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Essay: The Greater Capacity for Good

Yeah, what they said. Especially the stuff about the finale of AtS and Connor's death. That part of the episode really bothered me. Angel just plays too fast & loose with the time stream and people's memories for my taste.

Excerpt: The defining moment for me, that proved Spike was not as he had been, was in Tabula Rasa. Willow’s spell-gone-awry stripped everyone of their memories and identities reducing them to their barest essence. Tabula Rasa; a clean slate.

I've been saying that forever! I wrote long posts at Crumbling Walls about that shite back in season 6.

God, TR was such a great episode. Even now, looking back on it... the irony is massive. It was my favorite season 6 episode after the musical.

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My Linguistics teacher is starting an online blog. I have to go check it out later. My teacher's pretty cool (and nice!); I think I'm going to take his poetry class next year for spare credits.

I told a joke in that class today, while we were discussing how people try to enforce change on language or language rules, in this instance about ending a sentence with a preposition. They all laughed at my joke. I'd heard it from my mother-- like most language jokes it works best when spoken aloud, with appropriate accents/inflections.

Two women were sitting beside each other on an airplane.
The woman next to the window turned to the one beside her, and said charmingly in a Southern accent:
"So, where y'all from?"
The other woman turned her head and looked at her and said quietly:
"I am from a place where you are taught not to end a sentence with a preposition."
The woman next to the window thought about this for a moment. Then she gave the other woman her best smile, and said sweetly:
"So, where y'all from, bitch?"