Oh damn. Thanks, ita. Any chance she's reachable by cell?
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Pix - May 23, 2005 2:00:03 pm PDT #7257 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 2:00:47 pm PDT #7258 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nah, she's well and truly out of pocket. You could give e-mail a shot, but even then -- she's vacating.
Pix - May 23, 2005 2:01:43 pm PDT #7259 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Okay, thanks. I'll email and hope I catch her.
DCJensen - May 23, 2005 2:36:27 pm PDT #7260 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Allyson, for what it's worth, It sounds more (to me) that Tim has talked you up to people and has chosen the Variety ad as a keyword to jog their memories.
Allyson - May 23, 2005 3:11:03 pm PDT #7261 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Nope, that's not really the case, and it's not about Tim not lurving me or saying something stupid. It's about me being a jackass.
Betsy HP - May 23, 2005 3:13:01 pm PDT #7262 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Allyson, would you let somebody talk about ita the way you talk about yourself?
Allyson - May 23, 2005 3:14:55 pm PDT #7263 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Nope. But i like ita better than I like me. She so purty and has excellent taste in jackets.
Let us not do the "Allyson has issues" thing.
Allyson knows. They keep her company when she talks about herself in the third person.
Wheeee!
Betsy HP - May 23, 2005 3:15:53 pm PDT #7264 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
It isn't about who you like more -- it's that you shouldn't be any crueler to yourself than you'd be to a dear friend.
Gris - May 23, 2005 3:29:35 pm PDT #7265 of 10001
Hey. New board.
And thanks! The promos looked great.
(All of the files are Divx AVIs with MP3 sound. I cropped them to 16:9 format so that the actual shots from the show don't have black bars, though that cut parts of the beginning and end shots. If you want me to make 4:3 versions I can, but I think these look better.)
Consuela - May 23, 2005 3:32:03 pm PDT #7266 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Betsy's right. I keeel you if you keep beating yourself up!
... oh, wait, that came out wrong.
I think I walked into with these skills which made things easier.
Back to Betsy's question: yes. I had a lot of trouble working on the campaign, in part related to the distributed nature of authority, and the inability to make anyone do anything. I had skills that I couldn't put to use, and that frustrated the hell out of me. I'm a control freak and a project manager, and it was crazy-making that I couldn't just make things happen.
I also learned that I'm more of an attention ho than I realized: that being on the strategy team was a source of great pride to me. More than it should have been, really, given the amount I actually produced. I liked having my name be known outside the (somewhat limited) fic-reading community. I liked having people pay attention to what I had to say, and do things because I said to.
It's embarrassing. But it's good to know that about myself.
On the other hand, I made a few good friends, including one of the writers on the show. It's possible I might have met him anyway, but I doubt it. And he and his wife are actually friends, and marvelous human beings, and we can talk about lots of things which are not related to television. (And he gives me endless shit about ficwriting. *g*)