Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.

'Sleeper'


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.


Gris - May 23, 2005 3:29:35 pm PDT #7265 of 10001
Hey. New board.

Here ya go, Kristen

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*)


Allyson - May 23, 2005 3:41:40 pm PDT #7267 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

Betsy's right. I keeel you if you keep beating yourself up!

Eh. I wouldn't be writing a book if I wasn't so egomaniacal as to believe that of course people will read me.

Also, I am really very cute.

And will be cuter, after a much needed trip to Frenchy's to get a new hairdo.


Consuela - May 23, 2005 3:46:08 pm PDT #7268 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

You are very cute, this is true.


Allyson - May 23, 2005 3:47:37 pm PDT #7269 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

I think I want this hairdo.


P.M. Marc - May 23, 2005 3:52:35 pm PDT #7270 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think I want this hairdo.

It would look better on you than on her, too.

(But, I think you're more attractive in person than she is, though she films beautifully.)


JenP - May 23, 2005 4:25:13 pm PDT #7271 of 10001

Promo! With Fox Narrator Man narration. (We haven't had that yet, have we? Or, I haven't anyway.) During 24.

"... forged in pain..." I'll bet.


Invisible Green - May 23, 2005 5:07:37 pm PDT #7272 of 10001

I caught *two* different promos for The Inside during tonight's 24. I'm excited.


JenP - May 23, 2005 5:09:49 pm PDT #7273 of 10001

I'm such a slacker; I only noticed one. Well, there's always the tape.


Frankenbuddha - May 23, 2005 5:11:22 pm PDT #7274 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Promo! With Fox Narrator Man narration. (We haven't had that yet, have we? Or, I haven't anyway.) During 24.

Yep, haven't seen that one before.

And they did the "break on through" one later in the episode. And announced the date.

"The year's best thriller isn't in theaters...."