faith has shown sexual recklessness, but nothing about the scene preceding their coupling said, "and now I want to jump your bones." The sex just seemed tacked on the end of their dialogue, with a feeling of "I'm bored, let's have sex."
Willow and Kennedy. Some others have posted some pretty winded diatribes on this pairing, some for, but mostly against, and while I'm not particularly wishing for Kennedy's head on a stick, I don't feel like Willow and Kennedy have any reason being together other than that the both of them are lesbians. In my more cynical moments, I rather feel like Kennedy's increased presence in the Scoobies is just a role thrown in to placate the lesbian fans. In a comment to, I wrote that Willow had more chemistry in the hospital scene with Xander in "Empty Places" than in this scene--or really, any scene all season--with Kennedy.
And we really don't need to hear about your first kiss turning you into Warren, Willow. Kennedy was there. Unless she's frighteningly stupid, she remembers.
Of the sex itself, I find it interesting that (speaking as your typical, "girl-on-girl action"-loving, red-blooded American male) the tongue-with-piercing-neck-licking/feigned-moaning had really no appeal, and, as a matter of fact, was a bit of a turn-off. Maybe this is the director's fault, given that, even without a sensible reason for sex, Faith and Wood's scene (as well as Anya/Xander) had more sex appeal.
Of the three pair-offs, Xander and Anya's seemed the most natural, maybe because we're rather used to their having sex. In light of Xander's most recent trauma, however, using him and Anya like comic-sex fodder just irks me a bit.
The entire eleventh-hour-desperation-sex read like a high school Creative Writing class exercise in writing parallelism.
Because of these failures, the Buffy/Spike scene actually shines better for me within the context of the episode, which is a bit startling because I've never been one for Spuffy. But their scenes, at times despite the dialogue (Spike, how did you know Buffy wanted to rush the Vineyard when all you did was walk in to the Summers house, find out they kicked Buffy out, beat on Faith, and leave?), show a tenderness which I've seldom seen in their interactions--about the only other time I recall seeing it is Spike's "I know you'll never love me" speech in the Season 5 finale.
ETA: even without a sensible reason for sex
Umm, who needs a "sensible" reason for sex? Replace "sensible" with "compelling."
1. Where did the term "squee" come from?
2. Why does everyone misspell "whining" as "whinging"?
Aside from my sense of excitement at recognizing what most people are calling the Scythe (it's actually more of an axe...) from Joss Whedon's Fray comic series for Dark Horse Comics, my other reaction to the episode is one of general dissatisfaction.
Others have written that the episode "read" like bad fanfic--not having read a great deal of fanfic, I can't really speak to that assertion, but I suspect what they mean is
- Lack of consistent characterization, and
- Pairing characters for no good (or even bad) reasons.
Of the former, I think the episode really speaks for itself.
Of the latter, I can say that I didn't feel any of the sexual tension between Faith and Principal Wood--a tension that was so palpable in "Empty Places." Sure, their discussion of how the First manipulated both of them was, in a way, breaking new ground between the both of them, and in the past, Faith has shown sexual recklessness, but nothing about the scene preceding their coupling said, "and now I want to jump your bones." The sex just seemed tacked on the end of their dialogue, with a feeling of "I'm bored, let's have sex."
Willow and Kennedy. Some others have posted some pretty winded diatribes on this pairing, some for, but mostly against, and while I'm not particularly wishing for Kennedy's head on a stick, I don't feel like Willow and Kennedy have any reason being together other than that the both of them are lesbians. In my more cynical moments, I rather feel like Kennedy's increased presence in the Scoobies is just a role thrown in to placate the lesbian fans. In a comment to
And we really don't need to hear about your first kiss turning you into Warren, Willow. Kennedy was there. Unless she's frighteningly stupid, she remembers.
Of the sex itself, I find it interesting that (speaking as your typical, "girl-on-girl action"-loving, red-blooded American male) the tongue-with-piercing-neck-licking/feigned-moaning had really no appeal, and, as a matter of fact, was a bit of a turn-off. Maybe this is the director's fault, given that, even without a sensible reason for sex, Faith and Wood's scene (as well as Anya/Xander) had more sex appeal.
Of the three pair-offs, Xander and Anya's seemed the most natural, maybe because we're rather used to their having sex. In light of Xander's most recent trauma, however, using him and Anya like comic-sex fodder just irks me a bit.
The entire eleventh-hour-desperation-sex read like a high school Creative Writing class exercise in writing parallelism.
Because of these failures, the Buffy/Spike scene actually shines better for me within the context of the episode, which is a bit startling because I've never been one for Spuffy. But their scenes, at times despite the dialogue (Spike, how did you know Buffy wanted to rush the Vineyard when all you did was walk in to the Summers house, find out they kicked Buffy out, beat on Faith, and leave?), show a tenderness which I've seldom seen in their interactions--about the only other time I recall seeing it is Spike's "I know you'll never love me" speech in the Season 5 finale.
ETA: even without a sensible reason for sex
Umm, who needs a "sensible" reason for sex? Replace "sensible" with "compelling."
On Buffy, "Touched"
A little background on what people are calling "The Scythe" (or maybe it should be 'foreground'...):
I have a gift for you. It is a weapon, forged eons ago, for the Slayer alone. Lost for centuries. Carry it, for it is your sword and your scepter. Let it proclaim you the hero--and the monster--that you will need to be.
Make your war.
I'm so glad this comic has started coming out again...
On Buffy, "Touched"
A little background on what people are calling "The Scythe" (or maybe it should be 'foreground'...):
I have a gift for you. It is a weapon, forged eons ago, for the Slayer alone. Lost for centuries. Carry it, for it is your sword and your scepter. Let it proclaim you the hero--and the monster--that you will need to be.
Make your war.
I'm so glad this comic has started coming out again...
May 6, 2003
Don't fuck with the Yellow Bastard
Some 45 minutes ago, I got a call from a pre-recorded message telling me to press '9' to talk to people if I wanted to be pre-approved to buy a new car. I pressed 9. I got a person. Had her put me on the do-not-call list. And then I went to the FCC website and filed a complaint against them for violating the TCPA. Pigfuckers.
My cable company sucks. I called them last night to report that the WB had been out since Saturday. They could only take a message because they're located in Seattle. Yes, A SEATTLE company is servicing our cable in Atlanta, GA. I called today, and they said they can't get anyone out to fix the WB until Thursday. Luckily I can get Smallville from DirecTV. I record Buffy before Gilmore Girls, however, so I'm stuck without Lorelai. I'm going to call and bitch them out for leaving me without Lauren Graham this week. Pigfuckers.
My cable company sucks. I called them last night to report that the WB had been out since Saturday. They could only take a message because they're located in Seattle. Yes, A SEATTLE company is servicing our cable in Atlanta, GA. I called today, and they said they can't get anyone out to fix the WB until Thursday. Luckily I can get Smallville from DirecTV. I record Buffy before Gilmore Girls, however, so I'm stuck without Lorelai. I'm going to call and bitch them out for leaving me without Lauren Graham this week. Pigfuckers.
Don't fuck with the Yellow Bastard
Some 45 minutes ago, I got a call from a pre-recorded message telling me to press '9' to talk to people if I wanted to be pre-approved to buy a new car. I pressed 9. I got a person. Had her put me on the do-not-call list. And then I went to the FCC website and filed a complaint against them for violating the TCPA. Pigfuckers.
My cable company sucks. I called them last night to report that the WB had been out since Saturday. They could only take a message because they're located in Seattle. Yes, A SEATTLE company is servicing our cable in Atlanta, GA. I called today, and they said they can't get anyone out to fix the WB until Thursday. Luckily I can get Smallville from DirecTV. I record Buffy before Gilmore Girls, however, so I'm stuck without Lorelai. I'm going to call and bitch them out for leaving me without Lauren Graham this week. Pigfuckers.
My cable company sucks. I called them last night to report that the WB had been out since Saturday. They could only take a message because they're located in Seattle. Yes, A SEATTLE company is servicing our cable in Atlanta, GA. I called today, and they said they can't get anyone out to fix the WB until Thursday. Luckily I can get Smallville from DirecTV. I record Buffy before Gilmore Girls, however, so I'm stuck without Lorelai. I'm going to call and bitch them out for leaving me without Lauren Graham this week. Pigfuckers.
Auntie Em...
Well, the thunder has started. When I left for lunch around 12:45, it was a bit muggy and overcast. Now it's dark, dark, dark, and the rain is drumming at the pavement in thick blades, nearly horizontal. The rumbling in the distance sounds not unlike a dance club, where you feel it and it's a constant beat. I read the weather report about five minutes ago, and there's a Tornado forming and heading this way.
I hope it clears up enough so the DirecTV doesn't go out when I'm recording Buffy and Smallville.
Taken from, pick a singer/band and answer each part with a song title.
This is kinda hard with a group that only has two albums filled with single-word titles (Blue Man Group).
1. Are you male or female? Utne Wire Man
2. Describe yourself: The Complex
3. How do some people feel about you? Tension 2
4. How do you feel about yourself? I Feel Love
5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest: Club Nowhere
6. Where would you rather be? TV Song
7. Describe what you want to be: Synaesthetic
8. Describe how you live: Time to Start
9. Describe how you love: Endless Column
10. Share a few words of wisdom: Sing Along
And number nine is far more "Endless" than "Column."
I hope it clears up enough so the DirecTV doesn't go out when I'm recording Buffy and Smallville.
Taken from
This is kinda hard with a group that only has two albums filled with single-word titles (Blue Man Group).
1. Are you male or female? Utne Wire Man
2. Describe yourself: The Complex
3. How do some people feel about you? Tension 2
4. How do you feel about yourself? I Feel Love
5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest: Club Nowhere
6. Where would you rather be? TV Song
7. Describe what you want to be: Synaesthetic
8. Describe how you live: Time to Start
9. Describe how you love: Endless Column
10. Share a few words of wisdom: Sing Along
And number nine is far more "Endless" than "Column."
Auntie Em...
Well, the thunder has started. When I left for lunch around 12:45, it was a bit muggy and overcast. Now it's dark, dark, dark, and the rain is drumming at the pavement in thick blades, nearly horizontal. The rumbling in the distance sounds not unlike a dance club, where you feel it and it's a constant beat. I read the weather report about five minutes ago, and there's a Tornado forming and heading this way.
I hope it clears up enough so the DirecTV doesn't go out when I'm recording Buffy and Smallville.
Taken from, pick a singer/band and answer each part with a song title.
This is kinda hard with a group that only has two albums filled with single-word titles (Blue Man Group).
1. Are you male or female? Utne Wire Man
2. Describe yourself: The Complex
3. How do some people feel about you? Tension 2
4. How do you feel about yourself? I Feel Love
5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest: Club Nowhere
6. Where would you rather be? TV Song
7. Describe what you want to be: Synaesthetic
8. Describe how you live: Time to Start
9. Describe how you love: Endless Column
10. Share a few words of wisdom: Sing Along
And number nine is far more "Endless" than "Column."
I hope it clears up enough so the DirecTV doesn't go out when I'm recording Buffy and Smallville.
Taken from
This is kinda hard with a group that only has two albums filled with single-word titles (Blue Man Group).
1. Are you male or female? Utne Wire Man
2. Describe yourself: The Complex
3. How do some people feel about you? Tension 2
4. How do you feel about yourself? I Feel Love
5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest: Club Nowhere
6. Where would you rather be? TV Song
7. Describe what you want to be: Synaesthetic
8. Describe how you live: Time to Start
9. Describe how you love: Endless Column
10. Share a few words of wisdom: Sing Along
And number nine is far more "Endless" than "Column."
Foolish Westerner
Tired of the crappy pseudo-Asian mysticism that your friends keep trying to foist onto you? All Feng Shui-ed out? Here's some shirts for your poseur, yellow-fevered friends who don't know the difference between mom and horse.
Foolish Westerner
Tired of the crappy pseudo-Asian mysticism that your friends keep trying to foist onto you? All Feng Shui-ed out? Here's some shirts for your poseur, yellow-fevered friends who don't know the difference between mom and horse.
May 5, 2003
Notes from the House of Pain
1. When you vow to yourself to play tight, fuckin' play tight, dumbass.
2. Stop trying to bluff Amy. She always calls. For that matter, stop trying to play against Amy; she has the luck of the devil.
3. The people at your weekend games do not play like Hoyle Casino. This means that people will not raise flushes against your two-pair bets.
4. Stop getting upset when you're bad beat. This serves no other purpose than to make other people laugh at how seething you get and anticipate how much more money they can possibly take from you.
That is all.
2. Stop trying to bluff Amy. She always calls. For that matter, stop trying to play against Amy; she has the luck of the devil.
3. The people at your weekend games do not play like Hoyle Casino. This means that people will not raise flushes against your two-pair bets.
4. Stop getting upset when you're bad beat. This serves no other purpose than to make other people laugh at how seething you get and anticipate how much more money they can possibly take from you.
That is all.
Notes from the House of Pain
1. When you vow to yourself to play tight, fuckin' play tight, dumbass.
2. Stop trying to bluff Amy. She always calls. For that matter, stop trying to play against Amy; she has the luck of the devil.
3. The people at your weekend games do not play like Hoyle Casino. This means that people will not raise flushes against your two-pair bets.
4. Stop getting upset when you're bad beat. This serves no other purpose than to make other people laugh at how seething you get and anticipate how much more money they can possibly take from you.
That is all.
2. Stop trying to bluff Amy. She always calls. For that matter, stop trying to play against Amy; she has the luck of the devil.
3. The people at your weekend games do not play like Hoyle Casino. This means that people will not raise flushes against your two-pair bets.
4. Stop getting upset when you're bad beat. This serves no other purpose than to make other people laugh at how seething you get and anticipate how much more money they can possibly take from you.
That is all.
May 2, 2003
Honeychalking and the Friday Five
So Frank, my boss, and I were trying to get our WiFi network back up and running. Prior to my arrival here, they had wireless network running, but got here and somehow messed it all up.
Frank had wanted to put the Access Point outside of the firewall, in order to ensure that everything we have behind it (which, Frank admits, is pretty much nothing) is relatively secure. The AP is acting up on that part of the network, though (I think it's either the old, possibly-failing BNC connector, the cable, or the hub that the BNC's connected to). It works fine when it's just hooked up to the internal network.
At some point in the past few months, Frank tried to connect to our Access Point and discovered that he was actually surfing on the bandwidth of the wireless network of the dentist's office next door.
No encryption, no security, just an open AP broadcasting its SSID out to the whole world.
Frank posed the question: should we leave the WAP connected to the internal network? We've got 128-bit WEP keys set up and MAC address filtering, while the dentist's office has no means of security.
I found myself suggesting that we warchalk the outside of our building with the dentist's open SSID as a honeypot for hackers and bandwidth junkies.
Sometimes my lack of scruples disturbs me.
and the Friday Five:
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
"Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" - Britney Spears
2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
Not always, but I'm really invested in these two:
"Waiting for Her" - a-ha
"The Wedding Night" - Patrick Doyle, from the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Score.
3. Name three songs that turn you on.
"Sexual (li da di)" - Amber
"Both Hands" - Ani Difranco
"Cold" - VNV Nation
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
"Time to Start" - Blue Man Group
"Our Own Way" - Hot Water Music
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
"Good Morning, Starshine" - Oliver
5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Frank Sinatra
"We've Got Tonight" - Bob Seger
"Cupid" - Sam Cooke
Frank had wanted to put the Access Point outside of the firewall, in order to ensure that everything we have behind it (which, Frank admits, is pretty much nothing) is relatively secure. The AP is acting up on that part of the network, though (I think it's either the old, possibly-failing BNC connector, the cable, or the hub that the BNC's connected to). It works fine when it's just hooked up to the internal network.
At some point in the past few months, Frank tried to connect to our Access Point and discovered that he was actually surfing on the bandwidth of the wireless network of the dentist's office next door.
No encryption, no security, just an open AP broadcasting its SSID out to the whole world.
Frank posed the question: should we leave the WAP connected to the internal network? We've got 128-bit WEP keys set up and MAC address filtering, while the dentist's office has no means of security.
I found myself suggesting that we warchalk the outside of our building with the dentist's open SSID as a honeypot for hackers and bandwidth junkies.
Sometimes my lack of scruples disturbs me.
and the Friday Five:
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
"Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" - Britney Spears
2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
Not always, but I'm really invested in these two:
"Waiting for Her" - a-ha
"The Wedding Night" - Patrick Doyle, from the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Score.
3. Name three songs that turn you on.
"Sexual (li da di)" - Amber
"Both Hands" - Ani Difranco
"Cold" - VNV Nation
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
"Time to Start" - Blue Man Group
"Our Own Way" - Hot Water Music
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
"Good Morning, Starshine" - Oliver
5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Frank Sinatra
"We've Got Tonight" - Bob Seger
"Cupid" - Sam Cooke
Honeychalking and the Friday Five
So Frank, my boss, and I were trying to get our WiFi network back up and running. Prior to my arrival here, they had wireless network running, but got here and somehow messed it all up.
Frank had wanted to put the Access Point outside of the firewall, in order to ensure that everything we have behind it (which, Frank admits, is pretty much nothing) is relatively secure. The AP is acting up on that part of the network, though (I think it's either the old, possibly-failing BNC connector, the cable, or the hub that the BNC's connected to). It works fine when it's just hooked up to the internal network.
At some point in the past few months, Frank tried to connect to our Access Point and discovered that he was actually surfing on the bandwidth of the wireless network of the dentist's office next door.
No encryption, no security, just an open AP broadcasting its SSID out to the whole world.
Frank posed the question: should we leave the WAP connected to the internal network? We've got 128-bit WEP keys set up and MAC address filtering, while the dentist's office has no means of security.
I found myself suggesting that we warchalk the outside of our building with the dentist's open SSID as a honeypot for hackers and bandwidth junkies.
Sometimes my lack of scruples disturbs me.
and the Friday Five:
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
"Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" - Britney Spears
2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
Not always, but I'm really invested in these two:
"Waiting for Her" - a-ha
"The Wedding Night" - Patrick Doyle, from the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Score.
3. Name three songs that turn you on.
"Sexual (li da di)" - Amber
"Both Hands" - Ani Difranco
"Cold" - VNV Nation
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
"Time to Start" - Blue Man Group
"Our Own Way" - Hot Water Music
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
"Good Morning, Starshine" - Oliver
5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Frank Sinatra
"We've Got Tonight" - Bob Seger
"Cupid" - Sam Cooke
Frank had wanted to put the Access Point outside of the firewall, in order to ensure that everything we have behind it (which, Frank admits, is pretty much nothing) is relatively secure. The AP is acting up on that part of the network, though (I think it's either the old, possibly-failing BNC connector, the cable, or the hub that the BNC's connected to). It works fine when it's just hooked up to the internal network.
At some point in the past few months, Frank tried to connect to our Access Point and discovered that he was actually surfing on the bandwidth of the wireless network of the dentist's office next door.
No encryption, no security, just an open AP broadcasting its SSID out to the whole world.
Frank posed the question: should we leave the WAP connected to the internal network? We've got 128-bit WEP keys set up and MAC address filtering, while the dentist's office has no means of security.
I found myself suggesting that we warchalk the outside of our building with the dentist's open SSID as a honeypot for hackers and bandwidth junkies.
Sometimes my lack of scruples disturbs me.
and the Friday Five:
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
"Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" - Britney Spears
2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
Not always, but I'm really invested in these two:
"Waiting for Her" - a-ha
"The Wedding Night" - Patrick Doyle, from the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Score.
3. Name three songs that turn you on.
"Sexual (li da di)" - Amber
"Both Hands" - Ani Difranco
"Cold" - VNV Nation
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
"Time to Start" - Blue Man Group
"Our Own Way" - Hot Water Music
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
"Good Morning, Starshine" - Oliver
5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Frank Sinatra
"We've Got Tonight" - Bob Seger
"Cupid" - Sam Cooke
May 1, 2003
Just watched Buffy and Angel...
Did anyone notice the Miracles shout-out on Angel?
The sign in front of the church where Jasmine put Cordy:
Uhh, guys, it's "God is Now Here." You don't want freaky teenager coming to murder you for seeing it the wrong way...
God is Nowhere. Jasmine is the way!
Uhh, guys, it's "God is Now Here." You don't want freaky teenager coming to murder you for seeing it the wrong way...
Just watched Buffy and Angel...
Did anyone notice the Miracles shout-out on Angel?
The sign in front of the church where Jasmine put Cordy:
Uhh, guys, it's "God is Now Here." You don't want freaky teenager coming to murder you for seeing it the wrong way...
God is Nowhere. Jasmine is the way!
Uhh, guys, it's "God is Now Here." You don't want freaky teenager coming to murder you for seeing it the wrong way...
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