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Cassie the psychic girl looks Spike right in the eyes, and says "She'll tell you someday."

_Buffy The Vampire Slayer, episode 7.4, 'Help'



::skips off into happy shipper bubbles of delirious, unspoiled romanticism::

::will be able to actually entertain a conversation soon, one hopes::

::few hours will be needed for the euphoria to wear off::

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One more thing. How cool was it when Cassie's dad ripped into Buffy & Xander for their sanctimonius assumptions? HAH!

(paraphrasing)
"Ok? That's it?! You came in here, into my home, at this time of night, to accuse me of beating my daughter?! Ok?!"

Yep... they deserved that.

Believe it or not, I was much more pleased with Buffy of this ep than last ep... she was kinder to Spike. Touched him willingly, helpfully-- to stop him from hurtng himself. Even if it was only because she didn't have time for him to rant, she did it kindly. I would have like to have seen her stay, but it probably was hurting him, and the girls life had precendence.

by the by... go to:

http://www.geocities.com/newcassie/
or
http://www.cassienewton.com/


What a cool tie-in... read the death-poems, just like on the show! ::cackle::



Also liked that Buffy's first "patient" student was in there for hurting that guy.

"Should I beat on him some more?"

Well, I the parallel there, at least.


Also, I loved Willow saying, "...and doogie howser fanfic." HAH! Someone said the word 'fanfic' on tv! And not even 'fanfiction'-- they used the shorter slang word!

HHEEEE..HEEE..HEE HEE....::giggles::

a lil culture lesson for BtVS fans

I thought this was interesting.

I'm borrowing this from a post a person named Aimes put up on the OneGoodDay ML (spike/spuffy stuff), in regards to yesterday's Buffy episode, and Willow putting the stones on Tara's grave.

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Once, when I was touring the Mount of Olives cemetery, my Yerushalmi tour guide told me the following story, a story that purports to explain this custom:

Sometime during the Turkish occupation of Israel, on a Shabbat, an Arab was murdered in Jerusalem. Quickly, the rumor spread that he was killed by a Jew, and an immediate expulsion order was declared. The Jews of Jerusalem had to pick themselves up and leave or be killed. A noted kabbalist (mystic) came upon the scene of the crime, which was crowded with Arab onlookers. Even though it was Shabbat, the kabbalist wrote one of G-d's names on a piece of paper and placed it upon the body of the dead man. The dead man rose and pointed to one of the Arabs standing in the crowd who became violently afraid and admitted that he had done the killing. The expulsion order was rescinded.

Shortly afterwards the kabbalist, who was an elderly man, approached the chevra kadisha (burial society) and asked that his tombstone be pelted with stones after his death because he had written during Shabbat. He understood that due to the danger to life he had been permitted to desecrate the Shabbat, but he felt that some form of repentance was in order nevertheless. Stoning his grave would symbolize the stoning penalty meted out to Shabbat desecraters. At first the chevra kadisha refused because of the implied dishonor the stoning would represent to so righteous a Jew, but the kabbalist persisted. Finally, they agreed to place stones on his grave, but only if they would institute the custom that all graves would have stones placed on them in the future. If stones were place on everyone's grave, it would not be a dishonor to the kabbalist. From then on, stones were placed on the graves of all Jews buried in Jerusalem, and from Jerusalem the custom spread, and today Jews all over the world place stones on tombstones when visiting a grave.

Aimes

song help needed!

Do these lyrics sound familiar to anyone?

Chorus:

"I'll give you diamonds give you pills
give you hundred dollar bills
I'll give you anything anything anything
Just marry me
Marry me marry me marry me"


I heard it on the radio yesterday, and its been driving me nuts. I know the song is a few years old, but not much. It was a fast song, kinda punk-rock-ish. If anyone knows the title or band, I'd be grateful.