booted

So, I took hellmouth_news off my friends list. That's the update for all the Livejournal BTVS sockpuppet group.

It just hasn't been the same since thefirstevil stopped updating.

Plus, I never liked the Spike they had. The Buffy was alright, And the Willy the Snitch was amusing, and the Dawn and Anya and Xander were perfect, but something about the way the Spike RPer did the character bothered me. On all points he seemed to embody Spike's character, but for some reason he didn't sound right, never could tell why. Also, didn't like the addition of the whole cast of Charmed into the RPG, as I think that show is one of the absolute worst on tv.

Still, I kept up with most of it for a while, especially after new episodes, when it was like reading a fanfic and fun to imagine. But now I find it utterly boring-- it's lost the funny edge, and the characters are acting bizarrely. Apparently Spiek and Anya are shagging in the upstairs bathroom-- which would have to be the same bathroom he attempted to rape Buffy in. It irritates me: the sockpuppet characters are now so dramatically removed from what's on screen that I can't enjoy reading it.

So, that's done.

fun quiz

If I was a David Bowie film character, I would be:

::skippy::

We've already got some great responses back for the BTVS finale spoiler free campaign. Thanks guys, you're the best! Here's some more ideas, keep them all coming!

1. spoiler-free's the way to be
2. the spoiled will be the first to die [go]
3. make smut, not spoilers
4. spoilers suck, and not in the good way
5. unspoiled vampyre spawn
6. spoilers.... bored now.

ETA:
7. Less with the spoilers, more with the Spike (insert character or pairing here)
8. Spoilers are for poofters
9. Spoilers give you Poofter!hair

A bit fatalistic, but my favorite war poem

Inspired by myrtleneunice's poetic quote response to war:

There Will Come Soft Rains

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;

Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

-- Sara Teasdale

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Does anyone have a screencap from the last Angel episode for that shot where he's holdign the newly rescued puppy?

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So, I set my VCR and forwent the series finale of Farscape in favor of dining out mexican food and a second viewing of Chicago.

I loved it the second time around, but not quite as much as the first. The wonder razzle-dazzlement was not so new, and so it was more a familiar grin-inducing piece of entertainment thant the "WOW!! OMG!!" of the first time. In this it was different than Moulin Rouge, which consistantly astounded me after at least a dozen viewings.

Chicago was, though, technically amazing. It was smartly written with a tight screenplay, and beautifully acted. Also, supremely entertaining. That's the whole motif of the film in fact-- it's all a show, that three-ringed circus.

Seeing it again, I have to reiterrate my initial impressions:

- The jail song "He Had It Coming" was my favorite number.

- John C. Reilly deserves his supporting actor Academy Award. His 'sad clown' performance was just perfect.

- Queen Latifah was big, black, and sexy as hell. Congrats on her for getting the part and making it so much her own. I really hope she wins. Her gold costume was to die for.

- Richard Gere deserves some kind of award for this. I dont' know what kind, but he deserves one. This role seemed to be written for him, and it was a perfect match of casting & character.

- Renee Zelleweger was skinny as hell and twice as cute. I wanted to shove some cake down her throat and then hand her the Oscar.

- Catherine Zeta Jones has all that jazz. ^_^

- the puppet scene was funny, but not as funny as every time someone got John C. Reilly character's name wrong or forgot he was in the room.