I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax  

[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


Kevin - Mar 09, 2007 8:48:58 am PST #4550 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Hah.

I still believe the evil mastermind behind the race after glorious 7 seasons will be revealed as Web.


Invisible Green - Mar 09, 2007 9:00:12 am PST #4551 of 10001

That would be awesome!


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2007 12:08:15 pm PST #4552 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm hoping for a Falcon Crest chair-whips-around-to-reveal-Lana-Turner moment featuring Gretchen Speck.


Jackal - Mar 09, 2007 2:54:31 pm PST #4553 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.

Zuko won the Fillion book thing. Hope everyone has sufficient closure.

ETA: Zuko was the one in the orange "fighting elves" shirt, if that makes it less vague.


Allyson - Mar 09, 2007 3:26:55 pm PST #4554 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

He sent me an adorable e:

Hey Allyson,

I just checked out your article and thought I’d drop you a line. I was the guy in the orange shirt (as opposed to the creepy guy in the blue shirt that jumped up on stage to get Nathan’s signature on his magazine). Seeing where it all was going I asked “So where’s PJ?” and the rest more or less went like:

Texting everyone I know to go see if they can find PJ while I waited for Nathan to finish the panel and start the contest. Then running off to find PJ to get the book. I had to con the guard of the autograph room to let me in to meet Nathan (didn’t have a silver wristband) and I got to hang out for a bit, chat and get a few items autographed.

All in all it was a really fun day!

Have a good weekend!


Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2007 3:35:45 pm PST #4555 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Zuko won the Fillion book thing. Hope everyone has sufficient closure.

Woo! Thanks. He was the one behind me, so I was rooting for him. Plus, he didn't try to get Nathan's autograph while he was on stage.

Texting everyone I know to go see if they can find PJ while I waited for Nathan to finish the panel and start the contest.

Nice move!


libkitty - Mar 09, 2007 3:55:39 pm PST #4556 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Just to clarify about the Creative Commons license, if you post something without the license, it's protected by copyright law. If you include a Creative Commons license, then you give away some or all of the rights given you by the copyright law. Having a Creative Commons license neither strengthens nor weakens your position on the remaining rights that you didn't give away.

Of course, none of this affects not having money to pay a lawyer, so it's probably all moot. But it gives me a chance to use my mad librarian skillz.


Pix - Mar 09, 2007 6:10:13 pm PST #4557 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

So I was just Buff-diving and came across the fabulous Dana quote that seems oh-so-relevant as TV's hit Drive is about to premiere:

Dana: We'll call it "Fandom Through the Years: The Dark Side."
Chapter headings will include:

"I'm a Plagiarist! Love Me!"
"My Hero is Good and Shiny and Noble and Don't You Dare Write Him Any Other Way!"
"I Don't Care How Much of Your Time and Money You Put Into This Website, Because I Have Unending Complaints"
"Psychotic Yankees I Have Known"
"Hey, Isn't Slash Just Porn, Anyway?"
"Hey, Isn't Fan Fiction Just Porn, Anyway?"
"I'll Feminize/Demonize That Male/Female Character if I Want To!"
Who Says You Have to Know About Sex to Write Sex?"
"If You Criticize My Writing, I'll Kill Myself and It'll Be Your Fault!"
"Why Should I Spell-Check -- It's Only Fan Fiction"
"That Was Great! Where's the Sequel?"
"Seriously, Where the HELL IS THE SEQUEL?"
"What Do You Mean, There's No Sequel?"
"Hey, You Look Helpful. Can I Ask You Inane Questions?"
"I Could Obviously Build a Better Site, But I Would Never Waste My Time Doing That"
"You Slash People are So Sick and Twisted"
"You Gen People are So Deluded and Boring"
"You People Who Put Female Characters in My Slash are Just Evil"
"But It's Okay To Stalk Actors If I Really, Really Love Them, Right?"
"I Am the Moderator! Get Out of the Way; Here Comes My Ego"
"Web Design Guaranteed to Make You Gouge Out Your Own Eyes"

and the grand finale, "Why Are You So Upset? It's Just a TV Show. Of Course, If You Say Something I Don't Like, I'll Start a Flame War That Crosses Six Countries Before Breakfast."


Tamara - Mar 09, 2007 6:55:27 pm PST #4558 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

That was long before Firefly. Right? Seems to fit the OB perfectly. Thanks for the laugh.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2007 7:43:59 pm PST #4559 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

"If You Criticize My Writing, I'll Kill Myself and It'll Be Your Fault!"

I think I could live with myself if they should choose to put their sleeping pills where their mouths are.

Of course, when an outraged drama queen pulled the equivalent "You'll all be sorry when I'm gone!" act on a hockey board I used to frequent, I responded by writing "Remember: vertical cuts."